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Sweden And India Join Forces To Tackle Key Issues On Safe And Sustainable Transportation

Feb 18, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Ambassador of Sweden to India, #Director-General of the Swedish Institute, #Government of India and Mr. Thomas Eneroth, #Government of Sweden, #Indian Minister of Transport & Highways, #Minister for Infrastructure, #Mr Klas Molin, #Mr Nitin Gadkari, #Ms. Madeleine Sjöstedt

New Delhi: The Embassy of Sweden, the Consulate General of Sweden in Mumbai and the Swedish Institute are organizing a 42-hour digital Sweden-India Mobility Hackathon: Changing the way we move! on February 26-28, 2021.The mission of the hackathon is to design, test and execute ideas for the future – with a particular focus on mobility.

Sweden and India have joined forces to tackle important issues regarding safe and sustainable transportation. Which is why this hackathon is a designer sprint-like event in which participants collaborate intensively on digital innovations to create functioning solutions to predetermined challenges by the end of the event namely – Lethal accidents in traffic, Safe and sustainable transport, Air pollution/ emissions from traffic sector, Infrastructure for connected vehicle and Sustainable logistics.

Students, entrepreneurs, innovation enthusiasts, developers, designers, creatives and mobility experts across India and Sweden are invited to participate in the Hackathon, to innovate and co-create on the topic of the future of sustainable mobility sector, to work on industry challenges and develop solutions and proof of concepts.

The theme has a strong connection to the Joint Innovation Partnership that exists between India and Sweden and the Sweden-India Transport Safety & Innovation Platform (SITIS) which was launched in February 2020 SITIS was launched in Stockholm, in the presence of Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Indian Minister of Transport & Highways, Government of India and Mr. Thomas Eneroth, Minister for Infrastructure, Government of Sweden.

Speaking about the initiative, Mr. Klas Molin, Ambassador of Sweden to India said: “Sustainable transport and road safety are areas that our governments are deeply engaged in. As emissions, traffic accidents and inefficient traffic flows characterize more and more of the world’s major cities, the hack aims to, develop solutions to these problems. We are delighted that the Swedish Institute is organizing a Sweden-India Mobility Hackathon on this subject in the end of February, with the Embassy of Sweden and the Consulate General in Mumbai as partners. It’s very encouraging to see that several Indian organizations and companies have joined the hackathon as partners.”

The Hackathon is led by the Swedish Institute with support from several Swedish and Indian partners including startups, incubators, research institutes, innovation cells, road safety organizations and companies in sectors of sustainability, automotives and transport.

Ms. Madeleine Sjöstedt, Director-General of the Swedish Institute,said, “Sweden and India have come together to tackle important issues regarding safe and sustainable transportation. Issues that affect us all. Leading companies, experts and top talents from both our countries have joined, and we are full of expectations of what ideas, solutions and connections this hackathon will be the beginning of.”

The participants will have access to a unique network of major Swedish and Indian companies and institutes and will work to solve questions based on open data sources. The winners will get to pitch ideas and receive guidance from the partners to further develop, realize and implement their solutions. Institutions and universities are also invited to join as key partners in recruiting talent, providing guidance and supporting co-creation, innovation and sustainability. Professors, Leaders, Engineering, Transport and Creative experts are also encouraged to enroll as Mentors whose aim would be to guide and support their assigned teams on the mobility challenges.

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A record number of 2.5 lakh Eye Pledges collected under the initiative, National Contest on Eye Donation Pledge

Oct 6, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #(SAKSHAM), #CAMBA, #Eye Pledges, #Mr Nitin Gadkari, #National Contest on Eye Donation Pledge

Hyderabad, October  2020….. A massive Eye Pledge movement like never before is taken up and 2.5 lakh Eyes Were pledged between Sept 21, 2020, to Oct 4, 2020.

The record number of 2.5 lakh Eye Pledges were targeted under an initiative called National Contest on Eye Donation Pledge.

Prime Minister Modi has already extended his accolades to the movement.

A contest towards this effect is organised across India. And the NGO who procure maximum pledges will be declared ‪on October 8, by Mr Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister in a virtual Valedictory function.

Due to COVID, Eye Donation has come down from 60,000 eyeballs a year to 4500 in the last six months. A mere 10 per cent of the annual achieved in the last six months is very disturbing. Under this backdrop, a massive drive is taken up and 2.5 lakh eye donation pledges collected.

It is organised as part of the National Eye Donation Pledge Contest.

It is an initiative of CAMBA. CAMBA is a project of SAKSHAM.

CAMBA stands for Cornea Andhatv Mukta Bharat Abhiyan (in Hindi). It means Corneal Blindness Free Bharat Movement.

“Cornea Andhatv Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (CAMBA)” is a pan India movement of Saksham to bring down the incidence of Corneal Blindness in India and to motivate millions of Indians to pledge their eyes for this noble cause. Samadrishti, Kshamata Vikas Evam Anusandhan Mandal (SAKSHAM) is a charitable national organization with a major presence in Hyderabad.

Those who wish to Pledge eyes may use this following link to Pledge the eyes.

https://caarya-saksham.web.app/eye-donation-campain

People are advised to use browsers such as Google or Google Chrome. Using if Chinese browsers or applications such as Vivo, Oppo, MI, RedMi, Xiaomi must be avoided. This web application won’t work on them.

Three reasons why the Eye Donation Movement is very vital at this juncture:

1. Due to COVID-19, eye donation has dropped to almost 10% of what was being done previously. Another very big issue being faced is lack of storage for longer times. And to store for 10-12 days, the cost has doubled. The biggest problem has been on transporting and logistics.

2. So, increase in awareness is most essential during COVID-19 do that there is a surge in eye donation activity after the epidemic plateaus. So all the backlog has to be covered, 60,000 eye donation could decrease to 10,000 this year. And we need to enhance the capacity to clear the extra backlog.

3. The biggest reason to start the movement is to increase awareness. Every year around 80 lakh people die but only 30,000 people donate which is less than 1%. The main reason is to build this awareness and also to make them understand the need.