Karnataka Organ Donation Record 2025

Key facts

• Jeevasarthakathe is the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO).
• Karnataka achieved a record of 198 donations from organ donors in 2025, making it the highest number of donations in a year in the state’s record.
• Karnataka stands third in the country behind Tamil Nadu (267) and Telangana (205) for state-wise donations.
• Karnataka’s previous record for organ donations was in 2023 when 178 donors donated their organs.
• Non-Transplant Human Organ Retrieval Centres (NTHORCs) are utilized to encourage donations through medical college hospitals.
• SOTTO collaborated with the police department to nominate a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) rank officer as a nodal officer to identify potential organ donation cases in head injury incidents.