Kanta Saroop Krishen information

Kanta Saroop Krishen
Kanta Saroop Krishen
Born	1929; West Punjab, British India
Occupation	Social worker
Known for	Voluntary blood donation initiative
Spouse	Swarup Krishen
Children	One son and two daughters
Parent	R. B. Vishan Bhagwan
Awards	Padma Shri; Red Cross Gold Medal; H. D. Shourie Award; Mother Teresa Award; Rajiv Gandhi Award

Kanta Saroop Krishen is an Indian social worker and one of the founders of the Blood Bank Society, Chandigarh and the Indian Society of Blood transfusion and Immunohaematology.^{[citation needed]} She is known to have worked for spreading the message of voluntary blood donation in India^[1] and is a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri for the year 1972 from the Government of India.^[2]

^ Grewal Sharma, Manraj (24 January 2018). "Meet Kanta Saroop, an octogenarian with decades of social service in her blood". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

[1] Grewal Sharma, Manraj (24 January 2018). "Meet Kanta Saroop, an octogenarian with decades of social service in her blood". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

[Padma_Shri-2] "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

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Kanta Saroop Krishen
Born	1929 West Punjab, British India
Occupation	Social worker
Known for	Voluntary blood donation initiative
Spouse	Swarup Krishen
Children	One son and two daughters
Parent	R. B. Vishan Bhagwan
Awards	Padma Shri Red Cross Gold Medal H. D. Shourie Award Mother Teresa Award Rajiv Gandhi Award