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Dr Marie Mignon Mascarenhas, MBBS DPH MFC MRCP London, is the Director of CREST- Center for Research Education Service and Training, which has been established to provide family and community therapy, vocational training and rehabilitation.

Dr. Marie Mignon Mascarenhas, MBBS DPH MFC MRCP Director of Crest Care and Counselling Center Bangalore

A medical doctor who specialised in Community Medicine in India and UK, her special interest is in family, youth counselling and women's health. She has lectured and trained persons in Adolescent Counselling in Thailand, Japan, Sri Lanka, Singapore and throughout India.

She was awarded a British Council Senior Fellowship to study Medical and Social Demography ('73-'74) under Professor Bill Brass in London University and as a result the valuable monograph 'Population Education for Quality of Life' (2^nd Edition) was published.

She participated in both UN Population Conferences in Bucharest ('74) and in Mexico ('84) and in the UN Women's Conference in Copenhagen and Nairobi. She was invited to the Synod on the Family in Rome ('80) and served for 5 years on the Pontifical Council for the Family. She is also a consultant to WHO and directs a Government of India programme on 'Counselling Youth', AIDS Education Prevention and Family Counselling.

She has written a number of books which include 'Family Life and Value Education' (5^th Edition), 'Counselling Youth' (6^th Edition) and 'Population Education for Quality of Life' (2^nd Edition) She has published several papers in India and abroad on youth. She was Professor of Community Medicine in St. John's Medical College and an examiner for Bangalore and Madras Universities. She has directed training programmes in 5 continents.

Dr. Mascarenhas was given the Rotary Award for Professional Excellence in 1990, 1993 and 1996, the Sophia College Golden Jubilee Award in 1991 for her work 'Celebrating Life and Women's Education' and the Asian Women's Award for her books and work in Houston, Texas, USA in 1993. She is a founder member on the board of directors on the International Federation for Right to Life.