Kotpad 27th Sept 2025: A blood donation camp was organized in the premises of Kotpad College on the occasion of the Foundation Day of the National Service Scheme (NSS), in a joint collaboration with Sambad. The event was inaugurated by Mr. Shesha Nanda Mishra, Principal of Kotpad College.
Key contributors included NSS Coordinators Hemanta Dalai and Indira Behera, Youth Red Cross representatives Ballabhayani, Malavika Patnaik, Smita Bisi, Jharana Patnaik, Gautam Rath, Sushanta Sahu, Anup Bisi, Rajshekhar Pani, and Ganesh Chandra Panda, President of Sambad Sahitya Ghar. Also present were Pradeep Badi, Ajay Kumar Mishra, and many regular blood donors.
Tulasi Nayak from Mati Bhetar and Pankaj Kumar Patra from Sambad efficiently coordinated the camp. Many students donated blood for the first time in their lives and showed great enthusiasm. The blood donors took an oath stating, “We will never let anyone die due to a lack of blood and will continue organizing more blood donation camps in the future.”
Blood donors – often referred to as “life donors” – included:
Suravi Jani, Pankal Bhatra, Dhaneshwar Bhatra, Premika Harijan, Sunaina Patnaik, Saroj Patnaik, Hemanta Patra, Balaram Kumhar, Arjun Pujari, Jitendra Gadaba, Yogesh Chalan, Niranjan Bhatra, Yogeshwar Dora, Maheshwari Padhi, Niharika Mohanty, Manmohan Bhatra, Abhimanyu Nayak, Suraj Kochipari, Amar Bhatra, Satish Kumar Dash, Chandra Sekhar Bhatra, Trinath Pujari, Pooja Rajendra Majhi, Indira Behera, Ishwar Bhatra, Nakula Majhi, Padmini Chalan, Pranati Nayak, Baleswar Gadaba, Ramesh Kumar Patnaik, Ajay Patra, and others.
From the Blood Bank, Amlan Jyoti Dash, Guru Parja, Snehasish Glass, and other medical personnel collected the donated blood.
All the staff members of Kotpad College were present and extended their full cooperation, contributing to the success of the program.