World MS Day 2017 - Bangalore - Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI)

MSSI BENGALURU CHAPTER’S WORLD MS DAY CELEBRATION 2017

Event No. 1

To commemorate World MS Day Flash Mob was organized at Orion Mall, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru on 28th May 2017. We had participants from Mount Carmel College students for the Flash Mob. This was indeed a great opportunity to create awareness among the public present there in the mall about MS. Pamphlets were distributed to the public present there. There were also MS persons present in the gathering. As 28th was happened to be one of our MS person Geetha’s birthday the whole team celebrated it in a great way.

Event No. 2

Awareness talk about MS & WMSD was aired on Radio Active. Links of the same given below:

https://soundcloud.com/radioactivecr90-4mhz/active-health-multiple-sclerosis-society-rj-shankra- drsrnivas-dr-shashikathsudha

https://soundcloud.com/radioactivecr90-4mhz/active-health-jaga-chitra-rj-berny-lobo-shankar- subramanian

Event No. 3

On the occasion of World MS Day an exclusive preview of the photographs from Jagachitra Exhibition was organized at Hotel Shangri La. Renowned Kannada Actor Mr. Srinath was The Chief guest & the Guests of Honour were Mr. Anand Sharan, Director of Anand Sharan Photo workshop & Mr. Andreas Streiber, General Manager, Shangri La Hotel, Bengaluru.

Twelve MS persons along with their caretakers, Corporate people & photographers were present For this awesome evening celebration.

The program started with the cake cutting by the MS persons for the World MS Day Celebration. Mr. Shankar welcomed the Chief Guests & other dignitaries present. After the welcome speech Launch of Coffee table book which was part of the WMSD celebration & Fund raising was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr. Srinath.

Details about the press coverage for the Shangrila event is given in link below:

http://www.thehoteltimes.in/contact/extras/jstuff/content-views/category-list-view/5894-shangri-la- hotel,-bengaluru-joins-the-global-community-to-observe-world-ms-multiple-sclerosis-day.html

Event No. 4

Fund Raising Program: Photography exhibition was held to raise funds for the society. This exhibition was a collection of exclusive photographs named “Jagachitra” a creative collaboration by the photographers of TGiS (Thank God it’s Saturday) community. Total 117 photographs were displayed in the Exhibition for sale consisting of portraits, wild life, bird photography, macro photography & Culture etc., We had more than 3000 visitors over 5 days and had opportunity to spread awareness though this as well as coverage in various news papers. Chief Guest present for the inauguration were Ms. Sudha Belawadi , a popular actress and Ms.Vasanthi Hariprakash a popular media person.