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Follow on Google News | A student startup that is saving lives!Utkarsh Kawatra and Nitin Garg, two founders of BloodConnect
By: BloodConnect It all started during their college when Nitin went door-to-door seeking blood donation for one of his family members and was elated to see that a few college students voluntarily came forward to donate blood. Nitin got inspired to help others and after handling a few more blood donation requests within the college, BloodConnect was founded to help large masses of India achieve the same. In his own words Utkarsh states, "It was a helpline initially but after sometime we realized that this was just a temporary solution because we were only focusing on demand rather than ensuring a continuous supply to the blood banks and so we shifted our focus on supply by organizing blood donation camps and created a BloodConnect platform." BloodConnect is completed youth-led and has now evolved into a team of 150 members reaching out to provide hlep to most backward areas of the Indian society. They have also been recognized by Government (DSACS) for excellence in promotion of Voluntary Blood Donation. They have organized blood donation camps to help blood banks with sufficient blood stock and increased awareness by organizing street plays, info-talks and competitions. Through their website people can register as a blood donor, get in touch with them to organize a camp and raise blood requests in case of emergency More information and excerpts from the interview can be seen here: http://www.asianentrepreneur.org/ About Asian Entrepreneur Magazine (www.asianentrepreneur.org) The Asian Entrepreneur is a prominent business magazine with the aim of documenting exciting business developments and activities of entrepreneurs across Asia. The magazine focuses on the Asian markets and supplements Asian entrepreneur scene by creating valuable business content and publishing live interviews conducted with key business individuals and entrepreneurs based in Asia about their businesses insights and ideas. It stands as the world’s first and authoritative source on Asian entrepreneurship. The magazine also approaches and interviews key-figures in every imaginable industries, up and coming entrepreneurs, business owners, social media developers, idea incubators and various professionals. End
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