seats were offered purely on merit to students who had passed their MBBS from Goa Medical College or alternately to those who had cleared the All India Entrance Examination. To increase the number of seats of MD, IPHB had approached MCI for inspection. IPHB was also conducting lectures in Psychiatry for the undergraduates/MBBS students of Goa Medical College and for B.Sc. Nursing students of the institute of Nursing Education. The hospital management had been organizing workshops from time to time and encouraging faculty and staff members to participate in these workshops. The various training workshops organized by IPHB in 2009 and 2010 were 2 ten day each workshop on ‘Preparing to Standardize Nursing Practice’ organized at the Institute of Nursing Education, Bambolim in February, 2009 were attended by 2 Asstt. Matrons and 12 ward sisters; ten day workshop on ‘Care in Emergency’ at INE Barnbolim, organized by TNAl Goa Branch in June, 2009 was participated by 2 staff nurses; two day workshop organized on ‘Pre-retirement’ at GIRDA Ella Form, Old Goa in June, 2009 was attended by Asstt. Matron and Ward Sister; A workshop on the ‘Hazards of the Mercury and its safe disposal’ organized by Goa Desc Resource Centre at Ceritas Holiday Home, St. Inez Panaji on 25th July 2009 was attended by 2 staff nurses; Matron and Assistant Matron attended a lecture on ‘Breakdown to break through’ at Goa Medical College, Library Auditorium on 16th September, 2009; two staff nurses attended three day ‘Human Rights in Mental Health Nursing Practice’ at Convention Centre, NIMHANS Bangalore in October, 2009; Assistant Matron attended a two day programme on ‘Public Health and Sanitation’ in May, 2010 at the Lecture Hall, GIRDA; In-service training programme was conducted in IPHB for Group D employees in 6 groups from 10th November 2009 to 5th March, 2010. One nursing staff was sent for psychiatric training every year and six nursing staff had undergone such training. Ranchi Institute of Neuro Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi (27th to 29th January, 2010 and 24th to 26th February, 2011) The recruitment rules for selection of Director RlNPAS on regular basis (as against the existing adhoc arrangement) had been finalized, notified and advertisement inviting applications had also been issued on 27.2.11 but the qualifications for the post were not clearly spelt out in conformity with the norms and criteria prescribed in Rule 20(F) of the State Mental Health Rules, 1990. Pending selection of a full time incumbent Dr. Amul Ranjan Singh, Professor and Head Department of Clinical Psychology had been appointed as Director incharge of RINPAS. The number of sanctioned posts in RINPAS was less than the prescribed norms. The filled up positions were less than the sanctioned posts. There were 285 vacancies. The vacancy position in different Groups was: Group A - sanctioned posts 76, filled up17 and vacant 59; Group B - sanctioned posts 40, filled 17, vacant 23; Group C - sanctioned posts 319, filled up 203 and vacant 116, and Group D - sanctioned posts 215, filled up 128 and vacant 87. The large number of vacancies affected treatment, teaching, training, and research adversely and also caused discontentment among faculty. 116 National Human Rights Commission