Introduction:With the attendant rise of the quantity of medical colleges in India over the past few decades, the demand for cadavers utilized in medical education and research is growing. However, there's an insufficient supply of donated cadavers available for dissection. Aim:This study was undertaken to assess the general population's awareness of body donation programs and willingness to donate within the State of Tamil Nadu , India. Materials and methods: The willingness of participants to donate was compared with age, gender, and education of the respondents. an entire of 100 adult individuals from the State of Tamil Nadu participated during a survey composed of questions on age, sex, education, awareness of body donation programs, and willingness to donate. All data was tabulated and statistical analysis was done using SPSS software version 23 Result:Among the sample size of 100 people 57.3% of individuals were having the thought that body donation is for both organ transplantation and for dissection purposes of medical students.Younger age groups, males, graduates, and postgraduates were found more willing to donate their bodies. Organ donation was preferred over body donation. Conclusion:A lack of awareness about body donation was the foremost factor responsible for respondents' "no body donation'' response within the overall population, alongside firm religious beliefs and customs, the fear that the donated body won't be treated with respect and dignity, and thus the unacceptability of the dissection of one's own body. To beat this shortage of donated cadavers, efforts should be undertaken to vary the mindset of the broader Indian society toward body donation.

body donation, organ transplantation, cadaver, novel survey