Bhubaneswar: The 91 students, disclosure of Xavier Institute of Management (XIM) here Monday, a new life cut out for them, more and more demanding positive. All students are HIV-positive.

For long Srikant (name changed) has aimed to do something for those concerned with HIV, but not, as on this subject. Today, he is confident blubbernden and with enthusiasm.

The Certificate Program in Leadership and Management Proficiency, he said, would not only help the start of targeted employment programmes for HIV-positive people, but also its NGOs. Srikant and his batchmates were felicitated ceremony on convening here on Monday.

For XIMB director Fr.E.Abraham, offers courses was perhaps the best decision he had taken in his seven-year term. Candidates from across the country to attend the six-week course in four lots.

The course focuses on developing skills to deliver personal capacity of people living with HIV, and give up their knowledge and skills.

The idea of launching the programme was approved by UNDP envisaged for greater participation of people HIVs in policy formulation and implementation and effective monitoring systems. XIMB B was the first school in the country at the tip.

The lots were level A and B. At A, the candidates were of State and Government, Heads of State and national level and at B-they come from the State and district level. The teaching method containing interactive calendar of meetings with the help of Power Point presentation, discussion groups and Case-analysis.

It would indeed be a source of inspiration for many, HIV, “said UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinator Maxine Olsen,” The program seeks to allow those who are HIV-positive enriching management skills to help them more useful life in dignity and for the causes of people infected, “she said.

The highest turnout was in Orissa and Maharashtra. The malefemale was 41 per cent women and 59 men. Qualifications: 37 percent were under-graduates, 55 percent of graduates and five per cent of young researchers. Until 30 nationally and internationally, including national fight against AIDS Organization (NACO) and Mamta have participated actively.

More project director of NACO and Jyotsna Sukhe team leader, Orissa programme, UNDP Pradeep Jena were present.

Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB), in cooperation with UNDP has launched six weeks Certificate Program in Leadership and leaders Proficiency (LAMP) for people infected with HIV and Monday.

Designed by UNDP’s HIV & Development Unit, the course is a first-of-its-kind still seek help passive victims of active participants and policy makers through the necessary skills.

The idea is just to manage and better for their condition.

Why only people living with HIV? In the absence of publication open to other amounts ostracization?

Director of the HIV & Development Unit (UNDP), Alka Narang, explains: “We found that this is a good opportunity to humans looked down, in particular because of the lack of conscience. But the idea of setting up a comprehensive programme as LAMP for educating the confidence and capacity reserve to help them negotiate the best that life and feeling a part of mainstream ” .

UNDP, to gaze on the nature of the reaction, of course, that this could lead, had already organised workshops in XIMB and other institutions in countries where HIV were people staying with students as volunteers and disseminate their learners That in the state of the end. The complete response Narang, was optimistic.

Although Narang not deny that, despite all efforts, the program is a “test”, has a fair chance of falling flat. ”

The UNDP, through its “greater involvement of people living with HIV / AIDS” (GIPA) is planned, sparing no effort to make it work. The organization held discussions with various corporate houses for people absorb them.

Indeed, UN agencies as part of alliances such as AIDS, practice and NACO have already agreed to humans higher.

Sponsored by UNDP, the programme is a mixture of four weeks of classes and two weeks after training on the ground, a stage in the organized sector and aims to train 100 people in four lots.

The first part of this course housing at a time starts next week, 25 people from 11 countries such as Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa.

In the context of the HIV-positive man there is a part of the social stigma, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) has a certificate program for single persons concerned, which intends to instill confidence and ability to help give them the feeling that part of the mainstream.

The XIMB would conduct six weeks of housing programs, “Leadership and leaders Proficiency (LAMP), this month, in collaboration with UNDP in its campus here is the presence of 25 HIV-positive people, nearly half of they are women.

“Maybe there are short-term courses were for people living with HIV in some places, but this is the first time a certificate was everywhere in the world of a Business School,” S Peppin , Project manager, programme coordinator of XIMB, PTI said here Tuesday.

“XIMB has concluded an agreement to train 100 HIV-positive people in four rounds of 25, but we began to receive requests from other countries such as Nigeria, as well,” he said.

“We decided to maintain some requests for foreign trainees in the last part,” said Peppin addition of a special convocation for the 100 HIV-positive people was also planned in August.

“The idea of setting up a comprehensive programme, as lamp, instill the confidence and capacity reserve to help them negotiate the best that life and sense of part of the main flow, Alka Narang, head of the UNDP HIV and Development, said.

Peppin said, people living with HIV / AIDS has had to recognize an agreement in Paris in 1984, that efforts should be undertaken to strengthen their capacities so that they can be their own affairs instead depend on others.

XIMB, he said, had with India Network of Positive People (INP +) and some HIV-positive people who were invited to a workshop on campus, in its December 4 and 5 will suffice.

“We have a module for the certificate, of course, for these people in the workshop,” he added.

Narang said that the program could be a litmus test for the future.

Any effort is to allow such persons and awareness in society. “We want an impact on society on this issue,” Peppin, the Faculty XIMB, said.