Selected press coverage and broadcast features on Mission Safer Roads, our bike-ambulance service and founder Kalyanaraman Venkatesan.
Recent media stories and videos highlighting Mission Safer Roads' impact, community initiatives and the Bike Ambulance Service.
During Ashadhi Wari 2026, Mission Safer Roads' bike ambulance volunteers navigated Dive Ghat's steep, congested terrain to reach 27 warkaris in medical distress — turning narrow ghat roads into a rapid-response lifeline.
Pune Pulse reports on how volunteer riders reached warkaris within minutes on Dive Ghat's narrow inclines, delivering first-response medical care where four-wheel ambulances could not go.
Bike-ambulance service during the Pandharpur Wari and other public events.
Long-form conversations with RTO officers, trauma doctors, riders and citizens on what really keeps Indian roads safe. All 3 episodes below — click to watch on YouTube.
Featured across Times of India, Hindustan Times, Pune Mirror, Sakal Times and more.
He whistles to make way for ambulances rushing patients to hospitals through bumper-to-bumper traffic, making a difference between life and death.
Mass media tools, including television and radio, should be used to spread awareness about Good Samaritan directives, said road safety adviser Kalyanaraman Venkatesan.
Through our NGO we've been reaching out to youngsters, making them realise that once they have a serious head injury little can be done to reverse the effects completely.
Education and enforcement must go hand in hand to effect real change, said the city-based road safety expert who has conducted 50+ sessions across the city.
Moved by his cousin's two-wheeler accident, he now conducts lectures for schools, colleges and corporates to educate them on helmets and their correct use.
Most people are clueless about the correct selection and use of helmets. I always insist on using only branded, ISI-marked varieties.
Execution may be difficult in the beginning. But if seriously enforced, people will understand that there is no better option.
Not many people know about the new SOP to protect Good Samaritans who save accident victims. Most fear a cycle of harassment.
If you spot a Royal Enfield in Pune with a board stating 'Always give way to ambulance. Empathize, someday it could be you' — that is Kalyanaraman Venkatesan.
Runs Mission Safer Roads and offers counselling on road safety and helmet use to youngsters seeking learners' licence at the RTO.
Kalyanaraman Venkatesan, Founder of Mission Safer Roads, weighs in on the helmet-availability debate.
There is no arguing about the need to maintain certain standards for the helmet, city-based helmet expert underscored.
Any common citizen can act as a traffic ambassador, said Kalyanaraman Venkatesan of Mission Safer Roads.
