PROFILEs
Dr Latha Jagannathan,
Medical Director & Managing Trustee
Besides managing the four organisations that constitute the
Trust, Dr Latha Jagannathan is also the guiding force behind
research projects and collaborations taken on by the Institute.
A member of several state and national level committees responsible
for HIV/AIDS control and prevention, and blood safety, she is
actively involved in the crusade for better healthcare services
at many levels.
Notable among these are the Technical
Resource Group for the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO),
the Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society (KSAPS), the National
and State Blood Transfusion Council, and the Steering Committee
for Biomedical Waste Management of the Karnataka State Pollution
Control Board. She is also a member of the Task Force on Health
and Family Welfare instituted by the Government of Karnataka,
and Founder Trustee of Bangalore Hospice Trust & Karunashraya,
a hospice for cancer patients.
PT
Kasturi, Founding Trustee
A member of the Rotary Club of Bangalore, PT Kasturi was passionate
about blood donation even much before the inception of the Rotary-TTK
Blood Bank. When he became a District Governor, he addressed
a long-standing dream of running a blood bank and approached
the TTK group of companies. It was decided that the Rotary Club
would take care of the equipment while the daily operations
would be handled by TTK.
A renowned Financial Consultant,
PT Kasturi used his business acument to establish the blood
bank. From persuading the government to allot the land to managing
the publicity - he was enthusiastically involved at every stage.
Kasturi passed away in 1997 at the age of 60 during a holiday
in Greece. He is remembered with great fondness as an avid Rotarian,
an astute businessman, and a lover of Golf.
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Arun
Kumar, Founding Trustee
An energetic young Rotarian, Arun Kumar was committed to the
idea of improving the lives of people around him. It was this
vision that lead him to take on a key role in setting up the
blood bank. That, and his talent at motivating people to support
good causes.
An entrepreneur involved in manufacturing
perfumes, his people skills were considerable. His natural and
spontaneous empathy for other human beings was clearly reflected
in his devotion to the blood bank. Arun Kumar died at the age
of forty of Leukaemia (Blood Cancer). He left behind a worthy
legacy — our day care transfusion centre is named after
him.
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