Newsletter: January 2026 Edition
From the President’s Desk
Dear friends,
As we begin a new year, I extend my warm greetings to each of you and your families. I sincerely thank you for your sustained commitment and dedicated efforts throughout 2025 toward advancing palliative care across our country. As we step into January, it gives me immense joy to share important developments within the Indian Association of Palliative Care.
Over the past year, IAPC has taken initiatives to improve all of its educational programs. This process has included bringing in new leadership and faculty, systematically updating the curricula, and adding new topics that are relevant to current clinical realities, evidence, and policy directions…
Announcements / Messages from IAPC
IAPC’s Journey in 2025: A Year of Growth, Learning and Collective Impact
IAPC’s Infographic of the month: ‘Paediatric Palliative Care’
IAPCON 2026 Update: Final Call for Conference and Pre-Conference Registration
Interview with Dr Subrahmanyam Maddirala, Organizing Chairperson, IAPCON 2026
Final Call for IAHPC Grant for IAPCON 2026
Final Call for Proposal: IAPCON 2028
Annual General Body Meeting (AGBM) of the IAPC
‘Singing for the Stars’: Update from December 2025 Event
Leverage the IAPC’s Social Media to stay connected!
New vacancies from across the country are now published in the IAPC’s Careers page
Call for Support: Your 2 minutes = Someone’s entire lifetime of Peace, Comfort and Dignity!
‘Saath Saath Helpline’: India’s free palliative care helpline
Education and Training
Announcing IAPC’s Course for Nurse Faculty
Application Deadline Extended for IAPC’s Foundation Course in Essentials of Palliative Care
Apply Now for IAPC Certificate Course in Basics of Palliative Care
64 individuals participated in the IAPC’s ‘Foundation course in the Essentials of Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care’ between 1st and 7th December, 2025
The IAPC Certificate Course in Basics of Palliative Care (2nd Cohort) was successfully completed on 21st December, 2025
Nursing Skills Enhancement Workshop at AIIMS Deoghar
Care Beyond Cure: A Stress Management Workshop for Family Caregivers in Palliative Care at KGMU, Lucknow
Awareness and Training Programme on Palliative Care for Nursing Students at RIMS, Ranchi
14th CME of Delhi State Chapter of IAPC held on 29th November, 2025, at NCI Jhajjar
‘Caring for Caregivers’ – Online Workshop
Soul Palliative Care, Chennai Organises Training on Simulation-Based Palliative Nursing Care and Paediatric Cancer Care
Update from APM’s lecture series 4: December 2025
Awards and Recognitions
Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar and Dr. Roop Gursahani Conferred with the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (London)
Dr. Kabindra Bhagabati and Dr. Gayatri Palat Honoured by Pratishruti Cancer and Palliative Trust
Honouring Dedicated Palliative Care Volunteers at BBCI
‘Angel Award’ Conferred on Ms. Sanatombi at PALICON 2025, Imphal
KMIO, Bengaluru, to Establish 50-Bed Hospice for Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
Dr. Chitra Venkateswaran Honoured with the Padmini Varkey Memorial Award 2025
MOHURA Project: Phase II Successfully Completed at Mayong, Assam
Interesting Reads
IAPC’s Exclusive Articles
- ‘The Paradox of Nursing Visibility in Community-Based Palliative Care‘ by Ms. Anu Savio Thelly, Abu Dhabi
- ‘Between Loss and Living: Reflections from a Psycho-Oncology Practice‘ by Dr. Priyadarshini Pant, Patiala
- ‘A Journey of the Heart: How Palliative Care Training Changed the Way I See Volunteering‘ by Ms. Shashikala Devanesen, Chennai
Other Compelling reads
- ‘India’s Pain Problem: How Medical Education and Bias Deny Relief to Millions‘, originally published in Nivarana
- ‘Garen’s Legacy and the Gift of Palliative Care. Love until the end and beyond‘, originally published in ICPCN
Other upcoming events
Webinar: So You Want to Do a PhD in Palliative Care?
Webinar: Therapeutic Communication
GERIPALCON 2026 – 2nd National Conference on Geriatrics, Oncology & Palliative Care
IPM PALMEDCON 2026 – Palliative Care Beyond Guidelines
Palliative Care: Rethinking Coping, Exploring Hope, in the Midst of Conflict and Change
ASCO Breakthrough 2026 – Abstract Submission Open
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