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Dear Colleagues

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I am pleased to welcome you to the 'IX International Symposium on Vectors and Vector Borne Diseases' scheduled to be held at Puri (Orissa) from 15-17 February 2008. The symposium is being organized jointly by National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Delhi and National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, (NVBDC), Delhi under the auspices of National Academy of Vector Borne Diseases (NAVBD), Bhubaneswar. The symposium will feature plenary lectures, invited lectures and contributed paper presentations (both oral and poster) on key issues of Disease Vectors and Vector Borne Diseases especially Malaria, Filariasis, Dengue, Japanese Encephalitis, Chikungunya and Kala-azar. The main focus of the symposium would be on the genomics and vector population management.

There would be 3 cash prizes each for the best oral and poster presentations for the young scientists (below 35 years as on 1st January 2008).

An International Workshop on Insecticide Resistance will be organized on 14th February 2007 at Puri. Due to limited space, the entry to this workshop in by invitation only. Any one interested in attending this workshop should may send a mail to organizing secretary at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it    

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Looking forward to see you in Puri.

Sincerely

Aditya P Dash

Chair, Organizing Committee

PS: The organizing Committee regret that the proposed Satellite Symposium on "Recent Advances in Malaria Vaccine Research" which was planned on 19th February 2008 at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, has been cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances.