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Cancer-Awareness

Awareness about cancer

Objective of this

  • reduce instances of cancer by creating awareness that a third of cancer instances can be prevented by maintaining a healthy diet, healthy weight, regular physical activity and avoiding use of all forms of tobacco
  • reduce mortality associated with cancer by creating awareness about early signs and symptoms associated with cancer

in Karnataka.

Scope of the project includes
• Conduct Cancer Awareness workshops in schools and colleges
• Conduct Cancer Awareness talks in corporates and communities
• Cancer Awareness events
• Share Informative posts and videos on social media.

ICS hosts several events during the year to spread awareness about cancer.

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Kala Devarajan

Kala Devarajan is a Chartered Accountant by profession, and has corporate work experience in the Manufacturing and Financial Sectors.

1996 was a landmark year when she joined the Bangalore Hospice Trust, Karunashraya, as a volunteer. Her professional expertise helped her assist with their finance planning, fund raising and administration. She was invited to join the Board of Trustees in the year 2000 and has been contributing as the Treasurer for the past 20 plus years.

Dr Latha Devarajan

Dr. Latha Jagannathan is the Medical Director and Managing Trustee of the not-for-profit organization, Bangalore Medical Services Trust, (BMST). She founded BMST in 1984 and has been responsible for its operations and growth into the only standalone facility in India with a Blood Centre, HLA Laboratory and Tissue Bank, providing a wide spectrum of services in the field of blood, organ & cellular therapies.

She is a founder member of the Indian Cancer Society, Karnataka and Karunashraya. She is on the board of MYRADA, a developmental organization, and Samraksha, an NGO working in the field of HIV & AIDS.

She is an invited member of several Government, National & International bodies on Health, Blood Banking, and Transplant Immunology and the Task Force on Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka.

Kishore Rao

Kishore Rao started Indian Cancer Society, Karnataka, in 1986 as a voluntary organisation, and today ICS has offices in Kalaburagi and Mangaluru besides Bengaluru. In 1994 he started Karunashraya in partnership with Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar- a shining example of a cancer hospice across the country. Kishore has been in the not-for-profit sector for the last 35 years.