Our guest today is Ms. Pallavi Kumar, Executive Director- MOHAN Foundation-Delhi NCR. Working for NGOs for the last thirty years, Pallavi has fought for HIV orphans, comforted the specially-abled, and enthused the underprivileged. She currently heads the Delhi-NCR office of MOHAN Foundation, an NGO committed to promoting deceased organ donation in the country. Pallavi had the opportunity to work with TANKER (Tamil Nādu Kidney Research) Foundation in Chennai, an organization providing subsidized dialysis to patients living with end-stage kidney failure. Her work there helped her understand the plight of patients living with end-stage organ failure requiring a transplant for survival on one hand and the acute shortage of organs in our country on the other. Armed with this understanding, and her deep passion for the cause, Pallavi set up the Delhi NCR office for the Foundation ten years ago to create awareness of organ donation and to work closely with hospitals to set systems in place to promote organ donation. Beneath that soft heart, there is a glint of steel that emerged when she braved her way up to conquer the Everest Base camp in 2018 and Mount Kilimanjaro in 2019 with the singular aim of promoting organ donation. Listen in as Pallavi shares her journey & talks about her meaningful work with “friend-raising”, organ donation, life & death.

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