Indian Red Cross Society and St John Ambulance (India) held the Annual General Body meeting on 30 August 2016 in two sessions. The Ceremonial session was held at the Auditorium of the Rashtrapati Bhawan in the afternoon between 1 and 2 pm. It was presided over by the President of the two organizations and the President of India Hon’ble Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. The dais was shared by Mr J P Nadda, Hon’ble Chairman of the two organizations and Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, Vice Chairmen of Indian Red Cross and that of St John (India) respectively, Mr Avinash Rai Khanna and Mr S C Goyal and Dr Veer Bhushan, Joint Secretary, IRCS. Lauding the work of the two organizations the President in his presidential address said, “With regard to the new projects that have been mentioned, I am delighted to note that over the last two years, the Indian Red Cross Society and St John Ambulance have trained almost seven and a half lakh volunteers in first aid. I am also glad to learn that they now have plans to create a world class centre of excellence in First Aid near Delhi’.

In his address Hon’ble chairman provided the highlights of the work done by the two organizations during the last two years. Hon’ble President gave away the prizes to individuals and branches for their good work during the period. The details of the prizes are as under-:

RED CROSS GOLD MEDAL

for the year 2014-15

For the year 2015-16

Shields presented at Rashtrapati Bhawan by Hon’ble President

INDIAN RED CROSS FUND RAISING AND MEMBERSHIP SHIELDS

For the year 2014-15

(Ist position)
ODISHA STATE BRANCH & DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI- U.T BRANCH

(IInd  position)
NAGALAND

For the year 2015-16

(Ist position)
ODISHA STATE BRANCH & CHANDIGARH  U.T. BRANCH

(IInd  position)
HIMACHAL PRDESH

HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOLUNTARY BLOOD COLLECTION SHIELD

For the year 2014-15  & 2015-16   ODISHA STATE BRANCH

HIGHEST NUMBER OF  BLOOD COLLECTION SHIELD – ONE

Vis-à-vis Population

For the year 2014-15  & 2015-16  Dadra & Nagar Haveli

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE (INDIA)

Medals/Shields presented at Rashtrapati Bhawan

RAJKUMARI AMRIT KAUR GOLD MEDAL

ST. JOHN  GOLD MEDAL

JIV RAKSHA MEDAL

MEMBERSHIP SHIELD

TRAINING SHIELD

The Business session was presided over by Mr J P Nadda, Hon’ble Chairman of the two organizations and the Minister of Health & Family Welfare. It was held in the afternoon at DRDO Bhawan.

Hon’ble Chairman in his address talked about the achievements of the two organizations. He also asked members of the Red Cross Society to actively participate in Govt’s “Mission Indradhanush” programme and Deworming Initiative. He appealed the volunteers of Red Cross and, St John, Junior and Youth Red Cross members to contribute in making a “Swasth Bharat” in true letter and spirit and stressed on the need to enhance the quality of first aid training for strengthening service delivery.

Hon’ble Chairman also launched First Aid App and Facebook page during the AGM.  Launching the Facebook page he wrote, “It gives me great pleasure to launch the Facebook page of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS).  I congratulate IRCS for this initiative and request all of you to get connected with the Indian Red Cross Society and make it a more vibrant organization.”

The Chairman also launched Red Cross First Aid App. Now credible information is available on Google Play Store from where the App can be downloaded on any android smart phone. The user friendly App empowers one to take care of some of the basic medical emergencies. It also has facilities to guide the user to the nearby hospitals in times of need. Gradually, Red Cross shall keep updating it and make it more meaningful and useful for the community.

Certificates presented at DRDO Bhawan by Hon’ble Chairman

AWARD OF MERIT CERTIFICATE
NAME OF AWARDEES

For the year 2014 -15

                                                    
 For the year 2015 -16

The key points of the accounts and budget of the two organizations was presented by the Hony Treasurer. All the statutory work, including appointment of auditors, adoption and passing of the accounts, reports and proceedings was completed.

The delegates interacted with the Hon’ble Chairman on tax benefits, blood services, activities and sought his assistance in strengthening Red Cross & St John in the country.

The media also covered the day’s proceedings which were on television news channels, news papers and several news web portals.

AGM Photos                     

Speech by Hon’ble President                         

Speech by Hon’ble Chairman

Speech by Hon’ble Chairman in business session

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