• AIDS Society of India

    ASICON 2013

    AIDS Society of India (ASI) is a non-profit organization whose activities are established in India and its services are extended irrespective of caste, creed or religion. ASI was primarily founded to bring medical doctors, researchers in HIV/AIDS under one umbrella of the AIDS Society of India.

  • AIDS Society of India

    ASICON 2013

    AIDS Society of India (ASI) is a non-profit organization whose activities are established in India and its services are extended irrespective of caste, creed or religion. ASI was primarily founded to bring medical doctors, researchers in HIV/AIDS under one umbrella of the AIDS Society of India.

  • AIDS Society of India

    ASICON 2013

    AIDS Society of India (ASI) is a non-profit organization whose activities are established in India and its services are extended irrespective of caste, creed or religion. ASI was primarily founded to bring medical doctors, researchers in HIV/AIDS under one umbrella of the AIDS Society of India.

  • AIDS Society of India

    ASICON 2013

    AIDS Society of India (ASI) is a non-profit organization whose activities are established in India and its services are extended irrespective of caste, creed or religion. ASI was primarily founded to bring medical doctors, researchers in HIV/AIDS under one umbrella of the AIDS Society of India.

Scholarship

ASICON 2013: 13-15 December, 2013: Mumbai Call

for SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

 

With great pleasure we extend invitation for the 6th National Conference of AIDS Society of India-ASICON 2013 to be held at Palladium (formerly Shangri-La), Mumbai from December 13-15, 2013. The theme of ASICON 2013 is: “Scaling New Heights - From Prevention & Treatment…Towards Cure” and will feature plenary, debates, symposia, workshops, case presentations, and meet-the-expert sessions from leading clinical experts and researchers. There will be oral and poster sessions primarily targeted to budding doctors and scientists with an interest in HIV/AIDS, from diverse fields of medicine. The conference will discuss and present the latest developments in diagnosis, prevention and management of HIV, co-infections/ opportunistic infections. Sessions on recent advances in the vaccine, early treatment, diagnostics and future drugs will be addition strength of the conference. Conference has strong faculty with 25 international and 50 national experts. There will be a Quiz contest for PG students.

 

As a part of its continuous effort to enhance participation from young people, from its own resources and in anticipation of support from Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health(NIH), USA, ASI will have ambitious Scholarship Programme for PG students, junior doctors and young researchers to enable them to attend ASICON 2013.

 

Scholarship award will cover any, many or all from - full registration fee, travel by train (A/C III tier) or bus, shared stay during conference days at the venue hotel and meals.

 

Priority will be given to applicants whose abstracts have been accepted for oral or poster presentation and for those nominated / selected by their Medical Colleges/ Universities preferably through a competitive process. ASI will also provide a small grant for such competitions, if asked for. Preference will be given to those with demonstrated interests in HIV care and research, their worthiness to clinical practice/research, region they represent, ASI life members and nominees of ASI Governing Council members. Those in recommending position (like dept. heads) will not be eligible for this scholarship.

 

Certificate of participation and Certificate of Scholarship will be awarded only after three days of attendance in the conference. In email correspondence asi.asicon@gmail.com, please mention ‘Scholarship’ in the subject line. Deadline for application: Oct. 30th, 2013.


ASI decision will be communicated: 7th November 2013 and will be uploaded on website.
Scholarship Committee’s decision will be final.

 

President: Dr. Ishwar Gilada