‘World AIDS Day’ was observed on 1st December 2018. Various activities were organized by Department of Community Medicine involving students & Interns along with faculties. The theme for the year is “Know your status”. To raise awareness & motivate people to get themselves tested for HIV infection, Department of Community Medicine celebrated this day in which all the students as well as Interns took part with active involvement & enjoyed entire program. The theme “Know your status” was highlighted in slogans, Rangoli & Poster competition & too.

• Slogan writing competition and poster competition was held on 29th November.13 teams took part& made beautiful posters depicting the necessity to get tested for HIV.
• Rangoli competition was held on 30th November. 11 teams participated & created colourful rangoli, thereby spreading awareness regarding the theme.
• The programme was culminated finally in to Quiz competition organized by the Department, which was held on 1st December. 4 teams of 3 members each participated in this quiz, which were selected through elimination round involving 140 students. Faculty of various departments as well as students & interns participated as audience with full excitement. The audience enjoyed quiz session a lot & also took active participation in it. The quiz commenced with introduction speech by Dr. V. K. Arora (H.O.D., Community Medicine), with brief summary of the current facts & figures of AIDS & the importance of getting tested for HIV. This was followed by Quiz, which witnessed a tough competition from all the teams. At the end, winners from the quiz & all other events were given certificates by the honorable Dean of the institution. The main contributors to the programme in organizing the activities were Dr. Rashmi Bhujade, Dr. Aarti Sahasrabudhe, Dr. Sangeeta Kori, Dr. Jayshri Bute & PG students of the department of Community Medicine.