DATRI

DATRI (meaning 'donor' in Sanskrit) is a not-for-profit organization registered in 2009 as a Section 8 company under the Government of India. DATRI is the nation's largest unrelated blood stem cell donors registry, which helps patients with blood cancer and other fatal blood disorders to find an HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) matched donor to undergo Blood Stem Cell Transplant.
Blood stem cell transplant is a chance of cure for patients suffering from blood cancer and other severe blood disorders. As of September 2019, DATRI has more than 4.6 lakhs voluntary donors registered and it has facilitated 728 transplants worldwide. DATRI operates in 10 major cities in India.
History.
DATRI was founded by Dr. Nezih Cereb, Dr. Soo Young Yang and Raghu Rajagopal in 2009. The NGO works with a mission to save the lives of patients suffering from Blood Cancer, Aplastic Anemia, Thalassemia and other severe blood disorders. In 2017 the foundation appointed Darasing Khurana, who has been Mr. India International in 2017, as its Brand Ambassador. The organisation started with the objective of finding willing HLA matched donor for every patient suffering from fatal blood related disorders and in need of a blood stem cell transplant.
DATRI is a registered member of World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) and lists the HLA typing information anonymously in Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide (BMDW), a search program of WMDA available to Transplant Centers globally. It is currently India's largest Blood Stem Cell Donor's Registry. In January 2019 it created a milestone in the history of unrelated blood stem cell donations in India by facilitating its 500th blood stem cell collection. 
In December 2019,DATRI celebrated 10 years of saving lives in Savera Hotel, Chennai. The organisation had helped save over 640 patients who had required blood transfusions in last 10 years. As on December 2019,DATRI had over 4,20,000 registered owners. DATRI had been spreading awareness on registering as a Blood Stem Cell Donor through numerous camps held across educational Institutions,corporates and residential areas since its inception in year 2009. These campaigns had resulted in creating considerable awareness in society among youngsters and professionals. The campaigns helped in the growth in the number of volunteer donors donating blood system cells to save the life of an unknown patient growing at the rate of 522% .
There was also remarkable growth in the donations supported by DATRI in the second 5 years compared to five years as it increased from 79 to 412 in same time period. Currently DATRI is India's largest adult unrelated blood stem cells donors registry with more than 4,00,000 registered volunteer donors and had facilitated around 500 donations till date including donations from International patients and also serviced patients from over 75 hospitals from across world.
Awards and recognition.
DATRI has received several recognition for their work. The most notable award DATRI has received is the Global NGO Excellence Award under the Best Healthcare NGO category in 2018. other awards they received include
2016: 