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
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 Chairs: 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
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

1130 - 1300
Pre Lunch Concurrent Sessions
1300 – 1400: Lunch - Conference Hall (Ground Floor) Seminar Hall 3 & 4
1400 - 1530
Afternoon Plenary
Theme: Forging Futures
Issues and Challenges for community led Groups:
SEMINAR Organisational Development, Governance &
HALLS Funding
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
MINI THEATRE Chair: Rajarshi Chakrabarty
Venkatesan Chakrapani
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
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
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