Presented by Hemalatha Somsekhar (Public Health Foundation of India) at the Public Engagement Workshop, 2-5 Dec. 2008, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa, http://scienceincommunity.wordpress.com/

1. Communicating ethical issues in health care and biomedical advances via new plays for the theatre and theatre workshops - Indian experience Hemalatha Somsekhar, Public Health Foundation of India “ SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY – ENGAGE TO EMPOWER” 3 - 5 December 2008

2. “ Centrally Co-ordinated Bioethics Education for India” funded by Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, USA Nandini K. Kumar – Program Director Vasantha Muthuswamy – Co-Program Director Indian Council of Medical Research New Delhi, India

3. Types of training offered (April 2005 - November 2008) 3-day Symposia on Bioethics for Medical Undergraduates & Medical/Non- medical Postgraduate students (4) 1-day Workshops on Ethical Review for Protection of Human Subjects in Research for Researchers and Ethics Committee Members (10) 3-day Regional Workshops on Bioethics for researchers, faculty members and members of Ethics Committees of medical/research institutions (4) 5-day International Workshop on Research Ethics for National and International researchers, faculty members and members of Ethics Committees of medical/research institutions (1)

4. Types of training offered (April 2005 - November 2008) 5-day Training program “Ethics in Social Science Research Related to Health” (1) 2-day Workshops on Ethical Issues in Clinical Research and Clinical Trials in India (2) 5-week Long term training Program on Bioethics with a Concluding session 6 months later (1) 4-week Long term training Program on Bioethics presently being conducted in Bangalore (1) 24 training programs in 44 months

5. Total no of trainees No of trainees trained/sensitised Total proposed (4 year period) UGs/PGs 511 600 International 14 24 Researchers/IEC members 1175 400 Long-term training 31 32 Total trained/sensitised 1731+27 1056

6. Symposia/Seminars

7. NIH- funded Bioethics Program, August –September 2007 Bangalore, India 31 trainees with faculty and ethics committee members

8. Films Remembering Tuskegee

9. Films

11. Questionnaire for The Constant Gardener

15. Play Reading Long term Training program on Bioethics

16. Play Reading Long term Training program on Bioethics

17. Play Reading Long term Training program on Bioethics

23. Theatrescience Public engagement with Science