Newsletter: August 2025 Edition
From the President’s Desk
Dear All,
The Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) continues to march ahead with purpose and commitment to strengthening academic initiatives, facilitating state-level training under the National Programme for Palliative Care (NPPC), and fostering collaborations with key national and international organizations.
I am pleased to share that IAPC has now fulfilled all statutory compliance requirements as a registered charitable trust. We have updated and registered our bylaws and obtained the necessary approvals from the Charity Commissioner and the Income Tax Department. These legal steps are…
Announcements / Messages from IAPC
IAPC’s Infographic of the month: Integrating Palliative Care during emergencies for Patients with Non-Communicable Diseases
Vision Statement from the Secretary’s Desk
Call for Entries: “Theme Song of the IAPC” – A Prestigious Creative Competition
IAPC Announces a Special Series of Webinars and Competitions to Mark World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2025
National Essay Writing & Photography Competitions
IAPC Announces Awards Worth Rs 4 Lakhs for Paper and Poster Presentations at IAPCON 2026
IAPCON 2026: Last chance to grab early bird registration, Deadline extends to 15th August 2025
Update on IAPC Gold Medal for Nurses 2025
IAPC’s Executive Committee Visits IAPCON 2026 Venue at NI-MSME, Hyderabad
Academy of Palliative Medicine Unveils New Logo and Website
National Medical Commission introduces 15 major changes to Teachers Eligibility Qualifications Rules, 2025 (TEQ 2025)
‘Singing for the Stars’: Update from the July 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
262 clinicians participate in the ‘Part A’ component of the IAPC’s ‘Foundation Course in Essentials of Palliative Care’ in July, 2025
The APM launches the 2nd cohort of the ‘IAPC’s Certificate Course in Basics of Palliative Care: A Blended Learning Approach’ in July 2025
APM to Launch the Postgraduate Assembly: A National Workshop to Empower Future Palliative Medicine Specialists on 20th and 21st September, 2025
National Fellowship in Palliative Nursing (NFPN): Registration deadline extends to 10th August, 2025
Applications Open for the 4th Edition of the International Neuropalliative Care Certificate Course
ICRO’s National Teaching Course on Palliative Medicine for Radiation Oncology Residents held at SGPGI, Lucknow on 28th and 29th June, 2025
ELNEC Training held at Apollo AyurVAID, Bengaluru, 17th to 19th July, 2025
KIPCER Organised “Skills in Neuropalliative Care” Workshop at BHT- Karunashraya, Bengaluru, on 19th and 20th July, 2025
Workshop on Pain and Palliative Care Held at KGMU, Lucknow, on 22nd and 23rd July, 2025
Teaching Palliative Care Module for Nursing Students: Training Conducted at St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru
Update from the APM’s lecture series
Awards and Recognitions
Ms. Anu Receives Dame Cicely Saunders Award from the Cardiff Program!
Project Sugamya: Enabling Dignified Rail Travel for Persons with Disabilities and Older Adults
Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital Launches India’s First Living Will Clinic in India
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Launches Institutional EOLC Policy
Interesting Reads
IAPC’s Exclusive Articles
- ‘Realising compassion in people and communities: A step towards universal access to palliative care‘, by Ms. Heather Richardson, London
- ‘The Language of Care: Evolving Palliative Nursing to Meet Universal Challenges‘, by Ms. Anu Savio Thelly, United Arab Emirates
- ‘Clinical Therapeutic Communication (CTC) in Oncology: Translating Pain into Perspective‘, by Dr. Ravi Kiran Pothamsetty, Madurai
Other Compelling reads
- ‘Remembering Dame Cicely Saunders‘, originally published as Editorial in ehospice
- ‘Achieving the Promise: Universal Access to Palliative Care in Bangladesh‘, originally published in ehospice (international edition)
Other upcoming events
Register Now for the ICPCN Webinar on Children’s Palliative Care in Humanitarian Settings, 21st August, 2025
8th African Palliative Care Conference, 23rd – 26th September, 2025
ICPCN 2025 – 4th Global Conference on Children’s Palliative Care
2nd IASP–SARPS Pain Camp | 22nd – 24th September, 2025 | IIT Delhi
9th Tata Annual Biostatistics and Research Methods Course
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