SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

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Social responsibility is one of the missions of the college and has been given priority. This is given priority and many programs are carried out with this in mind. Every year programs are organized on World cancer day, Anti Tobacco day, World environment day, Diabetic day, Oral hygiene day, World Health day, Prosthetic day, Oral surgery day, Conservative dentistry day, denture camps, Road safety awareness etc to increase awareness among the public. Lectures, screening in schools, colleges, public etc., skits, miming, and role play in public places, pamphlet distribution in public places, Rallies, road art, marathon are some of the methods used to create awareness. During the floods and cyclone in Chennai relief materials were collected from the staffs and students and distributed to the local people who were affected and lost their properties due to the calamities. Tobacco awareness programs were organized in trial areas of Kothagiri and Yelagiri hills. The camp at Yelagiri Hills was recorded in the LIMCA book of world records. The students also organized an awareness camp on menstrual hygiene, menstrual and post menstrual problems, and gender harassment at Cheyyar, for the tribal women and children and also distributed free sanitary napkins.

The institution has adopted a school to improve their lifestyle, health, knowledge, nutrition and oral hygiene practices of the people and prevention of general and oral diseases. The objective of Tagore school adoption is oral health promotion and mapping services and to create awareness in oral hygiene maintenance, ill effects of tobacco, excessive usage of refined sugars, preventive dental care, oral health screening and treatment for needed people at free of cost within available resources and oral disease mapping in school.

The school has a morning assembly every Monday where all students gather before classes. We have obtained permission and have utilized this opportunity to speak to the students and staffs on general health, need to have general check up, nutrition, sanitation, common diseases like tuberculosis, dengue, typhoid, food poisoning and their prevention, environmental issues like water conservation, rain water harvesting, prevention of water stagnation, avoid plastics, planting trees and their protection, child abuse, gender harassment are some of the topics covered. This is just to create awareness in general and its necessity.

The school teachers are also taught and trained in the methods to handle emergencies at school and outside. The staff and students collected around 500 old books and donated to the library and also a cupboard to store them. 2 computers and a printer were also donated to the school for students’ education. The school Principal was honored during Women’s day celebration.

The students were brought to the college to visit the dental exhibition and gifts and snacks were provided. Coloring competition, drawing competition, essay writing were conducted for the students and prizes distributed at various occassions. The school had arranged to go for excursion to visit the zoo, arts village, Dakshin Chitra and our college had provided transportation to the staff and students of the school.

Dedicated and committed staffs and students make the work easy. The staffs and students get satisfaction in organizing these programs. The students develop a sense of public service and develop empathy.

2021 - 22

We pride ourselves in being socially responsible citizens in striving to uplift the livelihood of the poor and the downtrodden & it has been given top priority. Our main focus is to inculcate these values into our Staff and Students.

We have organized 28 programs with great conviction. Every year, programs are organized on World cancer day, World No Tobacco Day, World environment day, Oral hygiene day, World Health Day in the form of lectures, screening in schools, colleges and industries etc., rallies, road-art and marathons, skits, role-play & pamphlet distribution in public places.

Among the 28 programs conducted this year, 17 programs were conducted to generate awareness among the local public & school students in and around keelakotaiyur, vengadamangalam, Nedunkundram, Rathinamangalam, New Perungalathur, Alapakkam, Karanaipidicherry & Sadhanandhapuram. To highlight a few of the programs conducted; Stem cell awareness & donation program, Tree plantation program, Rotag installation & Orientation & Blood donation camp. Workshops were conducted on tobacco harm reduction, Behavioural and health counselling training for tobacco & cancer control. All the programs were supported enthusiastically by our staff and students.

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