AN ODE TO SUPERHEROES AT 8TH EDI TION OF ALERT BEING AWARDS Laun ch of ALERTAiD, a first of its kind Wha tsApp BoT for first aid
~ Major Seeta Shelke, representing the Indian Army, who led the team constru cting the Bailey Bridge at Wayanad lan d slide site, was conferred the ALERT B eing Individual ICON Award.
~ PSG & Sons Charities Trust from Coi mbatore were conferred the ALERT B eing Organization ICON Award
~ Thiru. Ma Subramanian, Hon’ble Hea lth Minister Gov. of Tamilnadu and Pa dma Bhushan Dr.A. Sivathanu Pillai, D isti nguished Scientist, ISRO and DRDO pre sented the awards to Real Life her oes.
~ The Chief Guests launched ALERTAiD – a WhatsApp BoT that can assist anyon e during emergencies, A real life simul at ion VR of an emergency on the road and The ALERT Academy, an e-learni ng platf orm for courses in emergency response.
Chennai, February 8th , 2025: The Eigh th Edition of “ALERT Being” Awards (A BA) was held today to honour and reco gni se Good Samaritans from various walks of life. ALERT, a voluntary non-profit organization dedicated to makin g the ‘Rig ht to Life’ a reality in India, o rganized th e award ceremony and pre sented awar ds to 14 real-life heroes w ho have helpe d save or preserve lives in the following categories: individual s, organizations, a nd people going abo ve and beyond.
Thiru. Ma Subramanian, Hon’ble Minis te r for Health and Family Welfare Go v. of Tamilnadu and Padma Bhushan D r. A. Sivathanu Pillai, Distinguished Sc ientist, I SRO and DRDO graced the aw ards ceremony as Chief Guests and ga ve away the awards to real-life heroes selected by th e distinguished membe ers of the ABA jury. The ALERT Being Awards under the Individual category was presented to 8 real-life heroes wh o put their life at sta ke. The Category of Going Beyond Call o f Duty was pres ented to Ms. Sabeena, a nurse from Nil giris who risked her life to give first ai d to those injured in the Way anad Lan dslide.
Under Organisation Category: India T urns Pink from Chennai and Samugam Trust from Puducherry received the a wards. The ALERT Being Icon award w as pres ented to the incredible Forest Officials team of Wayanad Division (La ndslide at Wayanad). The distinguishe d members f the ABA Jury were Ms. Ve ena Kumaravel, Founder, Natural Gro up of Salons: Thiru. Md. Shakeel Akht ar IPS, Chief Inform ation Commission er, DGP(Retd); Nawab z ada Mohamed Asif Ali, Heir Apparent & Dewan to the Prince of Arcot; Dr. J.S. Rajkumar, Chai rman and Chief Surgeon, Lifeline Hosp itals; Mr. Sujith Kumar, Founder, Maat ram Foundation and Mr. Ana ndakrish snan, a serial entrepreneur. The event had advisors in Dr. Renuka David, Man aging Director, Radiant Medical Ser vi ces and Mr. C. K. Kumaravel, CEO and Co-Founder, Natural Group of Salons.
Conferred by the Board of Trustees of ALERT, The ALERT Being Organization ICON Award was presented to PSG & S ons Charities Trust from Coimbatore f or their legendary philanthropy along with excellence of service in education and health; The ALERT Being Individ ual ICON Award was presented to Maj or Se eta Shelke, who representing the Indian Army led a team of 140 Jawans in constructing the Bailey Bridge in a record tim e of 31 hours to help the res cue of peop le in the catastrophic land slide at Way and.
Mike Muralidharan, Chairman, ALERT, sabid “With the Good Samaritan Law in place and more colleges coming fort h to install the ALERT Golden Army ch apters, we aim to generate 1 crore vol untee ers equipped to save lives.” He w ent on to state that “At times of an eme rgency, most people have the heart to help, but do not know how to go about it. The aim is to have more people eva ngelised in handling emergency respo nse to save prec ious lives, so that no li fe is lost for dearth of attention”.
Speaking about the awardees, Ms. Kala Balasundaram, Founder Trustee sai “T he 8th edition of the ALERT Being Awa rds is a tribute to the extraordinary sp irit of humanity. These heroes didn’t w ait for a title or a moment – they stepp ed up whe n it mattered most. This is more than a celebration- it’s a movem ent to make lif e-saving preparedness, a way of life.”
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Rajesh R Trivedi, Co-Founder & Managing Trus te tee, ALERT said, “We could not have lau nched the tech initiatives for emer gency response in a better setting than in the presence of real-life heroes as w e celebrate them. The tech initiatives such as th e ALERT Academy e-learnin g course; th e ALERT AiD WhatsApp Bo T, that anyon e can use as a quick reck oner during real emergencies; and the Virtual Reality mo dule in emergency r esponse that will im me rse a learner in real life simulated scenario to hand le emergencies on the ro ad. We thank our CSR partner Ford Mot or Company for supporting some of thes e tech init iatives for public good”.
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The 8th edition of ALERT Being Award ds was supported by Bahwan Cybertek, VG N Group of Companies, Mark Metro and Tessolve as sponsors; Indian Oil C orpor ation, Radiant group, Super Aut o Forge, MGM Healthcare, Naturals, U DS, Kesar Gift Mart, Chaitanya Builde rs, Bugwork d rks, TNKG Foundations and Cottons a s Donors. Institutions Pa artners include I ISSM Business Scho ol, Ethiraj College fo or Women, MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Asan Me morial College of Arts and Science, Av ichi College of Arts and Science, Prince Shri Venkateswara Arts and Science Co llege, Prince Shri Venkateswara Padm avathy Engineering Coll ege, Prince Sh ri Balaji Arts and Science College and Sairam Group of Institution. Suryan F M was the digital media partner. Other partners include Kavithalaya Producti ons, Srikhas Food Zone, JFX Events, Fie sta Logistics, TMBC, Spot media and Vi mi Magic.
ALERT, a Chennai based NGO is a volu ntary non-profit organisation working to ensure ‘Right to Life’ becomes a real ity in India marching towards the Goal set by legendary former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam – “Train one in every family on Emergency Care”. On one ha nd, ALER T trains the common man on emergency response while on the oth er it colla boratnes with other stakeho lders of the emergency response ecosy stem such as ambulance services, hosp itals, legal & enforc cements, governm ent bodies, research Institutes, etc. to better the emergency response ecosys tem. Alert VOICE, laun ched by ALERT in the previous edition o f ABA is Indi a’s first community driven tech based first responders network. Kn ow more www.alert.ngo