Webinar on Role of Educational Institutions in Tobacco Control

Department of PG Studies in Social Work,SDM PG Center,Ujire in association with State Tobacco Control Cell,Department of Health and Family Welfare Magadi Road Bengaluru Organise a Webinar On ‘Role of Educational Institution in advancing Tobacco Control Program’ on 28th Jan 2021-01-27 Time: 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm. Resource Persons of the webinar were Dr.M.Selvarajan, Deputy Director(Medical) and State Program Officer(NTCP), Department of Health and Family Welfare, GoK spoke about COTPA amendment bill. Dr.Sirdevi Deshpande, State ConsultantNTCP spoke about National Tobacco Control program. Mr.Prabhakara, Project Manager- The Union. Senior Technical Advisor, The Union, New Delhi spoke about Role of Educational Institutions in advancing Tobacco Control Program in Karnataka. Dr.Amit Yadav – Senior Technical Advisor, The Union, New Delhi spoke about the purpose of the webinar. SW students, faculty members and NGO practitioners had participated in the webinar.Dr. Akshatha.K.Assit.Professor PG Department of Social Work,SDM Ujire. Was the convenor and Prof.Ravishankar K R .HOD,Department of PG Studies in Social Work SDM College Ujire was the Organizing Secretary of the Webinar.Faculty members,NGO Professionals and students were the participants of the webinar.