Kanta Saroop Krishen
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Kanta Saroop Krishen | |
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Kanta Saroop Krishen is an Indian social worker and one of the founders of the Blood Bank Society, Chandigarh and the Indian Society of Blood transfusion and Immunohaematology.[citation needed] She is known to have worked for spreading the message of voluntary blood donation in India[1] and is a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri for the year 1972 from the Government of India.[2]
Biography
Kanta Sarup Krishen, née Kanta Bhagwan, was born in 1929 in West Punjab (presently in Pakistan) in
Kanta Krishen was one of the associates of H. D. Shourie when he gathered information and filed a civil writ petition at the Supreme Court of India against the commercial practices in blood donation on which the apex court of India returned a judgment banning commercial blood donation. Later, she organised several awareness campaigns and presented papers at various conferences in India and abroad. She also participated in the activities of Sant Nirankari Mission, a spiritual organisation based in Delhi. Her efforts were also reported behind the formulation of the National Blood Donation Policy by the Government of India.
Sarup Krishen, her husband died in 2006 Award.
See also
References
- ^ Grewal Sharma, Manraj (24 January 2018). "Meet Kanta Saroop, an octogenarian with decades of social service in her blood". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ "Saroop Krishen: a fine legacy for others to emulate". The Tribune. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Saroop Krishen". The Tribune. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Saroop Krishen to live beyond death". The Tribune. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 5 June 2015.