Event Videos

World Kidney Day – 11th March 2025

Mr. R. Sundar – Introduction and Tamil Thai Vazhthu

Invocation Song

Audio visual presentation on the foundation’s journey

Dr. Rajan Ravichandran – Chairman, Sapiens Health Foundation – On WKD 2025 Theme

Prof. R. Krishnakumar -Artificial Intelligence and Kidney Disease

Actor S. Siddharth

Mr. Ramkumar Shankar, MD, Chemplast Sanmar Limited

Actor Maadhu Balaji

Mr. Mohammed Lehry – Kidney Recipient

Mr. R. Sundar, Vote of Thanks

6th World Hypertension Congress (WHC)-March 2025

Dr. Rajan Ravichandran -SALT AND HYPERTENSION

6th World Hypertension Congress (WHC) was organized by World Hypertension League (WHL) and Indian Society of Hypertension (InSH) which was held from Mar 07 – 09, 2025 at Chennai Trade Centre – Nandambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.

Salt Fight 2024 – Workshop on Capacity Building of Physicians on Salt Reduction and Low Salt Substitute- Mumbai – 14th Dec 2024

Dr. Bharat Shah – Chairman, Narmada Kidney Foundation, Mumbai – Welcome Address

Dr. Rajan Ravichandran – Chairman, Sapiens Health Foundation, Welcome Address

Dr. Daksha Shah (Executive Health Officer, Mumbai) – Guest of Honour

Dr Raj Bhandari (Member NITI Aayog – GOI) – Guest of Honour

Mr. Sanjay Kurhade (DMC Health – Mumbai) – Chief Guest

Dr. Umesh Khanna – Modifiable Risk Factors & Non-communicable Diseases

Dr. Vijay Kher – Salt and Health

Dr. Rajan Ravichandran – Strategies for Salt Reduction

Dr. Edwin Fernando – Salt Substitutes

DPHICON 2024 – Salt Reduction and Hypertension

Dr. Rajan Ravichandran

3rd Annual International Public Health Conference
October 3 to 5, 2024
Maharaja Mahal, Thanjavur.
Conference Theme – Public Health, Enhancing through Synergies. Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai – 600 006, Tamil Nadu.
3rd Day – Presentation on Salt Reduction and Hypertension by Dr. Rajan Ravichandran, Chairman, Sapiens Health Foundation and Cystinosis Foundation India.

Salt Fight 2024 – Workshop on Capacity Building of Physicians on Salt Reduction and Low Salt Substitute- Chennai – 30th June 2024

Dr. Rajan Ravichandran – Chairman Sapiens Health Foundation – Welcome Address

Dr. T. Selvavinayagam, Director, Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Govt. of TN

Prof. R. Krishnakumar – Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras

Dr Amit Shah – Director – Resolve To Save Lives (RTSL) – India

Release of Physician Manual and Salt Awareness Posters

Dr Umesh Khanna – Senior Nephrologist, Mumbai – Life Style Diseases Overview

Dr. S. N. Narasingan, Chennai – Hypertension Overview

Dr. K. Sampathkumar, Senior Nephrologist, Madurai – Salt – Hypertension – Kidney

Dr. Bharat Shah, Senior Nephrologist, Mumbai – Salt and other effects on health

Dr. Edwin Fernando, Senior Nephrologist, Chennai – Low Salt Substitutes

Dr. V. Murugesan, Senior Nephrologist, Pondicherry – Low Salt Substitutes – Practical Experience

Dr. Zamurrud Patel, Nutritionist, Mumbai – Nutritionist Viewpoint on Salt

Dr. Rajan Ravichandran, Chairman Sapiens Health Foundation- Implementation of Salt reduction program

R. Sundar, Trustee, Sapiens Health Foundation – Vote of Thanks

Workshop Feedback from attended Doctors

Lecture on Salt Reduction for Physicians – DPH TN

Dr. Nagarajan ,Deputy Director of Public Health, Dr. Rajan Ravichandran, Dr. Selvavinayagam, Director, DPH

Lecture on Salt Reduction for Physicians by Dr. Rajan Ravichandran at the Tamil Nadu Public Health Department on 31/5/24. More than 150 physicians including District Health Officers attended the meeting.