Rajat Ray (India)

Education:MBBS in Medicine, Medical College, Calcutta, India (1971); MD in Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India (1977).

Present post: Professor and Head of Department of Psychiatry and Chief of the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), AIIMS, New Delhi, India.

Previous posts: Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry and Chief, NDDTC, AIIMS (2002); Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS (2000); Additional Professor, NDDTC, AIIMS, New Delhi (1988-2000); Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore (1986-1988); Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore (1986); Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore (1980-1986). Other relevant professional experience: Consultant to the team to develop resources for training in drug dependence, injection drug use and HIV risk reduction (University of California, Los Angeles, USA and AIIMS project) (2005- ongoing); consultant to the team to develop technical guidelines and resources for training in drug dependence (UCLA, USA and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna) (2005-2006); Research and Policy Adviser for project Networking for Reducing Risk Taking Behaviour amongst Young Drug Users in South Asia (UNODC) (2004-2005); Research and Policy Adviser for project on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS concerns in ongoing drug demand reduction in South Asia (A Project of the Government of India and UNODC) (2003-2004); Technical Resource person to modify the National Drug Abuse Control Programme of the Government (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) (2003).

Memberships: Member, Technical Resource Group (TRG) on Intravenous Drug Users and AIDS, National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (2000).

Publications: Selected publications in the last five years include: "National drug abuse situation in Vietnam - How accurate are the projections?" (Commentary), (2008); S. De, R. Jain, R. Ray, A. Dhawan and S. T. Varghese, "Assessment of differential doses of buprenorphine for long term pharmacotherapy among opiate dependent subjects", Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (January-March 2008).