Celebrating Gains
Confronting Crises
Forging Future……
State Consultation for MSM and Transgender
March 18-19, 2010, Science City, Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Organised by MANAS Bangla with support from VSO India
and West Bengal State AIDS Prevention & Control Society
Programme Schedule
Day 1: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time Venue Programme Schedule
Welcome & Inaugural Address by Pranai
0900 - 1000
Sekhar Pradhan, President, MANAS Bangla
Inauguration Programme Address by representative of National AIDS
Control Organisation (NACO)
Address by representative of West Bengal
MINI THEATRE State AIDS Prevention & Control Society
(WBSAP&CS)
Representative from VSO India
Formal opening of the Consultation by
representative of NACO, WBSAP&CS, Civil
Society Member and members of
Community
Thanksgiving by Anindya Hajra, Secretary,
MANAS Bangla
Chair: Agniva Lahiri/ Pranai Sekhar Pradhan
1000 - 1130
Speakers:
Morning Plenary Kiran Mishra, Joint Director, Target
Theme: Celebrating Gains Intervention, WBSAP&CS
Movement building & Journey Niloy Basu, Researcher, Author, MANAS
of HIV intervention in West Bangla
Bengal
Pawan Dhall, Country Director -
Programmes & Development, SAATHII
Anindya Hajra, Secretary, MANAS Bangla
1130 – 1200: Tea Break - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4
1200 –1330 North Bengal, except Darjeeling
C V Raman Hall Seminar Hall 4 (First floor)
Pre Lunch Concurrent Session Souvik Ghoshal/ Dipankar Dey
Celebrating Gains: District Darjeeling
Experiences PC Roy Hall Seminar Hall 1 (Ground floor)
(Participants will be divided in Pranai Sekhar Pradhan/ Dipendra Pradhan
6 groups according to Districts)
Mid Bengal
H J Bhabha Hall Seminar Hall 3 (First floor)
Rajarshi Chakraborty/ Suman Rudra
South Bengal except Kolkata
M N Saha Hall Seminar Hall 2 (First floor)
Debasish Mitra/ Anis Ray Chaudhuri
Kolkata
S N Bose Hall Seminar Hall 1 (First floor)
Sanjay Ram/ Santosh Giri
Other regions
Mini Theatre
Sanjib Chakraborty/ Ajay Majumdar
1330 – 1430: Lunch - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4
1430 - 1600 MINI THEATRE Chair: Anis Ray Chaudhuri
Afternoon Plenary
Theme: Confronting Crises Speakers:
Rajarshi Chakrabarty, Dean, Dept. of
Confronting Crises : The History, Krishnath College, Berhampore
Situation Today
Anupam Hazra, Program Manager-CRBG,
SAATHII
Aniruddh Vasudevan, The Shakti Center,
Chennai
Dr Venkatesan Chakrapani, Consultant, INP+
Human Rights Challenges facing MSM &
1600 - 1730 Transgender
Post Lunch Concurrent Sessions SEMINAR Chairs: Pawan Dhall/ Anupam Hazra, SAATHII
HALLS Vijay Nair, NIPASHA +
Confronting Crises: Critical Venue:C V Raman Hall Seminar Hall 4 (First floor)
issues Sexual Rights Organising Versus HIV/AIDS
Organising: Dilemmas for Community Mobilisation
Chairs: Aniruddh Vasudevan, The Shakti Center,
Chennai
Anindya Hajra, Secretary, MANAS Bangla
Venue: PC Roy Hall Seminar Hall 1 (Ground floor)
Right to Choose: Sex Reassignment Surgery
Chairs: Dr. Venkatesan Chakrapani, INP+
Tista Das, Transgender Rights Activist
Venue: H J Bhabha Hall Seminar Hall 3 (First floor)
Post Delhi HC Judgment on S 377: Scenario in
West Bengal
Chairs: To be announced
Venue: M N Saha Hall Seminar Hall 2 (First floor)
Emerging Identities around male to male
sexualities and reaching out
Chairs: Roddur De, Social Researcher
Anis Ray Chaudhuri, Member, MANAS Bangla
Venue: S N Bose Hall Seminar Hall 1 (First floor)
1730 – 1800: Tea Break - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4
1800 -1900 MINI THEATRE “CELEBRATION OF LIFE”
By Monorama
By Aniruddh Vasudevan
By Sapphire
Day 2: Friday, March 19, 2010
Time Venue Programme Schedule
0900 – 1000 MINI THEATRE Special Presentation
Understanding the Delhi HC Judgment on S 377
Arvind Narrain, Alternative Law Forum,Bangalore
1000 - 1100
Morning Plenary
Chair: Anindya Hajra
Arunabha Debnath, Member, MANAS Bangla
Understanding where we
stand: MSM and TG under Speakers:
National AIDS Conrol
Programme( NACP III) Dr. Umesh Chawla, Programme Manager: Care
Support & Treatment, India HIV/AIDS Alliance New
Delhi
Dr. Venkatesan Chakrapani, Consultant, INP+
Vijay Nair, NIPASHA+
Anindita Maity, Asistant Director, Target
Intervention, WBSAP&CS
1100 – 1130: Tea Break - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4
Issues and Challenges for community led Groups:
1130 - 1300 SEMINAR Organisational Development, Governance &
HALLS Funding
Pre Lunch Concurrent Sessions Chairs: Anindita Maity, Additional Director, TI,
WBSAPCS
Colin Fitzgerald, Programme Officer,TSU
Venue: C V Raman Hall Seminar Hall 4 (First floor)
Anti retroviral Treatment: Adherence & Gaps
Chairs: Dr. Pallab Bhattacharya Asst. Director,
WBSA&CS
Dr. Umesh Chawla
Venue: PC Roy Hall Seminar Hall 1 (Ground floor)
Target Intervention: Challenges faced on the field
Chairs: Representative from NACO
Anis Ray Chaudhuri
Venue: H J Bhabha Hall Seminar Hall 3 (First floor)
Issues facing HIV Positive MSM and Transgender
Chairs: Vijay Nair, NIPASHA +
Venkatesan Chakrapani, INP+
Venue: M N Saha Hall Seminar Hall 2 (First floor)
Exploring vulnerabilities of trans persons and
hijras
Chairs: Amitava Sarkar, Project Manager, SAATHII
Ms. Sita, Transgender Activist
Venue: S N Bose Hall Seminar Hall 1 (First floor)
Mental Health Issues of MSM & Transgender
Chairs: Aniruddh Vasudevan, The Shakti Center,
Chennai
Dr. Debashish Chatterjee, Psychaitrist,
Activist
Venue: Mini Theatre
1300 – 1400: Lunch - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4
1400 - 1530 MINI THEATRE Chair: Rajarshi Chakrabarty
Afternoon Plenary Venkatesan Chakrapani
Theme: Forging Futures Speakers:
Arvind Narrain, Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore
Ms. Sita, Transgender Activist, New Delhi
Agniva Lahiri, Member, MANAS Bangla
Anindita Maity, Additional Director, WBSAP&CS
1530 - 1700
Post Lunch Concurrent Session North Bengal, except Darjeeling
C V Raman Hall Seminar Hall 4 (First floor)
Souvik Ghoshal/ Dipankar Dey
Forging Futures: Envisioning A
Community Response Darjeeling
(Participants will be divided in PC Roy Hall Seminar Hall 1 (Ground floor)
6 groups according to Districts) Pranai Sekhar Pradhan/ Dipendra Pradhan
Mid Bengal
H J Bhabha Hall Seminar Hall 3 (First floor)
Rajarshi Chakraborty/ Suman Rudra
South Bengal except Kolkata
M N Saha Hall Seminar Hall 2 (First floor)
Debasish Mitra/ Anis Ray Chaudhuri
Kolkata
S N Bose Hall Seminar Hall 1 (First floor)
Sanjay Ram/ Santosh Giri
Other regions
Mini Theatre
Sanjib Chakraborty/ Ajay Majumdar
1700 – 1730: Tea Break - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4
1730 - 1830 MINI THEATRE
Rapporteuring & Closing
Session
1830-1930
Closing Ceremony by
Community Members
1930 – 2030: Dinner - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4
