Welcome
The First Indian Congress on Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Research, Testing & Education
29th - 31st January 2007
Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai, India.
The International Centre for Alternatives in Research and Education (I-CARE), that has been established in India, promotes the "science of alternatives" and aims to create a strong and positive presence of alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing and education both in India and abroad.
I-CARE is a unit of "People for Animals", the largest animal welfare movement in India, founded by world renowned environmentalist Maneka Gandhi. I-CARE is dedicated to work for the cause of laboratory animal welfare and use of alternatives.
"The First Indian Congress on Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Research, Testing & Education" will be held from the 29th - 31st January 2007 at Sri Ramachandra Medical University, Chennai, India.
The congress will be more than just a conference with scientific lectures on the concept of alternatives and their use. It will be unique in that, participating scientists/scholars will also have the opportunity to have a hands on experience in the use of the state-of- the-art alternatives currently employed in research, testing and education worldwide. The congress will have a combination of scientific lectures and workshop sessions.
Invited speakers are world renowned scientists/Heads/Directors of international platforms of alternatives research/ corporates like the ECVAM of the European Union, ZEBET- Germany, -CAAT, Johns Hopkins, USA, L'Oreal - France, Invitro Tech- UK, Invitro AdMet Labs, USA. Kennedy Kreiger Center, USA, Oregon Health & Science University, USA etc.
We invite scientists, scholars, academicians, students and members of IAEC/IACUC's to attend this congress which promises to be a never - before learning experience and the first of its kind in Asia.!
We welcome you to beautiful India and the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the home state of Nobel laureates CV Raman and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekar. We welcome you to the Dravidian city of Chennai - a sun soaked city, sunk in traditions - a land strangely famous for beautiful doors, temples, hand woven sarees, philosophy and mind power!
