29 September 2026 | 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. | NRI Alumni Education Centre, Kakatiya Medical College Warangal, Telangana, India
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Organiser and partners
Srinivasa Heart Foundation organised the programme as part of the National CPR Challenge Campaign, in association with the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Telangana; Cardiological Society of India (CSI), Telangana; Telangana Academy of Sciences (TAS); Telangana Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (THANA); Association of Physicians of India (API), Warangal; and Kakatiya Medical College Alumni Welfare Association (KMCAWA).
Programme overview
Srinivasa Heart Foundation marked World Heart Day 2026 with a 12-hour community programme designed to raise awareness of cardiovascular health and strengthen public readiness to respond to cardiac emergencies. The programme conducted as part of the National CPR Challenge Campaign combined hands-on high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training with the release of community CPR educational resources in multiple Indian languages.
Opening session and dignitaries
The programme opened with an introduction by Dr Srinivas Ramaka on the World Heart Day 2026 theme and the importance of community participation in heart health and emergency response. Recorded messages were shared by Dr Vemuri S. Murthy, faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois, USA; Dr Navin C. Nanda, Professor of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA; Dr V. Mukesh Rao, President of CSI Telangana; Dr Sadiq Azam, Cardiologist, Hyderabad; and Prof. Sathyanarayana, Secretary of the Telangana Academy of Sciences.
Dignitaries who attended the event included Dr Mohandas,Principal and Addl DME Kakatiya medical college ,Warangal ,Dr Sandhya Sunkaraneni ,Principal and Addl DME Narsampet medical college,Prof. Venkat Narayana, Chairman of the Telugu Academy, Telangana; Prof. Ravinder, retired professor Chemistry and Secretary Kakatiya University Retired Teachers Association(KURTA), Prof. Sadanandam, President of Kakatiya University Retired Teachers Association(KURTA) Sri Kazipeta Purushotham, environmentalist and President of Jana Vignana Vedika; Prof. M. Panduranga Rao, retired professor of REC Warangal and founder-trustee of Kakatiya Heritage Trust; Dr Sambashiva Rao, senior IMA member; Sri Santhosh Manduva of Sulakshya Seva Samithi; Dr Appaiah, DMHO, Hanumakonda; and Dr Sandhya Rani, Principal of Father Colombo Medical College,Sri Sista Suresh kumar Deputy Director Industries dept ,Sri TD Dinesh,retired lecturer Zoology,Sarvadevabhatla Ramanna,retired assistant professor Chemistry ,Kakatiya university ,noted Yoga and spiritual guru Sri Markapuram Srinivasa Rao ,senior IMA members also attended the event. The dignitaries shared messages with participants.
Hands-on high-quality CPR training
The practical training programme used 30 CPR manikins, including 10 quality-feedback CPR manikins, to support skills practice. Participants included approximately 500 high-school students, 200 college students, 50 morning walkers and an estimated 200–300 additional participants from community groups, police personnel, retired government employees, pharmacy and physiotherapy students, NSS volunteers, voluntary organisations and the press. Based on these estimates, total participation was approximately 950–1,050 people.
Participants practised chest compressions under guidance, with quality-feedback manikins used to demonstrate and assess compression performance.All attendees were trained in use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED ) also. Medical students from Kakatiya Medical College volunteering through the Sevaarth team supported the programme. Dr Mohandas, Principal of Kakatiya Medical College, presented certificates to medical student volunteers. Dr Sandhya Sunkaraneni, Principal of Narsampet Medical College, presented certificates to Sevaarth team members who volunteered during Project HEART in 2025.
High school students belonging to the following schools participated in the event:
Daffodils high school,Ideal high school,Karunya high school,Medha concept school,Siddhartha high school,Oxford high school and Standard high school.
Students of Kakatiya degree college and Jayamukhi college of Pharmacy also received high-quality CPR training.
CPR education in Indian languages
Community CPR pamphlets, including a Sanskrit version, were released. Educational videos on community CPR were released in Telugu, English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi and Kashmiri. The goal was to make essential CPR knowledge more accessible to people across linguistic communities and to encourage wider public participation in responding to cardiac emergencies.
Faculty and students of NIT Warangal and staff of Laerdal India supported the recording of the multilingual CPR videos. The coordinated presentation of these resources at one event was a key feature of the programme. World Heart Day 2026 in Warangal brought together healthcare organisations, educational institutions, community groups and volunteers around a shared public-health objective: improving community preparedness for cardiac emergencies. By pairing practical CPR training with multilingual educational resources, Srinivasa Heart Foundation and its partners sought to widen access to life-saving knowledge and promote a culture of bystander action.
