First Aid Council of India (abbreviated as FACI) is a

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organisation, based at Shahdara, in the Indian union territory of

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. It was established by

Shabab Aalam Shabab Aalam (born 15 August 1984) is an Indian author, educationalist and a poet of Hindi and Urdu language. He established the Grameen Mukt Vidhyalayi Shiksha Sansthan, the First Aid Council of India, and serves as the president of the latter. ...

, an Indian educationist and author, in 2017, and it aims to promote first aid education in India. It offers certificate and diploma courses in the first aid education with the collaboration of various Indian universities.

History

First Aid Council of India was established by Indian educationist and author

in 2017 to help promote first aid education in India. It is said that it is based on the idea of

Atmanirbhar Bharat Atmanirbhar Bharat (Devanagari: ) which translates to 'self-reliant India', is a phrase the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and his government used and popularised in relation to the country's economic development plans. The phrase is an ...

. It is headquartered at Shahdara in

. In November 2020, the Bhopal-based Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University began establishing several study centers with the teaching support of the First Aid Council of India (FACI), to promote first aid education in the state of

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had reported in October 2020 that the university was about to establish eleven study centers in the state to conduct first aid courses. In October 2021, the

Shri Venkateshwara University Shri Venkateshwara University (SVU) is a private university located in Gajraula, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university was established in 2010 through the ''Shri Venkateshwara University Uttar Pradesh Act, 2010'' as a venture of the Venkateshwar ...

entered into collaboration with the FACI for conducting first aid courses. Its founder, Shabab Aalam, also serves as its president.

Reception

In December 2020, the

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reported doctors and experts condemning the courses conducted by the FACI. They allegedly accused it of promoting quackery. Ramdev Bhardwaj, the vice-chancellor of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University, was reported saying that, although several state governments and the central government had many times discussed the proposals about starting courses on first aid education but no institution throughout India had ever introduced one such course and the university was the first institution to have taken the initiative.

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