To observe International Childhood Cancer Day (15 February), the Life Beyond Cancer (LBC) initiative will be organizing a special concert at Rabindra Sadan on Friday, 23 February 2024, 6PM onwards.
The event shall have two special performances by two icons of Kolkata. The opening act shall be a high voltage musical show by pop queen Padma Bhushan Usha Uthup and her band. Following it shall be a very special dance recital by LBC’s cause ambassador, national award-winning actor Rituparna Sengupta along with children who have survived cancer.
As the program aims to raise serious awareness on childhood cancer, it shall have a special address by Chief Guest Ramon Magsaysay, Awardee surgical oncologist, Padma Shri Dr. Ravi Kannan R, Director of Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (CCHRC), Silchar – who is credited to have revolutionized cancer treatment in Assam through people-centered and pro-poor programs.