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 Nominations
for WHO-sponsored Meetings/Workshops/Confereces, Etc.
WHO seeks nomination and/or clearance in
respect of professionals/experts to be invited as temporary advisers for participation
in technical meetings/conferences through a formal communication to the
Secretary, Department of Health (or FW or AYUSH as the case may be), MoH&FW.
In the case of AIIMS, New
Delhi, and PGIMER, Chandigarh, the Government has
delegated authority to these institutions to approve visits abroad of their
staff for a period up to 30 days, and to ICMR for visits up to seven days.
Beyond these limits, the clearance of MoH&FW is
necessary.
Travel arrangements for temporary advisers
are made by WHO as per established rules. The normal
mode of travel is by air (economy class/excursion fare, if available). Any
extra expenditure on upgradation if requested is to
be borne by the traveller. However,temporary advisers are entitled to business class
if the travel time is more than nine hours.
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