New NACO Project Director

[Guest guest]

e FORUM is glad to welcome new NACO Project Director

Dr. S.Y. Quraishi, has taken over as Additional Secretary (Health) &

Project Director of the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO).

Dr. Quraishi, a 1971 batch officer of the Indian Administrative

Service, has held several key positions in the Government including

that of Director General, Doordarshan, Director General of Nehru

Yuva Kendra Sangathan, Joint Secretary, Youth Affairs and many youth

organizations previous to this assignment. He founded the Rajiv

Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development at Sriperumbudur (TN)

and was its Director between 1993-97. Dr. Quraishi is known for his

extensive work in the field of Population, Women & Child

Development, particularly ICDS, Youth, Adolescent and Health-related

issues. UN and other international organizations have availed the

expertise of Dr. Quraishi in these fields. He has major achievements

to his credit in the areas of Communication and Social Marketing in

which he has been conferred a Doctorate. His book `Social Marketing

for Social Change' has broken new ground in the field of Development

Communication.

Dr. Quraishi who is also a scholar of several languages, has a

number of books, articles and talks to his credit. The new Project

Director (NACO), an alumnus of St. s College, Delhi, has had

active association with HIV/AIDS related issues especially its

awareness aspects. He pioneered the biggest AIDS awareness programme

called `Universities Talk AIDS' (UTA) in 159 Universities in India,

even before NACO was set up. In his earlier capacity as Director

General, Doordarshan, he has been instrumental in putting in place

the crucial tripartite partnership between NACO – BBC-WST –

Doordarshan on HIV/AIDS prevention. He has authored two path-

breaking-papers namely Islam Muslims and Family Planning in India,

and Islam & AIDS.

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