Saksham Master Trainers (MTs)
Saksham has trained multidisciplinary pool of Master
Trainers who are spread out in 24 states, 1 Union Territory and the
National Capital Region, Delhi
MTs are voluntary persons attached with Saksham
Master Trainers trained & available01-Sep-2008 - May 2013
Description Number
Total number of Master Trainers who have completed Induction and Refresher training
719
Master trainers trained in Thematic Annual Refresher Trainings
370
Master trainers presently available for conducting Saksham training sessions for counsellors (May 2013)
499
Master Trainers available under 6 SRs (Till May 2013)
SR Name Available MTs
Bangalore University + Osmania University 80
Jamia Milia Islamia 78
University of Lucknow 72
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences 62
College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai 52
Tata Institute of Social Sciences-SR 111
Grand Total 499
State- wise location of Master Trainers (MTs)(Till May 2013)
Name of State No. of MTs
Andhra Pradesh 14
Assam 17
Bihar 17
Chattisgarh 15
Goa 15
State- wise location of Master Trainers (MTs)(Till May 2013)
Name of State No. of MTs
Gujarat 27
Haryana 18
Himachal Pradesh 16
Jammu & Kashmir 18
Jharkhand 11
Name of State No. of MTs
Karnataka 38
Kerala 15
Madhya Pradesh 32
Maharashtra 14
Manipur 15
State- wise location of Master Trainers (MTs)(Till May 2013)
State wise location of Master Trainers (MTs)(As per May 2013 data)
Name of State No. of MTs
Mizoram 18
Nagaland 23
Delhi (National Capital Region) 19
Orissa 17
Punjab 20
State wise location of Master Trainers (MTs)(Till May 2013)
Name of State No. of MTs
Rajasthan 21
Tamil Nadu 20
Chandigarh (Union Territory) 10
Uttar Pradesh 34
Uttarakhand 5
West Bengal 29
Master Trainer’s Contribution• Saksham has trained a total of 719 Master Trainers (with
Induction and Refresher training) so far.• Saksham presently has a pool of 499 available Master Trainers• Saksham MTs have so far trained 14,052 HIV/AIDS counsellors
and 24x7 PHC nurses located in: -ICTCs,- FICTCs- ART- STI- PPP- TI - Mobile ICTCs
Challenges in building the pool of Master Trainers
• MTs are persons associated with Saksham. Majority of them are working in paid jobs elsewhere.
• Most dropout Master Trainers were unable to give their time for regular training sessions over the four year period
• Most MTs were unable to get four days leave for the refresher trainings planned by Saksham
Plans for future - Master Trainers • More focus on understanding social drivers of the epidemic-
gender, sexuality, stigma, social exclusion and marginalization, migration, gender based violence, and such others to engage with vulnerability issues
• Lack of thrust on counselling for linkages with appropriate services- TB, STIs- treatment adherence counselling, preventing loss to follow up
• Enhancement of skills in the use of ‘self’ in the counselling process
• Enhancement of skills in counselling couples, from TI, MSM, migrant populations