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Ratan Tata, Dravid on Gates' AIDS board

New Delhi July 14. The Tata Group chairman, Ratan Tata, the cricketer, Rahul Dravid, and the Infosys chief, N.R. Narayana Murthy, will now be promoting the cause of HIV prevention as a part of the 22-member India Aids Initiative Board of Bill and Mellinda Gates Foundation (BGMF). Making a beginning with $100 million grant made by the Microsoft chief, Bill Gates, last November, the Gates Foundation will soon be rolling out its first national programme for HIV prevention by the first week of August, Ashok Alexander, Director, BGMF, said here today. ``The formation of the board is a first step towards rolling of the initiative,'' he said and added that Rajat Gupta, McKinsey and J.V.R. Prasada Rao from the Health Min will co-chair the board. Other members of the board include Azim Premji of Wipro, Vindi Banga of Hindustan Lever Ltd, K.K. Abraham of INP+, D.S. Brar of Ranbaxy, Tarun Das of CII, Prof. N.K. Ganguly of the Indian Council of Medical Research, and Meenaskshi Dutta Ghosh of NACO.

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