PRESS CONFERENCES

Date

Place

Purpose

22/11/1997

Vijayawada

To highlight grievances of the Drugs Control Officers and the initiatives taken by AIDCOC on human resources development.

04/06/1998

Vijayawada

To apprise the press about the inadequacy in Drugs Control Organizations and the representation submitted to the Government of India for strengthening the Drugs Control Organization in India.

23/01/2000

Hyderabad

To clear the misconceptions in the mind of public created due to unwarranted adverse and distorted publicity about the working of the Drugs Control Organizations. The gist of representation submitted to the Health Minister was also provided to the press.

27/09/2003

Nagpur

To apprise the press about the training programs, especially, training program and workshop on Good Manufacturing Practices organized with a view to change Technocrat to Technomanagers.

09/08/2003

Vijayawada

To apprise the press about the representation submitted by the AIDCOC to Dr. Mashelkar Committee.

25/06/2004

Visakhapatnam

To apprise the press about workshop on Improving Investigational Skills of Drugs Control Officers, apprise the press about the proposal of AIDCOC on consumer education and the follow up action taken on Dr. Mashelkar Committee recommendations.

09/10/2004

New Delhi

To apprise the press about the proposed AIDCOC Convention 2006 on 10/10/2004, Government of India’s inaction on strengthening of Drugs Control Organizations inspite of repeated recommendations of various Committees and specific directives by the Supreme Court and to apprise the press about the various initiatives on continuous educational programs.

19/11/2005

Shillong

To apprise the press about the need to strengthen the Drugs Control Organizations in North East Zone and the collective action proposed to be taken by AIDCOC through North East States Development Council.

28/04/2006

Visakhapatnam

To apprise the press about the mile stones and achievements of AIDCOC during 1995 to 2006 and to apprise the public about the National project on consumer awareness undertaken by AIDCOC.