India Research Center
The India Research Center, based in Mumbai, serves as a hub for Harvard Chan School’s research projects, educational programs, and knowledge translation and communication work across India.
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Capacity building workshop for Non-Governmental Organizations in tobacco control
February 7, 2019
The India Research Center in collaboration with Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation and Salaam Mumbai Foundation conducted a workshop that focused on building the capacity of NGOs working in the area of tobacco control.
Dr. Govind Tripathi, technical advisor at the Union, presented the opening keynote, which described the role of NGOs in effective implementation of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act. The keynote lecture was delivered by Dr. K. Viswanath on the science of strategic public health communication and how it may be applied to promote change in tobacco-related behaviors, practices, and policies in a community. And the guest lecture was delivered by Siddharth Prakash, senior research program manager at Microsoft, who highlighted the use of artificial intelligence in data collection for NGOs.