Amity University Gwalior organizes AIDS Awareness Campaign

Red Ribbon Club, Amity University Madhya Pradesh organizes AIDS Awareness Campaign

A Red Ribbon Club is a voluntary program, which has been initiated and supported by the AIDS Control Society of India. The objective of this club is to fight against AIDS, prevention of drunk driving and drug addiction. The Red Ribbon Club of Amity University Gwalior has organized an AIDS Awareness Campaign on 20 October 2014. In order to mark the occasion, a poster and collage making Competition/Exhibition was organized by the students of the university. The enthusiasm, creativity and awareness about the AIDS prevention initiatives were reflected in all the posters and collages exhibited by the students. As many as 49 entries were accepted and displayed in the competition.

Further, in order to motivate the faculty members, staff and students of the university, a guest lecture was organized to contribute towards the success of the AIDS prevention initiatives taken up by the National AIDS Control Society of India.Dr. Bharat Jain, HOD, Department of Pathology, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, was invited to deliver a talk on AIDS awareness and prevention measures to be taken by the people. The program was started with a floral welcome of the invited speaker by the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Lt Gen V K Sharma, AVSM (Retd). Dr. Jain focused on the real challenges faced by the society at large from the perspectives of AIDS control. He addressed a series of measures to prevent the menace arising out of AIDS virus. A vote of thanks was proposed by the program officer of Red Ribbon Club, Dr. Rachana Kathal. The program was attended by all the HOIs/HODs, faculty, staff and the students of the university.