Centre for Women Studies

BITS, Pilani (Rajasthan)

Tentative Program Schedule
Workshop on Consultation and Experience-Sharing on Safe Motherhood – Looking Ahead
(Sponsored by UNICEF, Rajasthan ; ICSSR & OWSA, New Delhi)
September 8-9, 2006

September 8, 2006
Inaugural Function:

Invocation of Goddess Saraswati 9.30 am

Introduction to the theme of the Workshop 9.45 am

by Prof. Nirupama Prakash , Convenor

Welcome by Vice Chancellor, BITS, Pilani 10.00 am

Keynote Address by Mr. Prasanna Hota, 10.15 am

Secretary, Govt. of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi

Keynote Address by Dr. Jeannine Greenfield, 10.45 am

International Health Officer of Asia and Pacific,
US Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Global Health Affairs,
Washington, D.C., U.S.A

Tea 11.15 am

Guest of Honor Address by Professor Barbara Wejnert 11.30 am

Chair, Department of Women and Global Studies,
State University of New York, University at Buffalo, USA
Topic : Democracies and Women Health Issues

Guest lecture by Dr. Satish Kumar 12 Noon

UNICEF State Representative, Rajasthan

Technical Sessions

Session 1
12. 30 – 1.30 pm

Safe Motherhood – Overall Perspective and Situation of Maternal Health in Rajasthan and at
National & International Level

Keynote Speaker:

Professor Suneeta Mittal , Head, Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, All India Institute of
Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Topic: Making Pregnancies Safer

Presentation :

Dr. Sharda Jain, Gynecologist, Consultant, Lifeline, New Delhi

Topic: Role of Anemia and Safe Motherhood.

Lunch : 1.30 pm
Session 2
2.30 pm – 4.30 pm

Chair : Mr A R Nanda, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India

Sharing of Experience on themes such as:

a. Availability of Skilled Birth Attendants at the Time of Delivery
b. Referral Transport Services
c. Availability of Blood
d. Quality of Care
e. Maternal Death Audit

Keynote Speaker:

Professor Pnina Motzafi Haller, The Social Studies Unit, The Jacob Blaustein Institute of
Desert Research, Ben Gurion University, Negev, Israel

Topic: Motherhood and Class Position in Israel

Presentations:

Dr. P.B. Singh, Head, Department of Urology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi

Topic: Managing Urological Complications during Delivery.

Professor R. P. Pai, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

Presentations:
Topic: A Case Study of Public Private Partnership in Safe Motherhood Practices: Manipal
Experience

Professor Rashmi Mathur, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi

Topic : Pre-Natal Environmental Influences during Pregnancy and their effects on Child
Health

Professor ChandraKala Padia: Director, Centre for Women Studies, Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi

Topic: Safe Motherhood: Conceptual Issues

 Tea : 4.30 pm

Session 3
4.45 pm – 6.45 pm

ICT Tools and its Use in Behavioral Change Communication for Ensuring Safe Motherhood

Dr Vikram Gupta, Programme Associate, Population Foundation of India

Topic :

Mr Inderjit Kohli, Executive Producer, All India Radio, Shimla

Topic : Role of Radio in Knowledge Dissemination on Safe Motherhood

Ms. Geeta Malhotra, Senior Program Manager, Grassroots Communications, One World South
Asia, New Delhi

Topic : Grassroot Initiatives for Safe Motherhood

Ms.Geeta N Bhardwaj, Knowledge Coordinator (Gender) Knowledge for Development, One

World South Asia, New Delhi

Topic :

Dr. Ram Alagan and Dr. Seela Aladuwaka, Department of Geography, University of
Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Topic : Geographical Perspective of Safe Motherhood and Challenges in the

Hill Country of Sri Lanka. A Case Study: Doragala Tea Plantation in Pussellawa.

Professor Jitendra Behari, School of Environmental Sciences, J.N.U., New Delhi

Topic : Avoidance of Electromagnetic fields Exposure during Pregnancy for Safe

Motherhood

Cultural Program: 7 pm

Dinner: 8.30 pm
September 9, 2006

Session 4
9.15 am – 11.15 am

Role of Policymakers, Government Institutions, Health Care Institutions, NGOs and

International agencies in ensuring safe motherhood and maternal health.

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Sunita Saxena, Director, Institute of Pathology (Indian Council of Medical Research),
Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

Topic: Breast Cancer in Women

Presentations :

Ms. Kamal Singh, Head, Governance and Social Justice, British Council, New Delhi
Topic : A Film on “Safe Motherhood : Beyond the Numbers”; produced by British
Council, U.K.

Mr. Arun Datta, Head, Human Resources, ESCORTS Heart Institute & Research Centre, New
Delhi

Dr. Anjana Saxena, Chief Medical Officer, CGHS, Government of Delhi

Mrs. Diana David, Associate Professor, Maternity Nursing, College of Nursing, Christian
Medical College, Vellore

Topic : Safe Motherhood- Mid-Wives’ Perspective

Dr. Marieme Lo, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Women Studies, SUNY, University at Buffalo:
Public-Private Partnership for Safe Motherhood and Maternal Health

Professor J.P. Pachauri, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Garhwal University, Srinagar-Garhwal

Dr. (Mrs) Babbar, Medical Officer, Family Planning Association of India, New
Delhi
 Tea: 11.15 am

Session 5
11.30 am – 1.30 pm

Formulation of Relevant Strategies with special focus on State of Rajasthan

Keynote Speaker:

Ms. Shikha Wadhwa, Project Officer, UNICEF, Rajasthan

Topic : Advocacy for Safe Motherhood in Rajasthan : An Initiative

Presentations:

Dr. Pritam Pal, Consultant, UNICEF, Rajasthan

Dr Vikram Gupta, Regional Coordinator, Rajasthan, Population Foundation of

India

Mr. Rustom Masalawala, CEO, Mobile Medics Health Care ; Kavikrut, Chief Operating
Officer and Sriram, G, Chief Marketing Officer, Pilani (Parent Company in Delaware, USA)

Topic : Bringing Health Care to the Doorsteps of Rural India

Dr. Bimla K. Sahu, Bhoruka Charitable Trust, Churu, Rajasthan

Mr. Brajesh Kumar Sinha, Program Manager, Shikshit Rojgar Kendra Prabhandak Samiti,
Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan

Lunch : 1.30 pm

Session 6
2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Presentation and Consolidation of Group Work

Tea: 4.30 pm
 Valedictory Session
5.00 pm

Keynote Address

Dr. Ranjana Kumari, President, Women Power Connect & Director, Centre for Social
Research, New Delhi