It gives us great pleasure to inform you that National AIDS

It gives us great pleasure to inform you that National AIDS Control Organisation in collaboration with UNAIDS is organising a National Conference on HIV/AIDS Research in New Delhi during 19-21 January 2011. The venue for the Conference is India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

The National AIDS Control Programme strongly endorses the need for extensive exchange of knowledge among the researchers, programme managers and policy makers to more effectively identify, plan / design and implement appropriate strategies for effective prevention and control of HIV epidemic in India. The National Conference on HIV/AIDS Research has been conceived with the objective of providing evidences for programme planning and policy formulation, besides serving as a National platform for exchange of views, ideas and learnings for the researchers, programme managers and policy makers in India. Thus the Conference aims to integrate and link preventive and therapeutic research on HIV /AIDS with the national programme. The theme of Conference has therefore been aptly selected as “Towards Evidence-Policy linkages in HIV/AIDS Research in India.”

A highly stimulating and interactive technical programme has been developed for the Conference. There will be four Thematic sessions, namely, Basic Sciences, Clinical & Biomedical, Socio-behavioural and Evaluation Studies. Each session will include a Panel Discussion to cull out recommendations for the National Programme from the findings of the presentations. Symposia on important research areas and Key note address by eminent researchers have been incorporated in the programme. In addition to the rich technical programme, a variety of resource material will also be available to the participants at the Exhibition stalls. The Conference will be preceded by a Continuing Education Workshop, “HIV/AIDS Researchers: Challenges & Perspectives” which will provide an opportunity for young researchers to familiarize with the emerging priority areas for Research in the field of HIV/AIDS.

It is envisaged that this scientific gathering would lead to timely and appropriate National response to the HIV epidemic and planning for the next phase of National AIDS Control Programme.

We cordially invite all researchers, policy makers, programme managers to participate in the National Conference on HIV/AIDS. We look forward to welcoming you in New Delhi and wish you a very fruitful and memorable National Conference.