Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

NATIONAL BIOETHICS CONFERENCE

Participants


Aamir Jafarey is a general surgeon and Associate Professor at the Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, PAKISTAN e-mail: aamirjafarey@gmail.com


Anjali Shenoi is a Project Associate with Sama – Resource Group for Women and Health, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: sama.womenshealth@gmail.com


Abha Saxena is Executive Secretary, Research Ethics Review Committee, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization, Geneva SWITZERLAND


Anjali Suryawanshi is a Senior Project Officer with the Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sneha. surestart@snehamumbai.org


Abhijit Das is Director, Centre for Health and Social Justice, New Delhi INDIA and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle WA USA


Anjuman Arora is with the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh INDIA


Ajay Khare is with the Madhya Pradesh Vigyan Sabha and Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Bhopal INDIA


Anshul Avijit is at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram INDIA e-mail: dr1.anshulavijit@gmail.com


Akhila Sivadas is Managing Trustee and Executive Director of the Centre for Advocacy and Research, New Delhi INDIA


Antaryami Dash has a Master of Health Administration degree from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: tissantaryami@gmail.com


Alok Prabhu is with the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: aloke.prabhu@gmail.com


Anuj Kapilashrami is a Teaching Fellow with the Global Public Health Unit, University of Edinburgh, UK e-mail: anuj.kapilashrami@googlemail.com


Alok Sarin is a Consultant Psychiatrist, Sitaram Bhartia Institute, and Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: aloksarin@gmail.com


Anuradha Gupta is Joint Secretary, National Rural Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi


Amandeep Singh is an Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh INDIA e-mail: dramandeep@gmail.com


Anuska Kalita is a Senior Associate with the ICICI Centre for Child Health and Nutrition, Pune INDIA e-mail: anuska.kalita@gmail.com


Amar Jesani is Editorial Board member of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics and trustee of the Anusandhan Trust, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: amar.jesani@gmail.com


Arathi M is a PhD Student at the Centre of Community Health and Social Medicine, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi INDIA


Ameer Khan is State Co-convenor of the Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Tamilnadu, Networking and Training officer of the Community Health Cell, Sochara, Chennai INDIA e-mail: shabanaameer2006@gmail.com


Aravinda Pillalamarri is with the Association for India’s Development, at Deonar, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: paravinda@yahoo.com


Amit Sengupta is General Secretary, All India People’s Science Movement and Associate Co-ordinator (Global), Peoples Health Movement, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: ctddsf@vsnl.com


Arijita Dutta is with the Department of Economics, Calcutta University, INDIA e-mail: dutta arijita@gmail.com


Anant Bhan is a researcher in Bioethics and Global Health, Pune INDIA e-mail: anantbhan@gmail.com


Anant Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Public Health at Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi, Jharkhand INDIA e-mail: pandeyanant@hotmail.com


Arun Kumar is a Junior Resident at the Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore INDIA e-mail: arunnimhans@gmail.com


Ananthakrishnan N is former Head, Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puduchery INDIA


Ashifa Sarkar is Documentation and Communications Consultant at the Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sneha.surestart@snehamumbai.org


Angus Dawson is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Professional Ethics, School of Law, Keele University, Staffordshire UK e-mail: a.j.dawson@keele.ac.uk


Ashish Malekar is Regional Partnership Manager, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: amalekar@path.org


Anil Kumar is Head, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy, Agra INDIA e-mail: dranil250158@gmail.com


Ashwani K Gupta is an Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, District Patiala, Punjab INDIA


Anil Kumar Gupta is Professor and Head, Department of Hospital Administration, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh INDIA


Avinash Kumar is Essential Services Lead Specialist, Oxfam India, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: avinash@oxfamindia.org


Anirudh Kala is Director of the Centre for Psychiatric Treatment and De-addiction, Ludhiana, Punjab INDIA and Founder President of the Indian Association of Private Psychiatry


Avinash Sonawane is a Research Associate with the Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sonawanea@healis.org


Anjali Gokarn is Programme Director (Advocacy), Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai INDIA email: sneha.surestart@snehamumbai.org Anjali Gopalan is Founder and Executive Director of The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, Delhi INDIA


Benazir Patil is the State Manager (Maharashtra), Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: pbenazir@path.org


Bilkis Vissandjee is a Professor at the School of Nursing and Public Health, University of Montreal, and Researcher at the Research Centre of the CSSS de la Montagne, Montreal CANADA e-mail: bilkis.vissandjee@umontreal.ca


Bijoya Roy is a Fellow at the Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: bijoyroy@gmail.com


Binayak Sen is with the Medico Friend Circle, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, and Christian Medical College, Vellore INDIA


Erum Kabani is at the Aga Khan University School of Nursing, Karachi PAKISTAN: e-mail: erum kabani@aku.edu


Biraj Swain is an advisor to the Madhya Pradesh Health Sector Reforms Programme and a Doctoral Research Scholar of Pondicherry Central University INDIA e-mail: biraj_swain@hotmail.com


Farhat Moazam is Professor and Chair of the Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, PAKISTAN e-mail: famoz@mindspring.com


Brien Holden is with the Brien Holden Vision Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AUSTRALIA


Gagandeep Kang is Dean (Research) and Professor, Christian Medical College, Vellore


Bushra Shirazi is a general surgeon on the faculty of Ziauddin University, Karachi PAKISTAN e-mail: bbushrashirazi@gmail.com


Gayatri Chavan is a Project Officer at the Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sneha.surestart@snehamumbai.org


Caroline Rumble is a Research Associate at the Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King’s College London, UK e-mail: caroline.rumble@kcl.ac.uk


Geetanjali Misra is Executive Director, CREA, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: gmisra@creaworld.org


Cathy Shipman is with the Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King’s College London, UK


George Thomas is Editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, Mumbai, and Head of Emergency Services, St Isabel’s Hospital, Chennai INDIA email: george.s.thomas@gmail.com


Chandra Mohan Gulhati is Editor, Monthly Index of Medical Specialities, New Delhi INDIA


Girish Ingle is a Senior Research Officer at the Centre for Studies in Ethics and Rights, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: dr.girishingle.tiss@gmail.com


Chesmal Siriwardhana is with the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London UK and the Institute for Research Development, SRI LANKA e-mail: chesmal@gmail.com


Girish Rahane is a Research Assistant with the National AIDS Research Institute, Pune INDIA


Chhanda Chakraborti is an Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal INDIA e-mail: chhanda@hss.iitkgp.ernet.in


Gita Sen is a Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and Adjunct Professor of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston USA


Chhaya Pachauli is Senior Programme Co-ordinator, Prayas, Centre For Health Equity, Jaipur, Rajasthan INDIA e-mail: chhayapachauli@gmail.com


Glyn Alcock is a Research Assistant at University College London, Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, London UK e-mail: g.alcock@ich.ucl.ac.uk.


Chinu Srinivasan is Managing Trustee, LOCOST Therapeutics, Vadodara, Gujarat INDIA e-mail: sahajbrc@gmail.com


Harish T is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore INDIA e-mail: docharisht@gmail.com


Daphne Viveka Furtado is with the Kurji Holy Family Hospital and School of Nursing, Kurji, Patna, Bihar INDIA e-mail: dviveka@gmail.com


Harsh Mander is Honorary Director of the Centre for Equity Studies, Visiting Professor IIM, Ahmedabad


David Legge is an Associate Professor, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora AUSTRALIA


Hemlata Pisal is with Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM), Pune.


David Osrin is a Reader at the UCL Institute of Child Health, Centre for International Health and Development, London UK e-mail: d.osrin@ich.ucl.ac.uk


Helen Sheehan is a Visiting Scholar at the South Asia Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA e-mail: sheehanh@sas.upenn.edu


Deapica Ravindran is a Junior Research Officer at the Centre for Studies in Ethics and Rights, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: deapica@gmail.com


Indranil Mukhopadhyay is a Research Scholar at the Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: indranil.jnu@gmail.com


Debasis Poddar is an Assistant Professor with the School of Law, ITM University, Gurgaon, Haryana INDIA e-mail: debasis.calcutta@gmail.com


Irene J Higginson is with the Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King’s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, London, UK


Deepa Venkatachalam is a Programme Co-ordinator with Sama – Resource Group for Women and Health, New Delhi INDIA. e-mail: sama.womenshealth@gmail.com


JK Lakshmi is a Senior Lecturer at the Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad INDIA e-mail: jklakshmiiiph@gmail.com


Devika Chadha, Programme Director, Salaam Bombay Foundation, Mumbai, INDIA


Jashodhara Dasgupta is Coordinator, SAHAYOG, Lucknow, India INDIA e-mail: jashodhara@sahayogindia.org


Dhanesh Sharma is an Associate Professor in Anatomy, Odaiyappa Medical College and Hospital, Walayar, Palakkad, Kerala INDIA e-mail: dhyanesh.sharma@gmail.com


Jayakrishnan T is with the Department of Community Medicine, Medical College, Calicut, Kerala INDIA e-mail: jayanjeeja@yahoo.co.in


Divya Bhagianadh is Associate Coordinator, the Centre for Studies in Ethics and Rights, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: drdivyabhagianadh81@gmail.com


Jeeja MC is with the Medical College, Department of Community Medicine, Calicut, Kerala INDIA e-mail: thejus128@yahoo.co.in


Elif Atici is with the Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa TURKEY e-mail: elifatici@uludag.edu.tr


Jo Noble is at King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK


Jonathan Koffman is with the Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King’s College London, UK


Joe Varghese is a Senior Programme Coordinator, Policy Advocacy and Research Group, Christian Medical Association of India, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: vakkan2000@yahoo.com


Jui Ranade-Sathe is a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: jranade2005@gmail.com


Mariam Hassan is with the Clinical Research Office, Abdul Hafeez Cancer Research Wing, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Karachi PAKISTAN e-mail: hermia_79@hotmail.com


Kabir Sheikh is an Assistant Professor with the Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: kabir.sheikh@gmail.com


Mary E John is Senior Fellow and Director, Centre for Women in Developing Societies, New Delhi


Kajal Bhardwaj is a legal researcher, Lawyers Collective, HIV/AIDS Unit, Mumbai


Medha Joshi is Head, Department of Library Sciences, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: joshim@tmc.gov.in


Kameshwari SV is with the Life-Health Reinforcement Group, Hyderabad INDIA e-mail: lifehrg@gmail.com


Meghana Chandra is a Third Year Student at the National Law University, Jodhpur INDIA e-mail: chandra.meghana@gmail.com


Kausar Khan is in the Department of Community Health Systems, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan


Michael Selgelid is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, The Australian National University, Canberra AUSTRALIA e-mail: michael.selgelid@anu.edu.au


Kavita Kuruganti is with the Kheti Virasat Mission, Jaitu, Faridkot District, Punjab INDIA e-mail: kavita.kuruganti@gmail.com


Md Moinul Islam is a Social Communicator with the BRAC Advocacy Unit, BRAC Centre, Dhaka BANGLADESH e-mail: mdislammoinul@gamil.com


Kavita Singh is a Fogarty scholar at the Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi


Mohammad Ziauddin Khan is a Programme Associate at the ICICI Centre for Child Health and Nutrition, Pune, Maharashtra INDIA e-mail: ziauddinkhan@icchn.org.in


Lakshmi Lingam is Professor and Dean, School for Women’s Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai INDIA


Myfanwy Morgan is with the Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King’s College, London UK


Lakshmi E Prasad is a Research Associate, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: lakshmieprasad@gmail.com


N K Sethi is Senior Adviser (Health), Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi


Leena Menghaney is Project Co-ordinator, Medecins Sans Frontieres – Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines (India), New Delhi INDIA e-mail: leena.menghaney@geneva.msf.org


Nalini Annaswami is Director-Education, Saveetha University, Chennai INDIA e-mail: nalinianna@yahoo.com


Leila Seth is a former Member, Law Commission of India and a retired Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh.


Nandini Kumar is a Co- investigator on the NIH project at the National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai INDIA


Leni Chaudhuri is Programme Manager, Health, Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: lenichaudhuri@gmail.com


Narendra Gupta, is Coordinator, Prayas, Chittorgarh INDIA email: narendra531@gmail.com


Loon Gangte is President of the Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+), Delhi INDIA


Natasha Anwar is with the Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Karachi PAKISTAN e-mail: natasha@skm.org.pk


Lord W Reza is a student at the School of Health System Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai INDIA: e-mail: lwreza@gmail.com


Neelam Joglekar is a Behavioural Scientist at the National AIDS Research Institute, Pune INDIA e-mail: joglekarneelam@yahoo.com


M K Bhan is a Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, and former Professor, Department of Paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi INDIA


Neena Shah More is Research Coordinator and Director at the Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: neena@snehamumbai.org


Mahek Garg is a Bachelor in Pharmacy, Indraprastha University, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: euphoria_827@yahoo.com


Neeta Karandikar is a Senior Project Officer with Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sneha.surestart@snehamumbai.org


Mahesh Devnani is a Senior Resident, Department of Hospital Administration, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh INDIA e-mail: devnaniji@gmail.com


Neha Madhiwalla is Coordinator of the Centre for Studies in Ethics and Rights, on the Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics and trustee of Chehak Trust – Sahyog. Mumbai INDIA e-mail: nmadhiwala@gmail.com


Majeed Bhat is a Researcher at the Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi INDIA


Nilay N Suthar is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Medicine, Sheth VS General Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat INDIA e-mail: nilaysuthar@gmail.com


Mala Ramanathan is Additional Professor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies and Member, Institute Ethics Committee, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA


Nithya Gogtay is Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmacology, Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai and Associate Editor, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: njgogtay@hotmail.com


Malyadri P is Principal Director, University Grants Commission Major Research Project, Vivekananda Government College, Osmania University, Vidyanagar, Hyderabad INDIA e-mail: drpm16@yahoo.co.in


Nitin Jadhav, SATHI-CEHAT, Pune and is State Community Based Monitoring Coordinator under the National Rural Health Mission, Pune INDIA


Manohar Agnani is Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission, Madhya Pradesh INDIA


Rabi Narayan Parhi is a Senior Programme Associate with the ICICI Centre for Child Health and Nutrition, Pune INDIA e-mail: rabi.parhi@icchn.org


Nobhojit Roy is Head of the Department of Surgery, BARC Hospital, Mumbai, and Editorial Board Member of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics INDIA e-mail: nobsroy@yahoo.com


Rachel Burman is at King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London UK


Nurani Subramanian Vishwanath is an MPH Student at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram INDIA e-mail: vishyiyer@rediffmail.com


Radhika Chandiramani is with TARSHI-Talking about Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: rchandiramani@tarshi.net


Nusrat Shafiq is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh INDIA


Radhika Taroor is a Student Counsellor with Horizon of Knowledge Management Training, Sharjah UAE e-mail: radheykuttoos@gmail.com


Odette Dampier is at King’s College Hospital, London, UK


Rahul Gupta is a Health Officer and Executive Director, Kanawha- Charleston Health Department, Charleston, WV USA e-mail: Rahul.Gupta@wv.gov


Oommen C Kurian is a Research Officer at the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: oommen@cehat.org.


Rakesh Kumar Sharma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hospital Administration, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh INDIA e-mail: rksharmapgi101@gmail.com


P P Bopanna Justice (Retired) is Chairperson, Institutional Ethics Committee, Manipal Hospital, Manipal INDIA


Rakhal Gaitonde is a Training and Research Associate, Community Health Cell, Bangalore INDIA


Padmaja Samant Mavani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai, and Committee Member of the Forum for Medical Ethics Society e-mail: padmaja_mavani@yahoo.co.in


Rakhi Ghoshal is an Independent Researcher and a PhD Fellow at the Centre for Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore INDIA e-mail: rakhi.ghoshal@gmail.com


Peush Sahni is Editor, The National Medical Journal of India, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: nmji@nmji.in


Rama Baru is with the Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi INDIA e-mail: rbaru2002@yahoo.co.uk,


Phil Hopkins is with King’s College Hospital, London, UK


Ramalingam S is Principal, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore INDIA


Prabha Chandra is Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, at the National Institute of Mental Health, Bengaluru, INDIA


Raman Kutty V is a Professor at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram INDIA e-mail: kuttyr@gmail.com


Prabha Desikan is Secretary, Institutional Review Board, Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre, Bhopal, INDIA


Ramesh C Deka is the Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi INDIA


Prajit K Basu is with the Department of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad INDIA e-mail: prajitkb@hotmail.com


Ramesh Paranjape is Director, National AIDS Research Institute, Pune INDIA e-mail: rparanjape@nariindia.org


Prakash C Gupta is Director of the Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai INDIA


Ratnaprabha Potdar is a Recruitment and Retention Supervisor with the National AIDS Research Institute, Pune INDIA e-mail: r_birhade@yahoo.co.in


Prakash Vinjamuri is with the Life-Health Reinforcement Group, Hyderabad INDIA e-mail: lifehrg@gmail.com


Reena Mary George is a PhD Fellow (Human Rights) at the University of Vienna, Vienna AUSTRIA e-mail: reena.mary.george@univie.ac.at


Prasanna Saligram is a lecturer at the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhi Nagar, INDIA


Rekha Jain is the Regional Coordinator, National AIDS Control Organisation, Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: drrekhaj@gmail.com


Prashant Raymus is a Research Officer at the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: prashant@cehat.org


Renaud F Boulanger is with the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University of Toronto, Toronto CANADA e-mail: renaud.boulanger@alumni.utoronto.ca


Prathap Tharyan is Professor of Psychiatry, and Associate Director, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu INDIA and Director of the South Asian Cochrane Network and Centre e-mail: prathap@cmcvellore.ac.in


Renu Addlakha is at the Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: renu@cwds.ac.in


Prateek Bhatia is a Senior Research Fellow at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh INDIA


Renuka S Mukadam is a Programme Associate with Sama- Resource Group for Women and Health, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: sama.genderhealth@gmail.com


Pratishtha Sengupta is associated with MANTRA, a state level NGO in West Bengal: pratishthasengupta@hotmail.com


Renu Saxena is Head, Department of Haemotology, and Secretary, Institutional Ethics Committee, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, INDIA


Preeti Nayak is Project Co-ordinator with Sama – Resource Group for Women and Health, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: sama.womenshealth@gmail.com


Rewa Malhotra Kohli is a Socio-Behavioral Research Co-ordinator, Clinical Trial Unit, National AIDS Research Institute, Pune INDIA e-mail: rewamkohli@yahoo.com


P P Khosla is Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, District Patiala, Punjab INDIA


Sara Leonard is with King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London UK


Prithpal S Matreja is Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, District Patiala, Punjab INDIA


Sarah Hodges is an Associate Professor, in the History Department, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK e-mail: s.hodges@warwick.ac.uk


Richard Cash is Director, Program on Ethical Issues in Global Health Research, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA


Sarojini NB is Director of Sama – Resource Group for Women and Health, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: sarojinipr@gmail.com


Rubina Naqvi is an Associate Professor at the Department of Nephrology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Civil Hospital, Karachi, PAKISTAN e-mail: naqvirubina@yahoo.com


Satyajeet Nanda is an Associate Professor and Unit Head, Communication for Social Change Unit, Mudra Institute of Communications Research, Ahmedabad INDIA e-mail: nsatyajeet@gmail.com


Rupali Gupta is a Research Officer with the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: rupali@cehat.org


Sayeed Unisa is a Professor with the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: unisa@iips.net


Sadhna Jain is a Lecturer in Reader’s Grade, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi INDIA e-mail: sadhna009@gmail.com


Seema Sahay is a Scientist, Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, National AIDS Research Institute, Pune INDIA e-mail: ssahay@nariindia.org


Sadia Ahsan is a student at the School of Health System Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sadiaahs@gmail.com


Shailaja Tetali is an Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad INDIA e-mail: shailaja_c@yahoo.com


Saima Faisal is with the Clinical Research Office, Abdul Hafeez Cancer Research Wing, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre PAKISTAN e-mail: crc2@skm.org.pk


Shanti Pantvaidya is a Consultant and Trustee with the Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sneha.surestart@snehamumbai.org


Saju Joseph is a Research Supervisor, Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences Pune INDIA e-mail: saju333@gmail.com


Sharmila Neogi is a Programme Officer, Population Foundation of India, New Delhi INDIA


Samir Malhotra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh INDIA


Shashank Tiwari is a postgraduate research student at the Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UK e-mail: lbxst1@nottingham.ac.uk


Samiran Nundy is Head, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi, former Editor of Indian Journal of Medical Ethics and Editor Emeritus, National Medical Journal of India INDIA e-mail: snundy@hotmail.com


Sheeladevi Sethu is Associate Public Health Specialist, International Centre for the Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad INDIA e-mail: sheela@lvpei.org


Sana Contractor is a Research Officer, Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sanacontractor@gmail.com


Shelley Saha-Sinha is Program Manager-Research at the Centre for Health and Social Justice, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: sahashelley@gmail.com


Sandhya Srinivasan is a Consulting Editor for Infochange News & Features and Executive Editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sandhya_srinivasan@vsnl.com


Shiv Kumar Sarin is Director of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi INDIA.


Sandra Crouse Quinn is Associate Dean for Public Health Initiatives and Professor, Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, USA e-mail: scquinn@umd.edu


Shobha Mocherla is Audio-Visual Producer at the Central Audio-Visual Unit, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad INDIA e-mail: video@lvpei.org


Sangeeta Rege is a Senior Research Officer Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sangeetarege@yahoo.com


Smitha S Parakkal is a Research Scholar and UGC-JRF Fellow at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad INDIA e-mail: smithanizar@gmail.com


Sanjay Nagral is an Editorial Advisory Board member, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, Consultant in the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, and Consultant, Department of Surgery, Bhabha Municipal Hospital, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sanjaynagral@gmail.com


Sreekumari Sudhakaran is a retired Professor of Biochemistry, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram and now professor of Biochemistry, Jubilee Mission Hospital, College, Thrissur, INDIA


Sanjay A Pai is Head, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Bangalore, an Editorial Board member of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, and a Working Committee member of the National Medical Journal of India, INDIA e-mail: sanjayapai@gmail.com


Sridevi Seetharam is a Pathologist, Bioethicist and Director, Research Division (Health) at the Vivekananda Memorial Hospital, Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, Mysore INDIA e-mail: desusridevi@gmail.com


Sanjeev Rastogi is Associate Professor, Postgraduate Department of Kaya Chikitsa, State Ayurvedic College, Lucknow INDIA e-mail: rastogisanjeev@rediffmail.com


Srinath Reddy is Director, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi INDIA


Sanjeev Sood is a Hospital and Health Systems Administrator serving at AF Hospital, Jodhpur INDIA e-mail: doc_ssood@yahoo.com


Subha Sri B, is Director, Reproductive Health Clinic, Rural Women’s Social Education Centre, Tamil Nadu e-mail: subhasrib@gmail.com


Santosh Kakade is at the Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences, Pune INDIA drsantoshkakade@gmail.com


Subhash Yadav is in the Department of Endocrine Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Chandigarh INDIA


Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore INDIA e-mail: skchatur@gmail.com


Suchitra Wagle is a Senior Research Associate with the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes, Mumbai and a PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: suchitra680@gmail.com


Sujatha Rao is Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Ministry, Government of India, New Delhi INDIA


T A John is an independent researcher and human rights activist, India. email: jonthoon@gmail.com


Suneeta Krishnan is an Adjunct Professor at St John’s Research Institute, Bangalore. INDIA: suneeta.krishnan@gmail.com


Tamara Livshiz is a Volunteer, Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: tlivshiz@gmail.com


Sunil Pandya is the Founder Editor of Indian Journal of Medical Ethics and in the Department of Neurosurgery, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai INDIA


Teoman Atici is with the Department of Medicine and the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Uludag University, Bursa TURKEY e-mail: teoman@uludag.edu.tr


Sunita VS Bandewar is with the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University of Toronto,Toronto, CANADA e-mail: sunita.bandewar@utoronto.ca


Ujwala Bapat is a Research Coordinator with Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: ujwala@snehamumbai.org


Supriya Bandekar is a Junior Research Officer with the Centre for Studies in Ethics and Rights, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: supriyabandekar@gmail.com


Upendra Baxi is Professor of Law in Development at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom


Supriya Kumar is with the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, USA e-mail: suk43@pitt.edu


Usha Raman is a Visiting Professor, Department of Communications, University of Hyderabad, and member of the ethics committee at the LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, AP INDIA e-mail: usha.lvpei@gmail.com


Suresh Kumar K is an independent consultant on Public Health and a senior stroke rehabilitation occupational therapist at the School of Public Health, SRM University, Tamil Nadu, INDIA


Varada Madge is a PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: varada1205@gmail.com


Sushant Verma is Executive Director, Public Health Resource Network, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: nfo@phrnindia.org


Vasantha Muthuswamy is Senior Deputy Director General (retired), Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi INDIA


Susheela Singh is a Project Co-ordinator (Training), Sama – Resource Group for Women and Health, New Delhi INDIA e-mail: susheelasingh63@gmail.com


Vasumathi Sriganesh is the CEO, QMed Knowledge Foundation, Andheri East, Mumbai 400 099 INDIA e-mail: vasu@qmedkf.org.in


Sushmita Das is a Research Coordinator, with the Society for Nutrition, Education, and Health Action, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sushmita@snehamumbai.org


Vijayaprasad Gopichandran is with the Rural Women’s Social Education Centre, Tamil Nadu INDIA


Swarnalakshmi S. is IRB Manager, YR Gaitonde Center for AIDS Research and Education, Chennai INDIA e-mail: swarna@yrgcare.org


Vinod Bhanu is Executive Director, Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy, New Delhi, INDIA


Sweta Surve is a Junior Programme Officer with the Centre for Studies in Ethics and Rights, Mumbai INDIA e-mail: sweta_to_u@yahoo.co.in


Vishvas Garg is a PhD Student, University of New Mexico, College of Pharmacy, USA e-mail: vishvas4588@gmail.com


Syeda Hameedis a Member of the Planning Commission of India and a former Member of the National Commission of Women. T A John is an independent researcher and human rights activist INDIA e-mail: jonthoon@gmail.com


Wendy Prentice is at King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London UK


Will Bernal is at King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London UK


Yogesh Jain is a paediatrician with Jan Swasthya Sahyog, Bilaspur,Chhattisgarh INDIA.