IIT Gandhinagar as an institution has always believed in the general health and well-being of not only our community members but also our neighbours. Sanjeevani, the flagship event of Nyasa, is a health camp that brings together people from villages , community workers and doctors to a common point where they can interact, engage, and resolve their health issues. During the previous Sanjeevani, we had several health camps conducted within the villages.
However, since IIT Gandhinagar has always been welcoming and open to people in its surroundings, in 2020 we hosted Sanjeevani on our campus with families and children coming from neighbouring villages including Basan, Lekawada, Alampur, Siholi and Rampura. The event was conducted in Academic Block 7 at IIT Gandhinagar with each of the classrooms being converted into a check-up room for a certain specialty. The specialties covered included the General Physician, Ophthalmologist, ENT specialist, Dermatologist, Gynecologist, Pediatrician, Orthopedic surgeon, Physiotherapist, and Dentist.
Different stalls and awareness programs were conducted that included Nutrition and Physical Fitness and First Aid, Hygiene, Waste Disposal and safe drinking water, Diseases (Diabetes, and Cancer), Nasha Mukti, AIDS Awareness, Men’s health and wellbeing, Women’s health and wellbeing, Child’s health and wellbeing, Farmer’s awareness, NEEV , Centre for creative learning (CCL) . Blood donation camp was also held in which 45 students donated blood. Yoga was introduced for the first time in the Sanjeevani health mela
