She told that the day was first observed in 1975 by the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohematology.During this day, various events organised were poster making competition and pledge taking ceremony in which the NSS Volunteers, NSS Program officers: Prof. Sangeeta Malhotra (NSS Coordinator), Dr. Sushma Gupta, Prof. Sunita Verma (EBSB Coordinator), Dr. Deepak Jyoti, Prof. Jyoti Saini, Prof. Arjun Kumar and all staff members participated very enthusiastically. The pledge confirmed that whenever someone is in need of blood, we shall donate blood at our own expenses without any greed.