Asha Nivas and Queen Mary’s College organised an AIDS Awareness programme at the Queen Mary’s College on Monday. The program was themed ‘For an AIDS free generation’.

A Viluppattu presentation was given by the Asha Nivas Culture Group on HIV/AIDS, the way it spreads, the risks involved in it and the precautions one had to take to prevent contracting the disease.

The programme also had Kurian Thomas, director of Asha Nivas, G Bhaskaran, NSS co-ordinator, University of Madras, S Sridhar from the Men and Women Clinic, Anna Nagar, and Lilly Josephine, chief community development Officer, Asha Nivas, speaking to the students attending the program.

Eswari Ramesh, NSS programme officer, Queen Mary’s College, also added that the program was one of the hundred events that QMC was planning to conduct to celebrate the college’s centenary, which falls in  the academic year 2014-15.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Chennai / by Express News Service – Chennai / December 03rd, 2013