Social Activities

Started the Indian Epilepsy Association Tirupathi in November 1997 with help of senior citizens of Tirupathi and Friend’s of SVIMS Society

• Indian Epilepsy Association,  Branch Activities & Website

 As a President of Indian Epilepsy Association, Tirupati Branch, lot of social activities for patients with epilepsy are being organized in the form of conducting epilepsy camps since 1997.  Since February 1999, on every 3^rd Sunday of the month, started also on every 1^st Sunday of the month in view of the increasing the patient load. 400-550 patients are treated and given drugs in this camp.  So far 230 camps are conducted as on November  2017

National epilepsy day is organized every year.  Patients with epilepsy are motivated for painting, essay and elecution competitions.  Street plays are also organized for patients and their relatives to create awareness that epilepsy is curable and that there is no place for superstitions and that they are very much fit for normal family life.  Awareness is also is being created about epilepsy among public and school children.  With continuous efforts, regular anti epileptic drugs are received from USA through AMERI CARES organization.   

• Launched a website : www.balaji.epilepsy.homestead.com

• Organised “Brain Awareness Week” for public from 10^th – 17^th April 2006 and delivered guest lectures on “Parkinsonism”, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, “Neurosurgical techniques & Epilepsy” etc.

• Webmaster for www.indianepilepsyassociation.org from April 2006 -2007.

• Organised Celebrations of the 100^th Special Monthly Camp for persons with Epilepsy on 20^th May 2007.  Around 600 people with Epilepsy were given free drugs.  Organised cultural activities, competitions on Rangoli, Painting for patients and provided Lunch for all of them

• Organised “National Epilepsy Day” Celebrations on 16^th – 17^th November 2008 along with 118^th monthly camp for persons with epilepsy. Epilepsy awareness programmes were organized by students of college of Nursing in the form of folklore  single of story telling called Burrakatha  and a Skit at dispel the myth   and superstitions  about epilepsy. On 17^th  November,2008 Essay and Elocution competition were held on the  topic “Epilepsy – My Perspective” followed by Guest lectures  Epilepsy- 1^st Management by Prof.B.Vengamma, President, Indian Epilepsy Association

• As a token of  10 years of selfless service to epilepsy patients, 120^th epilepsy camp was conducted with grandeur on 18^th January, 2009.

• Till now epilepsy camps were regularly conducted uninterruptedly on every First and third Sunday since Feb 1999 for 190 months, earlier monthly on every third Sunday ,since july 2013 monthly twice ,first and third Sunday of every month in view of increasing number patients to a  total of 220  monthly camps as of Dec 2016

• Organised Celebrations of the 200^th Special Monthly Camp for persons with Epilepsy on 6^th Sep 2015.  Around 600 people with Epilepsy were given free drugs.  Organised cultural activities and  provided Lunch for all of them