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

Final 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  Mahesh Nathan, Team Leader, WBTSU

of HIV intervention in West
Bengal  Niloy Basu, Researcher, Author, MANAS
Bangla

 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
Pre Lunch Concurrent Session
Celebrating Gains: District
Experiences
(Participants will be divided in
6 groups according to Districts)
1330 – 1430: Lunch - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4
1430 - 1600
Afternoon Plenary
Theme: Confronting Crises
Confronting Crises : The
Situation Today
1600 - 1730
Post Lunch Concurrent Sessions
Confronting Crises: Critical
issues
North Bengal, except Darjeeling
C V Raman Hall Seminar Hall 4 (First floor)
Souvik Ghoshal/ Dipankar Dey
Darjeeling
PC Roy Hall Seminar Hall 1 (Ground floor)
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
MINI THEATRE Chair: Anis Ray Chaudhuri
Speakers:
 Rajarshi Chakrabarty, Dean, Dept. of
History, Krishnath College, Berhampore
 Anupam Hazra, Program Manager-CRBG,
SAATHII
 Aniruddh Vasudevan, The Shakti Center,
Chennai
 Dr Venkatesan Chakrapani, Consultant, INP+
Human Rights Challenges facing MSM &
Transgender
SEMINAR Facilitator: Pawan Dhall/ Anupam Hazra, SAATHII
HALLS Vijay Nair, NIPASHA +
Venue:C V Raman Hall Seminar Hall 4 (First floor)
Sexual Rights Organising Versus HIV/AIDS
Organising: Dilemmas for Community Mobilisation
Speaker: 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
Facilitator: 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
Facilitator: To be announced
Venue: M N Saha Hall Seminar Hall 2 (First floor)
Emerging Identities around male to male
sexualities and reaching out
Facilitator: 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

Chair: Anindya Hajra

Understanding the Delhi HC Judgment on S 377

Arvind Narrain, Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore

1000 - 1130
Morning Plenary Chair: Anindya Hajra
Arunabha Debnath, Member, MANAS Bangla

Understanding where we Speakers:

stand: MSM and TG under
National AIDS Control  Dr. Umesh Chawla, Programme Manager:
Programme( NACP III) Care Support & Treatment, India HIV/AIDS
Alliance New Delhi

 Dr. Venkatesan Chakrapani, Consultant,

INP+

 Vijay Nair, NIPASHA+

 Anindita Maity, Assistant Director, Target

Intervention, WBSAP&CS
1130 – 1200: Tea Break - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4

Issues and Challenges for community led Groups:

1200 - 1330 SEMINAR Organisational Development, Governance &
HALLS Funding
Pre Lunch Concurrent Sessions Facilitator: Anindita Maity, Assistant Director, TI,
WBSAPCS
Colin Fitzgerald, Programme Officer,
TSU

Venue: C V Raman Hall Seminar Hall 4 (First floor)

Treatment: Gaps & Adherence
Facilitator: Dr. Pallab Bhattacharya, Asst.
Director, WBSA&CS
Dr. Umesh Chawla, India HIV/AIDS
Alliance
Dr Prasenjit Saha, Public Health
Consultant

Venue: PC Roy Hall Seminar Hall 1 (Ground floor)

Target Intervention: Challenges faced on the
field
Facilitator: Representative from NACO
Anis Ray Chaudhuri, MANAS Bangla

Venue: H J Bhabha Hall Seminar Hall 3 (First floor)

Issues facing HIV Positive MSM and Transgender
Facilitator: Vijay Nair, NIPASHA +
Venkatesan Chakrapani, INP+

Venue: M N Saha Hall Seminar Hall 2 (First floor)

Exploring vulnerabilities of trans persons and
hijras
Facilitator: 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
Facilitator: Aniruddh Vasudevan, The Shakti
Center, Chennai
Dr. Debashish Chatterjee, Psychaitrist,
Mental health
Activist

Venue: Mini Theatre

1330 – 1430: Lunch - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4

MINI THEATRE Chair: Rajarshi Chakrabarty

1430 - 1530 Venkatesan Chakrapani
Afternoon Plenary
Speakers:
Theme: Forging Futures  Arvind Narrain, Alternative Law Forum,
Bangalore
 Ms. Sita, Transgender Activist, New Delhi

1530 - 1700
Post Lunch Concurrent Session
Forging Futures: Envisioning A
Community Response
(Participants will be divided in
6 groups according to Districts)
1700 – 1730: Tea Break - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4
1730 - 1830
Rapporteuring & Closing
Session
1830-1930
Closing Ceremony by
Community Members
1930 – 2030: Dinner - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4
 Agniva Lahiri, Member, MANAS Bangla
 Anindita Maity, Additional Director,
WBSAP&CS
North Bengal, except Darjeeling
C V Raman Hall Seminar Hall 4 (First floor)
Souvik Ghoshal/ Dipankar Dey
Darjeeling
PC Roy Hall Seminar Hall 1 (Ground floor)
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
MINI THEATRE