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Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) vice chancellor B.C. Bhagavan connected January 13, said safeguarding the younker from substance maltreatment is an urgent nationalist responsibility, noting that cause addiction is intimately linked to slump and affectional distres.
He was speaking aft inaugurating the Nashamuktha Bharat Abhiyana and Organ Donation walkathon and consciousness programme, organised by the University and Alva’s Education Foundation during the 85th All India Inter-University Athletics Championship 2025–26 successful Moodbidri.
Dr. Bhagavan announced that yoga and meditation sessions would beryllium introduced successful colleges with the enactment of Dishabodh Foundation to beforehand intelligence and carnal well-being among students. He urged students to gully inspiration from Swami Vivekananda’s imaginativeness of a stong and empowered younker to make a drug-free nation.
The programme started with a floral tribute to Rani Abbakka Devi and a show of the authorities anthem by Alva’s assemblage taste troupe. A walkathon to rise consciousness astir organ donation and substance maltreatment was past launched from the Rani Abbakka Devi statue adjacent Chowta Palace.
Participants marched done Venkataramana Temple Road, Hanuman Temple Main Road and Navami Circle and assembled astatine Swaraj Maidan. Students carried placards with messages, stating, “Say No to Drugs”, “Walking Away from Drugs“ and “Healthy Society Begins with a Drug-Free Life.”
About 3,000 students from RGUHS, Visvesvaraya Technological University and Mangalore University institutions nether AEF took portion successful the walkathon. Dr. Bhagavan besides administered an oath pledging a drug-free beingness and committedness towards organ donation.
Chairman of Allied and Healthcare Council of Karnataka Iftikar Ali, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Mohammed Mohsin, SDM Society vice-president, D. Surendra Kumar, RGUHS registrar Arjun Odeyar, Alva’s trustees Vivek and Vinay Alva and others were present.
