TOP SCIENTISTS & BUREAUCRATS TO ATTEND SEMINAR ON 'STATE OF ANIMAL HOUSES IN INDIA'

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The one-day seminar on ‘State of Animal Houses in India’ scheduled to be held on 10 June 2002 will be attended by senior scientists and bureaucrats from all over the country. It is expected that more than 300 participants will be there. Hosted by the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA) under the animal Welfare Division, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, this is the first seminar to be held on animal houses of research laboratories in the country.

Over 30 senior scientists and representatives of leading research laboratories of the country will participate and make their presentations in the seminar. Over 50 top bureaucrats from various concerned ministries of the Government and many State representatives have also consented to attend the seminar. Smt. Maneka Gandhi, Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation who is the host of the seminar, will also speak on the subject.

The focus of the seminar will be on norms of maintenance of a good animal house and the present conditions of animal houses in various laboratories and institutions. According to Smt Gandhi, this will be an opportunity to learn from other people’s experiences and case studies.