international studies
sandoz foundation for gerontological research, basel, switzerland
Asked the Centre to make a Study on Healthy Aging and Independence in Later Life. This was a major study and was conducted in four places each (rural and urban) in two Indian States – Tamil Nadu and Kerala – by teams of medical doctors and social scientists. This study has brought the Centre on the world map of gerontological institutions.
International social security association (issa), Geneva
Invited the Centre to prepare a paper on Social Security System in the Asia-Pacific Region. The paper was prepared by Dr. P.K.B. Nayar, Chairman of the Centre who was subsequently invited to present the paper in the ISSA South Asia Regional Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1991. The paper was later published by ISSA.
World health organization (Who) Kobe, Japan
Asked Chairman Nayar to prepare a theme paper on Methodological issues in Health Expectancy Research for its international Consultative Meeting on Healthy Aging Development in Kobe, Japan (1999). He was subsequently invited to this meeting to present the paper. This paper was later published in the book on Healthy Aging Development (2000) by WHO.
