Governor of Maharashtra Mr. P.C.Alexander

Cine Star and Wife of Industrialist Mr. Anil Ambani, Mrs.Tina Ambani

CEO of Dr.Reddy Labs , Dr. Anji Reddy

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Shell India

Mrs. Hofmeister and Mrs. Van der Veer of Shell, who visited the Smt. Panadevi Dalmia Cancer Management Centre on 24th November, 1999.

Mrs. Marickke van der Veer, wife of Group Managing Director Jeorene van der Veer and Mrs. Karen Hofmeister, wife of the Executive Director of Human Resources of Shell International visited the Srimati Panadevi Dalmia Cancer Management Centre at Mahalaxmi on 24th November, 1999.

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Mr. Tom Hudson, Chairman of the COPES

Mr. Tom Hudson, Chairman of the COPES (Cancer Organisations' Public Education and Patient Services) programme with the UICC (Union Internationale Contre le Cancer) with Mrs. Viji Venkatesh, Director, Diagnostic Services, CPAA during a visit to the Smt. Panadevi Dalmia Cancer Management Centre at Mahalaxmi on 17th December.

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Luke and Sam Powles

Last year, CPAA played host to the twin sons of Dr. Ray L. Powles, Professor of Hematological Oncology and Head, Leukemia and Myeloma Units of The Royal Marsden Hospital, UK. The boys experienced CPAA’s activities first hand and went back obviously moved by their experiences. At their school’s Annual No-Uniform day recently, they organised fundraising events as part of their ongoing Community Service work and encouraged their fellow students to support CPAA. CPAA received a generous cheque reflecting their hard work. We thank Luke and Sam Powles for their contribution to our work.

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Former Miss India Manpreet Brar

Former Miss India Manpreet Brar, a long time friend and supporter of our "Delhi branch" visited the Srimati Panadevi Dalmia Cancer Management Centre.

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Tulsi (Smriti Malhotra-Irani)

July 3rd was the first anniversary of the highly successful TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC). It was also the first anniversary of the equally successful soap opera, "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi" which has made the protagonists, Tulsi (Smriti Malhotra-Irani) and Mihir (Amar Upadhyay) household names. To mark the common milestone, KBC had Tulsi and Mihir as their participants that night. Both Tulsi and Mihir proved to be eminently successful, winning Rs.25 lakh for the charities of their choice. CPAA was thrilled to be chosen as Tulsi's favoured charity, receiving Rs. 12.5 lakh as a donation. Smriti made a special trip to CPAA's Srimati Panadevi Dalmia Cancer Management Centre to hand over the cheque. The photograph shows Smriti-Tulsi at our Patient Care department with thrilled children and our social workers, Halima, Mrinal, Jyoti and Vinaya. Many thanks to the team at Star India Limited and Kaun Banega Crorepati for their support and cooperation.

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Rose Day 2001

On the occasion of Rose Day 2001, among those who visited the centre, taking time off from their busy schedules to talk to patients, their care givers and CPAA workers and to perform for them were: Pankaj Udhas, popular gazal singer and Raza Murad, cine artist; Ashlaaq Khan, TV artist; Rajeshwari Sachdev, National Award winning actress and singer.

Pujya Shri Prema Pandurang

The great Indian repository of knowledge and wisdom, Acharya Raja Rajamba Pada Tirtha Bhakti Bharati Pujya Shri Prema Pandurang visited CPAA on 21st March 2003. Pujya Shri Prema Pandurang has successfully used her oratorial skills to impart the spiritual wisdom inherent in the Mahabharat during a series of lectures organised at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan. She is also well known for her deep understanding of the Bhagwat. On visiting CPAA she wrote, "Pain is a reality. Service is its antidote. Selfless service is a boon of grace. This is not an institution. It is a temple of service. My prayers for all in it."

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Shoaib Akhtar

The world famous fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar also known as the "Rawalpindi Express" visited CPAA's Mahalaxmi office and spent time with children autographing special cricket bats for them.

The visit came soon after the historic India-Pakistan series held between the two teams in Pakistan which had generated a great deal of excitement and interest. The children were thrilled to be able to interact with the star they had so far only seen on television.

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Strings

Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood of the Pakistani group "Strings" visited CPAA's Mahalaxmi office. In the photograph alongside they are seen with CPAA's Founder Chairman Mr. Y. K. Sapru and Mr and Mrs. Choudhary. Mr. Choudhary is a cured case of cancer of the vocal cords. The duo sang many of their popular songs to the delight of the patients who had gathered.

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Vivek Oberoi and Aishwarya Rai

Bollywood hearthrob Vivek Oberoi, who is also a WHO anti-smoking ambassador, chose to celebrate his birthday in a novel fashion. He invited 60 children suffering from cancer to join him for a party held at our Srimati Panadevi Dalmia Cancer Management Centre. Aishwarya Rai joined him on this joyous occasion. They cut a cake and shared sumptuous snacks provided by Ambassador Hotel. A magician was on hand to entertain the children who went home with stars in their eyes. In the photograph alonside Vivek and Aishwarya can be seen with Mrunal Marathe from our Patient Care department and CPAA Founder Chairman Mr. Y. K. Sapru distributing gifts to the children.

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Sachin Tendulkar

Master Blaster - Sachin Tendulkar, while still recovering from his injuries visited CPAA alongwith his wife Dr. Anjali Tendulkar. He made it a point to individually speak to each one of the cancer affected children that he met and distributed specially made goodies bags amongst them. 
It was overwhemling to see how despite their own illness, the children were so concerned about Sachin's injury and his return to the on-going India-Australia Test Series.

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