Hyderabad to host world's largest law conference on Feb 5 (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Hyderabad-to-host-worlds-largest-law-conference-on-Feb-5-/articleshow/7413194.cms)

The prestigious Commonwealth Law Conference, the largest event of its kind in the common law world, will be held in India after a gap of four decades.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the five-day long conference at Hyderabad on February 5 and Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia will deliver the thematic address.

"Rule of Law: Challenges and Opportunities" is the theme of the conference, which will hold 60 sessions focusing on human rights. Several hundred delegates from India and other Commonwealth countries will take part in the conference.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhury and Justice Sudershan Reddy of the Supreme Court of India will be among the keynote speakers along with Sir Sidney Kentridge QC, a doyen of the English and South African Bars.

Chairperson of the organising committee and former attorney general of India Soli J Sorabjee said the topics listed for discussion raise issues of mutual concern. "It is worthwhile to know and understand the experiences of different countries in the Commonwealth in tackling the problems raised by these issues and which may be usefully drawn upon consistent with the constitutional scheme and ethos of each country. Therein lies the real utility of this Commonwealth conference," he said.

NIRD to organise Rural Technology mela in Hyderabad (http://news.oneindia.in/2011/02/02/nirdto-organise-rural-technology-mela-inhyderabad-aid0126.html)

Hyderabad, Feb 1 (PTI) City-based National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) is organising a four-day Rural Technology mela at its Rural Technology Park (RTP) here from tomorrow.

The mela to be held from February 2-5 will provide a platform for technology developers, users and Self Help Groups among others to take advantage of various technologiesavailable in different parts of the country, NIRD Director General Mathew C Kunnumkal told reporters here.

The RTP a centre in NIRD was established to transfer appropriate Rural Technologies to the rural people, towards achieving all round development in agriculture and rural sectors with overall economic development.

RTP has been conducting training programmes for imparting skills in the use of technology leading to production of value added products, Kunnumkal said adding this year NIRD intends to transfer technology to one lakh rural functionaries.

SHGs from over 13 states from the country are participating in the event and a variety of rural products including handicrafts, handlooms, Khadi and Village Industries products, medicinal and aromatic products would be on display and marketing. A total of 180 stalls have been put up for technology developers and developing of products, he said.

Hyderabad to be promoted as MICE destination (http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/hyderabad-to-be-promoted-as-mice-destination-andhra-pradesh-tourism-minister-12604)

Andhra Pradesh Tourism will promote Hyderabad as a MICE and film shooting destination in the domestic and international market. According to Vatti Vasant Kumar, Minister of Tourism and Culture, Andhra Pradesh, the newly formed Hyderabad Convention Promotion Bureau is a joint initiative of private industry stakeholders and the state tourism department for promoting Hyderabad as a MICE destination. The Minister was speaking to the media at the ongoing Surajkund Crafts Mela in Haryana, where Andhra Pradesh is the theme state.

Speaking with TravelBiz Monitor, Sandeep Kumar Sultania, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) said that the search for a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Hyderabad Convention Promotion Bureau is on and will be appointed soon. Since the Bureau is a joint initiative by the government and private stakeholders of the travel and hospitality industry, he said that the CEO can either be a private industry nominee or a nominee of the government.

Sultania said that the recently opened Leonia International Centre for Exhibitions and Conventions (LICEC) has the capacity to host conventions of about 5,000 pax and together with Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) can become a destination for national and international conventions.

Hyderabad: Major IT event in March (http://ibnlive.in.com/news/andhra-pradesh-to-host-major-it-event-in-march/141669-3.html)

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh will organize a two-day IT conference and exhibition March 1 and 2 in Hyderabad to project itself as the most preferred IT destination.

IT Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Thursday announced the event 'Advantage AP-annual IT summit 2011', the first of its kind event by the state government, to promote brand Andhra Pradesh.

To be organized jointly by Information Technology and Communications Department, Governmrnt of India in association with IT and ITES Industry Association of Andhra Pradesh (ITsAP) and Software Technology Park of India (STPI), Hyderabad, the annual event will focus on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and promote tier-II cities.

The conference will provide a forum for IT and ITES companies, IT infrastructure developers, academic institutions, governments and end customers of various industries to collaborate and leverage the enabling environment that Andhra Pradesh has to offer.

The minister said the government was keen to make Andhra Pradesh the number one in IT exports in the country. It presently occupies fourth position.

The participants in the event will get firsthand experience of why the state has quickly become the most preferred destination for the IT and ITES industry.

L Suresh, president, ITsAP, said the 3,200 sq m exhibition space at the event will enable participating companies to showcase the products developed in the state. Awards will be presented to companies in recognition of their excellent performance.

The seminars will deliberate on startup eco-system, new technologies, business models and innovation. Ratna Prabha, principal secretary, IT, pointed out that Andhra Pradesh, which started its IT journey 10 to 15 years after its competitors like Karnataka, has been growing consistently above the national average.

During 2009-10, the IT exports from the state were Rs.33,482 crore, contributing 15 per cent to the country's overall IT exports. It hopes to register a minimum of Rs36,000 crore exports during the current financial year.

"This time last year the IT exports were Rs 18,000 crore and this year we have already crossed Rs 25,000 crore. We hope to do a minimum of Rs 36,000 crore exports this year as the last quarter also yields goods results," she said.

Claiming that the sector was witnessing silent growth despite all the speculations and apprehensions, the official pointed out that during 2010, 42 lakh sq ft of IT space was sold or leased against 87 lakh sq ft taken during last three to four years.

http://news.oneindia.in/2011/02/05/hyderabadto-host-17th-commonwealth-law-conference-fromsund-aid0126.html

Hyderabad to host 17th Commonwealth Law Conference from Sunday
Saturday, February 5, 2011, 0:00 [IST]

Hyderabad, Feb 4 (PTI) Legal luminaries from 53countries, including the Chief Justices of 10 countries, willmeet here for five days to discuss a wide range of legalissues with emphasis on maintenance of rule of law and humanrights at the biennial Commonwealth Law Conference.

Buzz up!
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate theconference at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre onSunday.


Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry willdeliver the keynote address on the occasion. Chief Justice ofIndia S H Kapadia will deliver the thematic address whileUnion Law Minister M Veerappa Moily and a host of other legalluminaries will grace the occasion, according to formerAttorney General and chairman of the conference organisingcommittee Soli J Sorabjee.
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Date:06/02/2011 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2011/02/06/stories/2011020663080500.htm
Manmohan to inaugurate Commonwealth law meet

Special Correspondent

Diverse topics ranging from global financial crisis to human rights will come up for discussion

Conference returning to India after 40 years
Legal luminaries, judges from 53 countries to attend

HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here on Saturday evening to inaugurate the Commonwealth Law Conference at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) on Sunday.

Mr. Manmohan Singh, who was accompanied by Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily, was driven straight to Raj Bhavan on arrival at the Begumpet airport by an IAF aircraft.

He was received by Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Union Petroleum Minister S. Jaipal Reddy, Deputy Speaker N. Manohar and APCC president D. Srinivas.

Diverse topics ranging from the global financial crisis to human rights will come up for discussion during the conference, the largest event of its kind in the common law world.

The prestigious conference, which is returning to India after 40 years, the last one having been held in New Delhi in 1971, will be attended by legal luminaries, judges and others from 53 countries. Chief Justice of India S. H. Kapadia will deliver the thematic address.

Legal topics: Addressing a media conference here on Friday, Soli J. Sorabjee, former Attorney General of India and Chairman, Local Organising Committee, said there would be 60 brainstorming sessions during the conference whose theme is “Emerging economies and rule of law: Challenges and Opportunities”. It will consist of four broad streams – constitutional & human rights law, corporation & commercial law, judicial independence and protection of human rights lawyers and contemporary legal topics.

He said Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, a leading barrister from the UK, Sir Sidney Kentridge, a doyen of English and South African Bars, and Justice Sudarshan Reddy of the Supreme Court of India, would be among the keynote speakers while Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma would address the conference. About 10 Chief Justices from various Commonwealth jurisdictions would participate.

Ethical obligations: Mr. Sorabjee said in reply to questions that there would be discussion on issues like ethical obligations of lawyers towards the clients in respect of their fee, their democratic right to protest but not at the expense of the courts and clients, laws in various countries that transgress human rights and expeditious disposal of cases. :cheers:

http://www.sify.com/news/hyderabad-to-host-national-cardiology-meet-news-health-lckt4nbgfei.html

Hyderabad to host national cardiology meet
2011-02-10 19:30:00

Hyderabad, Feb 10 (IANS) The third edition of 'Prevent India 2011', a national programme on preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels, will be held here from Feb 19, a statement said.

Medwin Heart Foundation is hosting the three-day event on preventive cardiology where eminent doctors will deliberate on 'when and how' to control the cardiovascular risks.

There will be updates on screening, pharmacological intervention and lifestyle modification, the statement added.

At least 80 percent of premature deaths from heart diseases and stroke could be avoided through healthy diet, regular physical activity and avoiding smoking, the statement added.

Non-communicable diseases cause 60 percent of global deaths every year, numbering at 35 million.

According to a survey, the risk of coronary artery diseases is four times higher than others. By 2020, India will bear 60 percent of the world's coronary artery diseases.

The programme will be useful to cardiologists, physicians, rehabilitation specialists, family doctors, and other people related to healthcare, the statement said.
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HICC is one of a kind convention centre in Entire India. It provides great services with a 5 star hotel (Novotel), a huge convention hall along with various modern multipurpose halls in close vicinity. Good Parking facilities including Helipad. Amazing connectivity to Airport with a 8 lane Expressway is another point which makes it great.

3-4 more 5 star hotels are coming up in this area. Already it is the # 1 choice for National events. It going to get better in future.. Keep up the good work HICC.

BioAsia 2011, Hyderabad (http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=61476&sid=2)

The eighth edition of BioAsia, which is scheduled to be held in Hyderabad from February 21, is expected to attract investment of Rs.3000 crore, said, J Geetha Reddy, minister for major industries, Andhra Pradesh State.


During the inaugural session, projects such as Lonza Knowledge Centre in Genome Valley and Lepakshi Knowledge Hub in Anantpur would be launched. Lonza and Lepakshi have already acquired lands for their facilities in Genome Valley and Anantpur respectively.


Sri Biotech, which is the main sponsor of BioAsia 2011, will also launch its project, Sri Bio Integrated Discovery Centre during the inaugural session. The Pacific Hospitals with Tran-Scell Biologics, a unit for stem cell banking and research in Hyderabad, will also be launched on the occasion. A cancer research centre and hospital in collaboration with the Government of France, which is set to be the largest cancer facility in India, will be set up by Renaissance and Biogenesis by the Reniassance Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Shamirpet, near to Hyderabad.


Addressing a press conference here, the minister said that delegates from 24 countries, including China, Malaysia and Iran, will take part in the event. The event will also witness releasing of a whitepaper on ‘Biotechnology in Asia-Sketch and Strengths by Grant Thornton. The event will be formally inaugurated by the Andhra Pradesh State chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on February 22.


This year’s International Genome Valley Excellence awards will be presented to Anji Reddy, chairman of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories and the Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) Award, which was instituted last year, will be awarded to Dr D S Brar, promoter chairman, GVK Bio, Dr Roger L Williams, CEO, US Pharmacopeia and Dr Anwar Nasim, chairman, National Commission on Biotechnology (NCB), Pakistan.

Two-Day “Overseas Employers’ Conference” - Feb 21-22, Hyderabad (http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69919)

A two-day “Overseas Employers’ Conference” will be held at Hyderabad tomorrow to understand the concerns of the Foreign Employers in the Middle East and South-East Asia employing Indian workers. The conference will provide a forum for the overseas employers to interact with the Government of India and the State Government representatives and put forward their point of view and raise issues related to recruitment of Indian workers for overseas employment.

The broad objectives of the conference are:

• To discuss with leading foreign employers from GCC countries and South East Asian countries about the availability of trained manpower in various sectors, such as construction, hospitality and health care, etc. as well as to interact with States from where large number of workers migrate to these countries.

• To showcase the schemes and initiatives taken by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and respective State Governments for skill upgradation and pre-departure orientation programmes.

• Create awareness about the procedures adopted for promotion of regular migration and preventing irregular migration from India.

The conference spread over two days will have four sessions broadly on:

• Policy issues governing emigration for overseas employment.

• Skill development for better employment opportunities overseas.

• Improving the relations between the overseas employer and the worker.

• Promotion of overseas employment for migrant workers.

The conference is being organized by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) in partnership with the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Indian Council of Overseas Employment (ICOE) and the Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited (OMCAP), Andhra Pradesh. The conference is likely to be attended by around forty major foreign employers, officials from various Ministries/Departments of Government of India and senior level officers from the 15 State Governments from where majority labour outflow takes place from India to foreign countries for overseas employment in semi and low-skilled category and representatives of the concerned foreign governments.

Awesome updates there storm ... can't believe that HICC is being sought as the number one destination for conferences in India ... Every darn conference is coming to HICC :D

Hyderabad to host 35th edition of FRO (http://news.franchiseindia.com/franchise/Hyderabad-to-host-35th-edition-of-FRO-3042/)

The 35th edition of national franchise and retail opportunity show FRO is scheduled to be held on February 26 – 27, 2011 at the HICC in Hyderabad. The show will be co-hosted by Franchise India and Indian Franchise Association (IFA) and supported by Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India. The show will be inaugurated by Shri Madireddy Pratap, IPS, CEO, AP Invest, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Ms. Ashna G. Sharan, CEO, Franchise India Exhibitions.

The Exhibition is set to offer opportunities in franchising, retailing, licensing, real estate and retail supply chain from diverse industry verticals such as fashion and lifestyle, food and beverage, education, financial services, health, beauty and wellness, travel, entertainment and many more. Various exhibitors participating in the show include Zee Interactive Learning Systems, Gitanjali Lifestyle, Donear Industries Ltd, Kwality Walls, EuroKids, Sporty Beans, Café Desire, Ferns ‘n’ Petals, LeapBridge and many more. The show provides a stage for companies to network with interested entrepreneurs put forward their franchised concepts and expand their footprint in Hyderabad and surrounding cities. The exhibition expects serious investors, entrepreneurs, professionals, suppliers and corporate representatives from all across India. It will focus on several aspects of entrepreneurial entity like advantages on pre-entrepreneurship, business opportunities, planning, management and generating profits.

The show comprises an exhibition and a conference on franchising, retailing and licensing, covering the broad dynamics of SME sector. FRO Hyderabad showcases various Indian and global brands, under one roof, to provide an all-round perspective on franchising in SME sector, thereby highlighting the major concepts and current trends in franchising fraternity.

Mr. Gaurav Marya, President, Franchise India, says, “Over the years, FRO has always provided a value added proposition to the participants by way of specific and target-oriented seminars. The two day show, being organized concurrently with the exhibition, will address the overall issues in various segments like small business development, retailing, franchising and brand licensing. The response from the business community to the said concept has been very reassuring and has exceeded our expectations in 2010 as over 1,50,000 people attended over eight editions of FRO and over 500 brands from diverse business sectors participated in the expo.”

For growing businesses, this year Franchise India has open up its office in Middle East and facilitate Indian companies looking to enter in UAE market through the FRO and consulting divisions in the Middle East. Franchise India exhibitions offers pan India expansion opportunity to all its participants. FRO2011 is India’s biggest platform for franchise and retail expansion.

Two-day Seed Congress opens in Hyderabad (http://expressbuzz.com/finance/two-day-seed-congress-opens-in-hyderabad/250227.html)

HYDERABAD: The two-day Indian Seed Congress (ISC) 2011 is likely to create a platform for domestic seed companies to explore business development opportunities with global firms. The event, starting here on Tuesday, will attract 700 delegates including 50 foreign delegates from 14 countries to deliberate on free market principles and to streamline the deregulation process of a new breed of crops.

“The Indian seed industry has become the fifth largest in the world with an estimated value of `8,000 crore and an annual growth rate of 12 to 13 per cent,” said M Harish Reddy, Convener, ISC 2011.

He added that the industry has been playing a vital role in uplifting the socio-economy of rural India. Currently, it employs over eight lakh, mostly in rural India while the agricultural yield is incremented by at least 25 per cent to 40 per cent as a result of better and superior genetics in seeds.

With a focal theme — Partners in Agricultural Growth — the event is likely to showcase how the Indian seed industry in active partnership with all, has been driving the agriculture growth of the country.

It will also include technical sessions to discuss the recent advancements in seed technology, industry needs, Research & Development and government policy. Participants would also analyze the constraints in delivering quality seeds to the farmer besides preparing a roadmap for the sector’s future growth.

On the other hand, the trading sessions will help explore business opportunities and showcase products and technologies in seed and allied areas.

“The National Seed Association of India (NSAI), which is the apex body of Indian seed industry. is organizing the second edition of the Indian Seed Congress at a time when the seed industry is in a transition phase and confronted with several challenges due to technological impetus of biotech crops and competition from MNCs. The conference intends to deliberate on impending legislation and policies that impact seed industry, take stock of new and emerging technologies and review our technological preparedness,” said G V Bhaskar Rao, Chairman, National Organizing Committee, ISC 2011.

Convention on development goals on March 3, 4 (http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/convention-on-development-goals-on-march-3-4/252259.html)

HYDERABAD: The Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), under the aegis of the Indian Council of Social Science Research ( ICSSR), is organising the tenth development convention on 'Millennium Development Goals: Performance, Prospects and Challenges For South India' on March 3 and 4 on its premises on the Osmania University campus here.

IPE director Prof RK Mishra told reporters here on Monday that the themes includes analysis of performance, prospects and challenges on the aspects of health, poverty, employment, food security, education, women empowerment and sustainable development.

Two books on achievement of Millennium Development Goals in the Indian context will be released during the conference.

Sixty papers would be presented in 10 technical sessions. The best paper would be given a cash prize of Rs 10,000.

Convention convener Jayasree Raveendran said Prajapathi Trivedi, secretary, central performance management, would deliver the inaugural address. Prof Datuk Md Zabid Abdul Rashid, president and vice-chancellor, UNIRAZAK, Malaysia would be the special invitee. Bhanwarlal, state chief electoral officer, Prof. Lata Mallikarjun, EFL University and Prof . R.K Mishra, director of IPE, is the convention chair. FAPCCI president Shekhar Agarwal will be the chief guest at the valedictory session. Suresh Deman, Centre for Economics and Finance,UK and Prof C Vijayasree, director OUCIP, will address the gathering.

Hyderabad is set to host a Indo-German festival to highlight the diplomatic relations between India and Germany. (http://www.fullhyderabad.com/hyderabad-news/hyderabad-to-host-year-long-indo-german-festival-3732)

Germany is preparing for a German gala event in India to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship between the two countries.

This was revealed by German Deputy Commissioner from the Foreign Office in Berlin, Jens Buentjen, who called on Hyderabad Mayor Banda Karthika Chandra Reddy at her Chambers on Tuesday.

Jens Buentjen informed that with a huge diversity of events, "Germany and India 2011-2012", will showcase the entire spectrum of German's cooperation with India - politics, business, culture, education, science and research - under the umbrealla theme 'Stadt Raeume-City Spaces'.

"Germany and India 2011-2012" is scheduled from autumn 2011 to autumn 2012, he said.

It is intended to extend and intensify long-term cooperation based on partnership in all fields, Jens Buentjen added.

The organizers are guided by the vision of Germany and India working together as partners, on the basis of mutual trust and shared values, to meet future challenges.

The India Council for Cultural Relations and the German Foreign Ministry had on October 18th, 2010, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate the realization of this project.

Jens Buentjen informed the Mayor of what has been planned so far, and sought her guidance and cooperation to make the celebrations in Hyderabad truly spectacular.

German Research Foundation Executive Director Amita Desai accompanied the German official.

City to hold Statistics Olympiad (http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/city-to-hold-statistics-olympiad/254071.html)

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad is going to conduct the first ever Statistics Olympiad soon. After the first Statistics Olympiad at the national level was held in the city in January, the event, conducted by the CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS) is going to expand to an international level.

With request from 15 countries to conduct the Statistics Olympiad, AIMSCS is looking to conduct the first ever international Statistics Olympiad next year. Students studying in class IX to XII are eligible to take the level one exam conducted separately for class IX and X(Stream- 1) and for class XI and XII (Stream- 2).

The national level Statistics Olympiad held in January got a great response whose results will be announced in June.

“This year we had 27,686 participants from across the country.

We have also received requests from several countries to hold an international level Olympiad. We are therefore, thinking of expanding the reach of the first ever national Statistics Olympiad to an international Olympiad next year. The Olympiad held on January 22 was the first of its kind in the country,” explained Prof SB Rao, director, AIMSCS.

“Although statistics is a young discipline, there is an immense demand for statisticians by governments, industry and academics throughout the world. Therefore, it is one of our aims to encourage talented young students to pursue careers in this field. To create awareness about the subject and encourage those with an aptitude for numerical reasoning, we constituted the Statistics Olympiad,” said Prof CR Rao, founder, AIMSCS.

Circa 1993, Hyderabad: A major medical conference took place in what was then just a historic capital city of a southern state. A few hundred delegates thronged the Nizam-built Jubilee Hall — the present legislative council building.

In 2010, some 10,000 delegates from across the globe assembled in the throbbing IT hub of the country for the latest edition of the same conference. But the venue was a world away from the one 17 years ago.

Things, clearly, have changed since the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), the first purpose-built and state-of-the-art convention facility in the country, came up in 2006.
“I have attended both the events. The differences are enormous, from amenities to infrastructure to hospitality and quality of services,” says Andhra Pradesh Tourism Secretary Jayesh Ranjan.

A cursory glance at HICC’s record as a venue in recent years would throw up names like the International Congress of Mathematicians, Aeronautical Congress, Pacific-Asia Travel Association and the International Congress and Convention Association Congress 2010.

Hyderabad has emerged as the convention capital of the country and a one-stop destination for business tourists.

HICC was the brain child of former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu. “In 2003, he felt that, as an international city, Hyderabad should have a modern convention centre like the Dubai convention centre, which is the most popular in Asia,” Ranjan says.

According to HICC General Manager (Sales, Marketing & Distribution) Jaideep Khanna, on an average 2-3 events are organised every day, with 20 to 6,000 delegates visiting the centre. HICC sees 200,000-300,000 visitors a year and 500 business tourists per event. In 2010, it hosted close to 700 small and major events with 350,000 delegates.

“We are seeing a 12-13 per cent growth annually, and we hope to conduct 800 events this year,” Khanna says.

The centre, spread across a 15-acre landscaped area, was built with an approximate investment of Rs 300 crore by Cyberabad Convention Centre Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Emaar Properties and the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC). It is managed by French hospitality and tourism management firm, Accor group.

The centre has a 6,480 sq m pillar-free internal hall, which can be partitioned into six small halls and can hold up to 400 tables in a banquet setting and 6,000 in a cocktail setting. The pre-function foyer area of 6,500 sq m offers a seating capacity for 4,000 delegates, with an additional flexibility of up to 6,500.

The main hall has an in-built rear projection screen of 18-16 ft along with the latest sound systems built into the roof to provide a concert-like experience. It has 32 halls to organise multiple meetings simultaneously. The meeting room has a 500-guest reception area, with 16 terminals for registrations. The main reception has 16 workstation back office.

HICC is attached with the Novotel hotel, forming a unique complex to provide both accommodation and conference facility, reducing the travel burden for tourists, Khanna says. Around 700 common staff are employed for both the facilities.

HICC also provides video production facility and, according to Khanna, the videos are made by its in-house professionals at the studio within the centre. It has deployed all the latest technology to ensure safety of guests.

“To host an international event, adequate planning is required three-four years ahead of the event. The selection and bidding is a lengthy process. We have started bidding for events that would happen in 2014,” he says, adding conventions are economic growth engines, which contribute by generating local employment. Conventions get the highest-spending tourists. In other words, they influence local tourism, handicraft sales, catering, cabs and along with other amenities of transport, tourist, crafts, and airports.

“According to our finding, for any convention with 1,000 delegates, the overall economy of the city gets a Rs 3-crore benefit — minimum of three-night stay per 1,000 delegates. The earnings comes from the hotel room tariff, payment for transport, shopping, vendors and other service providers,” says Ranjan.

Last year, it generated a turnover of Rs 50 crore. “Financial growth is progressing annually and 2010 saw the best financial performance. If things remain favourable, we expect a 10-15 per cent annual average growth,” Khanna said.

^^ Add Hyderabad Marriott Hotel & Convention Centre (http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/hydmc-hyderabad-marriott-hotel-and-convention-centre/) and Leonia International Centre for Exhibitions & Conventions (LICEC) (http://www.leonia.in/Conclave/LICECHome2.aspx) to that list...

If LANCO goes ahead with its convention center in LANCO Hills that would be another world class facility

Hyderabad: The convention hub of Indi
source: http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-hyderabad-the-convention-hub-of-india/20110317.htm

Because of its cosmopolitan culture. Hyderabad is a place that anybody can be easily adopted. I have been to many metros but nothing can beat Hyderabad. There are always pros and cons with any metro but Hyderabad is well balanced in all aspects.

Hyderabad to host India's leading event for Software Testing/QA on Saturday (http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Hyderabad_to_host_Indias_leading_event_for_Software_TestingQA_on_Saturday-nid-80860.html?utm_source=clicktrack&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=mostread)

Hyderabad: SiliconIndia has been successfully organizing Software Testing Conference (SofTec 2011), a leading event for the Software Test and QA Community across various cities in India like Chennai, Pune, Delhi etc, this time we are taking it to Hyderabad on March 26th, 2011 (Saturday).

The testing community, and test managers in particular, are facing a number of new problems such as increasing complexity, ever-increasing demands to reduce time-to-market and the need for testers to take on more varied roles in the organization.

SofTec conference's agenda reflects the challenges organizations face today in order to address different testing projects. It also explores various challenges such as Customer Centric Testing, HBT, Mobile/Infotainment Apps testing, Agile Testing, Automation Testing etc. The conference provides clear guidance to the delegates and helps them understand the challenges and issues faced in testing today, how best to address them and how to cope with changing conditions and the need to optimize every effort.

The speakers at the event include stalwarts from top IT companies, Ramesh Loganathan, VP Products & Center Head, Progress Software; T Ashok, Founder and CEO , STAG Software; Anutthara Bharadwaj, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation; Pradeep Kalyana Rao Konda, Vice President, AppLabs; Narayan Raman, Founder, CEO, Tyto Software; Saurabh Chandra,Head- Quality Assurance and Automation Division , Oracle India; Pradeep C, CEO, Edista Testing Institute and Manoj Jain, Manager, Software Engineering, CA Technologies.

The Agenda covers technical sessions on wide-range of testing topics, combining the best software testing theories with real-world examples and where participants not only learn but actually apply it immediately to their test environments.

We have sessions on: Customer Centric Testing , Accelerate defect detection via Hypothesis Based Testing(HBT), Changing role of the tester in an agile world, Mobile/Infotainment Apps testing, Stable and reliable Web Automation, Automation Testing, Workforce Strategies for Creating Successful Test Organizations and Performance Testing - An Insider .

This Conference is designed for organizations and individuals who have technical proficiencies responsibilities within their respective discipline areas and are actively involved in the testing and quality process, development, and group dynamics

Tech show in Hyderabad offers 60 technologies for partnership to industry (http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=61942&sid=1)

About 60 technologies were offered for partnership to the industry for exploring technology transfer and commercialization during the one-day technology show held in Hyderabad recently.

The show, jointly organised by Foundation for MSME Clusters (FMC) and SkyQuest, was done under the project ‘Promoting Innovative Clusters in India’, a project supported by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. As part of the project FMC has identified over 100 technologies with the help of SkyQuest and out of that 60 were offered for partnership.

According to the organizers, more than 60 participants, which included members from the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry innovators and financial institutions, participated in the event. Apart from the 60 participants, six individual innovators participated presenting their innovative technologies. The presentations of technologies was followed by a one to one meeting between those offering technology and those interested in them, where more details about the technologies were shared. Over 20 expressions of Interest were received and 20 one to one meetings have taken place. The organizers added that at least a few of them are expected to result in linkages taking place and the technologies move forward towards collaboration.

The one-day event, inaugurated by Karikal Valven, commissioner of industries, Government of Andhra Pradesh, was attended by Akash Bhavsar of SkyQuest, Mukesh Gulati, executive director, FMC and Ramchander, managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Industrial and Technical Consultancy Organisation (APITCO).

WWW2011 conference to discuss future of web (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/www2011-conference-to-discuss-future-of-web/articleshow/7778601.cms)

HYDERABAD: Did you know that less than 10 percent of the Indian population uses the world wide web? Or that the next billion users of the internet will come from emerging markets like Brazil , China , India , Indonesia and Russia ??

The future of the web will be under discussion at the 20th international World Wide Web Conference (WWW2011) here, a prestigious event that India, with one of the world's fastest growing population of internet users, will host for the first time. Beginning March 28, it will be attended by 800 delegates from 49 countries.

"The conference will debate the future of the Web, which is important for India," S. Sadagopan, director of the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Bangalore, told IANS.

"It is more relevant for India, especially in the context of high mobile penetration among the younger generation, improving literacy levels, large young and English-speaking population."

IIIT , Bangalore, in cooperation with the IIIT, Hyderabad, and the Institute of Information Technology, Bombay (Mumbai), is hosting the event.

The five-day meet has the theme "web for all". It will debate technical challenges in overcoming the digital divide and ways to bring the web to underserved populations. The event will be addressed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the WWW Conference director and inventor of the web. It will also have research papers that can shape the web of tomorrow.

World wide web currently has two billion users. However, of the 4.8 billion people living in Asia and Africa, only one in five has access to the web. In India, for instance, the 100 million web users constitute less than 10 percent of the total population of 1.2 billion.

The event will discuss challenges like developing content in local languages, poor PC penetration and lack of infrastructure to connect the next billion users.

WWW2011 will discuss, debate and help set the future direction of the Web. It will focus on the regional and global impact of expanding open Web platform for application development.

Tim Berners-Lee will deliver a visionary keynote address on "designing the web for an open society".

With the social media witnessing explosive growth, there will also be a panel discussion on "Social media: source of information or bunch of noise?".

According to conference organizers, Wikipedia has over 3.5 million pages with descriptions of entities. Flickr members have uploaded over five billion photos, YouTube has 35 hours of videos uploaded to the site each minute, and Twitter users generate 65 million tweets a day.

Is there useful information in social media like tweets, how to sift through the vast amounts of social media and filter out the spam/offensive content are some of the questions the participants will debate.

The participants include chief information officers, IT directors and decision-makers from the public and private sector and researchers, technologists and developers from institutions and technology-driven businesses.

There will be 81 technical papers, 90 posters, 25 demos, 12 tutorials, nine workshops and a PhD Symposium.

"It is a research conference. It brings out best of the research in the world," said Sadagopan. Referring to the quality of research, he said 80 best papers were selected from almost 700 papers submitted from around the world.

The accepted papers have been put into various categories like search, local language content, access, privacy, avoiding pornography, data mining.

These research papers shape the Web of tomorrow. Technologies and scientific innovations come from such a research.

"Many technologies which we take for granted today in fact came from award- winning papers of yesterday."

ICSI to set up knowledge centre in city

Hyderabad: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has decided to house a world-class knowledge centre in Hyderabad by the end of 2012.
The company has already purchased nearly 1.3 acres of land from APIIC at Uppal industrial area at a cost of Rs 3 crore, ICSI secretary and CEO NK Jain said here on Tuesday. The knowledge centre, to be put up on lines of ICSI’s Centre for Corporate Governance, Research and Training set up in Mumbai in 1999, will be a full-fledged campus housing facilities for boarding and lodging, conferencing, innovation, classrooms, auditoriums, library among other things. It will be a world-class knowledge centre in terms of academic input, resources, training and development for managers and directors of corporates. It will have top-notch faculty not just from India but from abroad as well, Jain said. According to Jain, ICSI had zeroed in on Hyderabad, despite the taint of the Satyam scam, for the ambitious project because the city had emerged as a major hub for the IT/ITeS sector and had the latest in terms of infrastructure.
“The centre will be strategically located and we will be getting into tie-ups with various companies in the city to offer training programmes even as the centre will focus on training independent directors,” he explained. Meanwhile, ICSI is also targeting overseas markets like CIS countries, Latin America and Africa and plans to open offices there to train company secretaries as well as facilitate the movement of Indian company secretaries to those nations.

Hyd to host international summit on climate change

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/hyd-to-host-international-summitclimate-change/434987/

The Centre for Climate Change of the Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI) will be organising an internation-al conclave and exhibition on climate change for the first time in India at Hyderabad from October 12. The theme of the event will be clear energy and energy security.

India has set a target to reduce its carbon emission by 20 per cent by 2020. The country’s per capita carbon emission is the lowest at 1.8 tonne compared with other countries at 18-39 tonne. India is the fifth largest polluted country in the world.

According to a report, nearly 60 per cent of the country’s landmass is susce-ptible to earthquakes, over 8 per cent is prone to floods, around 76 per cent of its coastline is prone to cyclones and 68 per cent area is prone to drought.
“Our aim to create awareness and training programme, besides capa-city building of experts, research and development,” Shalini Sharma, head, Centre for Climate Change, said.

The exhibition would showcase the latest techno-logies in green products, solutions and renewable energy. Companies would bring their mechanical and interactive exposition of technologies, products and solutions, which contribute to a climate-friendly global world.

Going by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, it’s Hyderabad and not the national capital which has more world class facilities.

Announcing that India would be hosting the eleventh Conference of the Parties (CoP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Ramesh said, “Hyderabad and not New Delhi has more of world class facilities to organise the show, scheduled from October 1-19, 2012.” He clarified that the choice has nothing to do with his representation of the State in the Rajya Sabha.

He was addressing the Stakeholders’ Consultation on the Convention on Biological Diversity on Monday. Stressing on certain major themes that need to be worked upon prior to the event, he pointed to the need for partnership with the corporate houses and felt water management and promotion of marine biodiversity can be major areas of cooperation.

The National Realtors Association, India (NAR) along with the Andhra Pradesh Realtors Association (APRA) will be organising its third annual convention on July 23 and 24 in the city. The meet, expected to be the biggest NAR convention so far, will be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre and will have close to 1,000 property consultants from across the globe participate in the event. Besides brokers from Bangalore, Chennai, Vijaywada, New Delhi, Pune and Mumbai, realtors from USA and Europe are also expected to attend the convention.

Speaking at a press conference in the city on Wednesday, to announce the agenda of the meet, D Sreedhar Reddy, president, APRA said, "Our objective is to showcase properties in Hyderabad through this conference and attract more investors to the city." He added, "Though the real estate market in Hyderabad recently went through a rough patch, things are looking up now. The infrastructure of the city is better than in most metros and that is what we wish to highlight through the two-day event."

The third chapter of the NAR convention (the first two were held in Pune and Chennai) will also see a number of industry experts speaking on issues and opportunities related to the realty sector. On the list are Keki Mistry, vice-chairman of HDFC, Ajit Rangnekar, dean of Indian School of Business (ISB), Lalit Kumar Jain, president, Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association (CREDAI), Jeffrey Horn Berger, NAR-USA, among others.

Apart from panel discussions, a property show will also be organised as part of the event where about 40 developers from across the country such as Lodha group, Phoenix, Botanika, Mantri and Raheja developers, will showcase their ventures. Educational modules especially designed by APRA for realtors participating in the convention will also be conducted during the two-day meet. "The perception about the broker community is fast changing. Through this meet we wish to further educate property consultants and bring them under the NAR umbrella. This will help them compete better in both the national and well as international market," said Shailender Singh, chairman of the convention.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/3rd-NAR-convention-in-city-from-July-23/articleshow/8685623.cms

Hyderabad to host U.N. meet on biodiversity next year (http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2082081.ece)

Hyderabad will host a major conference of the United Nations on biodiversity from October 1—19 next year, Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday.

“Hyderabad has been chosen as the venue, though New Delhi was also in contention, to host the 11th conference of parties to the U.N. Convention on biodiversity. It is a great honour that India is hosting the conference,” Mr. Ramesh announced in Hyderabad this afternoon.

The Union Minister met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to discuss the preparations for the conference which will discuss issues related to biodiversity and biosafety.

Addressing a press conference later, the minister said Prime Ministers of some countries and environment ministers from 194 countries apart from representatives of international organisations like World Bank and Asian Development Bank would attend the conference.

In all, about 8,000—10,000 participants from 194 countries were expected to take part in the conference that would discuss issues governing use and transportation of hazardous substances, the impact of genetically—modified crops among a host of others, Mr. Jairam added.

“For the first time in 60 years, an Indian city will get into international map by hosting such a major conference. We will hopefully have a Hyderabad Agreement or a Hyderabad Protocol or a Hyderabad Declaration at the end of it. Clock for the conference starts ticking today,” the Union Minister said.

Infrastructure facilities
Hyderabad has been “consciously and deliberately” chosen to host the U.N. event given the “superior infrastructure facilities” available as compared to New Delhi.

There is no match-fixing in this. Selection of conference venue was done in a fair and transparent manner as Hyderabad is an important centre for bioresources. It is not only culturally significant but also scientifically important,” Mr. Jairam noted.

The Government of India would spend Rs. 87 crore on hosting the conference while a joint co-ordination committee headed by the Union Environment Minister and the AP Chief Minister would oversee all the arrangements.

Asked if the political turmoil in the State, particularly Hyderabad, would affect the conference, the Union Minister said irrespective of politics, everyone should welcome the conference in India. “I don’t deal with political stability,” he quipped.

Mr. Jairam said the conference would benefit Andhra Pradesh by giving a major impetus for tourism. “There is a large Buddhist circuit in AP which can be promoted. Besides, it will provide an opportunity for promoting handicrafts and forest-based products by enabling artisans and tribal federations to showcase their products,” he pointed out.

Union Environment Secretary Tishya Chatterjee and other senior officials were present on the occasion.

Hyderabad to host U.N. meet on biodiversity next year (http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2082081.ece)

This is just awesome... An UN meet in Hyderabad.... Wow!!!!! It couldnt get any better than dis.... Way to go Hyderabad!!!! :banana::banana::cheers:

This is just awesome... An UN meet in Hyderabad.... Wow!!!!! It couldnt get any better than dis.... Way to go Hyderabad!!!! :banana::banana::cheers:

Hope this will help to bring more investments in Biotech sector!!

It's definitely going to be one high profile Meet :)

very good news. Thanks for posting.
Hyderabad to host U.N. meet on biodiversity next year (http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2082081.ece)

Some more news about COP -11 to be held in Hyderabad!!!!

Forget Kyoto Protocol, from 2012 it's Hyderabad Protocol
(http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/BIZ-NEWS-forget-kyoto-protocol-from-2012-its-hyderabad-protocol-2168160.html)
A Hyderabad Protocol like the Kyoto Protocol? For the first time since Independence, a global conference of the UN will be held in India. Called the 11th Conference on Biodiversity, it will be held in Hyderabad from October 1-19, 2012, with 194 countries taking part.

That means an agreement or a declaration reached on biosafety will be named after the Charminar city — such as the Hyderabad Declaration or the Hyderabad Protocol.

"So far, there is no single agreement, declaration or treaty named after any of our cities. This will be for the first time Hyderabad will be on the international map in terms of the declaration at the conference," environment minister Jairam Ramesh said after meeting Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy to finalise plans for co-ordination with the Centre on organising the conference.

"This is a prestigious conference for us. We are expecting about 8,000 delegates, including prime ministers of some nations, to participate :banana::banana:," added Ramesh.

The Convention on Biological Diversity, known as the biodiversity convention, is an international legally binding treaty. Its objective is to develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. It is often seen as the key document regarding sustainable development.

The convention was opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro on June 5, 1992, and came into force on December 29, 1993. The 10th conference of parties was held in Nagoya, Japan in October 2010. The protocol adopted in Nagoya - the Nagoya Protocol - focuses on access to genetic resources, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation to the Convention on Biological Diversity.


Source (http://www.domain-b.com/environment/20110607_global_ecology.html) : Ramesh said Hyderabad was selected after considering various factors like facilities for hosting international conventions, transportation and connectivity. It seems to have scored over the national capital – usually the automatic choice of politicians for such conventions – on all these factors.

Ramesh said Andhra Pradesh would benefits from the conference in three ways. ''First, it will create a major impetus for tourism, as we plan to develop Buddhist circuits for attracting foreign tourists. Second, the conference will provide an opportunity for the craftsmen and tribal people to exhibit their handicrafts and forest-based products for an international audience. And finally, Hyderabad will get a permanent place on the map of international conventions :banana::banana:.''

Ramesh said it would be the largest international conference ever to be hosted by India. :cheers:Some 8,000-10,000 participants are expected to attend the twin events, to be held mainly at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC).

Hyderabad likely to host Partnership Summit in 2012

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/article2107848.ece

Hyderabad, June 15:
The city of pearls and Nizami culture, Hyderabad will again play host to the Partnership Summit in 2012.

The Partnership Summit has been positioned as the flagship event for the industrial sector where the State of Andhra Pradesh and Hyderabad get an opportunity to showcase potential to prospective investing community.

This follows a decision made by the State after discussions the Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, had with the Centre, on hosting the event.

Hitherto CII-Partnership Summit was an annual event in Hyderabad traditionally held in January. However, the event was not held in the recent years here. Even the proposed Global Summit, which was to be hosted in Hyderabad earlier this year could not be held here due to Telangana agitation and uncertainty expressed by industrial sector and event hosts.

The Central Government has given in principle consent to host the summit. This follows a recent visit of the Union Commerce Minister, Mr Anand Sharma, and his discussions with the State Government representatives.

The summit plays a host to representatives from foreign countries and their trade bodies, industries ministries of various States, industrialists and thought leaders drawn from different sectors such as IT, manufacturing among others.

In the 2011 summit held at Mumbai, delegates from nine countries and representatives of their trade bodies took part.

The 3rd NAR – India Convention 2011 is being hosted by Andhra Pradesh Realtors Association (APRA) in Hyderabad. It promises to be the bigger and better than its earlier editions in Pune & Chennai. The convention has been planned to attract approx. 1000 delegates of which most of them would be brokers from all major cities of India and some international brokers.

Till date the total registered confirmations at the national level are approx. 900 brokers from cities like Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nasik, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Vadodra etc. Another 50 international delegates have also confirmed their participation which would include members from NAR-USA, IRPF etc..

As part of the convention there is also a property exposition on 23rd and 24th July 2011 at HICC, with 40 stalls. This is the first ever Business to Business property expo, where in properties from across the country will be show cased to about 1000 channel partners descending from all parts of the country. Adequate media plan is in place that would attract thousands of Visitors to the property expo.

Shailender Singh, chairman, NAR-India Convention and Expo 2011 said “During the two-day event, activities like stall expositions, panel discussions, brain storming sessions, cultural activities and networking get togethers are organized. “There are 16 cities under NAR-India now and this will grow to 20 before the convention.

This body was formed to professionalize the broker business and change the perception of how brokers and realtors are looked upon. NAR-India will first bring professional realtors together and then assist them to form associations in different cities from where they can grow and also compete nationally and internationally.”

The event also provides an opportunity for interacting, networking, marketing and building relationships besides being a great interface for education programs, expo and cultural activities with brokers from all over India, USA and Europe taking part.

This year, the convention aims to bring together besides realtors and builders / developers, delegates from allied industries like architects, lawyers, investors, venture capitalist firms, equity funds and financial institutions, making this an event to remember. NAR-India Convention this year has Indian School of Business (ISB) as its knowledge partner.

The expo has participants viz., Phoenix Group, K Raheja, Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., Koncept Ambience,Manjeera Projects Ltd., Indu Projects Limited, Emaar Properies, PBEL Ramky, Indu Group, Sujana Group, BEAM Telecom, Propertyfeast.com to name a few among others.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=1314997

Hyderabad to host solar energy event `Solarcon' in November


http://www.domain-b.com/industry/power/20110816_solarcon.html

the popular solar energy event `Solarcon India' will be held on 9-11 November at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre in the Andhra Pradesh capital.

The convention would feature solar PV technical workshops and certification programmes. The event is being organised by Solarcon India in partnership with the National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) of IIT Bombay.

Organised by trade association Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) India, the convention hopes to bring its members closer to industry leaders to work collaboratively on issues such as workforce development.

According to SEMI, Solarcon India is a platform to give voice to the solar manufacturing industry in India and to further serve its constituents through a wide range of initiatives such as industry standards, public policy, market research and environmental, health and safety (EHS) programmes.

Indpack 2011 show in Hyderabad (http://www.fnbnews.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=30378&sectionid=1)

The Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) is organising Indpack 2011, the 14th national packaging exhibition, from November 24 to 26, 2011, at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad.

“We will have 250 stalls at the convention centre and we are expecting 10,000 business visitors this year,” said B K Karna, deputy director and branch head, IIP, Hyderabad. He also added that more than 25 user industries are participating in this event, out of which 19 are from Andhra Pradesh. Foreign countries having joint venture with Indian companies are also participating. Countries like Holland, Germany, the US, Japan, and the UK have shown interest in the event, according to Karna.

India, one of the top ten economies in the world, has the second-largest GDP among emerging economies based on purchasing power parity (PPP). The country is fourth largest economy in the world on PPP basis and the sheer size of the economy has opened up new business opportunities to the world in all walks of businesses in general and packaging industry in particular. Packaging industry in India is one of the fast-growing industries, which has its influence on all industries directly or indirectly.

The Indian packaging industry is currently worth $18.8 billion with a growth rate of above 15% per annum. Growth rate is expected to be doubled within coming two years. India's per capita packaging consumption is less than worldwide average, which offers massive business opportunities to the Indian packaging industry.

The large and fast-growing Indian middle-class population and the growth of organised retail sector are the catalysts to growth in packaging. The Indian middle-class population is above 50 million and is expected to reach 583 million by 2025. (Source: McKinsey Report)

The Indian retail market is the 5th largest retail destination globally and has been ranked the second most attractive emerging market for investments. This market is currently valued at US$511 billion and is expected to rise to US$1.3 trillion by 2018. (Source: www.ibef.org)

Packaging of essential products like food, beverage, milk, vegetable, food grains and pharma are the key driving segments because of the huge domestic consumption.

India's imports at 20-25% with a value of $125 million of its total packing machinery indicate further opportunities not only for Indian companies to increase their share in domestic market but also for international companies to explore new business opportunities in India.

The show will invite visitors from the entire value chain on packaging industry. Some of the key buyers will be from: pharmaceuticals, processed and fresh food, beverage, agriculture, dairy, chemicals and confectionery, perfume and toiletries, cosmetics and toys, sports goods, textiles, co-operative societies, plastic bottle / pouch-making & printing, training institutions, exporters, retail chain managers, nodal agencies of Government of India including Spice Board, Coir Board, Tea Board, APEDA, R&D professionals and policy-makers.

The show will meet all the needs of packaging industry from all the major sectors like packaging, machinery and other services.

Conference
National conference will also be held on modern trends in packaging of food & pharmaceutical products.

Packaged food industry in India is growing at more than 15% p.a. Though India is one of the largest producer of food and agro-based products, 30% gets wasted due to non-availability of processing / packing / inefficient supply chain - cold storage facilities etc.

With increasing number of modern trade outlets the face of trade is changing forever. Consumer expectation and behaviour is changing and demand for convenience in packaging is on rise.

Pharmaceutical packaging occupies a considerable portion of the overall drugs and pharmaceutical market in India and is growing steadily.

Counterfeiting and the regulatory requirements are the need of the hour for pharmaceutical products packaging. The conference is designed to meet the need of the food and pharmaceutical packaging for today's market.

IndiaMART.com Nurtures Growth for SMEs Through HIMTEX 2011 (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/indiamartcom-nurtures-growth-for-smes-through-himtex-2011-128060433.html)

To associate with HITEX International Machine Tool Expo 2011 (HIMTEX) for second time in a row
IndiaMART HIMTEX, a premier event, to showcase cutting edge innovations & new engineering technologies
Over 150 exhibitors & 4000 visitors are expected to throng the event

Characterised by high growth rate and increased demand for their products and services, players in the engineering and machine tools industry are looking to step up their capacities and capabilities to meet future demand. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in this sector need to be introduced to international standards of quality and cutting edge technology that will prepare them to capitalise on this growth. Taking this into consideration, IndiaMART.com, India's largest online B2B marketplace, for the second time, has decided to become the title sponsor of the third HITEX International Machine Tools Expo 2011 (HIMTEX) show that will be held at Hyderabad International Trade Exposition Centre (HITEX), Hyderabad. The renowned trade event, to be held from September 1-3, 2011, is being organised by HITEX and Services International.

Commenting on the association, Mr. Dinesh Agarwal, Founder & CEO, IndiaMART.com, said, "Globally, the machine tool industry has gained momentum. We need to bring our SMEs on the same level as the rest. Like its previous editions, IndiaMART HIMTEX will inspire them to adopt new technologies and international standards, and also provide them with several business opportunities. We are delighted to partner with the coveted trade expo for the second time."

The star attraction of 'IndiaMART HIMTEX 2011' will be the display of latest engineering technologies and machine tools, the chance to explore joint ventures with domestic or international enterprises and opportunity to exchange ideas and network with buyers. SMEs will also get benefited through knowledge-sharing and be acquainted to developments happening in different parts of the world.

In its second edition last year, the premier event reached its crescendo with over 9000 visitors who flocked to the event to capitalise on the rare opportunity. This year, the event is expected to draw atleast 1500 exhibitors and 4000 visitors from around the globe. Its concurrent event, IndiaMART Process Engineering Expo 2011 will also be held alongside the main event and at the same venue.

FIP's 71st World Congress to be held at Hyderabad from September 3 to 8 (http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=64814&sid=1)

FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation), the global federation of national associations of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists is organizing the 71st FIP World Congress jointly with Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA) from September 3-8, 2011, in Hyderabad at Hyderabad International convention Centre, Novotel, near Hi-tech city.

The Congress will explore problems faced by users in terms of quality of medicines, improving the safety standards of essential drugs and the consequences of poor quality on clinical outcomes and costs. Apart from top quality programmes, current and future status of pharmacy education, science and practice throughout the supply chain and much more would be discussed in the five-day event.

The event will be inaugurated by President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil. Among others, top bureaucrats, scientists and many prominent personalities will participate in the opening ceremony. It is expected that dignitaries and renowned personalities of the pharma sector from across the globe will take part in the 5 day event. The event will also provide a platform to network and connect with pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists.

The main focus of the Congress will be on the latest trends highlighting innovative and interesting topics of contemporary pharmaceuticals in the world today. Topics will be discussed under the main theme of Compromising quality and safety – a risky path.

Participants can engage themselves in issues relating to quality medicines, safe medicines and increasing both the safety and cost-effectiveness of services.

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, September 02, 2011 -- (Business Wire India)



In a unique initiative, EDU magazine is organising a three-day Vice Chancellors’ Retreat at Hyderabad. More than 50 leaders in higher education including Vice Chancellors, Directors and Deans of leading universities, management institutes and engineering colleges are participating in this conclave being held from September 2-4, 2011.

This event will focus on how higher education institutes can achieve excellence through able leadership. The theme of this conclave is “The Pursuit of Prestige”, which has been inspired by a book, co-authored by Dr. Charles Goldman of the Rand Corporation, USA. Dr Goldman is an expert on higher education and will be a keynote speaker at the conclave. Dr Andre Beteille, one of the foremost thinkers of our times and author of the book Universities at Crossroads will kick off the discussions at the Retreat. Other prominent speakers and participants include Dr B.N. Jain, Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani, Dr R.Venkata Rao Vice Chancellor, National Law School of India University and Dr Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU.

Discussing the central idea behind the event, Dr Pramath Raj Sinha, Managing Director, 9.9 Media said: “The higher education sector is witnessing dramatic shifts in terms of pace, scale, nature, role and impact. This is leading to unprecedented challenges and opportunities. All institutions, whether government or private, are now in ‘pursuit of prestige’, i.e., excellence in the field of education. This calls for substantive changes in the role and influence of the heads of the institutions. The Vice Chancellors’ Retreat aims to provide them with a platform to discuss their evolving roles and responsibilities.”

In a run up to this event, EDU magazine conducted an extensive survey amongst the higher education community—and received responses from more than 500 leading academics on what factors contribute to enhancing the prestige of institutions. The results of this survey will drive the agenda of this Retreat. A summary of the survey is being published in the September 2011 issue of EDU magazine.

The Retreat will discuss how the various pillars of higher education – students, faculty, infrastructure, and research—contribute to enhancing prestige. What makes Harvard or MIT institutions to reckon with? Do schools make their alumni, or do students make an institution? These and many more topics will be deliberated by the delegates.

About EDU:

EDU, a publication from 9.9 Media aims to provide a neutral, objective, reliable platform that can bring visionaries, policy makers, educationists, and directors of institutions together to address the challenges of Indian higher education sector. The magazine also aims at empowering key decision-makers at higher education institutes with ideas and knowledge that will help them create and lead institutions of high quality. It is the first magazine of its kind in higher education in India. It was started by Pramath Raj Sinha the MD of 9.9 Media, who was also the founding dean of ISB and a former Partner with Mckinsey.

About 9.9 Media:

9.9 Media is one of India’s most diversified media companies that integrates its print, online, research and event platforms to serve highly-targeted communities such as Owners & CEOs of hi-growth enterprises, CIOs, CTOs, CSOs, CFOs, Manufacturing & Logistics professionals, IT professionals, Channel partners, Gamers, Personal technology enthusiasts, Senior government officials, and Leaders of higher education institutions. Some of its other leading brands include The CTO Forum, Digit, Industry 2.0, Logistics 2.0, Digit Channel Connect, SKOAR!, CFO India, EDU, igovernment.in, thinkdigit.com, consumermate.com and the latest addition, Inc. India. The 9.9 School of Convergence is focused on developing talent in journalism. 9.9 Media was founded by five professionals: Kanak Ghosh, Asheesh Gupta, Vikas Gupta, Anuradha Das Mathur and Pramath Raj Sinha. Its investors include Helion Venture Partners and TVS Capital Funds Ltd.

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad will be hosting an International Conference-cum-Exhibition on Agribusiness and Food Processing- 'Food 360 degrees' on November 20-22.

According to Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ( FICCI) which is organising the three-day conclave along with Andhra Pradesh government and National Fisheries development Board, Union Minister Sharad Pawar and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will inaugurate the event.

Sivakumar S, Programme Chair and chief executive officer, Agribusiness division of ITC said that 'Food 360' would identify and find redressal of the challenges facing the industry across states, in particular Andhra Pradesh.

The conference-cum-exhibition will showcase the huge potential for developing the Agribusiness/food processing industry in south India with a view to forging global linkages. The effort would be to expose delegates to the global and Indian developments with regard to trends and opportunities in the food processing industries.

The business sessions at the Conclave will cover the entire gamut of Agribusiness; more specifically on the subjects like Fisheries, Horticulture and Dairy. The common themes could be on Quality food, sustainable agriculture, packaging, avenues for financing and technologies are important sessions will be covered, he said.

The session on legal framework gives hand-to-hand information about regulations, safety acts, pre-requisites and critical control points to beat the global competition and the session on 'Supply Chain and Logistics Management' gives a paramount view of the movements of Food Industry at micro level with macro vision, Sivakumar explained.

Special focus has been given to parallel sessions, especially on Fisheries, Horticulture and Dairy. There will be numerous case-studies on every topic, which helps every participant to understand the industry in detail, he said.

Source: Ibnlive


Hyderabad, Sep 17 (PTI) The two-day biennial Artillery Conference of the Army on various issues of the national security was concluded here today."Several important discussions relating to security concerns, operations, projects under progress, improvement in career opportunities and human resource development in artillery were taken," an official release said.Gallantry award winners and outstanding sportsmen in Artillery were also honoured on the occasion.The Chief of Army Staff General V K Singh, yesterday inaugurated the conference at the Artillery Centre, Golconda, here."The General Officer in his inaugural address highlighted the country's security concerns and the pivotal role of Artillery in the context of National Security," the release said.Lt Gen A S Lamba, Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lieutenant General Vinod Nayanar, Director General Artillery and other senior officers of the Artillery which include the Formation Commanders as well as a large number of Commanding Officers of units from all operational commands of the Army have participated in the discussions and deliberations, it added.

Source: SiliconIndia

Hyderabad: The BI market in India is predicted to reach revenues of $65.4 million (about Rs 290+ crore) in 2011, an increase of 16 percent over 2010, according to Gartner's annual global CIO survey. The market for BI platforms in India, says Gartner, will remain one of the fastest growing.

Organization are vying to learn how to turn their data into that information that will help drive their company forward, making the best use of their single biggest asset -- information systems and the knowledge they hold. More and more enterprises are installing BI into their decision making setups.

With all the latest developments around the BI world, one thing is clear, BI is here!

After conducting 8 BI conferences around India to astounding success, SiliconIndia is back with the most topical and exciting event, The Business Intelligence Conference, in Hyderabad.

This September 24, some of the biggest names of BI in India assemble together to discuss the challenges, solutions and the future of BI.

The Silicon India organized event has an elaborate agenda which focuses on a panorama of topics from Heterogeneous Data Source Systems and their Integration Leveraging BI Apps/OBIEE to Self serving Ad hoc query Metamodel Management to Solving Performance Issues in BI Through Purpose-built Analytical Databases to Information Visualization - Visual decision making.

Business Intelligence Conference will offer 6 enlightening sessions along with The keynote and a star studded Panel Discussion moderated by Sanjay Mehta, CEO MAIA-Intelligence.

We have lined up some of the best speakers and the sessions & networking will be of the highest order. You'll experience a complete technical immersion, shared with a developer community that is passionate about all exciting developments in the business intelligence world.

Derick Jose, Vice President - Analytics Solutions & Delivery, Knowledge Services, MindTree will share his and Mindtree's views on what they think are the Emergent trends in analytics/BI for 2012 & beyond in his Keynote session.

We have an exciting panel discussion on "Predictive Analytics and its applications

" which will be chaired by Dinesh Chandrasekar, Practice Leader CRM & MDM CoE, Hitachi Consulting, Anshul Mohan, AVP BI, GENPACT, Nimitt Desai, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Dhananjay Singh, Practice Manager BIDW and Analytics, Mahindra Satyam and moderated by Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence.

Following the panel discussion we have lined up exciting sessions for you.

Ajit Nema, Director, Deloitte Consulting India will be speaking on Information Visualization - Visual decision making . Ajit will tell us how analytics is the top priority for enterprises today and how Visualizing the data is increasingly becoming more important to discover and explore deeper insights within large, complex data sets to make effective decisions. Vivek Bhatnagar, Country Director & Global Alliances, Ingres Corporation will speak on Solving Performance Issues in BI Through Purpose-built Analytical Databases

Srinivas Rao Durvasula, Sr.Manager - DW-BI Practice, Virtusa will tell us about how managing the underlying exponential growth of data is daunting due to disparate data ownership roles, data quality, inaccuracy and security considerations. During his talk titled Data Governance and Business intelligence.
You will know all about how and why most of the users will be using Ad Hoc tools in future and the core objectives and how these models will make BI more successful when Ajay Patwari, BI Practice Head, 4cs talks on Self serving Ad hoc query Metamodel Management.

Jagada's session titled Latest trends in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence: Industry perspective will walk you through the concepts of bulk/batch load, basic reporting, basic online analytical processing (OLAP), real-time/continuous load, In Memory databases, handling Big Data, data mining, operational BI, predictive BI and Strategic BI. Jagada is the Principal Architect at Infosys and has has published conference papers for Premium conferences like COMAD.

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Hyderabad, India, September 25, 2011 --(PR.com (http://www.pr.com/))-- The International Conference on Nano science and Technology (ICONSAT-2012) will be held at Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad, India, during January 20-23, 2012. Registration closes by 30th November 2011.

The conference is being organized by International Advanced Research Center for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad. The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India is the official sponsor of this conference. ICONSAT, conducted biyearly since 2003, is the 5th in the series. The motive of this conference is advance theory, practice, collection and applications of geospatial data, and promotes an active exchange of information, ideas, and technological innovations in the area of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The Nano Mission launched by DST in May 2007 has been mainspring for catalyzing a dramatic increase in nano-based R&D activities in national laboratories and academic institutions in India.

International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) is an autonomous R&D Centre of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India located in Hyderabad. ARCI is a state-of-the-art facility for research & development in advanced materials and associated processing technologies. It has dedicated its efforts toward achieving in the Development of high performance materials and processes for niche market, Demonstration of technologies at prototype scale, Transfer of technologies to the Indian industry.

ARCI has also been carrying out basic R&D in collaboration with renowned institutes/laboratories worldwide within its areas of core competence. It has been judiciously building up facilities to complement and enhance existing national capabilities in the field. IT has continuously striving to provide most cost-effective solutions to combat surface degradation problems in the industry. This is being achieved through indigenization of coating equipment as well as by offering some of the institute's unique coating facilities for jobbing activities to permit the industry access to technologies not available elsewhere in the country.

ICONSAT - 2012 facilities are reckoning a special effort to Foster and facilitate participation pursuing their Masters and Doctoral degrees in areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology as well as young researchers working in the field.

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Hyderabad is gearing up to host the International Biodiversity Conference to be held from October 1 to 9, 2012, at Hyderabad International Convention Centre near Hitex.

Earlier, the Central government had chosen Hyderabad over other four metros of the country for the event. They found Hyderabad to be the apt destination as it has the ability and logistic infrastructures for holding such an international event. This is the 11th Conference of Parties (COP-11) on biological diversity. It is expected that more than 30 countries and 12,000 participants will take part in this convention.

India has not hosted a meeting of a Conference of the Parties to a multilateral environmental agreement since 2002. This will be the first meeting to assess the implementation of the Nagoya biodiversity compact. It is expected that all countries who are Parties to the Convention will submit their national biodiversity strategies and action plans, by the time of the meeting next year.

The Hyderabad meeting is also important as it is widely expected that two new protocols to the Convention will have entered into force: the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, and the Nagoya -Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. It is expected that both of these protocols will have force of law should they receive sufficient numbers of instruments of ratification in the coming months. Currently, the Nagoya Protocol has 24 signatories and the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol has 23.

The state and central ministries of environment and forest departments are working to finalize the guest room bookings in the city for the visiting delegates. Union Forest and Environment Secretary, Dr T Chatterji, visited the city and held talks with various agencies for the smooth execution of the international event. The meeting of the Conference of the Parties will also coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity as well with the Rio+20 meeting scheduled earlier in the year.

Source: Twocircles

Hyderabad: The 25th international conference on VLSI (very large scale integration) design and 11th international conference on embedded systems will be held here Jan 7-11, 2012.
This silver jubilee conference expects to bring back the spotlight to Hyderabad that hosts the finest multinational players in VLSI design and embedded systems.
The five-day-long conferences are expected to attract more than 2,000 participants and will cover two days tutorial sessions followed by three days of regular paper sessions, special sessions, and embedded tutorials.
Dasaradha, convenor of the conference, told reporters that one of the key features would be the student project contest of "Students Forum" in which over 1,000 students are expected to participate.
"'Students Forum' helps the students know their career pathways and understand the technological trends in the industry. Attractive prizes will be given to the winners of the student project contest," he said.
The conference will enable students to meet industry stalwarts, know the emerging trends in the sector and get clarity in new career opportunities.
The conference also offers a big fellowship programme to support faculty and researchers who are not in a position to arrange for their own funds to attend the conference.
This is the third time that Hyderabad will be hosting the international VLSI design and embedded systems conference in five years.

Source: http://www.moodiereport.com/document.php?c_id=6&doc_id=28858

INDIA. There are just under two months to go before India hosts its largest ever airport commercial revenues conference. The inaugural Power of India event, to be held at the Novotel, Hyderabad Airport on December 6-8, is organised by The Moodie Report and Airports Council International, and hosted by GMR Group.

Senior executives from across the Indian aviation and travel retail industries will come together for the Power of India conference, and a powerful conference programme has been unveiled, featuring some of the most influential figures in the fast-growing Indian airport commercial revenues sector.

The Power of India will focus on the various issues facing arguably the travel retail industry’s most exciting and complex market. The programme includes contributions from the country’s leading airports and retailers, and will feature panel discussions and lively debate.

Indian food & beverage specialist Travel Food Services and leading confectionery supplier Hershey’s are Gold Sponsors of the event. Kraft Foods World Travel Retail is the first coffee break sponsor.

The latest company to pledge its support for the event is leading retailer Aer Rianta International, which is to host one of the coffee breaks during the conference.

Tobacco distributor Bommidala has also joined the list of event sponsors.

Click here (http://www.moodiereport.com/pdf/Power_of_India_Agenda.pdf) to view the Power of India conference programme. For details on how to register, and to benefit from a special delegate rate at the Novotel Hyderabad, click here (http://www.aci.aero/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-4-8352_666_2__).

The Moodie Report Founder & Chairman Martin Moodie said: “We are hugely excited by the way in which the Power of India event is taking shape. This is a fast-growing, complex but rewarding market that merits the focus we will be affording it through this pioneering event.

“The conference programme will tackle the various issues that help or hinder growth in Indian airport commercial revenues today. It will provide a timely forum for debate as this market begins to fulfil its vast potential.

“In terms of airport commercial revenues, India’s time has come.”

ACI Director General Angela Gittens said: “The potential for aviation and commercial airport revenues in India is enormous. A vibrant travel retail sector will be key to further growth and sufficient capacity in India as it generates important revenues and increases profits. Power of India will be a milestone event bringing all stakeholders of the Indian airport industry together to discuss how to maximise the opportunities.”

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/esci-to-hold-intl-meetclimate-changeoctober-12/451816/

The Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI) will be organising the first International Conclave and Exhibition on Climate Change (ICCC-2011), with the theme ‘Clean energy and energy security’ in Hyderabad from October 12.
The three-day conference will focus on climate change-related challenges, adaption and mitigation measures for the same, while the exhibition will have networking interactive sessions and round-table discussions to formulate strategies for ‘combating climate change’.
“Based on the learnings from the conclave, ESCI will formulate recommendations and submit them to the central government, which in turn will put forth the submissions at the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference, scheduled to be held in Durban, South Africa, from November 28 to December 9, 2011,” Shalini Sharma, head, Centre for Climate Change at ESCI, told mediapersons here on Friday.
The conclave will have Australia and Germany as support countries with the host being the Andhra Pradesh government. In all, 70 papers will be presented during the three-day event, she added.
According to AK Poothia, director-general of ESCI, in today's world, 80 per cent of power is produced through fossil fuels like coal, gas and oil. While these resources are limited, they are also contributors of green house gases, which affect climate.
Nearly 60 per cent of the country’s landmass is susceptible to earthquakes, over per cent is prone to floods, nearly 76 per cent of its coastline is prone to cyclones, and 68 per cent of its area is prone to droughts, In addition, increasing threats of GLOFs (glacial lake outburst floods), heat waves, precipitation extremes due to the changing climate, pose risks to vulnerably located populations in India. Efforts have to be made to manage these risks as well, he said.
“India’s reliance on coal, for more than half its energy needs, is an issue of great concern for energy security. India is, therefore, seeking alternative renewable energy sources to meet the projected economic growth rate since these would be non-exhaustible as well as free,” Poothia added.

Discover the taste Andhra Pradesh in all its glory with a new set of menu at Kuchipudi, Katriya Hotel & Towers, No 8, Raj Bhavan Road, Near Aviva Life Insurance, Somajiguda on Oct 11.

Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/conference-on-food-supply-chain-management/194683-60-119.html

BANGALORE: “In order to increase agricultural productivity, we need to inform and educate farmers first,” said Professor N Viswanadham, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Inaugurating the conference on ‘Farm to Fork: Best Practices in Agri and Food Chain Supply’ organised by Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) here on Wednesday, he said, “There are four elements of agriculture that serve the eco-system: land, water, power and institutions. In addition to these elements, affordability, availability and awareness are other areas where innovations can be brought about in terms of supply chain management.”
Talking about ITC’s E-Choupal, a practice in agro and food supply chain, divisional chief executive, ITC agri business division S Sivakumar said, “Though the E-Choupal practice has its presence across 40,000 villages in the country, it is not on a satisfactory level. Basic flaws exist. Yet, as the purchase is made from the farmers directly, the product identity is preserved through the chain.” He called upon BCIC to plan for implementing the E-Choupal practice in Karnataka as well.
Meanwhile, when asked about further expansion plans, Sivakumar said that the next venture was a “ Choupal Fresh” for fruits and vegetables. “We have already started this as a pilot project in Hyderabad,” he said.
Regional technology director, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Dr Rinka Banerjee and head of Food Bazaar, Future Group, Dupindera Sandhu presented a paper on the best practices in food pocessing and manufacturing.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article2555648.ece

Hyderabad, Oct. 20:
Come December, global experts in the aluminium industry will be in Hyderabad to discuss issues confronting the sector.
INCAL 2011, the sixth international conference on aluminium, will be organised by the Aluminium Association of India between December 6 and 8.
Representatives from various overseas aluminium organisations such as the European Aluminum Association, the International Aluminum Institute, The Aluminum Association, USA, the Japan Aluminum Association, and the Brazilian Aluminum Association along with the Ministry of Mines will actively participate.
In a press release, Prof. K.S.S. Murthy, General Secretary of the Aluminum Association, said the meet expects to attract investors into the aluminium sector in India. It would also focus on the key role that the metal plays in the overall economic growth of a country.
The global aluminium sector is undergoing a metamorphosis. Mergers and acquisitions are gaining significance to achieve economies of scale. Ever increasing power costs, coupled with scarcity, technological advancement, emission control and related environmental issues, have not only provided challenges but also created opportunities for the industry, the release added.
Higher consumption levels in packaging, building and construction, automotive and consumer durable sectors, besides normal consumption in electrical, transport and other industrial sectors, will contribute to the growth of the industry in India.

http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/art-and-theatre/hyderabad-to-host-seminar-on-islamic-art-culture_99022.htm

Hyderabad to host seminar on Islamic art, culture
Updated on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 09:27

Hyderabad to host seminar on Islamic art, culture Hyderabad: A three-day international seminar on Islamic art and culture will be inaugurated by Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari here from Nov 25, organizing secretary Khalid Saeed said Monday.

The Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad, the Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi, and the Muslim Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (MESCO), Hyderabad, are organizing it.

The aim of the seminar is to discuss and share the research experiences of the cultural inter-connectedness of Islamic civilization in the context of Arabia, Persia, Central Asia, South-East Asia and India, said a statement from MANUU.

"The seminar is being organized to highlight the different spheres of Islamic culture through different angles and the contribution of Muslims in different fields of life through the ages.
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Please check the following website for the upcoming conferences/trade shows in Hyderabad.
http://www.biztradeshows.com/india/hyderabad/

http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=66085&sid=2
Meet on pharma and biopharma intellectual property from Dec 14 to 16
UBM will be organizing a detailed conference on pharmaceutical and biopharma intellectual property - Pharma IPR India 2012 at Taj Krishna, Hyderabad from December 14 to 16, 2011.

The conference will give an opportunity to interact with the key decision makers, in-house counsels, company secretaries, heads of intellectual property, legal affairs, patents, regulatory affairs, R&D, international business, business development, sales and marketing of leading pharmaceutical companies. And also to get practical experiences and advise from the leading domestic and international IPR experts, law firms and attorneys.

This unique conference will help a participant unveil his critical intellectual property related queries in the pharma and biopharma sectors and get on-the-spot solutions by leading global industry experts and bring the latest updates and relevant in-depth information on the most vital subjects including: Patentability , compulsory licensing ,data exclusivity ,Paragraph IV filings,America Invents Act Polymorph Patents ,Doctrine of Equivalents (DOE) ,Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPCs),Section 3(d) ,Pre- grant and Post- grant Opposition ,Hatch Waxman Act ,US Patent System,Biosimilar Patents , Freedom To Operate ,EU Patent Reforms In India, USA, EU, Japan, Brazil and China.

http://events.einnews.com/event/11369/11th_asian_urbanization_conference
11th Asian Urbanization Conference
The Department of Geography, Osmania University,
Hyderabad, India is conducting the 11th Asian
Urbanization Conference in December 2011. Themes
of the conference include among others Urban
Governance, Role of Civil Society in bringing
about inc

Source: http://www.orissadiary.com/Shownews.asp?id=30765

Hyderabad: The Chief Minister Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy will inaugurate the District Collectors' Conference on 14-12-2011 at 9 am.

The two day Collectors Conference on 14th and 15th December 2011 will be held at Jubilee Hall, Hyderabad. Ministers, Chief Secretary, Special Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries and other important officials will attend the Collectors Conference. The HoDs will also be present when their subjects come up for discussion. The Conference will start with welcome address by the CCLA Mr J Satyanarayana. This will be followed by introductory remarks by the Chief Secretary Mr Pankaj Dwivedi to be followed by the opening address by Revenue Minister Mr Raghuveera Reddy.

This will be followed by inaugural speech by the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. The tentative agenda proposed include subjects to be discussed in the morning session on the first day (14-12-2011) are seasonal conditions, drought, agriculture, power supply, Rachabanda, civil supplies, procurement, Re.1-a-kg rice scheme, prices of essential commodities, housing (rural and urban), house sites, women, SHG Bank linkage and Stri Nidhi.

After the lunch (hosted by the Chief Minister), subjects like Rural Development--MGNREGA, Indira Jala Prabha, 1.16 lakh Govt. jobs, Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu, Welfare (SC, ST, BC, Minorities & Women, Child & Disabled ), Scholarships, Education, Medical & Health, Arogyasri, 108 & 104, Revenue Sadassalu, VROs & VRAs recruitment, Mee Seva and Resumption of Govt. lands alienated but unutilised by the alienee will come up for discussion. On the next day i.e. on Thursday, 15-12-2011 morning issues regarding Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Irrigation, Panchayat Raj & Drinking Water Supply including Rural Water Supply will be taken up for discussion. After the tea break in the morning, the Chief Minister will discuss the law and order situation with the District Collectors and SPs together. The Collectors Conference will conclude with the lunch hosted by the Revenue Minister.

Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/viceprez-to-inaugurate-urdu-editors-conference/942986.html

Hyderabad, Dec 26 (PTI) Vice-President Hamid Ansari will inaugurate the World Urdu Editors Conference to be held here from December 30. The aim of the two-day conference, which would be attended by prominent Urdu editors from across the world, is to unite the Urdu media and also promote the language which is read in over 150 countries, the conference's host Zahid Ali Khan told reporters here. The conference will also discuss the problems being faced by Urdu newspapers all over the world, said Khan, editor of Urdu daily 'Siasat'. The inaugural session will be attended by Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narsimhan and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, while TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu would be the chief guest during the conference's valedictory session on Dec 31, Khan said.

Hyderabad in race to host ICANN Conference
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/Hyderabad-in-race-to-host-ICANN-Conference/articleshow/11303513.cms
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad, the emerging hub of the IT industry in India, is in the race to host the Internet Corporation for Assigned Name and Numbers (ICANN) Conference to be held in the Asia-Pacific region in 2013, a senior state IT official said here today.

ICANN is a not-for-profit organisation responsible for managing Domain Name Systems to protect the uniqueness of web addresses. Besides overseeing the distribution of unique internet protocol addresses and domain names, the organisation works to ensure each domain name is mapped to the correct IP address.

Senior officials of the ICANN Conference Organising Committee recently called on Andhra Pradesh Minister for IT and Communications, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, and briefed him on the event to be held from April 7-12, 2013, the IT Department official, who did not wish to be named, said.

"Hyderabad, which is already known as the convention capital of India and a unique destination in comparison to others, is determined and willing to make a sincere attempt to secure the bid to organise the event," the official told PTI.

ICANN is actively seeking locations for three public meetings to be held between April 7-12, 2013, in the Asia-Pacific; July 14-19, 2013, in Africa; and November 17-22, 2013, in Latin America.

The conference is expected to see participation by the who's-who of the global IT industry.

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Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin meet at Hyderabad on Jan 4 & 5
The Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO) will be hosting its 2nd Annual Conference on January 4 & 5, 2012 at Taj Krishna, Hyderabad. The two - day conference will bring together physicians of Indian Origin from across the globe on one platform.

GAPIO will be inaugurated by Vayalar Ravi, Union minister of overseas Indian affairs and civil aviation on January 4. Katherine Dhanani, US Consul General at Hyderabad; Dr Prathap C Reddy, president, GAPIO & chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group; Dr Sanku Rao, vice president, GAPIO & consultant gastroenterologist, USA and Dr Ramesh Mehta, secretary general, GAPIO & consultant paediatrician, UK will be present on the occasion.

The conference foresees participation from over 100 key opinion leaders from across the world, where concurrent topics would be discussed on issues ranging from research, education, and healthcare policy to application of health information technology and global health. The expert panelists of each session would discuss the major achievements and challenges in the healthcare sector and the way forward.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Prathap C Reddy, president, GAPIO, said, “Envisioned as an association by the Indian medical diaspora, of the medical diaspora, for the cause of global healthcare, GAPIO has the vision of improving health globally. A Google search for ‘Indian Doctor’ yields 35.7 million results in 0.1 seconds. ‘Indian Doctor’ today, stands tall. It is time for the Indian doctor to influence not only the health of individuals and communities but, global health.

It is estimated that there are 1.2 million physicians of Indian origin working not only in India, but in most of the countries around the world. This strong diaspora of Indian doctors need a common professional platform. There is a need for greater visibility and cohesion of these physicians. It is with these objectives that GAPIO was formed.

http://www.biztradeshows.com/india-avitation/
India Aviation 2012 will be the third edition of this International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation. The event has been organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry who are better known as FICCI. The event will provide a tremendous platform for international players to reach out to Indian traders. The event has been backed by Ministry of Civil Aviation and Government of India which gives it great credibility in the trading circles. The show will act as a catalyst for new business deals amongst major players in the industry and it will also help in forging of new collaborations. It is the right place to be if one wants to catch up with the latest trends in the industry. India Aviation 2012 will take place at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad over duration of 5 days. Around 250 exhibitors and 6000 business visitors are expected to attend the event.

Source: http://www.indiawest.com/news/2513-andhra-hosts-aapi-s-5th-indo-u-s-healthcare-summit.html

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy has said the state would consider making sports compulsory for children in schools as a means of preventing lifestyle diseases.

Inaugurating the fifth Indo-U.S. Healthcare Summit of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Jan. 3, he expressed concern over the lack of physical activity among children and their preference for junk food. Both the discipline and dedication that get inculcated through sports activities were missing among today's children, he said.

Making sports compulsory would ensure physical fitness and prevent early onset of diseases, he added.

Admitting that Andhra Pradesh had the highest infant and maternal mortality rates among the southern states, he said 4,000 nutrition and day care centers were started in the state as against the total requirement of 38,000. There was a reduction in IMR and MMR wherever the centers were started, he added.

Reddy said the government was laying a lot of stress on education and health and added that that through the Aarogyasri scheme, the costs for 400 different surgeries were being covered for the Below Poverty Line families. The government was spending Rs.1000 crore each year under the scheme and 1.3 million surgeries had been performed so far.

Health Minister Dr. D.L. Ravindra Reddy sought the cooperation of AAPI in combating infant mortality rates, maternal mortality rates, non-communicable and vector-borne diseases, both in rural and urban areas in the state. He said that 56 percent of the women in the state were anemic, which was leading to higher maternal and infant mortality rates.

Both the center and the state government were taking several measures to reduce IMR and MMR, including creation of infrastructure and neonatal facilities.

AAPI president Sunita Kanumury said AAPI would collaborate with the state government on maternal and child health issues as well as in overcoming the challenges posed by diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.

AAPI emergency medical care experts were also training doctors here in emergency medical services, the Indian American physician said.

Kanumury said the organization had launched its fifth edition of the Indo-U.S. Healthcare Summit to strengthen existing initiatives, and have made some bold moves by launching its AAPI-Telemedicine Network across 17 AAPI-sponsored clinics in India with the international “We Serve” Foundation, a U.S.-based charitable organization, and I-Grandee Software Technologies in Mumbai.

“We have enormous challenges of healthcare globally such as heart disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, cancer, maternal and infant health, and mental health, nutritional and infectious diseases. Addressing this problem constitutes one of the greatest challenges of our times and failure to do so properly will have dire consequences on our economy and social fabrics,” she said in a press release.

We have some successes, particularly in maternal and child health, which is an outstanding example of public and private partnerships with support of people that are passionate about the cause, said Kanamury. The other is the Sewak project, a great example in Gujarat of helping to identify and manage people with diabetes in rural areas. There are several other examples of individuals working and volunteering their time and resources in helping India, she said.

AAPI is collaborating with ECFMG and had invited Dr. Steven Seeling to help Indian medical graduates learn how to navigate the American healthcare system.

The Continuing Medical Education program was a big hit at the summit. Dr. Guruva Reddy, managing director of Sunshine Hospitals, Hyderabad, inaugurated the series with a lecture on advances in orthopedics. Dr. Suresh Reddy presented a lecture on endovascular management of ruptured intracranial aneurysms while Dr. Sunita Dhawlikar spoke on pain management options for back pain.

The American Consul General in Hyderabad, Katherine Dhanani, was the guest of honor on the third day of the deliberations.

Dr. Ramesh Mehta, secretary-general of the Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, said there are clear signs of a reverse brain drain as one-fourth of 40,000 doctors of Indian origin in the UK’s National Health Services were going to retire soon.

Recently, Kelly Services, which tracks human resources movement trends across the globe, estimated that about 300,000 Indian professionals (cutting across different streams) are likely to come back in the next five years.

“New generation doctors are not finding jobs because of recession. They are looking at India jobs. New colleges and institutes are coming up here and they might need experienced people. Those who aspire for the best positions and not getting them too are trying to come back,” Mehta said.

On the other hand, India desperately needs doctors.

“It is short of 600,000 doctors and 10,000 nurses,” Mehta said, pointing out that any reverse drain of doctors would quite be handy for India.

Indian doctors abroad are not in small in numbers. As many as 500,000 doctors have made foreign countries abroad their home. Dominated by the U.S. with over 100,000 in the U.S., geographies where Indian doctors have settled in significant numbers include the UK, Australia and New Zealand, said Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, chairman of the Apollo group of hospitals.

GAPIO is an umbrella body of associations of Indian origin doctors in several countries. Reddy and Mehta offered initiatives that GAPIO and its constituents might start to better medical education and healthcare services in India. Dr. Sanku Rao, former AAPI president and its current trustee, is the vice chair of GAPIO.

Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Andhra Pradesh Minister for Information Technology, Communications and Endowments, presented honors to physicians and others who helped the summit.

Noted Bharatanatyam dancer Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala and her Kala Pradarshini troupe presented a dance program “A Tribute to Ghantasala” to the songs of the legendary singer.

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HYDERABAD: Facilitation and Taxpayers Education (FATE) Wing of the FBR arranged a Taxpayers interaction seminar at Regional Tax Office (RTO) Hyderabad on Friday.

The seminar was arranged by FATE Wing, in coordination with RTO Hyderabad, as part of a series of seminars currently being arranged under Taxpayers Awareness Initiative and was attended by members of Hyderabad Tax Bar Association, Central Sindh Tax bar, representatives of major withholding agents, Chambers of Commerce & Industry of Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas and Thatta; Sindh-Balochistan Rice Millers Association, representatives of Pakistan Tax Bar Association and FBR officials.

During the interactive seminar, detailed presentations were made on working of the Facilitation and Taxpayers Education (FATE) Wing, “Documentation of Economy & Tax Evasion” and “e-services for Taxpayers” followed by a detailed Questions and Answers session, the FBR said.

During the Questions and Answers session, the participants highlighted their general and specific issues. The FBR officials present in the seminar noted suggestions for further perusal.

The participants also appreciated the initiative of Taxpayers’ interaction, awareness and facilitation undertaken by the FATE Wing of the FBR and said that this should be made a regular feature.

The Chief Commissioner RTO Hyderabad Mr. Misri Ladhani, thanked the participants for attending the seminar and making it a success. He also appreciated the efforts of FBR officials of RTO Hyderabad for arranging the event and thanked the FATE Wing for providing an avenue for interaction between the taxpayers and the Federal Board of Revenue.

Additional Commissioner Mr. Farooq Azam Memon and DC (HQ) Mr. Peer Khalid also addressed the seminar.

400 foreign delegates to attend Indiasoft

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Indian IT firms to display their solutions and products

Around 400 foreign delegates from over 50 countries are expected to attend Indiasoft, 2012,the IT event of Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC).

"It is taking place at a time when the global economy is showing some nascent signs of recovery," ESC Executive Director D K Sareen said.

The event, to be held in Hyderabad, is supported by the Union Ministries of Commerce and Information Technology.

Around 200 Indian IT firms will display their solutions and products at the show. .

International radiology meet in Hyderabad

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Over 4,000 radiologists and top representatives of imaging technology companies from India and abroad have gathered here for a four-day international conference, which began here on Saturday.

The 65th annual edition of the International Radiological and Imaging Association - 2012 (IRIA) showcased the latest imaging technologies developed by global majors such as GE, Fuji, Siemens and Indian firms like Perfint Healthcare Corporation.

“The conference is aimed at creating awareness on the advantages of deploying the latest equipment in improving comfort for patients and reducing time-to-recover,” Dr K Prabhakar Reddy, Organising Secretary of IRIA, said after the inaugural.

Besides the expo of technologies and equipment, IRIA would also organise four workshops to explain and clarify various issues radiologists face. “Six Big-Fight sessions will be held where two experts will talk for and against on a particular topic,” he said.

Addressing the inaugural on Saturday evening, Dr Kakarla Subba Rao, former Director of Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) and well-known radiologist, spoke on the issue of pre-natal tests.

The next edition of IRIA will be held in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) in January 2013.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/article2869434.ece?ref=wl_opinion

HYDERABAD, FEB. 7:
Display devices, radiation monitors, infra red lasers and detectors for cancerous parts in the human body have one thing in common—they use the phenomenon of luminescence.

Luminescent materials are finding more applications in medicine, solar radiation harvesters, military, medicine and as lighting devices. To throw more light on the phenomenon and materials a four-day international conference is being hosted in Hyderabad.

The Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies is organising the 4th “International Conference on Luminescence and its Applications” (ICLA-2012) beginning today under the auspices of Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Society for Information Displays and Luminescence Society of India.

Major lighting companies such as Philips, Siemens, GE are participating in the event to be held at the IICT in the next three days. Prof. G. Boulon, the President, International Society for Luminescence, will deliver the keynote address. Prof. K. Somaiah, Convener, ICLA-2012 told newspersons today that it is a great opportunity for budding researchers of India and abroad to update their knowledge in the field of luminescent materials.

About 350 delegates from all over the country and abroad are participating to present their latest findings and discuss several crucial issues related to efficiency enhancement of the performance of devices, cost-effective methodologies, computer-aided manufacturing procedures and novel material design etc.

Source: http://twocircles.net/2012feb07/over_250_companies_participate_bioasia_2012.html

Hyderabad : The stage is set for the ninth edition of BioAsia, the annual global bio business forum, beginning here Feb 9.

According to Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA), the organizers of BioAsia 2012, over 250 companies have confirmed their participation in the three-day event.

The country partners for this year's event include Sri Lanka, Belgium, Germany and Korea. In all, 35 countries have confirmed their participation with major delegations coming from Sri Lanka, Korea, Iran, Germany, Belgium, US, Singapore, Egypt, Thailand, Nepal and several African nations.

Regulators from 10 countries will also be participating in the event, said a statement from FABA.

Bharat Biotech International Limited and GVK Biosciences will be the industry host and co-host respectively.

"BioAsia provides a platform for companies to exhibit, launch and showcase their products and services," said Manni Kantipudi, CEO, GVK BIO.

"Over the years, BioAsia has become an industry oriented event while the Bangalore India Bio event has remained research oriented," said Krishna Ella, chairman and managing director, Bharat Biotech.

He pointed out that Hyderabad is the biggest manufacturer of biotech products and vaccines in the country

The partners for BioAsia 2012 include Frost and Sullivan, Confederation of Indian Industries, Alexandria India, Lonza India, Hyde Engineering & Consulting and Yes Bank.

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Hyderabad to host 45th FRO
Franchise India is hosting 45th Franchise and Retail Opportunity (FRO) show on February 25-26, 2012 at Hyderabad Intl Convention Centre. The Franchise & Retail, Expo & Conference is presented by Franchise India and Indian Franchise Association (IFA) and supported by Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India (MSME).
The conference will provide an enlightening perspective on the business of being an entrepreneur, being enterprising, spotting and seizing opportunities. The Summit is going to be the perfect blend for entrepreneurs who are looking to jumpstart their business ideas.
The show comprises of a comprehensive exhibition and conference on franchising, retailing and licensing covering the dynamics of SME sector, drawing thousands of business visitors. FRO 2012 Hyderabad displays various Indian and global brands, under one roof, to impart an all-round perspective on franchising, thereby highlighting the principal concepts and prevailing trends in franchise fraternity.
The Exhibition puts forth a spectrum of opportunities in franchising, retailing, licensing, real estate and retail supply from all possible industry verticals including Fashion & Lifestyle, Food & Beverage, Education, Financial services, Health, Beauty & Wellness, Real Estate, Travel, Retail, Entertainment and many more.

IndiaSoft 2012 in Hyderabad from March 21
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Hyderabad: IndiaSoft 2012, the flagship IT show organised here by Electronic and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) from March 21-23, will be attended by 400 foreign delegates from over 50 countries.

"The 2012 edition of the event, which is supported by the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Ministry of Communication and Information Technology will have many new facets. Innovation and value addition to software solutions are the main thrust of the show, where more than 200 Indian IT firms will display their cutting edge solutions and products," Nalin Kohli, Chairman, Organizing Committee IndiaSoft 2012, told mediapersons here today.

Ponalla Laxmiah, State IT Minister who was present at the media meet complimented the organisers and assured all support for the show. He said Andhra Pradesh contributes 49 per cent of the total software export from the country.

Delegates to the event will include representatives of governments, private sector, non-governmental organisations from countries like Brazil, Venezuela, Panama, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia etc.

For the second time, the Council will be hosting 245 IT buyer delegation from US, Canada, UK, EU, Middle East, China, Japan, Korea and SAARC region.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article2900527.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy

HYDERABAD, FEB. 16:
The three-day International Conference and Exhibition hosted by the Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG), which was inaugurated today, is deliberating some of the major challenges that the oil and gas sector is witness to lately.

The 9th in the series of biennial International conferences organised by the professional society has 2,300 delegates participating, more than 500 of them international. The event is also hosting more than 108 exhibition stalls spanning various aspects of oil and gas sector.

The Chief Patron of the SPG and ONGC Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Sudhir Vasudeva, said, “for the first time in this part of the world, we have been able to bring all geo-scientific associations like the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), USA and European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), Netherlands, Society of Petroleum Well Logging Analysts (SPWLA), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and Association of Petroleum Geologists (APG) on a single platform.”

The President SPG, Mr Apurba Saha, said that this event would integrate the complete fraternity of petroleum geo-scientists and petroleum engineers and sharpen their edge to resolve their common issues for sustainable solutions.

SPG has been pursuing intellectual development of not only its members, but for the E&P industry as a whole. The event will have deliberations on critical issues of high industry significance such as drilling and completion, production and optimisation from matured fields and project management.

The event will host 32 technical sessions and have more than 284 technical papers presented.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Gearing-up-for-eco-meet-Kiran-Reddy/articleshow/12011374.cms

HYDERABAD: Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday assured the Assembly that his government would ensure that the 11th conference of parties to the UN convention on bio-diversity, to be held in the city from October 8 to 19 this year, was a success. The event would be attended by about 7,000 delegates, including heads of states and environment ministers from 194 countries.

Responding to a request by MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi that the CM use his good offices to secure more funds from the Centre, Kiran Kumar said that he had already written to New Delhi seeking additional funds. The state government, Kiran Kumar said, was eager to see to it that the conference made an impact which would serve the cause Brand Hyderabad well.

Owaisi requested that the state government convene a meeting of the heads of various departments to finalize a roadmap for making the event a memorable one.

"We have to showcase Hyderabad. I request the state government to allot Rs 300 crore for improving roads and footpaths and to beautify the city. Another Rs 800 crore from the Centre could go towards improving civic infrastructure," he said.

Owaisi also thanked the chief minister for providing 4% reservation for the Muslim community and lauded Kiran Kumar for apologizing to the Muslim youth who were acquitted of charges in the Mecca blast case and extending financial benefits to them.

Source: http://your-story.org/francorp-india-to-launch-mytvs-franchise-program-at-fro-hyderabad-311493/

India’s leading multi-brand Car Service provider MyTVS has joined hands with FRANCORP, the unsurpassed leader of the Franchise Consulting Industry globally, for its franchise outlet expansion. MyTVS, the popular brand of TVS Automobile Solutions Limited (TVS ASL), has engaged FRANCORP India to build its franchise network expansion program that will be launched at the 45th National Franchise Retail and SME show to be held on February 25th – 26th 2012 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad. The franchise program being launched, offers a good ROI and very attractive pay-back period to the franchisees while offering convenience to customers of getting their cars serviced with TVS quality all over India under close supervision of processes by TVS.

At present, ‘MyTVS’ has 19 own outlets and 51 Service franchisee outlets in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The Company has plans to increase these outlets to 100 and 300 respectively by 2014.

Mr. Ramesh Kharbanda, Chief Operating Officer, TVS Automobile Solutions Ltd., said, “MyTVS has an aggressive expansion plan to cater to the after-market needs of growing car customers in India. It is in this regard, we are glad to associate with FRANCORP to expand our Franchise business across India. We are confident that FRANCORP’s expertise will come in handy to our expansion strategy and this Franchise show could prove to be a good beginning to our relationship.”

Mr. Gaurav Marya, Managing Director, Francorp said, “With 13.2 million in FY11, India has the 7th largest passenger car park globally. India has been one of the few markets globally to buck the recessionary trend with first eleven months of FY11 registering a growth of 29.8%. The growth momentum is expected to be on track in the coming years resulting in tremendous business opportunity in the car service segment. We feel there is a definitely a demand supply gap which can be addressed by the MyTVS Car Service Outlets. I am elated to get associated with “MYTVS” for its franchise expansion. The overall review and recommendation programme will be provided to them with adept results.”

The 45th National Franchise Retail and SME show is presented by Franchise India, Asia’s largest integrated franchise solution company and Indian Franchise Association (IFA). With the proving triumph of over 125 successful demonstrations in most major cities, nationally and internationally, Franchise India is now spreading its wings to Hyderabad, a city of tremendous business potential, for the fifth time, with its 45th biggest Franchise & Retail, Expo & Conference FRO 2012 in Hyderabad.

FRO 2012 Hyderabad displays various Indian and global brands, under one roof, to impart an all-round perspective on franchising, thereby highlighting the principal concepts and prevailing trends in franchising fraternity. Investor gets a wider platform to choose its principal as per their business needs and future perspectives and companies finds their prospective franchise partners with opportunity to expand at multiple locations. The event will comprise “ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT 2012” which is going to be the perfect knowledge platform for entrepreneurs who are looking to jumpstart their business ideas and the EXHIBITION putting forth a spectrum of opportunities in franchising, retailing, licensing, real estate and retail supply from all possible industry verticals including Fashion & Lifestyle, Food & Beverage, Education, Financial services, Health, Beauty & Wellness, Real Estate, Travel, Retail, Entertainment and many more.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/marketing/article2935547.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home

HYDERABAD, FEB. 26:
The country's franchise market, estimated to be worth $4 billion in 2011, is growing at a healthy pace of over 30 per cent annually with tier-2 and -3 cities gradually getting hooked to the network of retailers and franchisers.

If the education sector was in the forefront offering franchise options earlier, it now encompasses food and beverages and other services sectors, according to representatives participating in the two-day Franchise and Retail Opportunity (FRO) 2012 being hosted at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre.

Mr Gaurav Marya, President of Franchise India, that is presenting this expo along with Indian Franchise Association, said “Franchising in India has witnessed impressive growth of around 30-35 per cent year after year over the last 4-5 years with an estimated turnover of $4 billion. It is helping transform good ideas into businesses. The FRO serves as a platform to identify, foster and commercialise innovative business start-up ideas and to meet the demands of today's dynamic entrepreneurial arena.”

Brainworks (a national chain of preschools), Chhabra 555 (wholesalers and retailers of Indian ethnic wear for women), Coffee Beans and Tea & Leaf (US-based international chain of coffee and tea cafes), Cookieman (Australian cookie retail chain), and New Zealand Naturals (a global ice cream and dessert brand) are some of the companies taking part in the exposition.

The exposition serves as a regional platform for potential tie-ups where companies present their franchise concepts.

Typically, franchise options come with a starting investment of Rs 5 lakh, going up to Rs 5 crore. More than 5,000 participants are expected to take part during the event and get a chance to interface with industry representatives and explore opportunities for collaboration.

45th FRO successfully concludes in Hyderabad
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The 45th National Franchise and Retail Opportunity show (FRO) held in Hyderabad concludes successfully. The show organised by Franchise India and Indian Franchise Association (IFA) laid a platform for companies to present and expand their franchise concepts by networking with potential entrepreneurs in Hyderabad and surrounding cities.
Gaurav Marya, President, Franchise India said: “Franchising in India has witnessed impressive growth of around 30-35 per cent year after year over the last four to five years with an estimated turnover of USD four billion. FRO serves as a platform to identify, foster and commercialise innovative business start-up and to meet the demands of dynamic entrepreneurial arena.”
The show boasts tremendous business opportunities for the serious investors with more than 100 stalls and 4,104 business visitors. The show covered wide range of business sectors, supplying the needs of not only existing businesses but also of aspiring and intrepid entrepreneurs all under one roof. The exhibition gathered serious investors, entrepreneurs, professionals, suppliers, and corporate representatives from all across India.
Some of the popular brands exhibited were Athiya Organisational Competencies (P) Ltd, Brainworks, Buzz, Chhabra 555, Coffee Beans & Tea Leaf, Cookieman, Gelato, IFB, Juice Saloon, Mother Earth, Moti Mahal, Mystic Spa, Rockport, Seacret, Wig o Mania, MAPP, La Salle, Tatha, Orra Diamond and many more.
Entrepreneurship Summit 2012, organised by Franchise India, in association with the Government of India’s Ministry for MSME and Indian Franchise Association, viewed the presence of over 150 national brands looking for expansion in south India.
The year 2012 will see the horizontal expansion of the service sector, with many new and unique services being offered for the first time, on that scale and level. We expect the sector to grow overall by around 25-30 per cent in 2012. Among the services, education segment, the largest amongst the service offerings, is poised to grow by 18-25 per cent next year, according to Franchise India.

AP CM asks officials to spruce state capital before intl meet
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Hyderabad, Mar 4 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today directed his officials to take up various developmental work here given that the city would be hosting the prestigious International Biodiversity Convention in October this year. The development works listed by the CMO are estimated to cost Rs 557.35 crore. They include strengthening and recarpeting of BT roads, remodelling of storm water drainage, improvement of side walks, modern lighting, lane marking, traffic islands, signages, street furniture, traffic signals, improvement of sanitation, development of greenery on traffic islands among others, a release from Chief Minister's office said. The Convention will be held from October 1 to 19 and it is likely to be attended by representatives from over 100 countries.

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Hyderabad to host expo on agri, horticulture
HYDERABAD, MARCH 7:
Emu farming, processing and dairy sector will be the focus of a three-day exhibition and conference on agriculture and horticulture starting here on March 24.

In recent times emu farming is on the increase in the State. There is also the need for diversification in the agriculture sector, with emphasis on processing, diary and value-added products that help in increasing the earning power of farmers.

The three-day ‘Agri and Horticulture India Expo 2012' aims to create awareness among farmers on better faming practises and various products, technology and services available to get better yields, said Mr M. A. Nazeer, chief organiser of the event.

Companies dealing with seeds, fertilizers, equipment and machinery, cold storage and packaging are expected to participate in the exhibition. It will also provide a platform for farmers, technicians, dealers and other stakeholders to meet and exchange ideas, he said.

The event is being organised by NRS Publications. The expo would also have buyer-seller meets and provide opportunities for business tie-ups. Farmers would also be exposed to machinery and developments in cold storage, packaging etc, he added.

Source: http://postnoon.com/2012/03/13/biggest-show-after-independence/37080

Hyderabad has been chosen to host the 11th CBD, which will be the biggest gathering that independent India has ever witnessed

Hyderabad is getting ready to host the biggest world gathering that post-independence India has ever witnessed. Some 15,000 world leaders, scientists, activists, bureaucrats and media persons from 190 countries will congregate and debate for 19 days from October 1, trying to set a legal framework for the conservation of biological diversity around the globe. There would be prime ministers and presidents from at least 13 countries leading their teams.

This would undoubtedly earn the City and Andhra Pradesh a special place in the world map both in prestige and in business. A boost to tourism would be a welcome bonus.

Why of all the cities, Hyderabad? When India offered to host the 11th CBD some time back, the CBD Secretariat had considered various other countries that wanted to host the mammoth meeting. With just two per cent of the world’s land area, India supports about 10 per cent of the world’s biological diversity, making it the seventh richest country in the world in terms of biodiversity. And, what finally clinched the issue in favour of India was AP and Hyderabad.

In India, Andhra Pradesh has the largest biodiversity — both in flora and fauna. And, Hyderabad came out winner for its world class infrastructure to hold a global conference of such magnitude. Says Dr Hampaiah Ralladoddi, chairman of Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board, “Andhra Pradesh is treated as the biodiversity capital of India. Its capital happens to have world-class conference facilities. This is a never-before opportunity to present the State and claim a special place in the world.”

There are four main reasons for Hyderabad walking away as the winner.

HICC is the best in the world. It has an internal hall measuring 6,480 square metres, which can be partitioned into six smaller halls. The pre-function foyer area itself exceeds 6,400 square metres. It can accommodate 50 or more meetings at a time.

Hyderabad has over 12,000 star hotel rooms in the City and around that makes it possible for a meeting of this size to accommodate guests. A strong hospitality sector is a great plus point when it comes to international meetings. This apart, it has 8 research institutes and scores of other study centres.

State is a proud possessor of some rare and endemic plants like Cycas beddomei, Ptero*carpus santalinus, Terminalia pallida, Syzygium alternifolium, Shorea talura, Shorea tumburgia, Psilotum nudam etc. Similarly, the Double banded or the Jerdon’s Courser, the Golden Gecko, the Slender Loris which are rare and endangered are endemic to the State.

On the flora side, we have a great advantage. Hills, a plateau, long coastline and its central geographic position make it a biological hotspot. Species like the Red Sanders are seen only in AP.

Tailend: Citizens of Hyderabad should thank their stars for having an opportunity to hear and see world leaders which will endow on us a totally different boon — the civic authorities have to spruce up and give the City a prime, prim and fit look. We all will benefit from the act. The civic authority would have otherwise never done this.

(Next: How well is the HICC prepared?)

What is CBD?

The Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of the components of biodiversity and the equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. With 192-193 parties, the whole world except the USA. AP and India have much to gain by hosting this world show because AP faces tremendous bio-piracy.

Source: http://www.expresshealthcare.in/201203/market29.shtml

After its resounding success in Chennai, Hospi Arch, the leading conference series on hospital planning, design and architecture to be held at Hyderabad in April 2012

The demand for hospital beds in India is expected to be around 2.8 million by 2014 to match the global average of three beds per 1000 population from the present 0.7 beds. India needs 100,000 beds each year for the next 20 years at over $ 10 billion per year. Healthcare has emerged as one of the most progressive and largest service sectors in India with an expected GDP spend of 8 per cent by 2012 from 5.5 per cent in 2009. 20 health cities are expected to come up in the next five years.


Hospi Arch 2012, Chennai
Understanding these statistics, AMEN, a leading healthcare event organising company and HOSPACCX India Systems, a growing healthcare consultancy, present a series of conferences titled HospiArch across six cities of the country. The first conference was conducted in Chennai on January 20-21, 2012 and the next in the series will be held at Hyderabad and scheduled in the month of April 2012. HospiArch indicates hospital architecture and would address all issues and challenges on hospital planning, designing and architecture to commissioning of hospitals. It would provide an opportunity to meet the experts in the industry and share their experiences. The event comprises

an effective platform for healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs and hospital architects to witness the future of hospital architecture in India
eminent speakers from reputed hospitals and healthcare organisations
one of a kind CEO panel discussion
two-day conference covering various aspects of hospital architecture
organised and supported by experts in the healthcare industry

Hospi Arch 2012, Chennai
The varied topics and discussions during this event include:

Hospital Architectural Planning - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Architectural challenges involved in building a new hospital
Planning & Designing a new hospital
Replanning & Redesigning an existing hospital
Budgeting & financial planning for a new hospital project
Legal implications involved in hospital planning & design
Quality standards applicable to hospital planning
Planning a GREEN hospital
Space, equipment and engineering planning
Effectively designing hospital interiors
Challenges in hospital IT and networking design
Planning & designing lab & other diagnostics areas of the hospital
Planning & designing critical areas of the hospital
It is a must attend event for hospital promoters/ directors, hospital administrators/CEOs, healthcare management consultants, designers and architects, healthcare management students etc.

Source: http://www.businesswireindia.com/PressRelease.asp?b2mid=30538

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, Thursday, March 15, 2012 -- (Business Wire India)



The stem cell industry is set for an impetus at the International Conference on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 2012: Research to Business (Stemcell 2012). An initiative of Federation of Asian Biotechnology Associations (FABA), the conference is to be held at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad from March 22 to 24, 2012.

The event will be inaugurated by Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, Former President of India and will be addressed by Dr. Stephen Minger, a pioneer of the Stem Cell technology and Minister for Major Industries, Sugar, Commerce & Export Promotion, Government of AP, Dr. Geeta Reddy. A white paper on ‘Stem Cell: Transforming Global Medicine and Healthcare Industry’ by FABA and YES Bank Limited will be released on the occasion. The conference will feature over 40 renowned international speakers, including Dr. Lukas Utigar of Lonza Bioscience, Prof. Mahendra S Rao of Center for Regenerative Medicine, NIH, USA, and Dr. Mohan Vemuri of Life Technologies, USA. This event will be hosted by The Indian School of Business, Gachibowli, Hyderabad,A.P.

The next three years will be very crucial for the nascent stem cell Industry in India as the National Apex Committee for Stem Cell Research and Therapy (NAC-SCRT) has now been set up to formulate regulation. This is expected to fuel innovation, research and commercialization.

The Stemcell 2012 showcases the status of trials in stem cell therapies, latest research, regulatory laws, cutting-edge technologies and business opportunities in the industry with a clear focus on therapeutics. The participants include doctors, researchers, entrepreneurs from the fields of Medicine and Biotechnology, investors, government officials and members of various fraternities from different countries. A key activity is the ‘one-on-one ‘business meetings that would accelerate transparences for commercialization and industry growth with specific opportunities for networking, funding and forging new alliances.

The conference will act as a platform for sharing perspectives and ideas on research, and various challenges in the industry with commercial applications. It will provide an opportunity to forge mutually beneficial relationships. It will also help Overseas and Indian Companies to form Global tie-ups with their counterparts across the world. “From an international viewpoint, the event will be a gateway of information and ingress point to Indian Stem Cell Business world and vice versa,” said Dr. B S Bajaj, convener and secretary general, FABA. The organizers expect investment and technological partnership tie-ups during this conference.

About FABA: Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) is a non-profit registered Society with its headquarters in Hyderabad with 20 Asian countries affiliated to it. FABA has been dedicated to promoting biotech innovation and commercialization of 21st century and has been regularly hosting “Bio-Asia: the Global Bio-Business Forum” annually since 2004 in Hyderabad, A.P.

Source: http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=68054&sid=1

Federation of Asian Biotechnology Association (FABA) is organizing an International Conference on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine-2012 from March 22 to 24 at Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad.

The big event at ISB is expected to be inaugurated by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former president of India. The gathering at the event is also expected to be addressed by Dr Stephen Minger, a pioneer of the Stem Cell technology. Dr Geeta Reddy, Minister for Major Industries, Sugar, Commerce & Export Promotion, from Government of AP is also expected at the event.

Marking the event, FABA and YES Bank Ltd will release a white paper on ‘Stem Cell: Transforming Global Medicine and Healthcare Industry’ on the occasion.

World renowned experts are set to participate in the conference where it is expected to feature over 40 renowned international speakers, including Dr Lukas Utigar of Lonza Bioscience, Prof. Mahendra S Rao of Centre for Regenerative Medicine, NIH, USA, and Dr Mohan Vemuri of Life Technologies, USA.

In India the stem cell industry is still at a very nascent stage. The next three years will be very crucial for the Industry as the National Apex Committee for Stem Cell Research and Therapy (NAC-SCRT) has now been set up to formulate a set of rules. In the coming few years, the new regulations are expected to fuel innovation, research and commercialization of the stem cell industry in the country.

The Stemcell 2012 will showcase the status of trials in stem cell therapies, latest research, regulatory laws, cutting-edge technologies and business opportunities in the industry with a clear focus on therapeutics. The participants include doctors, researchers, entrepreneurs from the fields of Medicine and Biotechnology, investors, government officials and members of various fraternities from different countries. A key activity is the ‘one-on-one ‘business meetings that would accelerate transparences for commercialization and industry growth with specific opportunities for networking, funding and forging new alliances.

The conference is definitely an apt platform for sharing perspectives and ideas on research, and various challenges in the industry with commercial applications. The event is also expected to provide an opportunity to forge mutually beneficial relationships. It will also help Overseas and Indian Companies to form Global tie-ups with their counterparts across the world.

“From an international viewpoint, the event will be a gateway of information and ingress point to Indian Stem Cell Business world and vice versa,” said Dr B S Bajaj, convener and secretary general, FABA.

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/03/20/prweb9302259.DTL

SearchMarketMe will introduce a new India-specific Internet Marketing Business Opportunity at the IndiaSoft 2012 exhibition this week at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre. SearchMarketMe's Director of Operations in India, Nikhil Bathla, will be present all three days to meet with prospective new Internet Marketing Agency Owners who are looking to a superior alternative to the "buy a job" limitations of internet marketing franchises.

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SearchMarketMe's growing internet marketing business opportunity has been adapted for the Indian market and will be introduced at the IndiaSoft 2012 International IT Exhibition & Conference, March 21-23, 2012 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, in Hyderabad, India.

Nikhil Bathla, SearchMarketMe's Director of Operations in India, will be present for all three days to meet with prospective new Internet Marketing Agency Owners who are looking for training and support in opening and operating their own internet marketing agencies.

Bathla, a highly experienced internet marketer and an instructor of internet marketing, states, "A significant gap exists between knowing how to perform internet marketing services, and knowing how to successfully operate a business that provides internet marketing services." He said the specific business training that SearchMarketMe provides is the bridge to prosperity for himself and his fellow Indians.

"This is what the technical people in India generally do not know," added Bathla. "Yes, they can do pieces of internet marketing, but they don't know how to make money doing it, and therefore they cannot sustain themselves and grow a legitimate business - until now, with SearchMarketMe's help. Only SearchMarketMe provides training and support for managing and growing a business that provides internet marketing services. There is significant value in this!"

"Nikhil has been instrumental in adapting this curriculum and program for the Indian market, and will be a strong representative for us at IndiaSoft 2012," said Boyd Karren, President & CEO of SearchMarketMe. "We are excited to introduce the new program in India and to work closely with Nikhil in helping entrepreneurs in India enjoy greater financial success through owning and operating a SearchMarketMe-supported internet marketing agency."

One of the unique customizations that has been prepared specifically for the Indian marketplace is the "Step-by-Step" pricing option in which Indian Agency Owners can choose to prioritize and customize the number of internet marketing channels in which they receive training and support. Indian Agency Owners can begin with any one, two, three or four of the six channels of internet marketing, and then upgrade to additional training and support in the remaining channels as they gain experience, confidence and financial ability to do so.

"If a would-be Indian Agency Owner could not afford full training and support (250,000 INR) in all six channels of internet marketing at the time he opens his business, he would still have the opportunity to receive training and support in any two channels, such as 'Websites' and 'Paid Search,' for example, for a much lower amount of 100,000 total INR," said Bathla. "And then, when ready, he could add training and support in 'Search Engine Optimization' for an additional 50,000 INR. This way, he can work his way up to receiving training and support in all six channels, and truly become a full-service internet marketing agency. There is no similar option available anywhere else in India, or the world! SearchMarketMe will generously help you build an internet marketing agency that can take you where you want to go in life."

ABOUT SEARCHMARKETME LLC

SearchMarketMe, LLC is a Seattle, Washington, USA-based training and support organization that assists entrepreneurs in opening and operating independently-owned and independently-branded internet marketing agencies around the world. It developed the Money U business model for small marketing agencies and is the only scalable internet marketing business opportunity in the world. SearchMarketMe's 110 Agency Owners are located in North America, India, the Middle East and Africa.

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A heavy green tax alone can bring an end to the ongoing destruction of India’s environment. For this, the economic cost of each activity has to be assessed. Delay will choke our kids. Well, it is our choice — kill them or save them
India is an ecological tinder-box, It’s not to scare you — honest facts. And, it can go off any moment. The world is not greatly better but elsewhere there are attempts to curb pollution but it’s not happening in India.

India’s failure to a legally binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Durban Climate change conference in November last is a signal of failure on the part of the second most populous country. Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan told Parliament that the country hopes to cut greenhouse emission by 20-25 per cent by 2025.We are not doing charity to the world. If we want to live, this half-hearted gesture will not help.

One reason why India (Hyderabad City) was chosen for the world convention on biodiversity conference, COP 11, in October this year is because we are racing along the perilous path quicker than other nations. India has been ranked as the seventh most environmentally hazardous country in the whole world by a new ranking released recently.

The study is based on evaluation of “absolute” environment impact of 179 countries, whose data was available and has been done by researchers in Harvard, Princeton, Adelaide University and University of Singapore on January 12, 2011. Brazil was fou*nd to be the worst on environmental indicators whereas Sing*apore was the best. The United States was rated second worst and China was ranked third.

The issue is now clear. Any country which has a population pressure and fast economic development are the worst culprits in polluting this Earth. China, India, Brazil, the US are all examples. The COP 11 in Hyderabad is bound to focus on India’s wanton environment destruction and the world would demand a time-bound, legally-binding commitment to restrict the population, cut down carbon emission, cleaner energy (now over dependence on thermal is harming it) and preservation of underground water for which green cover preservation is essential.

On top of it all, melting of the Himalayan glacier if not stopped will lead to a 2 degree Celsius .Will Hyderabad set the stage for India to launch a greener India for our children? It’s a $1.20 billion-dollar question. The President, Vice-President, PM are going to be here. If they fail, the world will curse us and history will bury us.

Source: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/03/29/cdn-solutions-group-successfully-participated-indiasoft-2012-international-it-exhibition-

CDN Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading Software Development Company, successfully participated in IndiaSoft 2012, India’s exclusive international IT event comprising of exhibition and conference.

Indore, India, March 29, 2012 --(PR.com)-- CDN Solutions Group, an ISO 9001:2008 certified IT Solutions Company, is pleased to share its success story at IndiaSoft 2012, an event organized by Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC). The event was held in Hyderabad at International Convention Center from 21st March to 23rd March 2012.

CDN Solutions Group took this opportunity to showcase its latest Web, Mobile, Rich Internet Application & Design Solutions and various technologies in Mobile and Web. CDN also focused on Product Development sector that included Web Application development, mobile application development, print media, server/security management, search engine optimization and multimedia & Design for product based companies especially in Europe, Australia and USA.

Mr. Surajit Mitra, CEO, CDN Solutions Group says, “For any organization, software is core to their business. So, for all startup companies CDN Solutions Group has started a new division known as Product development division which is a good opportunity for getting strategic tie-ups.”

CDN Solutions Group was proud to get more than 100 visitors from countries like Uganda, Chile, Australia, Denmark, Belgium, Bahrain and many more. The diversity of topics presented and discussed by CDN Solutions Group plus the crisp and attractive backdrop of stall was very much appreciated by the delegates and the dignitaries present at the event.

CDN Solutions Group is an ISO 9001:2008 certified, CRISIL rated and STPI registered offshore development company, located in Central India. We are spread over an area of 12,000 Square foot. Being in the market for the past 11 years we have capabilities of providing wide array of technology services and solutions ranging from software development to mobile application development and high end multimedia services. We productively build applications for different industries like Business, Government, Lifestyle/ Entertainment, Education/ Learning, etc along with a range of mobile solutions including GPS, Wifi, Socket Communication, Bluetooth, Game application, Social Networking, Maps, Web service (SOAP/REST API), Ad - Server, Shopping Cart, Payment Gateway (Google Checkout, pay pal) etc.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/City-to-host-world-agri-congress-in-Nov-13/articleshow/12463748.cms
City to host world agri congress in Nov ’13
HYDERABAD: The state will host the world agriculture congress (WAC) in the city in November 2013. Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy gave a positive reply to a proposal from the world agricultural forum (WAF), when the board's chairman and former prime minister of New Zealand, James B Bolger, wrote to him some time back about the board's decision to hold the WAC in AP as the state has a strong agricultural tradition. This is for the first time that WAC is going to be held in India.

According to Aldas Janaiah of Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University ( Angrau), who is also a member of the board of world agricultural forum, the theme for WAC - 2013 is "Re-shaping agriculture for the benefit of small and marginal farmers". The session, which will attract around 600 delegates, including politicians, administrators, academicians, CEOs, farmers, and functionaries of development organisations, among others, will discuss with all key stakeholders on how to re-shape and re-position small-farm agriculture in order to make farming economically viable and improve farmers' income.

WAC-2013 is also expected to provide a policy direction to the developing countries on how to re-shape agricultural policy in order to make farming viable and attractive as a profession, based on sharing of inter-country experiences.

An organising committee under the chairmanship of the chief minister will be set up soon. James B Bolger will be the co-chairman.

Hyderabad likely to host Metropolis Congress

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hyderabad-likely-to-host-metropolis-congress/247405-60-121.html


Hyderabad’s love affair with hosting international summits is set to continue well into 2014, as a delegation from The Metropolis (a consortium of metropolitan cities across the world) on Monday met Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain to discuss plans to conduct the triennial Metropolis Congress in 2014 in Hyderabad.

The Mayor promised all cooperation from the GHMC for the same. Talking on the sidelines of the hurriedly-convened press meet,� Alain Le Saux, Secretary General of the The Metropolis, said that the event would focus only on municipal and urban development issues and not any general topics. He stressed that Hyderabad had excellent infrastructure and urban facilities in place, which had helped it nudge out Bangalore in the final list as the host city.
When asked about any kind of monetary support which would be provided for organising of the event, he said all infrastructural expenses for the mega, multi -country event would have to be borne by the GHMC. “We help in global level advertisements and promotion activities. At the city and local level, GHMC will be undertaking the development works,” he said.
Presently seven Indian cities are part of The Metropolis. The Congress aims to study and exchange ideas on the existing sanitation, roads, energy, water, transport and solid waste management systems being practised in cities across the world.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Hyderabad-to-host-national-meet-on-diet/articleshow/12615866.cms

HYDERABAD: A national conference on 'Indian diets and health' will be organised at the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) here from November 29 to December 1, 2012. The conference is being organised as part of the golden jubilee celebrations of Indian Dietetic Association (IDA).

NIN director B Sesikeran and Dr Bhaskara Chary, national vice-president of IDA, informed that the theme of the conference would be "Indian diets and health: in retrospect and prospect" and to approach the theme in a multi-disciplinary way. Sessions would be organised on various aspects like social, cultural, and economic determinants of Indian diets, they said.

Health aspects of Indian diets, historically from traditional Indian medicine to contemporary science will be explored. A holistic perspective will be taken to explore how diets in various regions have changed from time to time and what prompted them in terms of policy, science, affordability and globalisation.

The national conference would be organised by the Andhra Pradesh chapter of IDA, in association with NIN. Dieticians, nutritionists, researchers, scientists, students, teachers and representatives of the industry are expected to participate in the national conference.

NIN director Sesikeran pointed out that the IDA was formed in 1962 as a result of the efforts of NIN former director Gopalan and Dr Kalyan Bagchi, another luminary in the field.

In the context of the paradox that India is facing today with undernutrition and obesity among the population, Sesikeran said he favoured the formation of a nutrition and dietetic council to look into such issues. This, he said, should be on the lines of the Medical Council of India to regulate and establish standards for dieticians across the country. A formal proposal would be sent to the Government of India after the IDA national conference and based on the papers presented during the conference.

Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/241412/meet-focus-misleading-ads.html

The need for stringent legislation to curb the misleading advertisements published by food products manufacturers and establishment of the Dietetic Council of India will top the agenda of a national conference on “Indian diets and health” to be held in Hyderabad in November this year.

Of late, several advertisements making tall claims about certain food products have been found to be lacking scientific basis. For instance, some have claimed that their health drinks will improve the memory power of children and help them grow taller.

“The Centre is considering introduction of legislation on Food Safety and Standards to curb such claims,” Director of Hyderabad-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) Dr B Sesikeran said. The nutrition experts from across the country will gather here for the national conference.

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HYDERABAD: All left party leaders across India will work unitedly to develop a common agenda and challenge� the monopoly on economic resources by a few. They will build the kind of democratic movements needed for the purpose announced Varavara Rao, left-wing writer and poet.
The Revolutionary Democratic Front, towards this end, will organise a two-day national conference from April 22 at the Sundarayya Vignana Kendram in Hyderabad.
He said, the objectives of the conference are to analyse the effects of global economic crises on the nation, demand an immediate halt to Operation Green Hunt and withdrawal of armed forces from Bastar district of Chhattisgarh state.
There would be serious discussions on Dalit and Adivasi issues relating to land allocations and exploitation of natural resources in tribal areas by corporate companies.
“The present government has� become an agent for foreign companies and was selling the land and resources belonging to adivasis,” he alleged. In the two-day national conference, writer and social activist Arundhati Roy and many other national-level progressive thinkers, social and human rights activists will speak.

Hyderabad to host World Agriculture Congress (http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/hyderabad-to-host-world-agriculture-congress/990696.html) :banana:

Hyderabad, Apr 25 (PTI) Hyderabad will play host to yet another major international event, the World Agriculture Congress (WAC), in November 2013 which is likely to see participation from about 600 delegates. The broad theme for the WAC-2013 will be 'Reshaping agriculture for the benefit of small and marginal farmers'. About 600 delegates from all over the world, including government leaders, administrators, eminent academicians, industry CEOs, farmers, functionaries of development group and other stakeholders are expected to attend the event. World Agriculture Forum (WAF) Chairman Kenneth M Baker and Board member Evie, who are currently visiting Hyderabad for preparatory discussions with Andhra Pradesh Government officials and stakeholders, met Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in the Secretariat here today. State Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshmi Narayana, Co-operatives Minister Kasu Krishna Reddy, Chief Secretary Pankaj Dwivedi and others were present at the meeting. The State Government promised full support for organising the event on a grand scale, a release from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said. It is for the first time that the WAC is proposed to be held in India. The WAC-2013 is expected to provide a policy direction to the developing countries on how to reshape agricultural policy to make farming a "viable and attractive profession" by sharing inter-country experiences, the release added. The Chief Minister wanted the WAF to devise policies that could attract youth towards farming, it added.

Preparing for biodiversity summit (http://www.mydigitalfc.com/op-ed/preparing-biodiversity-summit-602)

The 11th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will be held in Hyderabad in October 2012. About 15,000 delegates from 193 member countries are expected to participate. Because of the importance of this conference for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, the event is popularly termed “Global Biodiversity Summit”. In preparation for this important conference, it will be useful to take the following steps.

n Launch a gene care movement: India is a biodiversity rich country. Valuable genetic resources occur in a wide ra*nge of crops and farm animals and such economically valuable biodiversity is referred to as agro-biodiversity. Unfortunately, there is a serious loss of genetic diversity caused by habitat destruction, invasive alien species and changing agricultural practices. There is, therefore, need for greater efforts in spreading biodiversity literacy. Soil erosion is visible to the naked eye, while gene erosion is not. As a result, there is much less understanding of the fact that the loss of every gene and species limits our options for the future. This will be particularly unfortunate in the context of the emerging changes in temperature, precipitation and sea level as a result of global warming. We should, therefore, la*unch a gene care movement with the active participation of educational institutions and local bodies. I would suggest such a gene care movement, designed for saving and sharing genetic wealth, may be launched on June 5, 2012, which is commemorated as World Environment Day. The focal theme for this year’s World Environment Day is “Green Economy: Does it Include You?” A gene care movement launched by elected local bodies and civil society organisations will help to make the programme inclusive.

n The National Biodiversity Act 2002: This Act provides for biodiversity management at three levels, namely, local body-level biodiversity management committee, State Biodiversity Bo*ard and National Biodiversity Authority (NBA). NBA exists with its headquarters in Chennai, while 26 State Biodiversity Boards have also been established. However, panchayat-level Biodiversity Management Committees have been established only in 32,796 local bodies. Kerala and Madhya Pr*adesh are leaders in operationalising Biodiversity Management Committees. Under the Biodiversity Act, the local committees are empowered to give prior informed consent for the collection of genetic resources in their area and for benefit-sharing agreements. Biodiversity Management Co*mmittees can also declare ‘Sacred Groves’ and other areas of conservation as heritage sites, to be preserved for posterity in their pristine purity. India has been a leader in getting provisions relating to benefit sharing and prior informed consent incorporated both in the Global Biodiversity Convention and in the FAO Treaty on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. No further time should be lost in empowering all local bodies with Biodiversity Management Committees.

n Gene banks for a warming planet: Climate change will create new situations in agriculture. There could be more frequent drought and floods. Along the coast, there could be a rise in sea level. Anticipatory research and action are needed for checkmating the adverse impact of such changes. Fortunately, in nature, there is considerable genetic diversity in relation to the adaptation of crop varieties and farm animals to changes in climate and monsoon behaviour. For example, there are genes for flood and drought tolerance. Deep-water rice varieties will be important for the flood-prone areas of the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Similarly, drought tolerance will be needed particularly in unirrigated areas, which account for 60 per cent of our cultivated area. With access to food becoming a legal right under the National Food Security Act, it will be necessary to prevent violent fluctuations in food production and also avoid a high degree of price volatility.

Along the coast, we will ne*ed both trees like mangroves that can provide some protection against coastal storms and tsunamis, as well as salinity tolerant plants known botanically as halophytes. Mangroves provide genes for salt-water tolerance and it is now possible to transfer them to rice and other crops grown in coastal areas. In all areas where there is possibility of adverse weather conditions, we should develop gene banks for maintaining genetic material that can help farm families to overcome the problems arising from extreme weather events.

n Gene banks for combating malnutrition: The Prime Mi*nister’s Nutrition Advisory Council has identified 200 high-burden districts with reference to the prevalence of both child and adult malnutrition. The malnutrition bu*rden prevailing in our country is well known. However, despite a number of social protection measures introduced so far, such as the Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS), school noon meal programme, and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Progr*amme (MGNREGA), the ma*lnutrition figures are remaining stubbornly high.

The most important source of livelihood in the 200 high-burden districts is agriculture comprising crop and animal husbandry, fisheries, agro-fo*restry and agro-processing. According to the Economic Survey 2012 of India, the contribution of agriculture to GDP has gone down to below 14 per cent. However, this sector continues to provide most of the employment opportunities in villages. Thus, there is a gradual impoverishment of the ru*ral sector. The proposed National Food Security Bill may to some extent enlarge economic access to food. The problem of achieving sustainable nutrition security, which involves physical, economic and social access to balanced diet (both the ne*eded calories and micronutrients like iron, iodine, zinc, vitamin A and vitamin B12), will still remain since the Food Security Bill will only ensure that most of our population will be able to get the needed calories in the form of wheat, rice and nutri-millets like ragi, bajra and madua, among others.

Two days conference on transforming healthcare with IT to be held at Hyderabad from Aug 31 (http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=68766&sid=2)

The third edition of International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT - 2012 will be held from August 31 to September 1, 2012 at the Hyderabad International Convention Center, Madhapur, Hyderabad. The conference will bring together policy - makers, healthcare providers and technologists from across the globe, combining the synergies of healthcare and IT.

Also, Nasscom will announce The Healthcare IT awards at this year’s conference. Post international Conference, 2nd International Congress on Patient Safety will be held at the same venue.

The focus of this year’s conference will be on Cloud Computing in Healthcare, Impact of hand-held devices in delivering healthcare, analytics and mhealth. Noted speakers at the conference include industry luminaries amongst over 60 national and international speakers.

The Second International Congress on Patient Safety will address critical issues in patient safety from patient safety experts across the world. The conference offers sustainable initiatives and ideas focusing on real time examples and best practices across the globe through presentations, panel discussions, patient safety awards and display of the most widely accepted patient safety tools.

The Indian healthcare industry was estimated at $40 billion in 2010, and is expected to reach $280 billion by 2020. According to Frost and Sullivan reports, spending on IT by Indian healthcare players was estimated at $244 million in 2010 and is expected to grow at 22 per cent a year over the next 10 years.

BPO Association to Organise 26 Conferences Across India (http://www.itnewsonline.com/news/BPO-Association-to-Organise-26-Conferences-Across-India/27201/8/1)

BPO Association along with New-Delhi-based Promozz Media a Brand specialist and Alpcord an event management firm will organise 26 BPO conferences across India. Bharatico Infomedia Ltd a reputed IT company will be the title sponsor.

The 1st Bharatico BPO Conference, aimed at presenting interesting and inquisitive facts concerning the BPO industry to the fore will be held at the Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi on the 23rd May 2012 from 8:30 AM.

Speaking at the occasion Mr Siddhaarth Sharma, Vice President, Promozz Media said "The Bharatico BPO Conference's will have 26 Keynote sessions & workshops along with over a 1000 senior professionals of the BPO industry as speakers and over 10000 BPO Experts, Dignitaries as well as Govt officials presenting and discussing the growth & scope of the BPO industry".

More than 230,000 jobs people are expected to join the BPO industry in the 2012 (NASSCOM). According to a recent survey by Ma Foi, ITES becomes one of the most optimistic sectors for hiring. They also are also among the top job generation sectors (IT/ITES -227,328) with most of these leading from Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities of the country.

The Bharatico BPO Conference's will seek to provide a platform to all established as well as Entrepreneurial players interested in enhancing their profits through expert opinion. "The skill set for BPO's is shifting from Urban towns to tier 2 & 3 cities and that is where lies the answer to the near 400% attrition that is plaguing the sector" said Mr Sandeep Jain, President of the BPO Association.

Aimed at BPO owners, stake holders, Decision Makers, Policy Makers, Industry Managers, Executives, CEO's, COO's, CFO's, Business Analysts & Directors among others the 1st Bharatico BPO Conference will shed light on past, present as well as future possibilities in BPO industry creating the best forum in India for all players of the BPO value chain.

The conferences will be held at Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Pune, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Patna, Ranchi, Bhubaneshwar, , Panaji, Gandhinagar, Trivendrum, Cochin, Shimla, Dehradun Pondicherry, Lucknow & Agra.

The Conference will necessitate executives from the BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Industry to get together and share ideas and insights into leading edge issues relating to development in this sector.

"While India is best equipped to capitalize on the available opportunities, efforts should be made to ensure that these opportunities are not lost to other offshore destinations" further added Mr Manan Vashisht, Sr Vice President, Bharatico Infomedia Ltd.

Hyd to host Indo-Global Education Summit (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/hyd-to-host-indo-global-education-summit-/473435/)

The fourth edition of the Indo-Global Education Summit 2012 will be held at Hyderabad from September 6. The main purpose behind the summit is to foster research and academic collaborations, promote universal equitable access to education, and to make India an economic competitor in the global market.

“The Indian economy is transforming into an international powerhouse, which requires India to have the best possible educational opportunities. We are seeking meaningful collaborations for making values to exchange undergraduate programmes, to access global knowledge etc,” said CD Arha, chairman, the Indus Foundation. The collaborations will mainly work towards tackling global issues like global warming.

Our current education system is capable to educate only 10 per cent of the country’s 1.3 billion population.
“Andhra Pradesh alone requires around 30 universities to meet the current level of demand. We should first strengthen our state universities to gain more benefits from these global educational partnerships,” said AR Reddy, vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University.

The Indo-Global Summit will see the participation of top 200 foreign universities and over 1,000 Indian universities.

World Allergy Congress to be held in Hyderabad in December (http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/world-allergy-congress-to-be-held-in-hyderabad-in-december/994913.html)

Hyderabad, May 5 (PTI) The World Allergy Congress will be held in Hyderabad from December 6 to 8 that will discuss various issues from basic sciences of allergy to new drugs being developed. Dr Sudershan Reddy, President-Elect of Respiratory Chapter of the Congress said that it will provide insights into the mechanisms and phenotypes of severe asthma and severe allergies and will also highlight recent developments in treatment and preventive strategies of severe asthma and severe allergies. He said that the Congress which is held once in two years would be held in India for the first time.

AMEN and HOSPACCX India Systems organise HospiArch 2012, Hyderabad (http://www.expresshealthcare.in/201205/market28.shtml)

More than 180 delegates and students took part in the event

HospiArch, a conference series on hospital planning, design and architecture, was recently held in Hyderabad. The conference was jointly organised by AMEN and HOSPACCX India Systems, which witnessed eminent speakers from across the country, who shared their experiences and knowledge on hospital architecture. More than 180 delegates and students took part in the event.

Tarun Katiyar, Principal Consultant, Hospaccx India Systems shared his experiences on architectural challenges involved in building a new hospital. He said, “A hospital design should be patient-centric, designed around patient convenience and hospitality.” Abhishek Singh, Director - Healthcare at Crisil Advisory, Mumbai stressed upon the various healthcare project financing options for companies in the growth stage as well as venture. He mentioned that besides the conventional bank loan model, and the recent infavour private equity and the venture capital route, there are other options like structured finance which acts as quasi equity and quasi debt at a higher cost. Each option has its own pros and cons and a good decision could only be taken based on your existing financial and leverage position of the company. Singh was speaking on the Topic - Healthcare Financing - Planning for Growth.

Dr Parvez Ahmad, Group Medical Director, Rainbow Hospitals, Hyderabad shared his knowledge on planning and designing a new hospital. He explained the factors and challenges involved in the process of planning a new hospital. Dr Varma Vagesna, Vice Chairman and MD, Lazarus Hospital, Hyderabad during his presentation spoke on planning a green hospital. Mercury elimination, utilisation of natural light, rain water harvesting, recycling of hospital material and acoustic planning for a hospital were also discussed as part of the presentation.

Having installed more than 10,000 beds in over 15 locations across the country during his career, Radhakrishna, CEO, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Hyderabad shared his knowledge on budgeting and financial planning for a new hospital project, supporting his presentation with an example of a 200- bed hospital. Naresh Duble, DGM - Business Development, Armstrong World Industries (India), Mumbai spoke on the latest and innovative flooring methods and options available for hospitals. He also explained the advantages of vinyl flooring and its installation process. He was speaking on the Topic : Hospitals are for People - Design Solutions.

“Planning is a method for accomplishing an objective / goal / aim. It is done before hand, at start. When it comes to a hospital, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail,” quipped Yusuf Aidroos, Architect, Aidroos Associates, Hyderabad. He was speaking on the Topic - Space, Equipment & Engineering.


Dr Anilkumar Mulpur, VP and Clinical Director, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Hyderabad threw light on quality standards applicable to hospital planning. Talking about Building Hospitals of the Future, Dr Mohd. Arif, Sr Manager, Bahwan Healthcare Centre, Muscat shared his views on planning and designing hospitals in the future and all aspects related to the same. He also explained the concept of a futuristic medical shopping complex where all products and services related to patient service and care would be available under one roof. The first day ended with a power packed panel discussion on Hospital Planning, Design & Architecture - Issues, Current Trends and Challenges.

Asoka Katakam, Architect, Katakam Associates, Hyderabad began the second day of the conference speaking on Converting Existing Multi-Storeyed Superstructures into Hospitals. He pictorially depicted the various challenges he faced while trying to convert malls / other buildings into hospitals.

Ratan Jalan, Founder and Principal Consultant, Med-ium Healthcare Consulting, Hyderabad gave the participants 10 commandments on Manpower Planning for a New Hospital. To conclude the inspiring presentation, Jalan mentioned that there is a massive shortage of qualified professionals in our country. The 2010 report estimated an extra 1.4 million doctors and 2.8 million nurses required to satisfy existing demand. India produces approximately 35,000 doctors and nurses each year, far below what’s needed.

“In India it is estimated that there are about 70,000 ICU beds and about five million patients need ICU care,” revealed Dr PS Reddy, GM Hospital Administration, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Hyderabad while sharing his presentation on Planning & Designing Critical areas of the Hospital. The second day of the event also witnessed a power packed panel discussion on Hospital Planning - Traditional Vs. Professional Planners. Should Doctors design Hospitals or seek help from Professional Planners.

Paniel, Founder and Chief Strategist, AMEN concluded the Conference by saying that all hospitals should be ready for any kind of disaster and not wait for another like the AMRI incident to happen. “Earthquake, bomb blast, riot, rain, flood etc. are all potential disasters that can strike at anytime and we all need to be prepared to handle the situation,” he said. He also announced that the next HospiArch Conference would be held in Mumbai in June'12 and at Bangalore in July'12. “HospiArch has started generating a lot of interest among many people, both in India and abroad and we are in the process of planning a Conference overseas in 2013,” he further added.

Global meet on marketing at ICFAI biz school (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/marketing/article3397257.ece)

HYDERABAD, MAY 8:
The ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad will be organising a two-day international conference on marketing and business strategies at its campus during May 10-11, 2012.

Prof S. Raghunath, Dean, IIM-Bangalore, and Dr J. Mahender Reddy, Vice-Chancellor, IFHE University, will deliver the keynote and presidential addresses, respectively.

About 60 research papers on various aspects of marketing and business strategies are scheduled to be presented by experts from India and abroad during the conference, according to a release.

Hyderabad likely to host Metropolis Congress

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hyderabad-likely-to-host-metropolis-congress/247405-60-121.html


Hyderabad’s love affair with hosting international summits is set to continue well into 2014, as a delegation from The Metropolis (a consortium of metropolitan cities across the world) on Monday met Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain to discuss plans to conduct the triennial Metropolis Congress in 2014 in Hyderabad.

The Mayor promised all cooperation from the GHMC for the same. Talking on the sidelines of the hurriedly-convened press meet,� Alain Le Saux, Secretary General of the The Metropolis, said that the event would focus only on municipal and urban development issues and not any general topics. He stressed that Hyderabad had excellent infrastructure and urban facilities in place, which had helped it nudge out Bangalore in the final list as the host city.
When asked about any kind of monetary support which would be provided for organising of the event, he said all infrastructural expenses for the mega, multi -country event would have to be borne by the GHMC. “We help in global level advertisements and promotion activities. At the city and local level, GHMC will be undertaking the development works,” he said.
Presently seven Indian cities are part of The Metropolis. The Congress aims to study and exchange ideas on the existing sanitation, roads, energy, water, transport and solid waste management systems being practised in cities across the world.

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Hyderabad to host breast cancer experts’ meet (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Hyderabad-to-host-breast-cancer-experts-meet/articleshow/13193911.cms)

Hyderabad: Standardising breast healthcare and establishing breast surgery as a subspecialty in India are the major goals which will be discussed at the international meeting of breast surgeons from India and abroad to be held in the city this month.

Along with world renowned breast cancer specialists , around 250 surgeons and multidisciplinary professionals involved in the management of breast cancer will be attending the event which is to be held here from May 18 to 20.

The event is the first of its kind initiative in the country and is being organised by Association of Breast Surgeons in India (ABSI) along with the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists ( EUSOMA).

The theme for the international congress is 'Breast healthcare in India - time for a paradigm change' . The three-day long programme comprises discussions and debates on several topics like best practices, latest advancements in science of breast surgery, best treatment guidelines, improving the management of benign breast disease in India, importance of specialist breast healthcare centres and importance of early detection .

The programme will begin with a dedicated advocacy session on the importance of counselling breast cancer patients led by classical dancer and breast cancer survivor Ananda Shankar Jayant on May 18.

Dr P Raghuram, founding honorary secretary of ABSI, said the event will be both unique and helpful as it would sensitise the participants on the need for counselling while dealing with breast cancer cases, an area so far neglected.

Convention on biodiversity to be held in Oct (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/251510/convention-biodiversity-held-oct.html)

India is all set to host the 11th edition of the “Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD-COP-11)” in October this year. By hosting the event in Hyderabad, “India will be presiding over all the activities of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) all over the world for the next two years from Oct 2012,” Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, CBD Secretariat, said here.

Around 10,000 delegates including ministers, experts and scientists from 193 countries are expected to participate.

Speaking at a function to mark the “International Day for Biological Diversity” on Tuesday, organised by the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Dias said COP will give the country an opportunity “to bring its experience and leadership role on to the international arena for eco-protection and sustainable development.”

Listing key issues to be discussed at COP-11, Dias said: “We don’t know much about the biodiversity of the ocean.”

Hyderabad - Best city for MICE in Asia (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3434914.ece):banana:

Hyderabad has been voted by MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, Exhibitions) readers as the best city for MICE in Asia for the Annual MICE report Awards 2012. :cheers:

The award for best city for MICE in Asia recognises Hyderabad as an excellent and outstanding destination in the meetings, incentive and business travel sector, according to a press release from Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC).

The release said that Hyderabad got a ‘double bonanza' with HICC hosting 11{+t}{+h}Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity from October 1 to 19, 2012 and Hyderabad being voted Winner of the Best City for MICE in Asia for Annual Mice Report Awards 2012 (The Mice Report is the official media partners of IMEX Frankfurt, 2012).

Hyderabad - Best city for MICE in Asia (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3434914.ece):banana:

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Andhra Pradesh CM says International Bio-diversity Conference to be held in a big way in Hyderabad (http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=13425) :cheers:


The Chief Minister Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy today said that the International Bio-diversity Conference will be held in a big way in Hyderabad. He said that funds will not be a problem and asked the Departments to put in their best efforts to make it a big success. The International Bio-diversity Conference (CoP-11) (XI Conference of Parties), the biggest event ever to be held in independent India, will be held from October 1st to 19th, 2012 at Hyderabad. Ministerial Delegations from 193 countries will be participating in the Convention which includes Heads of States from about 10 countries. :banana:

The Chief Minister today held a detailed review meeting with Secretaries and Heads of all departments concerned at Secretariat. Chief Secretary Mr Pankaj Dwivedi, Special Chief Secretary, Environment and Forests, Mr.M.Samuel, Principal Secretary, Finance, Mr.V.Bhasker, Principal Secretary, MA&UD, Mr. B.Sam Bob, Principal Secretary, Industries, Mr. T.S.Appa Rao, Principal Secretary, Tourism and Youth Affairs, Ms.Chandana Khan, Principal Secretary, Health, Mr. Ratna Kishore, Commissioner, GHMC, Mr.M.T.Krishna Babu, City Police Commissioner, Hyderabad, Mr.Anurag Sharma, MD, APSRTC, Mr.A.K.Khan, Principal Secretary to CM, Mr.Binoy Kumar, Secretary to CM, Mr.K.S.Jawahar Reddy, Special Secretary to CM, Mr.S.S.Rawat and other officials attended the meeting. The Chief Minister said that the City should be most beautiful with road works completed, Pylon in place. He also said that the State should do whatever is needed in consonance with the theme of the Biodiversity Conference well before it starts. He also reminded the officials that Union Agriculture Minister Mr.Sharad Pawar declared that a World Class aquarium will come up in Hyderabad. :banana: :cheers:

The Officials explained to the Chief Minister about the preparedness for the Convention on Biological Diversity. As far as City beautification plans are concerned, the GHMC has identified 125 Kms of main roads from Airport to the venue, hotels and other important tourist places in and around Hyderabad. They initiated taking action on priority items like re-carpeting of roads, lane marking, improvement of drains, junctions, and foot-paths, etc. 22 Roads are identified leading to various important hotels and historical places from the venue.

Some of the above roads belongs to R&B and NH Departments. GHMC is taking up beautification of all the roads and recarpeting pertains to GHMC Roads. Recarpeting of the R&B and NH Roads will be taken up by the respective wings. Renovation and Development of fountains along the roads and in parks will be taken up. Renovation of Major parks, Theme parks and City Level Parks will also be taken up. All the parks in the City will wear a new look with more greenways. Consultants have been engaged for preparation of an Action Plan for Landscape designing in Central Media, Traffic Islands, Major Parks and Theme Parks.Proposals are under process. Five nurseries are proposed to stock and maintain potted plants with support systems like drip irrigation, shade net etc. 5000 Bushy potted plants, 5000 tall palms/ trees, 1,25,000 flowering seasonals will also be procured.

To lend a dramatic effect to the City and accentuate its old world charm, a special lighting strategy is being devised that covers a full range of outdoor illumination, from streetlights to lighting on individual sites and buildings in coordination with Tourism department. Professional sculptors from across the country will converge on the city and create sculptures made of stones and boulders with the assistance of Jawaharlal Nehru College of Fine Arts & Architecture.The finished works will be installed in various traffic islands and waysides. In collaboration with the Jawaharlal Nehru College of Fine Arts & Architecture, pieces of art will be made using Metal and Wood and kept at traffic islands and waysides.

A series of themed mural paintings depicting the Hyderabadi culture and its ethos will adorn the long concrete walls, columns under the flyovers and important traffic islands of the City. The various clock towers spread across the City represent a distinctive period design that is surprisingly modern in its minimalism.The Clock Towers are considered to be the finest public landmarks and are structures that the City takes pride in. Several initiatives will be undertaken to beautify them. In a bid to promote sustainable transportation, GHMC aims to create biking infrastructure that will comprise of protected bike lanes. As part of that initiative, GHMC will lay a cycle track from HITEX to Shilparamam and Kothaguda to Cyber Towers. :banana:

Appeal has already been given for private player participation to explore massive advertising and brand activation opportunity the city presents during the event. Positive response received from banking organizations like SBI, SBH, Andhra Bank, Canara Bank etc., major corporate companies viz., GVK Group, L&T Group, Dr. Reddy Lab, NFCL, Ramky, APREDA, Apollo Hospitals etc., towards beautification of the city, thereby projecting a corporate social responsibility image.

The Bio Diversity Convention will be the perfect platform to initiate citizen and private player engagement in communication, education and public awareness campaigns which protect and harness the city's biodiversity. In view of shortage of time inter departmental committee of officers from horticulture, forest and GHMC, HMDA proposed for procurement of good quality plant material from various nurseries. In view of shortage of contractors having experience in signages works relaxation of registration with government departments requested with proper turnover to get adequate response in the tender. Sanction of additional enforcement teams consisting of one Inspector and two Sub-Inspectors requested for each zone to carryout drive for maintaining cleanliness in the city (to prevent debris, wall posters, flexi boards, un-authorised road cuttings).

Meanwhile Police Department is getting geared up with their machinery to provide necessary security to VVIPs. All arrangements will be made for the safe and smooth conduct of the convention and bandobust arrangements will be made. The Chief Minister told the Police officials to see that safety city infrastructure also make a headway during the conference. Tourism department is identifying important tourist spots for their maintenance.

Nodal Committee meeting on Culture was held recently and action is initiated to prepare action plan to show-case our rich heritage. The Tourism department will also provide training for tourist guides, volunteers and establish help desks at Airport and other important points. Brochures on important tourist spots will be distributed to the delegates. National Food Festival and Craft Festival will be held during the Conference. Cultural programmes will be held at different places like HICC, Shilpakala Vedika, Chow Mohalla Palance etc. Pylon, Museum and Bio-diversity Park: A suitable site was identified in APIIC land situated on the highway leading from Gachibowli to Mehidipatnam, opposite Hotel "Quality Inn". A final decision will be taken after the visit by Chief Minister and other Ministers. A.P. Bio-diversity Board has called for Expression of Interest (EoI) from expert architects for suitable designs. Three parties have submitted their designs. Forest Department is taking action to develop Bio-diversity Park by planting suitable species at Dulapally. :cheers:

As decided by Chief Minister, the State Government have issued orders vide G.O.Rt. No.189/EFS&T (Forest-II) Department, dated: 18.4.2012 constituting the following coordination committees. State Level Steering Committee headed by CM; State Level Coordination Committee headed by CS and COP-11 Secretariat. Nodal Committees: Reception, Accommodation, Food and Protocol, Transport, Security, City beautification and up keeping, Cultural, Exhibition, Media, Medical & Health facilities, Side events, Venue & Stage preparations Committees are formed and these committees were assigned certain functions and duties and were requested to hold their internal meetings and inform the action taken from time to time. A meeting was held with 56 NGOs on 12.4.2012 and their inputs and support was requested for run up and side events for COP-11. Professional Conference Organiser (PCO): The Professional Conference Organiser (PCO), M/s Mind Communications & Ideas (MCI) has been appointed by MoEF, Government of India on 3.5.2012 and interacted with the CS and the Spl. CS, EFS&T. The Chief Secretary held a review meeting with all secretaries and HoDs concerned, Joint Secretary, MoEF and PCO on 1.5.2012.

He instructed the Nodal Committees to hold meetings and start immediate action in coordination with PCO. With regard to cultural programmes, it was decided to have "Andhra Pradesh Day" showcasing Andhra Pradesh culture on 17th or 18th October, 2012 in the high level segment. The Executive Secretary CBD, Montreal, Mr.Braulio Ferreira visited Hyderabad from 19-21, May 2012, inspected HICC (Venue) and held discussions with officials of Forest, Police, A.P. Bio-diversity Board, Tourism, Municipal Administration, National Bio-diversity Authority, and PCO on 21.5.2012 and called on the Chief Secretary.

Two-day conference on cardiology
(http://newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/article535377.ece)
The Cardiology Society of India (CSI) Andhra Pradesh chapter is hosting its 17th Annual Conference on June 9 at 10 am at the Hotel Marigold green Park, Hyderabad.

The two-day conference which is expected to be attended by over 300 cardiologists from all over the state, will be inaugurated by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, ESL Narasimhan. According to Dr Sunil Kuamr, president, CSI, the conference will strive to update the knowledge of the delegates on all aspects of cardiology.

The theme of the conference is “Update” and will focus on all fields of cardiology like clinical, interventional, peripheral, electrophysiology, imaging and therapeutics. The conference will also have a live telecast of complex coronary and non-coronary interventions from various hospitals in the twin cities to the conference venue with live interaction between the operators and delegates.

Orations lectures will be presented by reputed speakers like Dr A Sampath Kumar, retired professor, AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr George Cherian, retired professor of cardiology, CMS, Vellore and Dr Sesikiran, director, NIN.

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HYDERABAD, JUNE 6:
The fifth edition of Hyderabad Jewellery, Pearl and Gem Fair will be organised here during June 22-24, 2012.

``We are expecting significant business to transact in this business –to- business exhibition as south India in general and Andhra Pradesh is a big market for jewellery,’’ Ms Kranti Nagvekar, Group Director, UBM India, organiser of the event told newspersons here on Wednesday.

The four southern states account for 45 per cent about 900 tonnes of gold jewellery sale per annum in the country, she added.

The three-day event would feature over 125 exhibitors from India and abroad showcasing a range of products such as gems, studded jewellery, machinery and lab companies, pearls, diamond jewellery and traditional told jewellery.

About 4,000 visitors were expected to visit the fair which will be held at the HITEX exhibition centre at Madhapur here, Mr Nagvekar said.

Auto show by Hitex
(http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article3505703.ece)
HYDERABAD, JUNE 8:
Auto Dealz, an event focussed on automobiles, will be organised by the Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Ltd (Hitex) at its exhibition centre on June 9 and 10.

According to a press release the event will play host to all new and certified used-car, and bike dealers, banks, insurance companies and auto accessories brands.

Auto Dealz would also offer a buyer a choice of car decor, finance options, insurance deals etc. Maruti Suzuki India, Mahindra First Choice, Toyota UTrust, Hyundai Advantage, Honda Auto Terrace, Ford Certified and Chevrolet Certified representatives will assist car buyers, while those from Hero MotoCorp, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bajaj and Honda will help two-wheeler buyers.

http://www.forimmediaterelease.net/pm/6944.html
Hyderabad Convention Visitors Bureau joins International Council of Tourism Partners:banana:

Forimmediaterelease.net) HALEIWA, Hawaii, USA&BRUSSELS, Belgium – The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced the Hyderabad Convention Visitors Bureau (HCVB) in India has become a destination member.

The history of 400-year-old Hyderabad city is a rich and an intriguing one, and a new buzzword in the business sector of India. Besides being referred to as the “City of Pearls” and “City of Information Technology,” among other accolades, Hyderabad is a perfect blend of history and the modern age. Hyderabad prides, with a booming economy, its role as being part of the incredible story of India.

Over the years, Hyderabad has emerged and been nationally recognized as the convention capital of India, with very strong international links. Gary Khan, Chief Executive Officer of HCVB, said: “We have been awarded as the “Best MICE City in Asia” (The Annual MICE Report 2012). We have one of the best state-of-art venues, accommodation, and an efficient multi-modal transport system.

“As a tourist destination, Hyderabad is noted for its cuisine, bazaars with a history of 400 years, regular sporting, as well as art and cultural events with year-round festivities. We have an excellent track record of hosting research and academic events, bio and healthcare conferences, besides being the home of such multinational companies as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Oracle, Accenture, Bank of America, Dell, HP, etc.”

Hyderabad has much to offer as a transit destination and is proud of its warmth and friendliness of its people and its heritage. “Dynastic grandeur in the heart of modern India," is how the western daily describes the erstwhile princely state. Hyderabad has an excellent track record for staging international sporting and cultural congresses.

“We are proud to welcome the Hyderabad Convention Visitors Bureau to ICTP’s membership,” said Juergen T. Steinmetz, Chairman of ICTP, “We are confident this dynamic destination will be a dynamic resource for our alliance.”

The Hyderabad Convention Visitors Bureau (HCVB) was formed in March 2011and is India’s first and only regional convention bureau brought together by the State Government and various segments of the tourism industry for one purpose – to promote Hyderabad globally. HCVB is a one-stop shop for MICE business inquiries and will extend assistance to congress organizers in planning and organizing conferences in Hyderabad.

For more information about the Hyderabad Convention Visitors Bureau, visit: www.hcvb.co.in .

ABOUT ICTP

The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) is a new grassroots travel and tourism coalition of global destinations committed to quality service and green growth. The ICTP logo represents the strength in collaboration (the block) of many small communities (the lines) committed to sustainable oceans (blue) and land (green).

ICTP engages communities and their stakeholders to share quality and green opportunities including tools and resources, access to funding, education, and marketing support. ICTP advocates sustainable aviation growth, streamlined travel formalities, and fair coherent taxation.

ICTP supports the UN Millennium Development Goals, the UN World Tourism Organization's Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, and a range of programs that underpin them. The ICTP alliance is represented in Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA; Brussels, Belgium; Bali, Indonesia; and Victoria, Seychelles. ICTP membership is available to qualified destinations free of charge. Academy membership features a prestigious and selected group of destinations.

Partner associations include: African Bureau of Conventions; African Chamber of Commerce Dallas/Fort Worth; Africa Travel Association; Alliance for training and research in the field of social and solidarity tourism (ISTO/OITS); Boutique&Lifestyle Lodging Association; Cultural and Environment Conservation Society; DC-Cam (Cambodia); Hawaii Tourism Association; Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management; International Hospitality and Tourism Research Centre(IHTRC); International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT); International Organization of Electronic Tourism Industry (IOETI); Livingstone International University of Tourism Excellence, Zambia; Positive Impact Events, Manchester, UK; RETOSA : Angola- Botswana - DR Congo - Lesotho - Madagascar - Malawi - Mauritius - Mozambique - Namibia - South Africa - Swaziland - Tanzania - Zambia- Zimbabwe; Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, China; SKAL International; Society for Accessible Travel&Hospitality (SATH); Sustainable Travel International (STI); The Region Initiative, Pakistan; University of Florida: Eric Friedheim Tourism Institute; University of Hawaii; University of Technology Mauritius; and vzw Reis-en Opleidingscentrum, Gent, Belgium; and University of Technology Mauritius.
ICTP has members in Anguilla; Aruba; Bangladesh; Belgium, Canada; China; Croatia; Ghana; Greece; Grenada; The Gambia, India; Indonesia; Iran; La Reunion (French Indian Ocean); Malaysia; Malawi; Mauritius; Mexico; Morocco; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Northern Mariana Islands, US Pacific Island Territory; Pakistan; Palestine; Rwanda; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sultanate of Oman; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Yemen; Zimbabwe; and from the US: Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Missouri, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.

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Hyderabad Convention Visitors Bureau joins International Council of Tourism Partners
(http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hyderabad-convention-visitors-bureau-joins-international-council-of-tourism/)

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The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced the Hyderabad Convention Visitors Bureau (HCVB) in India has become a destination member.

The history of 400-year-old Hyderabad city is a rich and an intriguing one, and a new buzzword in the business sector of India. Besides being referred to as the “City of Pearls” and “City of Information Technology,” among other accolades, Hyderabad is a perfect blend of history and the modern age. Hyderabad prides, with a booming economy, its role as being part of the incredible story of India.

Over the years, Hyderabad has emerged and been nationally recognized as the convention capital of India, with very strong international links. Gary Khan, Chief Executive Officer of HCVB, said: “We have been awarded as the “Best MICE City in Asia” (The Annual MICE Report 2012). We have one of the best state-of-art venues, accommodation, and an efficient multi-modal transport system.

“As a tourist destination, Hyderabad is noted for its cuisine, bazaars with a history of 400 years, regular sporting, as well as art and cultural events with year-round festivities. We have an excellent track record of hosting research and academic events, bio and healthcare conferences, besides being the home of such multinational companies as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Oracle, Accenture, Bank of America, Dell, HP, etc.”

Hyderabad has much to offer as a transit destination and is proud of its warmth and friendliness of its people and its heritage. “Dynastic grandeur in the heart of modern India,” is how the western daily describes the erstwhile princely state. Hyderabad has an excellent track record for staging international sporting and cultural congresses.

Hyderabad warms up to SME Mentor
(http://www.moneycontrol.com/smementor/mentorade/starting-up/hyderabad-warmsto-sme-mentor-722353.html)

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An enthusiastic audience greeted presenters at SME Mentor Growth Series seminar in Hyderabad. The event, which attracted, the top SME CEOs, from the Hyderabad belt, saw presentations by Vodafone, Religare Finvest and Dell.

Srinath Nalluri, GM - enterprise business, of Vodafone, discussed enterprise solutions, launched by Vodafone. He clearly and patiently answered queries from the audience on even simple issues of whether a toll-free number was independent of a Web site.

On the finance front, Religare Finvest's Sameer Nanda, zonal business head - Andhra Pradesh, was served a volley of questions from the audience on issues of SME balance sheet evaluation, specific business financing, as well as regulatory affairs. Nanda deftly explained the various benefits of finance from Religare.

The event was attended by over 60 CEOs of SMEs from Hyderabad and represented key industry segments of IT, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and education.

IBS Hyderabad to host 6th International Conference on Decision Sciences for Performance Excellence (http://www.coolavenues.com/b-schools/b-school-events/ibs-hyderabad-host-6th-international-conference-decision-sciences-performa)



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Event Details:

Indian Subcontinent Region of DSI has been constituted recently in India. The Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) is a professional organization of academicians and practitioners interested in the application of quantitative and behavioral methods to the problems of society.

Through national, international and regional conferences, competitions, and publications, the Institute provides an international forum for presenting and sharing research in the study of decision processes across disciplines. The Institute also plays a vital role in the academic community by offering professional development activities and job placement services.

Five regional subdivisions in the United States, as well as regions representing Europe, Mexico, Asia-Pacific and the Indian subcontinent, operate independently within the Institute. Each region has its own elected officers and representatives on the board of directors and holds annual meetings.
The Institute, an independent non-profit educational organization, is located in Atlanta, Georgia, where it receives extensive support from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University.

Registration :

Registration fees are payable in advance of conference. The last date for early bird registration is October 15th 2012. Confirmation for registration will be sent by email.

Conference Fee :

The conference fee includes conference kit, copy of proceedings, use of facilities, Conference Gala Dinner, working lunches and dinners, and tea/coffee.

ISDSI Membership fee:

All delegates from India and the sub-continent region are encouraged to become members of ISDSI by paying an additional subsidized membership fee of $40 (approx Rs. 2000/-) along with the conference fee. All members of ISDSI shall automatically become members of DSI, USA.

Important Dates:

Last date for Abstract Submission: June 30, 2012

Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2012

Last date for submission of Full manuscript of Accepted Abstracts: August 31, 2012

Notification of acceptance of full paper: September 30, 2012

Last date for Early Bird Registration: 15th October 2012

Seminar on designer rice to be held in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, July 7:

Directorate of Rice Research and Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University will hold an international seminar on 'Dialogue on Designer Rice' on July 9 and 10.

To be held at International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics, the event would see 10 experts from six countries and top Indian scientists discussing the topic.

Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre and Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) appoints Mr. Anand Ganesan as Resident Manager (http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/leisure-travel/20120709124635.htm)

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, July 9, 2012 /India PRwire/ -- Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre (NHCC) and Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) today announced the appointment of Mr. Anand Ganesan as the Resident Manager. Mr. Ganesan brings with him more than 21 years of experience in hospitality industry having served in various key management positions across the globe.

Anand has also been associated with Accor Group earlier as part of Preopening Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre (NHCC) & Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) Food & Beverage team. After a full circle of 5 years, it is now a proud moment for NHCC and HICC to have him back again at the property as the Resident Manager. In his current role Mr. Ganesan will oversee the overall management of the property and ensure smooth functioning of all key departments. Prior to this, Anand Ganesan was the General Manager for Mercure Hyderabad. Since then he has been extremely instrumental in managing and improving operational results as well as growth of the hotel's network.

Very few get to experience a work life as colorful as Anand's. Having worked in 3 different continents, Anand not only comes with a vast experience in different work environments but also with a great exposure to multiple cultures in various countries. Mr. Ganesan started his career in Switzerland and has worked in different countries since then. He has spread his wings across the map including Europe, Middle East, Africa, Malaysia & India. Prior to joining Accor Group, he was working as the Operations Manager at the Sarova Hotels and resorts in Kenya.

Anand thoroughly enjoys reading books when he is not working and enjoys soccer and F1 and of course, not to forget, family always comes first for him and he loves spending lazy Sundays with wife over a Sunday Brunch.

CPhI Conferences Launches Vaccines Summit 2012
(http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cphi-conferences-launches-vaccines-summit-2012-162031745.html)
HYDERABAD, India, July 11, 2012
While the Indian pharmaceutical industry is expecting only a single digit growth rate in the near future, and is predicted to reach US$975 billion by 2013, the outlook of the vaccine industry is one of continued growth. Between 2009 and 2010, the global vaccine market grew almost 15% to US$25.3 billion, and is predicted to reach US$56.7 billion by 2017.
In this regard, CPhI Conferences announces its inaugural two-day strategic Vaccines Summit 2012, taking place from August 30-31 in Hyderabad, India. This conference focuses on the latest R&D advancements in vaccines for tuberculosis, pneumococcal conjugate, HPV, dengue, AIDS, malaria, combination and thermostable vaccines, and novel adjuvants. It also focuses on the vital concerns around vaccine manufacturing, scale up, QbD, cold chain management and technology transfer.
The event includes an exclusive seminar covering global regulations for vaccines, taking place on 29 August 2012, which features the recent government initiatives, WHO pre-qualification for vaccines, regulatory framework for India and best ways of overcoming regulatory complexities in the Emerging Markets (EMs) and Rest of the World (RoW) countries. This regulatory focused day is led by experts including Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, Distinguished Biotechnology Research Professor, Department of Biotechnology (Former Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research); Shreemanta K Parida, CEO, Vaccine Grand Challenge Program, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology; Ajay Khera, Public Health Consultant and Deputy Commissioner, Child Health and Immunisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Madhur Gupta, Technical Officer (Pharmaceuticals), WHO India.
Visit www.vaccines-summit.com/pr to view the complete programme.
About CPhI Conferences:
CPhI Conferences is a UBM brand. UBM (LSE: UBM) organises more than 300 events in 21 countries across industry sectors including food, pharma, energy, property, aviation, telecom and more. Our expertise is a proven guarantee of the quality of our events.
About UBM India:
UBM India is a subsidiary of UBM plc, which is the second largest independent exhibition organiser in the world. It is the largest trade exhibition organiser in India, responsible for 26 exhibitions in different locations across the country. The company is also involved in the organisation of conference programmes throughout India and in the publications of trade journals and magazines. For further details please visit the UBM India website, http://www.ubmindia.in.

Urology conference in Hyderabad (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Urology-conference-in-Hyderabad/articleshow/14864697.cms)

HYDERABAD: The 23rd Annual Conference of Association of Southern Urologists, SZ-USICON 2012, kickstarted with a CME programme at Hyderabad on Friday. The conference of southern urology that has 600 delegates participating from the four southern states as well as international experts is focusing on peadiatric urology this year.

Organising committee members said that 150 scientific papers will be presented during the conference that will be inaugurated by Professor I V Rao, vice chancellor, NTR University of Health Sciences on July 14 at Hotel Marriott 12 noon. The paper presentations would be on kidney cancer, prostate cancer and infections.

On July 13, a workshop on 'Laser therapy in prostate - How to utilize the technology for management of prostate' was held. Dr P V L N Murthy, head, urology at the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences and also the organizing secretary said that the conference will have international speakers from UK, Austria and Copenhagen talking on urological problems among children. "Urologists from all the four southern states are gathering in Hyderabad for the annual conference. This conference will provide a platform for not just doctors but students as well," said Dr Murthy.

Doctors said that peadiatircs is one area where they need to focus because the concepts have changed over the last two decades. "What was taught 20 years ago is no more relevant. Most of the urology problems among children are congenital. Earlier these were treated through surgery but now we have other options," said Dr Murthy.

The conference is being organized jointly by NIMS and Hyderabad Urology Society. The conference aims at throwing light on modern concepts of treatment and the best practices in treating urological diseases. The concluding day of the three-day conference is July 15. Last year, the annual conference was held at Thrissur, Kerala.

Insights on Regulatory, QbD and Formulation of Nano Medicines at Nano Suspensions India 2012 (http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/19/4641698/insights-on-regulatory-qbd-and.html)

HYDERABAD, India, July 19, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ --

CPhI introduces Nano Suspensions India 2012 which will be focusing on the most relevant and pressing issues around regulatory, QbD, solubility, stability and efficient scale-up of nano medicines. Taking place on 21-22 August 2012 at Fortune Select Manohar, Hyderabad, India, this conference will have domestic and international speakers share their expertise and experience on key aspects like various stabilizers, dissolution studies, surface characterisation techniques like PCS, LD, FEM and X-ray, homogenisation techniques and terminal/non-terminal sterilisation.

Day One is dedicated to identify technologies that help to choose required particle size, retain the chemical properties of nano particles, effective characterisation techniques and QbD tools. Day Two is dedicated to a workshop that will cover in-depth information and multiple case studies on differences between spray drying and high-pressure homogenisation, other formulation techniques, terminal and non-terminal sterilisation methods and commercialisation strategies.

This event will help you benefit from the experience of Indian and international senior industry experts including Ashish Kohli, Pharmaceutical Assessor, Licensing Division, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, UK;David Lin, Senior Consultant, BCG, USA; Vandana Patravale, Professor of Pharmaceutics, Institute of Chemical Technology and Mustafa Nakach, Head Engineering, Sanofi Aventis, France. Visit http://www.nanosuspensions-india.com/pr for more information.

Travel & Tourism Fair - Hyderabad


Event Profile
Travel & Tourism Fair - Hyderabad will be visited by lots of visitors coming from all parts of the country as well as from abroad. The main visitor of the event will be Travel Trade Members, Leisure and Holiday Travelers (FIT & Groups), Corporate and Business Travel Decision Makers and many more. Travel & Tourism Fair – Hyderabad will be an event where the exhibitors such as manufacturers and dealers of Maps, Guides, Travel, Accessories & Equipment for Camping will showcase their latest products and services. The exhibitors will be able to promote their brands at international level as the exhibitors and visitors will come from all parts of the country and abroad as well.

Factsheet
Entry Fee: The general public need to pay the stipulated entry fees to enter this show.
Exhibit Profile
Travel Agents
Travel Pillow
Chandelier Lamp
Travel Clock
Travel Adapter
Travel Iron
Travel Games
Travel Charger
Package Tours
Travel Insurance
Travel Backpack
Travel Alarm Clock
Traveling Cranes
Travel Cigar Case
Travel Hair Dryer



Venue Details
Date: 20-Jul-2012 to 22-Jul-2012
Exhibition Center: HITEX Exhibition Centre
City: Hyderabad
Country: India
Industry: Travel, Tourism, Recreational & Other Hospitality Services
Organizer: Contact Organizer
Fairfest Media Limited

State to host world meet on prison administration (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article3680559.ece)

The State will host the Asia Pacific Conference on Correctional Administration in October next year. :banana:

The Centre preferred Andhra Pradesh in the light of hectic competition from other States. :cheers: The selection comes close on the State hosting the prestigious Conference of Parties (COP 11), the global biodiversity conference and delegates from close to two dozen countries converge here to discuss the existing processes in prison administration and the scope for reform. IG of Prisons B. Sunil Kumar told reporters here on Tuesday that the State had been selected as venue for setting up a National Prison Academy. :banana:

Conference of medical students in Hyderabad from August 31
(http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/conference-of-medical-students-in-hyderabad-from-august-31-248632)
Hyderabad: Over 1,000 medical students from across the country will attend 'OSMECON 2012', a National Conference to be held at the Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad.

The three-day conference beginning on August 31 will present interesting clinical cases and research papers and also features debate on cannabis, a medical quiz and workshops on Basic Life Support Skills and Surgical Skills.

The conference is meant to promote academic and medical excellence and inculcating the spirit of research in undergraduate medical students, OSMECON 2012 Organising Secretary V Shiva Shankar said in a release.

Expert throws light on future of marketing
(http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=5&subCategory=1&ContentId=78205)

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Michael Leander Nielsen, world-renowned speaker and consultant was in Hyderabad for an exclusive guest lecture on social cool or social fool and six other factors that affect the future of marketing. For an audience of MBA and PhD students, Michael highlighted that the corporates do not understand the basics of social media marketing with the fallacy lying in objectives’ designing of the campaign. He also added that we cannot be media specialists, and integrating all channels is a necessity.

He shared the nuances of social media marketing by saying that it is a picture economy and the picture that drives marketing should generally stir an emotion and should contain the Unique Selling Point (USP). He added that there is a misconception that getting likes on Facebook is the most desired objective. However, what is important is that the marketers get shares, comments and the tone of voice.

Michael also gave a different perspective to online digital strategy and highlighted that discovering the purpose or the problem leads to the correct strategy.

Director of IBS, Hyderabad, Prof. G Narasimha said Michael Leander’s lecture was packed with powerful insights into social media marketing and was the best way to maximize the digital exposure in today’s world. Maverick- the Official Marketing Club of IBS Hyderabad helps the institute by organising these types of events and continuously works for the all-round development of students and the institute as a whole.”

Leander covered a range of topics related to direct, digital, interactive, social marketing and CRM.

Hyderabad to host HITEX machine tool expo from Aug 23 (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/article3746840.ece)

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HYDERABAD, AUG. 9:
Machine tool and engineering industry is poised for growth with small and medium enterprises playing a big role, according to players in the industry.

The Rs 10,000-crore industry is growing at about 15 per cent a year. But it had a tough 2010-2011 due to the general slowdown. The current year too has been impacted due to slowdown in the automotive sector in the country.

The domestic machine tool industry is able to meet only about 40 per cent of the total consumption. But it holds immense potential as manufacturing sector modernises and takes to new generation products of global standards.

The Fourth Edition of HITEX International Machine Tool Expo 2012 will be held here during August 23-26 along with the second edition of Process Engineering and Conference, will take stock of the problems and prospects.

Addressing a press conference here today, K. Nagendra Prasad, Chief Operating Officer of HITEX, said that the event where BHEL, NMDC, Hyundai among others will participate, is expected to serve as an ideal platform for business-to-business interactions. The event is likely to host over 200 exhibitors and is expected to have over 12,000 visitors.

Andhra Pradesh is considered the second largest base for machine tools in the country. The industry in the State and around Hyderabad witnessed significant growth due to the presence of State-owned Praga Tools and HMT. Lately, Karnataka has made big strides allocating about 300 acres for machine tool equipment makers, M. Lokeshwara Rao, President of Lokesh Machines Ltd, said.

Devendra Surana, President of Fapcci, said the expo will serve as a forum to process technologists, entrepreneurs, engineers, procurement mangers.

CropWorld India 2012 - all set to Unveil in 3 Weeks (http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-08-13&val=372905&cat=material)

HYDERABAD, August 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
UBM Conferences brings to you the 3rd Annual CropWorld India 2012, a 2-day strategic conference to take place from September 10-11 in Hyderabad, India.
Over 80+ senior leaders from domestic and international agrochemical, biofertilizer, biopesticides, seed companies and senior researchers have confirmed their attendance at the 2-day event, including Bhupen Dubey, Head-Integrated business, UPL, Dr Venkatesh Devanur, Managing Director, Agri Life, Dr P K Patanjali, Chief Formulation Scientist, Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology, Dr K N Singh, Director, Gharda Chemicals, Flavio Hirata, Agronomist and Partner, Allier Brasil Consulting and Advisory, P Gopalakrishna, Senior Vice President - Retail, Coromandel International, Dr S R Palli, Co-director, Center for Arthropod Management Technologies, University of Kentucky, Dr B Saha, Senior Vice President, Nagarjuna Agrichem, Satish Sohoni, Senior Vice President, Crop Protection, Hikal, Dr Peter Nightingale, President, Acoris Research, Dr Aruna Rupakula, International Marketing Lead, Advanta, Mr Ketan Mehta, Director, Ecosense Labs.
This event provides solution focused intense discussions on promoting sustainable agriculture and global business growth through innovation in products, technology and distribution in crop production and protection industry.
The conference also has Agri Life, Harlan Laboratories, Croda, AgBio and Izotop registered as event partners.

Pharmexcil to host 'India – Asia-Pacific International Pharma Business Meet' (http://www.expresspharmaonline.com/latest-updates/902-pharmexcil-to-host-india-asia-pacific-international-pharma-business-meet)

Event in Hyderabad from September 26 to 28, 2012 to see participation from 60 overseas buyers

As part of its eighth annual meet, Pharmexcil will organise 'India – Asia Pacific International Pharma Business Meet' in Hyderabad. The event will be held at Hotel Marriott, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad from September 26 to 28, 2012 where importers, buyers, FDA, Drug Regulatory officials from Australia, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam will participate.

Keeping in view the opportunities available for the Indian pharma industry and in order to improve export performance, the council is inviting about 60 buyers from the above countries. Technical presentations will be held where FDA/ drug regulatory officials of various Asia Pacific countries attached to the drug regulatory systems in their respective countries will participate. Emphasis will be given to one-to-one meetings with buyers.

The three-day programme will be divided into five sessions for business meetings including one follow up session. Members will have the option to choose any one of the four business sessions to meet the overseas buyers. The follow up session on the third day will be open to all registered participants. An exhibition of Indian companies (for about 20 members only) will be held at the same venue during all three days.

Plant visits will be organised for the FDA/ drug regulatory authorities, depending upon their availability. The CEO conclave will be held on September 27, 2012. The closing ceremony will be attended by Minister for Commerce & Industry and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The last date for registration is September 15, 2012.

Indo-Global Education Summit to be held at Hyderabad (http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=14469)

Report by India Education bureau; Hyderabad: A never before event Indo-Global Education Summit 2012, offering opportunities for Indian educational institutions for collaborations with foreign universities to be held in Hyderabad from September 7th to 9th at Hotel Taj Krishna and Hotel Taj Deccan. Organised successfully for the fourth time by The Indus Foundation, an American organization, over 1000 top Indian and foreign universities from the USA, the UK, Germany, Australia, South Africa and 40 other countries are expected to participate.

The Indus Foundation is a non-profit educational trust dedicated to the promotion of higher education in India. An important mission of the Foundation is to galvanize high-impact educational collaborations between Indian institutions and reputable foreign universities.

Disclosing this addressing a press conference here in city today Mr. S.B. Anumolu, Managing Trustee of The Indus Foundation informed that Indo-Global Education Summit 2012 is an annual event and it is the biggest and the most comprehensive networking educational event where the who’s who of the Indian education systems converge, he said.

Stating further Mr. S.B. Anumolu added that the objective of the Summit is to explore opportunities for collaborations between foreign universities and Indian institutions, apart from guidance of Indian students for higher education abroad.

As you are aware, Indian educational system has been undergoing a paradigm shift in the recent past. India has the world's second largest post-secondary student population of around 20 million. It is expected that this number will get doubled over the next 12 years. Further, the Indian economy is transforming into an international powerhouse requiring India to provide the best possible educational opportunities to its citizens. In the face of a growing demand for post secondary education and limited capacities, India is keen to bridge the anticipated gap, by improving the quality of its own higher education with the help of reputable foreign universities, while enhancing capacities.

Indo-Global Education Summit 2012 is a unique event which is being organized in India as a sequel to the highly successful Education Summits held in 2009, 2010, and 2011. The Summit 2012 will have sessions on collaborative research programs, joint / dual degree programs, twinning & transfer programs, distance education & vocational education programs, faculty & student exchange programs, study abroad in India programs, and other academic partnerships. The major fields covered would be Engineering & Applied Sciences, Information Technology, Business & Management, Clinical & Health Sciences, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Agricultural Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environment & Natural Resources, Education & Teacher Training, Arts & Humanities, and Social Sciences.

The Summit 2012 is specifically designed for Managing Directors, CEOs, Vice-Chancellors, Principals, Provosts, Deans, Dept. Heads, Faculty, Trustees, Correspondents, Government Officials, and others connected with higher education.

The Expo, running in parallel with the Summit, would provide a showcase of technology & training solutions and highlight best practices in teaching, learning and training. Around 10,000 students and parents are expected to visit the Expo.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SUMMIT & EXPO 2012 include
· Most comprehensive educational event of its kind ever held in India
· Biggest networking event for leaders in education from around the World
· Convergence of who is who of the huge Indian educational system
· Participation by an estimated 1,200 top Indian and foreign universities
· Major Sessions on academic collaborations in several academic disciplines
· Expo 2012 for showcasing best practices in teaching, learning and training
· Awards for educational excellence to Indian and foreign institutions
· Attendance by around 10,000 students interested in study abroad.
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The Indus Foundation is committed to assisting Indian students for study in good foreign institutions. The motto of the Foundation is: Educational Excellence without Borders.

Some of the universities participating in the summit include Aachen University, Germany; Aston University, UK; College Board, USA; Dartmouth College, USA; Hadassah Medical School, Israel; Iowa State University, USA; King Saud University, Saudi Arabia; Lille Catholic University, France; McGill University, Canada; McMaster University, Canada; Montana State University Billings, USA; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Paris-Dauphine University, France; Purdue University, USA; Sackler School of Medicine, Israel; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Singapore Management University, Singapore; Southern Illinois University, USA; Tel Aviv University, Israel; UBIS University, Switzerland; University of California Berkeley, USA; University of Cape Town, South Africa; University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA; University of Hong Kong, China; University of Johannesburg, South Africa; University of Montana, USA; University of Nottingham, UK; University of Southern California, USA; University of Stockholm, Switzerland; University of Virginia, USA; University of Waikato, New Zealand; University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA; West Virginia University, USA; Western University of Health Sciences, USA; etc and others.

Another important feature of the Summit is to present educational excellence awards to the institutions from around the world in recognition to their excellence in Arts, Science, Commerce / Business / Management, Law, Engineering, Medicine etc. Initiated in 2010, the Indus Foundation’s awards identify and promote innovation and educational excellence.

Mr. S.B. Anumolu is an Alumnae of IIM Bangalore. He served earlier as Deputy Inspector General of Police. He received letter of commendation from the Government. He was MD of a Management Consulting firm in USA. He had led several business delegations to the USA, Canada, Japan, UAE and other Gulf Countries. Mr. Anumolu is armed with the record of recruiting students to 300 universities in the US. He can be seen often reeling out information on educational and career opportunities effortlessly.

Apollo Hospitals Group to Host two Prestigious International Conferences (http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-08-17&val=390412&cat=hcare)

NEW DELHI, August 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
National and International Specialists at Both the Hyderabad Conferences Will Highlight Best-Practice Solutions for Present day Problems in Healthcare, Including Safety Issues
The Apollo Hospitals Group is all set to organize twin conferences at Hyderabad. The '3rd International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT 2012' will be held on 31 August-1 September at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad,and the '2nd International Congress on Patient Safety; Best Practices for Asia' will be held on 1-2 September 2012 at the same venue.
The '3rd International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT 2012' aims to bring together all healthcare ecosystem players on a global platform, to participate, propagate and promote various technology-driven transformational approaches, solutions and their benefits to the grassroots, administrators, providers, and research community and to find ways to achieve the goal of an equitable, sustainable, quality healthcare system.
70 speakers including 26 specialists from USA, Canada, UK, Middle East, Pakistan, Belgium, Denmark, Bulgaria, Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia and Iran will participate in the conference toshare personal experiences on how ICT (Information and Communications Technology) is making a major difference in healthcare. A special tutorial on Health Information Systems and Digital Health Records with case studies will be conducted as a part of the conference.
Subsequently, the '2ndInternational Congress on Patient Safety' will address critical issues on patient safety from relevant experts across the world. The main purpose of this International Congress is to discuss how proactive practices and streamlined systems could improve patient safety. The multi-disciplinary invigorating learning sessions will involve participants from all areas of the healthcare continuum, including clinical and administrative leaders, practitioners, healthcare academics, regulators and caregivers.
"Transforming healthcare and delivering greater value to patients over time is closely tied to effective adoption of information technology. Collaboration and convergence will be the next wave of innovation in Indian healthcare. Technology plays a vital role in facilitating equitable healthcare distribution and helps in creating awareness about various health issues. Technology has also begun positively impacting various stages of the patient's lifecycle. On the other hand, patient safety has evolved to become a distinct and important healthcare discipline across the world. Preventable errors in healthcare have led to undue stress and anxiety for patients and their families, the idea of patient safety is to improve quality, access and safety. The conference aims to provide an insight on how reforms can affect health organizations and patients by providing efficient and effective solutions to common challenges faced. Against this backdrop, the International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT will seek to highlight best-practice solutions for present day problems, while the second International Conference will focus on practices and systems that boost Patient Safety," said Ms. Sangita Reddy, Executive Director - Operations, Apollo Hospitals.
A joint panel discussion with the Patient Safety Congress will highlight how ICT can make a difference in patient safety. Senior secretaries from the Central Government and the State Governments will also discuss the role of ICT and eHealth initiatives across India. Exhibitors at the conference will highlight the latest advances made in the use of information technology in healthcare.

Apollo Hospitals Group to organise two international conferences in Hyderabad (http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=70717&sid=2)

The Apollo Hospitals Group, one of Asia’s largest integrated healthcare organizations with over 8,500 beds across 50 hospitals, is set to organise two international conferences at Hyderabad. The ‘3rd International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT 2012’ will be held on August 31 to September 1, 2012 and the ‘2nd International Congress on Patient Safety; Best Practices for Asia’ will be on September 1-2, 2012 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre.
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The international conference on transforming healthcare with IT 2012 aims to bring together all healthcare eco-system players on a global platform, to participate, propagate and promote the various technology-driven transformational approaches, solutions and their benefits to the grassroots, administrators, providers, and research community and to find ways to achieve the goal of an equitable, sustainable, quality healthcare system and the international congress on patient safety will address critical issues in patient safety from relevant experts across the world. The main purpose of this international congress is to discuss how proactive practices and streamlined systems could improve patient safety. It will involve participants from all areas of the healthcare continuum, including clinical and administrative leaders, practitioners, healthcare academics, regulators and caregivers.

“Transforming healthcare and delivering greater value to patients over time is closely tied to effective adoption of information technology. Collaboration and convergence will be the next wave of innovation in Indian healthcare. Technology plays a vital role in facilitating equitable healthcare distribution and helps in creating awareness about various health issues.Technology has also begun positively impacting various stages of the patient’s lifecycle. On the other hand Patient safety has evolved to become a distinct and important health care discipline across the world. Preventable errors in healthcare have led to undue stress and anxiety for patients and their families, the idea of patient safety is to improve quality, access and safety. The conference aims to provide an insight on how reforms can affect health organisations and patients by providing efficient and effective solutions to common challenges faced.Against this backdrop, the International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT will seek to highlight best-practice solutions for present-day problems, while the second International Conference will focus on practices and systems that boost Patient Safety, “said MsSangita Reddy, Executive Director – Operations, Apollo Hospitals.

70 speakers including 26 specialists from the USA, Canada, UK, Middle East, Pakistan, Belgium, Denmark, Bulgaria, Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia and Iran will participate in the conference to share personal experiences on how ICT (Information and Communications Technology) is making a major difference in healthcare. A special tutorial on Health Information Systems and Digital Health Records with Case Studies will be conducted as a part of the conference.

A joint panel discussion with the Patient Safety Congress will highlight how ICT can make a difference in patient safety. Senior secretaries from the central government and the state governments will also discuss the role of ICT and eHealth initiatives across India. Both the conferences will highlight the latest advances made in the use of information technology in healthcare.

Indo-Global Education Summit to be held at Hyderabad ; Over 1000 top Indian and Foreign Universities from the USA, UK, Australia to participate

http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=14583

A never before event Indo-Global Education Summit 2012, offering opportunities for Indian educational institutions for collaborations with foreign universities to be held in Hyderabad from September 7th to 9th at Hotel Taj Krishna and Hotel Taj Deccan. Organised successfully for the fourth time by The Indus Foundation, an American organization, over 1000 top Indian and foreign universities from the USA, the UK, Germany, Australia, South Africa and 40 other countries are expected to participate.

The Indus Foundation is a non-profit educational trust dedicated to the promotion of higher education in India. An important mission of the Foundation is to galvanize high-impact educational collaborations between Indian institutions and reputable foreign universities.

Disclosing this Mr. S.B. Anumolu, Managing Trustee of The Indus Foundation informed that Indo-Global Education Summit 2012 is an annual event and it is the biggest and the most comprehensive networking educational event where the who’s who of the Indian education systems converge, he said.

Stating further Mr. S.B. Anumolu added that the objective of the Summit is to explore opportunities for collaborations between foreign universities and Indian institutions, apart from guidance of Indian students for higher education abroad.

As you are aware, Indian educational system has been undergoing a paradigm shift in the recent past. India has the world's second largest post-secondary student population of around 20 million. It is expected that this number will get doubled over the next 12 years. Further, the Indian economy is transforming into an international powerhouse requiring India to provide the best possible educational opportunities to its citizens. In the face of a growing demand for post secondary education and limited capacities, India is keen to bridge the anticipated gap, by improving the quality of its own higher education with the help of reputable foreign universities, while enhancing capacities.

Indo-Global Education Summit 2012 is a unique event which is being organized in India as a sequel to the highly successful Education Summits held in 2009, 2010, and 2011. The Summit 2012 will have sessions on collaborative research programs, joint / dual degree programs, twinning & transfer programs, distance education & vocational education programs, faculty & student exchange programs, study abroad in India programs, and other academic partnerships. The major fields covered would be Engineering & Applied Sciences, Information Technology, Business & Management, Clinical & Health Sciences, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Agricultural Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environment & Natural Resources, Education & Teacher Training, Arts & Humanities, and Social Sciences.

The Summit 2012 is specifically designed for Managing Directors, CEOs, Vice-Chancellors, Principals, Provosts, Deans, Dept. Heads, Faculty, Trustees, Correspondents, Government Officials, and others connected with higher education.

The Expo, running in parallel with the Summit, would provide a showcase of technology & training solutions and highlight best practices in teaching, learning and training. Around 10,000 students and parents are expected to visit the Expo.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SUMMIT & EXPO 2012 include

· Most comprehensive educational event of its kind ever held in India
· Biggest networking event for leaders in education from around the World
· Convergence of who is who of the huge Indian educational system
· Participation by an estimated 1,200 top Indian and foreign universities
· Major Sessions on academic collaborations in several academic disciplines
· Expo 2012 for showcasing best practices in teaching, learning and training
· Awards for educational excellence to Indian and foreign institutions
· Attendance by around 10,000 students interested in study abroad.
·
The Indus Foundation is committed to assisting Indian students for study in good foreign institutions. The motto of the Foundation is: Educational Excellence without Borders.

Some of the universities participating in the summit include Aachen University, Germany; Aston University, UK; College Board, USA; Dartmouth College, USA; Hadassah Medical School, Israel; Iowa State University, USA; King Saud University, Saudi Arabia; Lille Catholic University, France; McGill University, Canada; McMaster University, Canada; Montana State University Billings, USA; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Paris-Dauphine University, France; Purdue University, USA; Sackler School of Medicine, Israel; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Singapore Management University, Singapore; Southern Illinois University, USA; Tel Aviv University, Israel; UBIS University, Switzerland; University of California Berkeley, USA; University of Cape Town, South Africa; University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA; University of Hong Kong, China; University of Johannesburg, South Africa; University of Montana, USA; University of Nottingham, UK; University of Southern California, USA; University of Stockholm, Switzerland; University of Virginia, USA; University of Waikato, New Zealand; University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA; West Virginia University, USA; Western University of Health Sciences, USA; etc and others.

Another important feature of the Summit is to present educational excellence awards to the institutions from around the world in recognition to their excellence in Arts, Science, Commerce / Business / Management, Law, Engineering, Medicine etc. Initiated in 2010, the Indus Foundation’s awards identify and promote innovation and educational excellence.

Mr. S.B. Anumolu is an Alumnae of IIM Bangalore. He served earlier as Deputy Inspector General of Police. He received letter of commendation from the Government. He was MD of a Management Consulting firm in USA. He had led several business delegations to the USA, Canada, Japan, UAE and other Gulf Countries. Mr. Anumolu is armed with the record of recruiting students to 300 universities in the US. He can be seen often reeling out information on educational and career opportunities effortlessly.

Mining sector a growth engine for AP: Minister (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/article3811396.ece)

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Process Engineering, Machine Tool expo begins at Hyderabad

HYDERABAD, AUG 23:
The two-day second Process Engineering Conference 2012 and Fourth Hitex International Machine Tool Expo got underway here today with a focus on energy savings in the manufacturing sector.

STATE TO OFFER INCENTIVES

Inaugurating the Expo and Conference at Hitex here today, the Andhra Pradesh Minister for Mines and Geology, Galla Aruna Kumari, said the State Government is encouraging the setting up of new industries by offering various incentives under the industrial policy 2010-2015.

Highlighting the importance of optimising the utilisation of natural resources, while taking care of environment and local population, she said mineral-based industries too need value addition production and process technologies.

The Minister said the State Government has identified the mining sector as one of the growth engines for overall development of industry and infrastructure. Under the Chief Minister, N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, the focus has been on attracting investors facilitating them with necessary support. The exposition has a concurrent conference on process engineering where the focus is on energy efficiency and power optimisation. In his opening remarks, Devendra Surana, President of Fapcci, said Andhra Pradesh is second largest producer of machine tools products in the country. He said industries are faced with huge challenges due to tough economic conditions and demand-supply gap of energy.

ENERGY CONSERVATION

B. G. Shankar, Managing Director of AGS Energy Conservation, said even a five per cent improvement in efficiency by energy intensive industries in the country, can bring about huge savings.

While there was no incentive for companies to consider energy saving aspect, now the PAT (perform, achieve and trade) scheme has provided the necessary impetus to address energy saving.

It is rewarding and the payback is also fast for companies which take to energy conservation, he said.

AIMS Hyderabad convention puts spotlight on innovation in management education (http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/6148/AIMS-Hyderabad-convention-Aug-25-27)

The magnificent Mahindra Satyam auditorium in the pearl city of Hyderabad was the venue of the 24th AIMS Annual Management Education Convention, held on Aug 25-27, 2012. The theme of the convention was 'Innovative Management Education for Sustainable Deve

We need innovation in all facets of MBA education, be it marketing, faculty development, program delivery or placements. We need to leverage technology, and build alliance to survive and thrive.

Inaugurating the program, Mr GM Rao, Chairman, GMR Group said, “Indian market is complex. Our challenges are unique. We need to innovate to find our solutions. GMR group has grown by taking the risks, and focusing on execution.” Asking the management education fraternity to create programs for Indian challenges, and opportunities, Rao said, “A lot of businesses in India are family owned, and family managed. The needs of family business management need to be researched in greater detail by B-schools. B-schools must then offer customized programs in family business management.”

Taking about the summit theme, AIMS president Prof Masood Ahmed said, “Sustainable economic and social development is the key challenge facing India and the world. B-schools have to prepare leaders that create the right strategies for a sustainable planet. Indian Management education will have to innovate to create strategies for future sustainable development.”

Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, questioned the current paradigm of management education, and called for a fresh approach. “Why are majority of our MBA students in top B-school male, and engineers? We are not attracting, or are mistakenly rejecting, the larger pool of MBA students. Diversity of a class in important for innovation. We also need to leverage education technology fully to reach a much larger base,” said Rangnekar.

Dr Sekhar Chauduri, Director, IIM Kolkatta offered an innovative model of faculty development for management schools. He said that absence of faculty is the biggest constraint, and we must create a rigorous faculty development program at IIMs that admits working executives and also management educators, and retrains them to the highest standards.

Dr Ashok Joshi, Director, IndSearch, Pune highlighted the challenges facing B-schools, when he said, “According to the recent MBAUniverse.com research, only 21 percent MBAs are employable. This is alarming. As a result, a lot of B-schools are facing a shortfall in student intake, and are on the verge of closure. We need to revisit of assumptions and approaches.”

Day 3 of the convention will be addressed by Dr Pritam Singh, Director General, IMI, New Delhi.

Summing up the deliberations, Prof Srinivas Acharya, AIMS convention director, said, “We need innovation in all facets of MBA education, be it marketing, faculty development, program delivery or placements. We need to leverage technology, and build alliance to survive and thrive.”

Conference on transforming healthcare with IT organised by Apollo Hospitals' begins in Hyderabad (http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=70924&sid=2)

The Apollo Hospitals Group, one of Asia’s largest integrated healthcare organizations, has started the two-day ‘3rd International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT 2012’ at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre in Hyderabad. This conference brought all healthcare ecosystem stakeholders together on a global platform to participate, propagate and promote the various technology-driven transformational approaches, solutions and their benefits to the grassroots, administrators, providers and research community.

Senior government officials deliberated the role of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) and eHealth initiatives across India, while the exhibitors at the Conference highlighted the latest advances in the use of information technology in healthcare. The Conference also highlighted various ways to achieve the goal of an equitable, sustainable and quality healthcare system.

Dr Prathap Reddy, executive chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group said, “It is very clear that the world is facing the 21st century health challenges, irrespective of whether they are the rich or the developing or the underdeveloped countries. With India, the real challenges are the new lifestyle diseases that are picking fast. Diseases like non communicable diseases, diabetes etc is rampantly on the rise and need to be tackled; these diseases need to be fought using the powerful tool of IT. Fortunately, for India, citizens of the country have mustered up the use of this tool, which can be seen in the growing incidence of technology users. What is however required, is the integration with healthcare players with patient focus. The need of the hour now, is to move the care from hospitals to clinics to the homes. This will only be possible with the effective use and implementation of technology using the synergies of the various stakeholders."

“Technology plays a vital role in facilitating equitable healthcare distribution and helps in creating awareness about various health issues. Thanks to the convergence of Healthcare, IT and Telecom, transformational solutions are being created to provide better treatment for patients. Aware that collaboration of all healthcare ecosystem players is imperative to make this union a success, Apollo Hospitals has always been eager to address such challenges by creating a just, sustainable, quality healthcare system for all. With multidisciplinary learning sessions involving participants from all areas of the healthcare continuum, this Conference has helped bring together a wealth of knowledge from across the world and focused on best-practice solutions for present-day problems,” said Sangita Reddy, executive director – Operations, Apollo Hospitals.

The speakers discussed topics such as e-health initiatives, globalisation of healthcare and Next-Gen telemedicine. The Conference will be followed by the 2nd International Congress on Patient Safety to highlight how ICT can make a big difference in ensuring the safety of patients.

The specialists from the USA, Canada, UK, Middle East, Pakistan, Belgium, Denmark, Bulgaria, Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia and Iran participated in the conference and shared personal experiences on how ICT is ushering in a global revolution in healthcare.

Tata Power wins at the National Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2012 (http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=14809)

Report by India Education bureau; Delhi: Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, won several awards at the 13th National Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2012. Tata Power’s Unit 6 at Trombay Thermal Power Station was awarded the Energy Efficient Unit at the ceremony held at HICC Centre in Hyderabad on August 24, 2012.

Tata Power also bagged two more awards under the Innovative Energy Service category for its two Demand Side Management (DSM) programmes. The awards were:

The Most Innovative Energy Service Award - 2012 for thermal storage incentive DSM programme
Innovative Energy Service Award - 2012 for demand response DSM programme
In the final round, Tata Power’s DSM cell was advised to put up a stall for two days, where they could demonstrate their product/services.

The award ceremony was conducted by Confederation of Indian Industry at Hyderabad. More than 160 companies from various sectors participated in the competition to showcase their energy efficient units and innovative products / services.

Speaking on the awards, S Padmanabhan, executive director, operations, Tata Power, said, “This is indeed a moment of great pride for Tata Power and we are delighted that our initiatives have been appreciated on a national platform. We are committed to driving energy conservation and efficiency at all our facilities, and will continue to deliver the most innovative DSM initiatives to our customers.”

AIMS Annual Management Education Convention held in Hyderabad (http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=14823)

Report by India Education bureau; Hyderabad: The Association of Indian management Schools, (AIMS) concluded its 24th Annual mega event in the city of Hyderabad recently with this year’s theme being Innovative Management Education for Sustainable Development. Sustainable development mantra urges the current generation to take a structured approach to growth and development without compromising to manage on the natural resource capital for the welfare of their own and future generations. In the case of natural resources there is an irreversible non-substitutability and utmost caution is required in their usage. The important elements of sustainable development – environment, economic and social protection should be the driving factors for any business. Instead, of only profit, it has to be People, Profit, Planet –Triple Bottomline should be mantra for business houses and corporate entities. “Management schools play a critical role in this challenge and sustainable development requires deliberations to arrive at approaches and blue prints” said, Prof. ShrinivasAcharya, Chairman Association of Indian Management Schools - AP Chapter and Principal Director, VishwaVishwani School of Business, Hyderabad.

Along with who’s-who of Indian Management Schools were also the corporate leaders present in the convention. Inaugurating the program, Mr. GM Rao, Chairman, GMR Group said, “Indian market is complex. Our challenges are unique. We need to innovate to find our solutions.” Along with him was also present Mr. B. A. Prabhakar, Chairman & MD, Andhra Bank Hyderabad. Talking on the topic, Dr. Jitendra Das, Director FORE School of Management, Delhi in his speech said, “We produce so we pollute, approach has to be stopped. While production cannot be stopped for the sake of development, innovative approaches should be immediately adopted to stop the pollution in the process of production for the sake of survival.”

Taking a cue, Dr. AlimullahMiyan, V.C, IUBAT, Dhaka said, “Organisations should be benchmarked based on the carbon footprint it leaves. It should be a factored in the balance sheet as well. ” Dr. Mohamed Latheef Civil Service Commissioner Male, Maldives, said “ Young couples from Japan, India and other countries consider Maldives a ‘dreamland’ and come to spend their some of the most memorable days here. But, Maldives shall soonlose its charm as it has become extremely vulnerable due to the global warming, pollutions and carbon footprints. The corals are extremely sensitive and have become endangered. Extreme care needs to be taken immediately by all of us to protect and sustain the precious nature”.

The 3 Day convention from Aug 25th to 27th, held at the Mahindra Satyam Learning World in Hi-Tech City Hyderabad,attracted more than 450 participants from India and abroad. Present were leaders of Indian B-Schools - Dr SekharChauduri, Director, IIM Kolkata; Prof. NaliniTripathy IIM Shillong; AjitRangnekar, Dean, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad; Prof. S. S. PrasadaRao Dean & Director Hyderabad Business School; Dr. H Chaturvedi, Director BIMTECH, Noida; Prof. KhawajaAmjadSaeed, Principal Hailey College of Banking and Finance Lahore and Prof. Zahoor Hassan from Lahore University of Management Sciences; Prof. Ashok Kumar Grand Valley State University, MI, USA; Dr. MinetSchindehutte, Syracuse University New York.

The Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) announced its prestigious Ravi J Matthai National Fellowship Awards which was conferred on Prof. ShekharChaudhuri, Director of IIM Calcutta; Fr. E Abraham, S J Director, XLRI Jamshedpur, and Prof Dr UdaySalunkhe, Group Director, Welingkar Institute of Management Research and Development. The award has been instituted in the memory of Ravi J Matthai, the first full-time Director of IIM Ahmedabad.The awards were given away by PadmashreeDr. Pritam Singh, Director General, IMI, New Delhi, who was the Chief Guest of the valedictory session.Talking on the significance of the award, Prof MohdMasood Ahmed, president, AIMS, said, “This award seeks to recognize the leaders who are teachers and teachers who are leaders – who, thereby, set the standards ‘excellence in management education.”

FAPCCI to conduct course in entrepreneurial finance
(http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=5&subCategory=1&ContentId=85016)
The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry is conducting a Certificate Course in ‘Basics of Entrepreneurial Finance’ during September 12-15 from 4 pm to 6 pm at JS Krishna Murthy Hall on its premises at Red Hills.

The course will expose participants to the basics of financial management as well as financial planning and financial control. The course will cover subjects like Entrepreneurship, Sources of Finance for Enterprise, Equity, Debt, Venture Capital, Time value of money and Capital budgeting decisions, Hire purchase or Lease Purchase for Fixed Assets acquisition, Liquidity Vs. Profitability, Sources of Working Capital Finance, Day-to-Day Financial Management of operations for maintaining liquidity in business and key areas for financial control.

It is useful for entrepreneurs, general management or chief executives, general managers, managing directors, financial controllers and full- time directors of micro, small and medium companies as well as students pursuingmanagement /professional studies. For details, contact 9885921599.

Two-day All India Students Conference of Company Secretaries in Hyderabad from tomorrow (http://www.indiaeducationdiary.in/showEE.asp?newsid=14894)

Report by India Education bureau; Hyderabad: The two-day 13th All India Students Conference of Company Secretaries is to be held in Hyderabad from tomorrow at the Global Peace Auditorium, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. The conference with the theme – ‘Company Secretary (CS) – The Corporate Leader’ will be inaugurated by Chief Guest Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Minister for Housing, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Prof. (Dr.) Faizan Mustafa, Vice Chancellor, Nalsar University; Mr. CS Nesar Ahmad, President, The Institute of Company Secretaries, New Delhi and many others will grace the inaugural session tomorrow. Eminent Economists, Academicians, Senior Executives from Government and experienced Professionals will address the participants. The conference is hosted by Hyderabad Chapter of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).

The conference is expected to be attended by about 1500 delegates from different parts of the country comprising of students of Company Secretary Course, Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants, College Students, Corporate Executives, Advocates, practitioners, etc.

The Conference will have sub-themes such as Companies Bill 2011, Role of CS as a strong leader; CS - a key Governance, Risk & Compliance Professional; Emerging Avenues & Newer vistas – Future Transformation of CS; Leadership from the Front; Communicate to conquer; Technology – Strong enabler; Integrity, Ethics & Core Values; and Personal and Professional attributes for success. The themes are designed in such a manner that they impart knowledge on the students that will help them in pursuing their dream.

There will be a lot of interactive sessions for the students who attend the conference. Panel discussion with the President, Council members and other office bearers of the ICSI; Interactive session with student speakers; Mock AGM; Mock Board meetings; etc. are in store for the participants giving them a complete insight into the profession.

International hybrid rice symposium begins on Monday (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article3877877.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy)

HYDERABAD, SEPT. 9:
Yuan LongPing from China, considered the father of hybrid rice, will be the star speaker among 400 delegates from 30 countries, who are expected to take part in the 6th international hybrid rice symposium in Hyderabad. The three-day symposium beginning on Monday, will take stock of the progress in hybrid rice, especially research, seed production and progress made in different countries. China is the first country to develop and commercialise the hybrid rice technology.

HYBRID VARIETIES

More than 50 per cent of rice area is under hybrid varieties. India is the second nation to develop its own hybrid rice and adopt it on a commercial scale.

At present, there are 59 rice hybrids that cover an estimated area of two million hectares. These are grown in Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Assam. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Directorate of Rice Research, and the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, will organise the global meet. It is being held for the second time in Hyderabad.

The event will be inaugurated by the Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister, Kanna Lakshminarayana. AP has emerged as the hybrid rice seed capital of the country, with more than 85 per cent of seed produced in Warangal and Karimnagar districts, according to a press release from the Directorate of Rice.

India produces 103 million tonnes of rice from 44 million hectares. It is the second largest producer after China. However, the challenge is to produce 1.5 to 2 million tonnes of additional rice annually, to feed the growing population in the next 15 to 20 years. The conference will focus on hybrid rice research and development in several countries and its role in achieving food security, said B.C. Viraktamath, Director of the Directorate of Rice Reserach. The international rice hybrid symposia is being held once in four years.

ICAR to set up National Hybrid Rice Consortium (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article3882085.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home)

HYDERABAD, SEPT. 10:
Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) is in the process of establishing a National Hybrid Rice Consortium to bring all stakeholders onto a common platform to share research knowledge and put it to use in order to build the hybrid rice ecosystem.

ICAR has held several rounds of consultation meetings with public agencies and private firms on the need and on the framework for such a consortium.

“We have appointed a committee to come out with terms of reference for the consortium. We will share them with all the stakeholders and after considering the feedback we will announce the launch of the consortium,” Swapan K. Datta, Deputy Director-General of ICAR, told Business Line on the sidelines of the sixth international Hybrid Rice Symposium here on Monday.

In all likelihood, the consortium will be formed in a month. Private firms will pay a membership (about Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh). Government universities and research agencies will get membership free of charge.

The stakeholders will bring in their research output to the platform.

“Those interested can use them after paying a certain amount. The consortium would maintain a database of the research knowledge and its authors. This is to keep tabs on the unauthorised use of the material or inventions,” he said.

Initially, the consortium will take care of the hybrid rice. “We are planning to extend this to other crops as well in the future,” the ICAR official said.

“After working for years, some scientists and research bodies discard certain lines. They don’t use them any longer. They can bring such research updates to the platform. We will give the receivers non-exclusive rights,” he said.

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9GA of IAPB to be held in Hyderabad from Sept 17-20 (http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=71102&sid=1)

The 9th General Assembly (9GA) of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) will be held in Hyderabad from September 17-20.

The main theme of the assembly this year is, “Eye Health: Everyone's Business” and will bring together ophthalmologists, optometrists, public health specialists and other professionals involved in blindness prevention, from around the world.

The 9GA will present new approaches and practical solutions to improving eye care. Topics will include global blindness prevention, cataract, refractive error, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, childhood blindness, corneal blindness and eye banking. Delegates will also learn of the progress being made towards the goal of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight (IAPB’s joint initiative with the World Health Organization for the elimination of avoidable blindness).

An estimated 12 million of India’s 1.12 billion people are blind and an additional 456 million require vision correction. Knowing that 80 per cent of blindness is avoidable, the Indian Government has significantly increased its blindness prevention efforts over recent years. This deputation will provide a conduit for cutting-edge developments to reach the millions of Indians affected by avoidable blindness.

Dr Gullapalli N Rao, chairman of the L V Prasad Eye Institute and a past president of IAPB said, “This deputation demonstrates the on-going commitment by the Government to combat avoidable blindness. The 9GA will provide the ophthalmologists with practical skills and the latest knowledge which they will take back to their districts, enabling improvements to be implemented in existing programmes. It has the potential to ultimately facilitate thousands more people having their sight restored and blindness prevented.”

Ophthalmologists from each of the 640 districts in India will have the opportunity to attend this year’s premier event in blindness prevention and visual impairment with support from the National Programme for the Control of Blindness (NPCB). One ophthalmologist from each district will be deputed to attend the 9GA, facilitating the distribution of knowledge across the country. Forty courses, lectures and symposia, presented by 150 of the world’s leading experts on blindness prevention and low vision, will be on offer to the privileged group.

ASTM Symposium will look at zirconium in nuclear industry (http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/ASTM-Symposium-will-look-at-zirconium-in-nuclear-industry-621556)

September 12, 2012 - Sponsored by ASTM International Committee B10 on Reactive and Refractory Metals and Alloys, 17th International Symposium on Zirconium in the Nuclear Industry will be held February 3-7, 2013 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. This event will provide forum for exchanging new information on fabrication, testing, development, and characterization of traditional and new zirconium-based materials in nuclear industry. Online registration closes January 30.

3rd World Congress on Biotechnology (Biotechnology-2012) 13-�15 September 2012 in Hyderabad (http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=15088)

Report by India Education bureau; Hyderabad: The threeâ€�day World Conference on Biotechnology-2012 is organized by OMICS Group , started today at Hyderabad International Convention Center, Hyderabad. The gathering was given a warm welcome by Dr Srinu Babu Gedela, Director, OMICS Group. Initiated discussion funding opportunities from USA to Indian Students, Scholars and focusing on how to get funding from USA while working in India; and the potential of Indian Biotechnology Industry in the International Market”.

Shri. Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Honorable Minister for Information Technology and Communications, AP, India. He is very happy that the OMICS Group founder Dr. Srinu Babu Gedela, a post-doctorate fellow of the Stanford University an Indian and that too from the state of Andhra Pradesh has been instrumental in organizing this conference. IH e is also happy to note that OMICS Group Inc. is providing employment for hundreds of young Indians and shortly reaching the threshold of thousand employees. Discussed Biotechnology globally has emerged as a nische area with significance in unravelling secrets of life, particularly in the studies of new biology and biotechnology. The genomic revolution has far exceeded the role of Bioinformatics in understanding the very basic of life processes. Genetic resources are made to improve the agricultural productivity and are the vital components of the global environment. Gene Bank concept has become very important, both for ex-situ conservation and the utilization of the valuable germplasm on a long -term basis. The need to conserve, protect and utilize them on a sustainable basis is the need of the hour. This is where Information Technology plays a vital role.

IT help in data collections, Data Mining and use of date for appropriate R&D activities. The accelerated progress of information technology has completely transformed the research in life sciences area. Enterprise Bioinformatics, high system computing, genomic data and database integration and DNA amplification and sequencing, genome assembly and gene types, web based Bioinformatics, biochips and gene expression analysis and Proteomics and mass spectrometry. Bioinformatics tools for efficient research will have significant implications in life sciences and betterment of human lives. Shri. Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju, Honorable Minister for Forest, Environment, Science & Technology, AP, India discussed The key to the modernization is the modernization of science and technology. Without modern science and technology, it is impossible to build modern agriculture, modern industry or modern national defense. Without the rapid development of science and technology, there can be no rapid development of the economy. A series of new industries, including high- bio polymer synthesis, Biofuels, Biosimilars, Bioenergy, biological computers, semi-conductors, biosensors, founded on the basis of newly emerging sciences. Of course both now and in the future there will be many topics of theoretical research for which at the moment no practical application can be seen.

Following guests discussed the importance of biotechnology and funding opportunities in USA to Indian Students, Scholars Dr.Jag H. Khalsa, Chief, National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA Dr. Mukesh Verma, Chief, National Cancer Institute, USA Dr. Jeymohan Joseph, Chief, National Institute of Mental Health, USA Dr. Howard S. Fox, Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA Dr. Madhavan Nair, Professor, Florida International University, USA Dr. Motonobu Yoshida, Professor, Kinki University, Japan Brief background Enriched by inputs from genomic research, biotechnology is a major force for development in all countries. This event pays tribute to the growing significance of Biotechnology. OMICS Group provides such innovative brains a platform to reach out to the rest and connect with other people with budding ideas in their gray matter.

Having organized more than 60 conferences by now, with renowned speakers and scientists from across the globe, OMICS stands amongst the top 10 in the world. Program in brief The 3�day World congress has 40 Sessions and four Parallel Sessions with about 200 lectures and 500 poster presentation spread over three days from 13 September 2012. All the sessions are chaired by eminent scholars and science communicators. Altogether, there are fifteen invited lectures by resource persons from industry, academic and regulatory agencies. There are more than 1000 delegates from 25 more countries are participating in this conference.

Global eye healthcare meet to be held from Sep 17 (http://www.ptinews.com/news/2966250_Global-eye-healthcare-meet-to-be-held-from-Sep-17)

Hyderabad, Sep 13 (PTI) The ninth general assembly of the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), to be held here from September 17 to September 20, will be inaugurated by former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam, L V Prasad Eye Instituter's chairperson Gulapalli Nageshwar Rao said here today.

Besides taking stock of the progress made around the world in eye care, the meet will also look at wiping out infections like trachoma and river blindness by 2020.

L V Prasad Eye Institute to host 9th General Assembly in Hyderabad from Sept 17 (http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=71178&sid=2)

L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad is organising the four-day 9th General Assembly (9GA) of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) with the theme “Eye Health: Everyone’s Business”at HICC, Hyderabad from September 17-20, 2012. The 9GA will present new approaches and practical solutions to improving eye care.

“LVPEI is happy to host the premier event in global eye health. The 9th General Assembly of the IAPB is going to be the biggest ever in its history. We have over 1500 delegates registered from 66 countries, and 120 eminent invited speakers for more than 50 symposia, sessions and courses,” said Dr Gullapalli N Rao, chair, L V Prasad Eye Institute.

This year the assembly will include topics relating to prevention of global blindness, cataract, refractive error, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, childhood blindness, corneal blindness and eye banking.

Delegates will also learn of the progress being made towards the goal of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight (IAPB’s joint initiative with the World Health Organization for the elimination of avoidable blindness).

IAPB, a coordinating, umbrella organization to lead international efforts in blindness prevention activities. Its first major achievement was to promote the establishment of a WHO programme for prevention of blindness, with which it has remained strongly linked, and which is now embodied in the global initiative, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight.

IAPB General Assemblies are held every four years, rotating among IAPB’s seven world regions. The previous 8th General Assembly (8GA) was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2008.

IAPB currently represents close to 120 member organizations, including virtually every major international eye health NGO, as well as the global apex bodies for both optometry and ophthalmology, disable persons' organizations, academic institutions and concerned corporations. IAPB members are working together to eliminate avoidable blindness and vision impairment worldwide.

CoP-11: Kiran sees impetus to tourism (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3909411.ece)

Source: The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3909411.ece)

Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy hoped that the world events to be conducted in the city in the coming months, including the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CoP-11) which will begin on October 1, would provide an impetus to the State’s tourism industry.

Citing the World Allergy Organisation’s International Scientific Conference scheduled for December and the World Agricultural Congress next year, he said Hyderabad could soon become the destination in India for international conferences.

Interacting with student-volunteers at the Dr.YSR National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management (NITHM) here on Monday, Mr. Reddy said the ongoing city beautification drive will continue to cover the whole of Greater Hyderabad in a phased manner even after the CoP-11.

Unfortunately, there is not much financial support from the Central government, forcing the State to spend from its own coffers, he rued.

Mr. Reddy urged the volunteers, over 500 in strength, to take CoP-11 as an opportunity to mingle with the who’s who of the world, and assured that State government would issue certificates of participation to each volunteer. Success of the conference lies in their hands, he said.

“You should make sure that you are more informed about our culture and heritage than the international delegates who will have done their homework and come with enough knowledge,” he cautioned the volunteers who applauded every utterance of the Chief Minister with enthusiasm. Tourism is one industry that will create more jobs for every rupee spent, than any other industry, Mr. Reddy said, and informed that three Tourism Training institutions are being set up in Tirupati, Medak and Khammam.

Hyderabad Protocol

Reminding that CoP-11 will be the first event of such magnitude in independent India, Mr. Reddy said the protocol to be signed would be known as ‘Hyderabad Protocol’ for many years to come.

The volunteers, 331 of whom are undergoing 21-day training by Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) from September 8 to 28, asked spirited questions during the interactive session with the Chief Minister.

A student from Pragati Maha Vidyalaya called Mr. Reddy’s attention to the broken statues on the Tank Bund, while another from Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University asked about the incomplete status of the tombstone of renowned dance maestro Nataraja Ramakrishna.

Responding to another question, the Chief Minister said that the ‘Ganesh Nimajjan’ festivities will not come in conflict with the CoP event as the number of delegates will be sparse during the first week. Delegates will start descending on the city in large numbers only after October 10, he said.

The student-volunteers, picked from various institutions across the city, assured the Chief Minister of their best foot forward during the conference.

Ministers J. Geetha Reddy, Kanna Lakshmi Narayana, D. Sridhar Babu, P. Satyanarayana, and G. Prasad Kumar, apart from Tourism Principal Secretary Chandana Khan and other officials attended the event.


Kiran tells student-volunteers that it’s an occasion to mingle with who’s who of the world

Ongoing beautification drive in the city will continue even after CoP-11: Chief Minister

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Hyderabad Investment Summit 2012 to be held on Oct 11 (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/article3922432.ece)

HYDERABAD, SEPT 21:
VC Circle in association with The Federation Andhra Pradesh Chambers Commerce and Industry is organising "Hyderabad Investment Summit 2012" on October 11, 2012, at Indian School of Business campus here.

The country’s fifth largest city contributes significantly to the State GDP. The focus of the meet will be on the investment potential that the Hyderabad’s infrastructure and economy offer and some of the challenges faced by the city.

The meet will deliberate both pluses and minuses of the city. The participating companies, banks, intermediaries and private equity funds will share their route map to understanding Hyderabad.

Hyderabad to host Indian Luxury Expo in December (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/marketing/article3923157.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home)

HYDERABAD, SEPT. 21:
The Indian Luxury Expo will bring together leading luxury brands from across the globe under one roof across five cities in India.

An advisory board of 30 panel members is to guide The Indian Luxury Expo brought by The Juke Box Media. It will be hosted in Hyderabad during December 17-19 at N Convention.

The expo will showcase some of the prominent brands that will cut across 20 lifestyle segments to cater to an elite and discerning target audience. The expo will travel to Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore.

Karan Bhangay, Chief Executive Officer, The India Luxury Expo, in a statement said: “Despite the Indian luxury industry being niche, the overall market in India is likely to treble to reach $14.7 billion in 2015.”

The expo will be held during December 2012 and April 2013.

It will be a plush three-day black and white tie affair with luxury evenings completing the perfect setting for a lavish affair. Apart from browsing through the repertoire of brands displayed elegantly, the guests would be given an opportunity to indulge in entertainment events right from jazz performances to witty stand-up comedians to theatre.

irms in the north west are being urged to join a trade mission to India aimed at the low-carbon sector.

Salford University, the Indian Green Building Council and UK Trade & Investment have teamed up to organise a delegation from the region. The visit will run from October 27 to November 3 and will take in Hyderabad and Chennai.

It will coincide with a major green building congress in Hyderabad, which will attract more than 2,000 delegates from all over the world. The university is providing funding for a limited number of companies to take part in the mission

DST-Lockheed Martin tech expo begins tomorrow (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/article3932633.ece)

Source: The Hindu Buisnessline,
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 24:
The DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth programme will hold a technology expo in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The winners will showcase their latest technologies and innovations as part of the event.

There will also be interactive meetings between the winning technology innovators and potential investors. Several commercialisation deals are expected to be signed, according to a press release.

The programme was launched in 2007 by the Lockheed Martin-FICCI and the IC2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin. Later the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Indo-US S&T Forum also joined. The Indo-US S&T Forum promotes several joint research projects between the two countries in cutting-edge technologies.

So far, the programme has received 2,000 applications. The objective is to focus on technology commercialistion strategies, venture formation, venture finance, marketing etc. So far, above 170 innovators have benefited and 150 agreements signed.

Top executives of Lockheed Martin, DST and FICCI will be participating in the expo.

One of the major objectives of the programme is to accelerate Indian technologies into markets in the US and around the world. It is one of its kind initiative, essentially as it emphasises on teaching and using world-class commercialisation strategies, the release said.

somasekhar.m@thehindu.co.in

DIA India Annual Conference to Focus on the Lifecycle of Patient Healthcare (http://www.equities.com/news/news-headline-story?dt=2012-09-27&val=533887&d=1&cat=headline)

DIA, the premier organization dedicated to knowledge exchange that fosters innovation to raise the level of health and well-being worldwide will host DIA India’s 7th Annual Conference Discovery through Commercialization: Innovative Strategies for Individualized Healthcare at the Hyderabad International Convention Center Novotel & HICC Complex in Hyderabad, India on November 1-4.
As the healthcare industry evolves, new methods and standards are being developed. This conference will focus on the discovery, development, manufacturing and commercialization to generate ground-breaking approaches to personalized health care. DIA India is also proud to present the Keynote Speaker, Paul Huckle, Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs, of GlaxoSmithKline.
Attendees can hear presenters at sessions within several conference tracks such as: • Discovery • Development • Manufacturing • Lean strategy • Commercialization • Technology and Standards • Regulatorywa & Ethical issues • Social and Legal Issues • Plus tutorials on Bioinformatics and Personalized Medicine.
Chair advisory Council of India Larisa Nagra Singh, VP Global Functional Resourcing, Asia Quintiles, Singapore, says, “This meeting will bring to light the issues that the region has needed to address. The industry in India wishes to embrace forward-thinking processes, introducing conferences-goers to new technologies and standards and equipping them with functional tools to implement advanced strategies.”
Register for DIA India’s 7th Annual Conference Discovery through Commercialization: Innovative Strategies for Individualized Healthcare, contact Manoj.Trivedi(at)DIAIndia(dot)org or here.
Register 10 people from your company and receive the 11th FREE! Contact Rhean D’Souza for details on Rhean(dot)Dsouza(at)diaindia(dot)org or call +91.98.2058.7798, plus learn more about 2013 DIA India flagship conferences.
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Meet on legume genetics to open in Hyderabad on Oct. 2 (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article3948492.ece)

Source: The Hindu Business Line (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article3948492.ece)

HYDERABAD, SEPT. 29:
The International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will host the sixth International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG) here.

The six-day conference will begin on October 2. About 500 delegates from 44 countries are expected to attend the conference to discuss advances in the area of legume genetics and genomics.

William D. Dar, Director-General of ICRISAT; Swapan Datta, Deputy Director-General (Crop Science) of ICAR; and Rick Dixon, Plant Biology Division Director and Senior Vice-President of Noble Foundation, the USA, will address the conference.

“This conference is of great significance for India as legumes form an important constituent of the vegetarian diet consumed globally and complement cereal crops as a rich source of dietary protein (ranging from 20-40 per cent),” Dar said here in a statement.

India is the largest or one of the largest producers of a majority of pulse crops in the world. It contributes 25 per cent to the global legume production.

“Despite being the largest producer for the majority of pulse crops there is a significant difference in its production and consumption. Owing to this huge difference in the production and consumption, India has to spend a significant amount of its foreign currency on import of these legumes to fill the gap. In 2008, India spent about $2 billion on the import of these legumes,” an ICRISAT statement said.

Earlier editions of the conference have been held in the US (twice), France, Australia and Mexico.

kurmanath.kanchi@thehindu.co.in

Int conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics in Hyderabad (http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/int-conferencelegume-geneticsgenomics-in-hyderabad/62971/)

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research are hosting the sixth international conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics, which will start here tomorrow.

About 500 delegates from 44 countries are expected to attend, an ICRISAT release said today.

William D Dar, Director-General of ICRISAT, Swapan Datta, Deputy Director-General (Crop Science) of ICAR and Rick Dixon, Plant Biology Division Director and Senior Vice-President of Noble Foundation, USA would be the key speakers at the inaugural session.

"This conference is of great significance for India as legumes form an important constituent of the vegetarian diet globally and complement cereal crops as a rich source of dietary protein, but India despite being the largest producer remains the biggest importer," said Dr Dar in a release.
The country has to spend a significant amount of foreign currency on import of legumes, the release added.

Second edition of FOOD 360 slated to start in Hyderabad on November 5 (http://www.fnbnews.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=32648&sectionid=1)

Agribusiness and food processing in India is set to receive a major fillip as the curtains go up on the second edition of FICCI’s FOOD 360 on November 5-6, 2012 at Hyderabad.

The two-day conference will be inaugurated by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, N Kiran Kumar Reddy, chief minister, Andhra Pradesh, and Kanna Lakshmi Narayana, agriculture minister, Andhra Pradesh. The co-located exhibition will showcase the huge potential for developing the agribusiness/food processing industry in India in general, and Andhra Pradesh in particular, with a view to forging global linkages. The effort would be to expose delegates to the global developments with regard to trends and opportunities in the food processing industries.

The conclave will bring together over 500 professionals in the business of agriculture/food processing, as well as academics, from India and overseas. Special focus has been given to innovation and technology within the domain of agriculture, agribusiness and food processing, and attention will be paid to horticulture and dairy products through parallel sessions.

There will be plenary sessions will be held on four themes, namely 'Technology for Raising Farm Productivity', 'Mechanising Farm Operations', 'Technology in Supply Chain Management' and 'Technology in Food Processing, Packaging and Marketing'. Along with the parallel tracks in horticulture and dairy, 'IT in agriculture' will receive special coverage.

In addition to the conference, the second edition of the event will also include an exhibition, the FOOD 360 Award ceremony, a business plan competition, etc.

ICRISAT is the knowledge partner and their inputs, and report will primarily focus on the theme of the conference (innovation and technology). This is also in line with their strategic plan, Vision 2020, which encompasses Inclusive Market-oriented Development (iMOD).

Briefing mediapersons here today, programme chair S Sivakumar said FOOD 360 would identify the challenges across the food and agriculture value chain, and explore innovative solutions leveraging technology. He strongly emphasised that technology should be applied to ensure higher incomes for farmers and lower prices for consumers at the same time. “One way is to raise productivity through innovative technologies and reduce production cost through efficient use of inputs and better supply chain management.”

The various sessions, spread over two days will review, analyse and make predictions for the future for the Indian agriculture and food processing sector in general, followed by an exhaustive micro-view of Andhra Pradesh.

The session on 'Technology for Raising Farm Productivity' gives an overview of how farmer can enhance his yield through soil and water conservation, bio-farming, remote sensing, weather forecasting, etc.

The second session, titled 'Mechanising Farm Operations', gives a picture on how small farmers can benefit by using technologies in micro-irrigation. Mechanising solutions for small farms will be discussed in view of rising costs and lack of availability of farm labour.

The session on 'Technology and Innovation in Supply Chain Management' will cover climate control technologies, role of mobile phones and ERP in the agri/food space, demand planning, inclusive and participative supply chains. The role of packaging in supply chain efficiencies, infrastructure requirements for building optimum supply chain, low-cost storage systems, training manpower, etc. are some of the other issues that will be deliberated at the conference.

Special focus has been given to parallel sessions, especially on IT in agriculture, dairy and MetroAg (urban agriculture). The aim of the MetroAg concept is to bring together a wide and culturally diverse range of stakeholders involved in urban agriculture (in and around cities) in India to share knowledge and best practices, foster linkages externally, and give a voice to its advocates and recognition and legitimacy to its activities. Michigan State University is the international university partner who would give more inputs on MetroAg during the FOOD 360 conference.

The exhibition will showcase various products, technologies, services pertaining to the agriculture and food processing industries during the two days of the event.

Addressing the august gathering, J A Chowdary, co-chairman, FICCI AP and general chair of the conference, said, “The second edition of FOOD 360 conference will truly become a wonderful interaction space for most prominent industry representatives of the agri-business and food processing sector. Technology and innovation will be key aspects in the conference. Efforts will be made to ensure that these technologies are useful to agriculture practitioners and food processors.”

“We take this opportunity to thank the Andhra Pradesh government, especially agricultural marketing department for their encouragement and support. We would also thank all our industry representatives, committee members for their valuable inputs and looking forward to have their support in making this event a grand success," he said.

FOOD 360 highlights:
● Focussed sessions/renowned speakers
● Opportunity to interact with crème de la crème of the agri-business/food processing industry representatives
● Partnership and branding opportunities
● Master-class by industry and government experts
● Networking lunches and dinners
● Dedicated exhibition space to showcase various products/services of the food industry

Arogya health fair in Hyderabad from Oct 12-15
(http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/article3977902.ece)
To showcase the strength of AYUSH system, the Union Health Ministry and the Andhra Pradesh government in collaboration with FICCI will organise a four-day ‘Arogya’ fair in Hyderabad.

The ‘Arogya 2012’ health fair, scheduled from October 12 to 15, will provide a platform for showcasing strength and potential of traditional medicine systems, exhibit R&D efforts in AYUSH sector, interact with practitioners, consumers and other stakeholders, project future trends and requirements of the sector.

It will also help create awareness among individuals and professionals about Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy.

The fair will help attract stakeholders in AYUSH sector like manufacturers, retailers, consumer healthcare product manufacturers, health food producers and processors, medical practitioners and publishers.

There has been a resurgence of interest in traditional medicines based on herbs and medicinal plants and such medicines are gaining popularity abroad too.

Ayush dept to organise 'Arogya 2012' in Hyderabad from October 12 to 15 (http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=71572&sid=1)

The Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, will organise 'the Arogya 2012' at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with FICCI from October 12 to 15, 2012. The fair will showcase the strength of Ayush systems and inevitable linkages with the industry.

The four-day fair is being held in parallel with the 11 th Conference of Parties at Hyderabad from October 8 to 19, 2012 organised by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India to invite the visiting foreign dignitaries and delegates at the conference.

The Arogya 2012 health fair will give a platform for participants to showcase the strength and potential of traditional systems of medicine, exhibit Research and Development efforts in the Ayush sector, interact with practitioners, consumers and other stakeholders, project future trends and requirements in the Ayush healthcare sector, create awareness among individuals and professionals about Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha & Homoeopathy.

The fair will attract stakeholders in Ayush sector like manufacturers, retailers, consumer healthcare product manufacturers, health food producers and processors, medical practitioners and publishers. Free consultations by Ayush specialists, live yoga demonstration, business and public lecture sessions will be attractive facets of the fair.

IUPUI faculty to participate in science symposium in India (http://newscenter.iupui.edu/5812/IUPUI-faculty-to-participate-in-science-symposium-in-India)

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis faculty will convene with colleagues at the University of Hyderabad in India for a symposium Oct. 12 and 13 to explore topics of importance to both institutions: preparing college students in the 21st century, exploring partnerships in doctoral education, and bridging academic research and social transformation through interdisciplinary collaboration.
IU President Michael A. McRobbie visited the University of Hyderabad in 2010. An agreement of friendship and cooperation was signed in 2011. That opened the pathway for IUPUI and the University of Hyderabad to build on a number of active science research collaborations that were already in place.
“The University of Hyderabad is the leading institution for post-graduate education in India,” said delegation leader Ian McIntosh, director of international partnerships at IUPUI. “Building on a foundation of collaboration in physics and mathematics, we are now exploring the potential of research partnerships in public health and medical research, computer science, chemistry and other fields.”
The fields represented by 10 IUPUI faculty attending the symposium, “Unleashing Innovation in the 21st Century,” are physics, teaching and learning, translational science, business, mathematics, computer science and medical research.
“We often hear that the students will need “21st-century skills” to succeed in the modern workplace,” McIntosh said. Among those skills are being able to solve complex problems, to think critically about tasks, to effectively communicate with people from a variety of different cultures, to work in collaboration with others, to adapt to rapidly changing environments and conditions for performing tasks, to effectively manage one’s work, and to acquire new skills and information on one’s own, he said.
Symposium participants will address what it takes to ensure that all university students acquire these skills, McIntosh said.
Participants also will explore partnerships between their universities’ schools, departments and units to advance basic research across multiple disciplines and find innovative ways of partnering in doctoral student training and professional development of junior faculty.
They will also discuss the importance and the challenge in finding common ground and interest in a collaborative model at an institutional level to solve real and pressing social problems.

E-India Summit in City (http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=5&subCategory=1&ContentId=92797)

New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Thursday said E-India Summit is being organised at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad. The E-India Health Summit is the biggest healthcare event in India covering all aspects of healthcare and driving the thought leadership for the industry and policy-makers. Power-point presentations will be made and pilot projects will be taken up, he said.

India to host world farm congress next year (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/india-to-host-world-farm-congress-next-year/article3994655.ece)

HYDERABAD, OCT 13:
After the prestigious 19-day Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), India is set to host the World Agriculture Congress next year. The theme will be ‘reshaping agriculture for a sustainable future’. It will become the first Asian nation to host the biennial Congress.

A Group of Ministers from the State, formed to oversee the event, met on Saturday to discuss a plan of action for its smooth conduct , slated for November 2013.

They were briefed about the upcoming event and its objectives by V. Nagi Reddy, Principal Secretary (Agriculture) and Aldas Janaiah, who is a member of the Agricultural Forum and a senior scientist with Acharya N. G. Ranga Agriculture University .

The Group of Ministers has decided to convene a meeting of all State Agriculture Ministers in the country on October 24 to discuss the event to mark the visit of James B. Bolger, Honorary Chairman of the World Agriculture Forum, to Hyderabad. The ministers have asked the officials to prepare an agenda for the meeting.

Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana and Information Technology Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah participated in the meeting.

Summit on future of cities and biodiversity from tomorrow (http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=5&subCategory=1&ContentId=93372)

A high-level summit, ‘Cities for Life and City and Sub National Biodiversity’ will be organised on October 15 and October 16 at HICC Convention Centre, according to GHMC Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain and Commissioner MT Krishna Babu.

They said the summit would bring together Mayors, Governors, High Ranking Officials as well as representatives of national governments, international organisations, UN agencies and specialists from across the world.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will inaugurate the Cities for Life component and Governor ESL Narasimhan will open the City and Sub-National Biodiversity component of the summit on October 16.
Over 400 delegates from across the globe will participate in the summit. About 190 international delegates representing 79 cities from 46 countries and 140 Indian delegates from cities are attending the meetings. They include 26 Mayors from prominent global cities and 11 Mayors from India.

Majid Hussain said the objective was to take stock of the latest tools and initiatives, highlight the importance of ecosystem services, and present responses by local governments, sub–national governments, academia and international organisations to the Plan of Action. As part of the summit, exhibitions would be organised on ‘Glimpses of Biodiversity of Greater Hyderabad’ in association with Osmania University and on ‘Trees of Hyderabad’ in association with the Botanical Survey of India.

The GHMC would showcase its “good practices and activities”. By hosting the event, the GHMC would get exposure to the ongoing global initiatives which were essential for ensuring balanced city development while conserving biodiversity.

Mentioning that the GHMC was keen on evolving a good strategy for biodiversity management despite budgetary constraints, he said that corporation would share its biodiversity activities with other global cities as well as other Indian cities and take up coordinated activity in the future.

The GHMC Commissioner said three colonies with “best biodiversity conserving parks” in the city would be given awards. The first prize goes to Kompally S C Farm Meadows Community Welfare Society, second prize to Shanthi Nagar Welfare Association and the third prize to Aparna Owners Society, Gachibowli.

e-India meet, expo to he held in Hyderabad next month (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/eindia-meet-expo-to-he-held-in-hyderabad-next-month/article3999818.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy)

HYDERABAD, OCT. 15:
The eighth edition of e-India will be held in Hyderabad on November 15 and 16. “We are expecting representatives from 30 countries, including from the Gulf, Africa and South-East Asia,” Ravi Gupta, Convener of e-India and Chief Executive Officer of Elets Technomedia Private Ltd, said.

This is for the third time that Hyderabad is holding the IT event.

About 100 firms would be taking part in the two-day event that will discuss emerging technologies for Government and citizen engagements, Aadhar-based service delivery, smart cities and cloud computing in Government. Several States and countries would share their experience with the audience, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, the Andhra Pradesh Minister for Information Technology, said.

The session on education will have speakers such as H. A. Ranganath, Director of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), and Parvin Sinclair, Director of National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT).

Hyderabad to host two more meets: CM (http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/hyderabad-host-two-more-meets-cm-791)

Claiming to be a true Hyderabadi, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy said the city was being  acclaimed by several dignitaries, including the Prime Minister, as the fastest growing city in the world and was likely to soon host some more prestigious international conventions.

The CM was speaking at the launch of Rajiv Sadbhavana yatra at the historic Charminar on Friday. He said the Prime Minister, who was in the city recently to attend the international biodiversity summit,  had agreed to set up National Institute of Design and National University of Life Sciences in the city.

Mr Reddy said it was heartening to note that Hyderabad city was being considered as a preferred venue for holding international  conferences.

The CM said that soon the city would be the venue for two more international summits, the World Allergy Congress and World Agriculture Congress in  December 2012 and November 2013, respectively.

The CM said no city in India has constructed 158 km length Outer Ring Road which was built at a cost of Rs 6,800 crore. Hyderabad has earned international fame due to its cultural diversity and for maintaining communal harmony.

Talking on the occasion at the historic Old City, CM Kiran Kumar Reddy announced plans for constructing housing for the urban poor on 100 acres of land exclusively for the old city.

PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana,  Secunderabad MP Anjan Kumar Yadav, former MP Dr K. Kesava  Rao along with Chief Minister presented the Rajiv Sadbhavana  Award to veteran journalist Potturi Venkateswara Rao.

Hyderabad to host conference on medical tourism (http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/hyderabad-to-host-conference-on-medical-tourism-283485)

Hyderabad: Eight countries, including the US and Britain, will take part in the Indian medical tourism conference in Hyderabad next month.

Indian Medical Tourism Conference and Alliance 2012 (IMTCA 2012), an international conference dedicated to promoting medical tourism in India, will be held on Nov 2-3.

i-Transition Worldwide (I) Pvt. Limited and ONE HealthCare Worldwide, US are organising the conference, which will see countries like US, Britain, France, Turkey, Thailand, Philippines, Dubai and Fiji participating.

Varsha Lafargue, Founder and Chairperson, IMTCA and i-Transition Worldwide said the conference would have sessions on global healthcare and the focus would be on positioning Hyderabad as medical tourism hub in India.

"This conference aims to provide a common platform to all the healthcare, tourism industry professionals to exchange and know the best practices from across the world and position Indian healthcare to raise its standard to command a larger revenue share of this multi-billion dollar industry," she said.

Brent McCallum, assistant professor, Zayed University, David G. Vequist, Founder and Director, Centre for Medical Tourism Research, Michael Guiry, a senior fellow at the centre, and Guru N. Reddy, Founder and Chairman of Continental Hospitals will be among the speakers at the conference, which is being supported by Andhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI).

Digital media summit to be held at ISB, Hyderabad
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/careers/education/Digital-media-summit-to-be-held-at-ISB-Hyderabad/articleshow/16964420.cms)
HYDERABAD: The Indian School of Business (ISB) is hosting the ISB Digital Summit at its Hyderabad campus on November 9 and 10, 2012. Speakers at the summit include leading faculty from top global B-schools and experts from Indian technology industry. The summit is being organised by the Srini Raju Centre for IT and the Networked Economy (SRITNE) at the ISB in association with Jigserv, a digital marketing company founded by an ISB alumnus.

The conference will bring together academics, business leaders, marketers and digital media industry practitioners to discuss the new paradigms in digital marketing, and how it will impact businesses. Attendees can look forward to understanding the new trends in this domain and figure out effective ways of leveraging the digital medium for their businesses.

Some of the prominent speakers include: Ajit Balakrishnan, founder and CEO, Rediff.com Amit Mehra, ISB Anindya Ghose, Stern School of Business, New York University Arun Sundarajan, Stern School of Business, New York University Hari Krishnan, country manager, LinkedIn India Rajan Anandan, managing director, Google India Ravi Bapna, University of Minnesota Vijay Mookerjee, University of Texas at Dallas Vijayanta Gupta, director - industry strategy (EMEA), Adobe Systems UK Vikramaditya Sharma, director, Nielsen Online, India Virginia Sharma, vice president - marketing, IBM India/South Asia

The summit will discuss and debate current trends in digital media, recent innovations, new business models and find effective ways of leveraging the digital medium for both large and mid size companies across verticals. Some of the focus areas include:

Analytics in the new mobile economy; Measurement of social capital (trust) through "strength of ties" on social media; Advertising strategies for online retailers; Role of intermediaries in the digital media value chain; Integrated tools for digital marketing; Digital marketing measurement and metrics; Digital self - an understanding of the digital presence of consumers and how marketers can effectively align to the same for effective consumer engagement

Registrations are open for a limited number of participants on a first come serve basis.

Hyderabad to host two more meets: CM (http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/hyderabad-host-two-more-meets-cm-791)

It's Good to know that two more good sized institutions will be setup in the city. I just hope that it actually gets implemented soon.

Hyderabad to host conference on medical tourism (http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/hyderabad-to-host-conference-on-medical-tourism-283485)

Very Nice. I actually wanted to attend this, When i checked i found out that it costs a lot for couple of us to attend.

National Strategy Conference 2012 (http://www.coolage.in/2012/10/26/national-strategy-conference-2012/)

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The National Strategy Conference, hosted by AIESEC in Hyderabad, at Leonia Resorts at Hyderabad, was the last of the National Conferences in by AIESEC in India. AIESEC India is a member committee of AIESEC International. AIESEC is the world's largest youth run organisation, present in over a 110 countries around the world and impacting the lives of thousands of young individuals each year.


AIESEC India organises national conferences each year in order to bring together all the AIESECers across India on a single platform so that they can strategize and plan for the future. AIESEC's 2015 vision is to "Engage and develop each and every young individual" and everything that AIESEC does aims towards achieving this vision.

National Strategy Conference is one of the four national conferences organised by AIESEC India, every year and this year's National Strategy Conference was filled with energy like never before. AIESECers from 24 different cities across India came to attend this 6 day-long conference. The specialty about this year's NSC was The YOUTH to Business Meet. 'Youth to Business' was a forum for conversation between a cross section of the youth, development experts and business leaders with a goal of creating lasting societal impact.

Across the 6 days, members from all the individual departments gathered together to discuss the work they've been doing so far in their city. They discussed the problems and the possible solutions. Also many ex-aiesecers were seen helping out the current members with their work and also encouraging them to move forward. Only a team leader or a vice president of a local committee can attend a national conference. This year's NSC was all about 'winter ships'. 'Winter ship' is a term for an AIESEC Global Community Development Program Internship during the winter months. This year, highly enriching internships for 6 weeks are available for anyone who is a student and each and every aiesecer was motivated to go for such an internship.

An AIESEC conference is not just work but it is also a learning experience and a whole lot of fun. Team building & Team planning sessions were held for all the members across 24 cities in India and the AIESEC India's Main Committee was seen playing a major role in bringing together all their ideas and strategies into place. From an individual perspective, one gets forge friendships with people from different parts of the country and improve their networking. All in all, one should attend such conferences for the sheer amount of skills one gets to learn and that too at a college level

Green Building Congress 2012, Asia's largest Green Building Conference & Exhibhition all set to begin tommorow at HICC, Hyderabad. Almost 2000 delegates from All around the World are expected to visit the Conference which is a 3 days event (30th Oct - 1st Nov)

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Event Website: (http://www.greenbuildingcongress.com/site/gbc/index.jsp)

Introduction:

The construction industry is one of the largest economic activities contributing to India's development. India has been witnessing tremendous growth in building and construction sector for the past 5 years.

With the increase in income levels, there are also changes in the life styles of various sections of the society. While this is a healthy trend, it is putting enormous pressure on the resource demand - like energy, water, materials, etc.

The stakeholders of the industry have a vital role to play in preserving the environment. The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) was formed in the year 2001 to address many of these aspects. The vision of the council is `To usher in a green building movement in the country and to facilitate India become one of the world leaders in green buildings by 2015'.

With a modest beginning of 20,000 sq.ft of green footprint in the country in the year 2001, today over 1,724 Green Buildings with a Footprint of over 1.2 Billion sq.ft are being constructed all over India.

The Council's activities have enabled a market transformation with regard to green building concepts, materials and technologies. The projected market potential for green building material and technologies is estimated to be 100 billion USD by the year 2012.

To advance green building movement in the country, IGBC is organising India's flagship event on green buildings, Green Building Congress 2012 at Hyderabad, India

Event Objectives:

● Expose the participants to the latest global trends in green buildings

● Exhibit green building products and technologies

● Provide a platform for networking

● Facilitate exploring new business opportunities

● Enable market transformation of green products and equipment

Event Highlights:

● Over 2000 Delegates

● Over 100 Exhibitors

● Over 5000 Footfalls

● Participation from Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Srilanka, Thailand, UK & USA

Key Speakers at the Conference:

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Event Participants' Profile:

● Architects
● Builders & Developers
● Corporate
● Government Representatives
● Educational Institutions
● Engineers
● Energy Modelers
● Electrical Consultants
● Green Building Facilitators
● Contractors
● Green Poduct / Equipment Manufacturers
● HVAC Consultants
● Interior Designers
● International Agencies
● Landscape Consultants
● Lighting Consultants
● Plumbing Consultants
● Project Management Consultants
● Town Planners

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Why does Hyderabad miss out on hosting international gigs? (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=1314997)

:ohno:

When was the last time Hyderabadis attended an international gig in town? Probably the Bryan Adams show and the Boney M’s Marcia Barrett live. :bash:

Not many options

Everytime an artiste such as Lady Gaga, Metallica, Black Eyed Peas, Shakira and now Enrique Iglesias and Carlos Santana performs in Delhi, Pune and Bangalore, music buffs in the city have no other option but to fly down to these cities spending a fortune on the travel, accommodation and tickets. :ohno: With places like Shillong playing host to international artistes, what ails Hyderabad from organising such gigs?

“There is no dearth of venues and fans. Hyderabad can surely host a show for a 30,000-40,000 strong audience from the city and also outstation fans from Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore. The Bryan Adams show was a super success with a whopping crowd of over 20,000 people. We have had over 2,000 fans attending our concerts,” :cheers: says Anjani, of city-based metal band Sledge.

Best inventory

“Technically, Hyderabad has the best inventory in the country to support an international act. Even the Cyberabad Police is proactive when it comes to providing security cover. The city has been playing host to many international conferences and events,” :cheers: says Harish Madhukurri, partner H’works, the event management company that has organised mega events and associated with the recent CoP-11 as well.

Harish blames the ‘not willing to buy tickets’ culture in the city that comes as a bottleneck for organising such events in the city :weird: “There is a great pressure from people for free tickets. They are not willing to pay more than Rs.500 for a ticket when the ticket costs Rs.2,000. Many a times when the concert is announced online, there is lukewarm response when it comes to purchasing tickets. There is quite a lot of money involved in flying down international artistes. Sponsorship is an issue here. Mumbai and Delhi are cities where head quarters for all brands are housed so it is easier to get sponsorships there :wallbash:,” he adds.

Lack of proper publicity with the organisers depending on social media solely also affects the concerts in the city. “There has to be a build up before the gig. When Iron Maiden came to the country, all the pubs in the country were playing their songs 10 days prior to the gig. Hyderabad has a great following for mainstream acts but not for new-age or underground artistes. Enrique would have definitely got a huge crowd had the city been included in the recent tour :nuts:,” says Anjani.

So now, like during earlier gigs, Hyderabadis have to make do with YouTube, DVDs and MP3 tracks to lend an ear to the ‘Rhythm divine’ while the music buffs in other cities get to see their favourite artiste perform live. :bash:

Anyone planning of visiting the Exhibition at Green Buildings Congress 2012 ? Its a free entry for the Exhibition.

BITS to host TEDx conference in Hyderabad

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/BITS-to-host-TEDx-conference-in-Hyderabad/articleshow/17012306.cms

The BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus has obtained a license to organise the prestigious TEDx conference on their campus next month, making it only the third educational institution in the city to host the event, and the only one where the entire organisation process is being done by students.

The event is an independently organised version of a conference devised by TED (Technology, Innovation, Design), which is known for its global conferences held bi-annually where the list of speakers has previously included heavyweights like Stephen Hawking, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. In Hyderabad, a TEDx Charminar was recently held at a star hotel and others were held at ISB Hyderabad, Silver Oaks School and other locations at Gachibowli.

"Obtaining a license for organising a TEDx event is a herculean task. It took us more than a year to track down a TEDIndia Fellow (a member of the official TED community) and convince him to issue the license. We are happy to be able to add another such event to the other TEDx events in the city," said Kunal Bhatia, one of the organisers, adding that the team had started working on the arrangements and sponsorships from March itself for the event which is scheduled on November 25.

Students have managed to rope in a few big sponsors. The list of speakers at the conference include Satyabrata Dam, a mountaineer who has led successful expeditions to Mt Everest, North and South poles, John Louis, a mathemagician and international memory trainer and Orlando Bernett (16), a national record holding rubik's cube speed solver who can solve the standard 3x3 rubik's cube blindfolded.

VS Rao, director of BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus said, "I am glad that our institution, while being relatively new, has got the opportunity to host such a prestigious event. We always encourage our students to come up with new ideas and innovations and hope that this event will help bring out many such ideas among the participants."

A couple of flyers for the Conference.

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Report on energy efficient buildings to be out today (http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/report-energy-efficient-buildings-be-out-today-221)
Source: DC, Dated: October 30, 2012

The Administrative Staff College of India (Asci) and the Natural Resources Defence Council will release a groundbreaking new report on the future of energy efficient buildings in India, at the HICC on Tuesday, during the Green Building Congress.

The report “Constructing Change: Accelerating Energy Efficiency in India’s Buildings Market”, outlines how India can address its growing energy crisis through the construction of energy-smart cities.

The report discusses best practices and initiatives in states such as Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, and outlines action steps for states and local governments to collectively move the buildings market towards energy efficiency.

As India’s leading technology hub, and home to India’s first LEED Platinum Building, Andhra Pradesh is moving towards setting minimum energy efficiency standards for buildings and adopting the Energy Conservation Building Code in order to increase its energy security and to ensure that energy supply can meet future energy demand in the state and in the country.

The report finds that energy efficiency is the fastest, cleanest, and cheapest way for India to significantly address its growing energy crisis.

With 70 per cent of the buildings that will exist in India by 2030 yet to be built, constructing these buildings with the most energy-efficient technologies now will save India tens of billions of dollars each year.

As a major source of energy demand, buildings represent a significant opportunity for energy and cost saving through energy efficiency.

The report also shows steps taken by the government of Andhra Pradesh and other states to address its energy demand-supply gap by using the cheapest, fastest, and most effective means possible of energy efficiency.

India's building-occupied area may skyrocket to 41 bn sqmt in 2030: Study (http://business-standard.com/india/news/indias-building-occupied-area-may-skyrocket-to-41-bn-sqmt-in-2030-study/193585/on)
Source: Business Standard, Author: K Rajani Kanth, Dated: Oct 30, 2012

If developers implement standard energy efficiency measures in new construction, major retrofits, the country can avoid the need of 2,988 Mw of power

Backlogs across India in July 2012 revealed the severity of India's energy crisis. Looking ahead to 2017, India must increase its energy production by 5% annually from 2011 levels to maintain a 9% growth rate, according to a study.

"This growth rate will result in rapid urbanisation -- India's building-occupied area is projected to skyrocket from 8 billion square metre (sqm) in 2005 to 41 billion sqm in 2030. Incorporating energy efficiency measures in these new buildings will help India meet its energy needs and increase its energy security," the report said.

Prepared by Administrative Staff College of India (Asci) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRSC), the report titled 'Constructing change: Accelerating energy efficiency in India's buildings market' was released at the two-day international conference on green buildings in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
"Energy efficiency is the fastest, cleanest and cheapest way to meet energy needs. India could save $42 billion each year by improving energy efficiency in buildings," the report said.

According to the study, if developers across India implemented standard energy efficiency measures in new construction and major retrofits, the country could avoid the need of 2,988 Mw of generation capacity.

"State and local governments, real estate developers and financial institutions are particularly critical to the successful development and implementation of energy efficient buildings," the report said, adding that by announcing plans to make the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) operational by 2012 for new commercial construction, many states had set an important precedent to promote energy efficiency leadership in the country.

Energy-smart cities is the way to go: Study (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/energysmart-cities-is-the-way-to-go-study/article4047116.ece)
Source: Business Line, Author: V. Rishi Kumar, Dated: October 30, 2012.

Building energy-smart cities is the fastest, easiest way to address Indian energy crisis, according to a study released today at the CII Green Business Congress.

The exhaustive study taken up by the National Resources Defence Council and the Administrative Staff College stresses that State Governments and other stakeholders must act quickly to realise the dramatic cost savings and guarantee a sustainable future for India’s energy-stressed cities.

Building on energy efficiency model standards announced today by Andhra Pradesh, the report shows that by prioritising energy-efficient buildings construction in India’s booming cities will help the country meet its enormous energy needs, improve energy security and propel India in clean energy race.

Anjali Jaiswal, Senior Attorney and Director of NRDC, said, "India needs to build smart from the start. Seventy per cent of the buildings that will” exist in India by 2030 have yet to be built. This presents a tremendous opportunity to incorporate energy-efficient technologies.”

This could be energy efficient windows to better lighting. India can dramatically reduce its energy demand and bring millions in savings to the people.

According to studies, prioritising energy-smart buildings will deliver dramatic savings. McKinsey & Company estimates that unlocking energy efficiency in new building construction, as well as improving appliance and industrial plants’ efficiency, could deliver $42 billion (about Rs 2 lakh crore) in annual savings to India by 2020.

The report provides recommendations to guide Indian state and local authorities, real estate developers, financial institutions and other stakeholders in shifting the building market towards cost-saving, energy efficiency and modern buildings.

The recommendations include adoption of energy efficiency code and strategies to implement them, facilitate awareness and encourage innovative finance among others.

Andhra Pradesh today announced energy efficiency standards which seek to prioritise energy efficiency in building construction.

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Hyderabad to host 1st Edition of IMTCA 2012 on Nov 2 &3
(http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=71941&sid=1)
Taking Indian Healthcare to the next highest level on the global radar, Hyderabad is all set to host the 1st edition of the Indian Medical Tourism Conference scheduled to be held on November 2 and 3, 2012 at HICC.

The two day event is being organized by i-Transition Worldwide (I) Pvt. Limited and ONE HealthCare Worldwide, USA with the supported by FAPCCI (Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry).

The conference is expected to receive International participation from eight countries including US, UK, France, Turkey, Thailand, Philippines, Dubai and Fiji. Local dignitaries from the government and NGOs, director of Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences and several other eminent doctors, medical professionals and entrepreneurs are expected to take part in the mega event.

High level delegation from Ministry of Healthcare and Tourism department and other important attendees from IT and insurance companies are also expected. International speakers like Josef Woodman, Dr David G Vequist IV, Dr Michael Guiry, Prof. Brent McCallum, etc. have been called to conduct the sessions. The two day conference will largely cover sessions on topics that would cater to ‘Global Healthcare’ and focus on ‘Positioning Hyderabad as medical tourism hub in India’.

Eminent medical professionals from across the world and prominent speakers who would give presentations and hold interactive sessions include Armando F Palanco, president of Trans-national Advisors, Prof. Brent McCallum, Asst. Professor, Zayed University, Dr David G Vequist IV, founder & director, Centre for Medical Tourism Research, Dr Michael Guiry, senior fellow at the Centre for Medical Tourism Research, Dr Guru N Reddy, founder & chairman of Continental Hospitals, Dr Marcia C Inhorn Jr. Professor at Yale University, Dr K S Nayak, chief nephrologist and director of Department of Renal Sciences, Dialysis Centres and Renal Transplant Programme, Josef Woodman, director at Patient Beyond Borders and M V Rajeshwara Rao, general secretary of FAPCCI.

Sharing her views, Varsha Lafargue, founder and chairperson, IMTCA and i-Transition Worldwide said, “India has a wide scope to develop medical tourism, with this conference we would like to provide a common platform to all the Healthcare - Tourism industry professionals to exchange and know the best practices from across the world and position Indian healthcare to raise it’s standard to command a larger revenue share of this multi -billion dollar industry. It will also be a good opportunity for the local entrepreneurs to showcase their strengths to the global market, explore new opportunities to increase market share through an organized medical tourism system like IMTCA.”

Medical Tourism has been the driving force for exponential growth in many countries. This conference is an initiative dedicated to drive economic growth in India through medical tourism and to map India as one of the “best value provider” medical tourism destination of the world.

ISB to host digital summit (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/marketing/isb-to-host-digital-summit/article4055117.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy)

HYDERABAD, NOV. 1:
The Indian School of Business (ISB) is hosting a digital summit at its Hyderabad campus from November 9-12.

The summit Advertising strategies for online retailers is being organised by the Srini Raju Centre for IT and the Networked Economy at the ISB in association with Jigserv, a digital marketing company founded by an ISB alumnus.

The conference will bring together academics, business leaders, marketers and digital media industry practitioners to discuss the new paradigms in digital marketing, and how it will impact businesses.

Some of the prominent speakers include: Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder and CEO, Rediff.com, Arun Sundarajan, of Stern School of Business, New York University, Hari Krishnan, Country Manager, LinkedIn India, Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, Google India; Vikramaditya Sharma, Director, Nielsen Online, India and Virginia Sharma, Vice-President Marketing, IBM India / South Asia.

The summit will discuss and debate current trends in digital media, recent innovations, new biz models and effective ways of leveraging the medium for both large and mid-sized companies, across various verticals, a press release said.

International conference on India-Sri Lanka relations this week at Osmania University
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12A/Nov05_1352105568CH.php

A two-day international conference on India-Sri Lanka relations will be held at Osmania University in Hyderabad, India on November 8 and 9.

The conference on 'India-Sri Lanka Relations: Strengthening SAARC' is organized by the Centre for Indian Ocean Studies (CIOS) at the Osmania University.

The objective of the conference is to appraise the role of SAARC in the economic betterment of the region in promoting India - Sri Lanka relations and also strengthening future relations, and initiating co-ordination and cooperation in the region for development in critical areas, according to the organizers.

The conference attempts to reflect on methods and means to promote an environment of peace security, mutual cooperation and coordination of the SAARC region through India - Sri Lanka canvas, the CIOS said.

Some of the themes that will be covered include India - Sri Lanka Economic Cooperation and Trade Relations, Plurality and Diaspora, Security Concerns: Promoting Bi-lateral, Tri-lateral and Multilateral Cooperation, Urban - Regional Development and Planning, Natural Resources Management in SAARC - Possibilities for Trade Lobbies, National Hazards, Disasters and Management, Human Rights and Regionalism.

Hyderabad holds the potential to become the medical tourism hub of India (http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=72012&sid=1)

With IMTCA (Indian Medical Tourism Conference and Alliance) 2012 kick starting its 1st edition in Hyderabad, the two day conference (2nd, 3rd) had unlocked the huge potentials that can be explored in the medical tourism sector in India. With advanced hospitals and well developed healthcare infrastructure, Hyderabad is set to become the medical tourism hub of India, revealed speakers at the conference.

With a potential of $35 billion global markets, the medical tourism sector holds a great growth potential if explored in the right direction. At present South Korea is leading in the medical tourism sector with a rapid growth of $6.9 millions in 2009 to 27.8 millions in 2011. In view of this India too can be explored to earn great revenues through promoting medical tourism in the country. With a well developed hospital infrastructure and well trained nurses and doctors Hyderabad stands in the forefront to grab the opportunity of become the India’s leading medical tourism hub.

Initiated as an objective to bring all stake holders (medical practitioners, doctors, hospitals, tourism and hospitality industry) at one place, the IMTCA event also gave an apt platform for networking with delegates and exchange ideas on research, academic and economic values.

Taking part in the 2 day event many participants shared their knowledge about best medical and health practices, challenges and opportunities that are needed to be explored in the medical tourism sector in the country.

Dr Pushpa Mitra Bhargava, Founder of Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology, who was the chief guest at the event stressed that though India has reached to a level where it has tremendous potential to become most preferred medical tourism destination in the world, the country’s healthcare sector still needs to focus its energies towards the rural population and device policies that enable safe and affordable medical and healthcare services to the poor. He said, “During the past 15 years, 270,000 farmers have committed suicides the country because they could not repay money borrowed meet their healthcare costs. In view this there is a need for a policy decision to chalk out middle way where it should not only cater to the healthcare needs of rural poor and at the same time promote corporate medical tourism.”

Talking about the importance of medical tourism industry, Varsha Lafargue, Founder and Chairperson, IMTCA and i-Transition Worldwide said “medical tourism has become a major source of national incomes in many countries. While countries like Israel, Jordan, etc. have limited natural resources, the revenue contribution through medical tourism towards their GDP’s is substantial and growing. Jordan enjoys 5 per cent of their GDP from Medical tourism and Israel’s is growing double digit figures. India enjoys both an abundance of manpower and natural resources and organized medical tourism will be able to generate revenues in billions of dollars in coming years.

About 200 medical practitioners, tourism professionals and specialists from across the country took part in the 1st edition of the IMTAC 2012. The two day event largely focused on global medical tourism and potential of Hyderabad as a medical tourism hub in India.

Dr. Ayapati Dharma Rakshak, director, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, who was guest of honour at the event said, “With large scale healthcare programmes like Rajiv Arogyasir, Andhra Pradesh is in the forefront in providing the best healthcare services to the poor in the country. We have world class hospitals, well trained nurses and technicians. The medical costs in India are very low when compared to other developed countries. Taking up the initiative to make India one of the most preferred medical tourism destinations of the world is a great step forward and we look forward to having more such events that can drive the growth of not only the industry but also the economy of the country at large.”

Meet on small airports in Hyderabad on Nov 7-10 (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/meet-on-small-airports-in-hyderabad-on-nov-710/article4071192.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy)

HYDERABAD, NOV 6:
Airports Council International is organising the 8th Asia-Pacific Small Airport seminar from November 7- 10 in Hyderabad, with re-engineering of airport economics being the focus theme.

This is the first seminar on small airports being held after formation of the Small Airports Network (SAN) by the council.

It will seek to address the common concerns and interests of small airport operators, besides evaluating the needs, challenges, latest developments and outlook of industry.

Issues such as economic expectations of stakeholders, cargo traffic, non-aero innovations and attracting airlines to airports will be elaborately discussed during the conference. The second ACI Asia-Pacific SAN meeting will also be held during the event.

Arun Mishra, Director General, DGCA will deliver the inaugural address on November 8, while aviation experts such as Yashwant S Bhave, Chairperson - Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, Sotiris A Pagdadis, Global Airport Sector Leader, PwC, VP Agrawal, Chairman, Airports Authority of India, Neil Mills CEO of SpiceJet, Peter Hoslin, Head (Airline Marketing) of Abu Dhabi Airports Company and Nikos Kardasis, CEO, Jet Airways, will speakat the seminar.

ACI Asia-Pacific, one of the five ACI regions, is based in Hong Kong and represents the interest of 95 members who operate over 500 airports in the Asia-Pacific Region, spanning West Asia, former CIS States, the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent, Northeast and Southeast Asia, Oceania, the Pacific Islands and Hawaii.

Hyderabad to host BioAsia 2013
(http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/hyderabad-to-host-bioasia-2013-290740)
Hyderabad: The 10th edition of BioAsia 2013, the annual biotechnology and life sciences conference, will be held in Hyderabad from January 28-30 next year.

With the theme of Biologics and Biosimilars, discussions will be focused on drug discovery, monoclonal antibodies, regenerative medicine, intellectual property rights and financial eco-system.

A parallel event focusing on agricultural biotechnology and food technology with the support of International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) will also be held.

BioAsia 2013 will be hosted by the government of Andhra Pradesh with the support of the Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) and Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council (Pharmexcil).

According to a statement by the organisers, interested individuals, institutions, academia and companies can log on to www.2013.bioasia.in to register themselves for participating in the event.

"Over the last decade BioAsia has successfully established itself as a platform that has added significant momentum to the growth of biotechnology arena," said Shakthi Nagappan, CEO, BioAsia.

Hyd to host education programme on processed food industry from Dec 17-21 (http://www.fnbnews.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=32820&sectionid=1)

With a view to empower processed food professionals with cutting-edge solutions to deal with challenges in the sector, the Centre for Executive Education (CEE), Sathguru Management Consultants, Hyderabad, in association with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), Cornell University, New York, will deliver the first Food Industry Leadership Program (FILP) in Hyderabad from December 17-21, 2012.

FILP will reinforce the participants’ knowledge on leadership models in the food sector. It will also address issues related to innovation in product development; excogitate and seize opportunities in product development and supply sectors. FILP will also introduce ideas for developing novel products; tie-up loose ends in supply chain management, and production and marketing segments. It will help professionals generate optimum output; react to emerging issues as well as develop solutions for ongoing issues to stay competitive in the world market.

Since the frequent economic instability requires considerable agility to deal with the market, the programme will facilitate interactions among participants and faculty to initiate ideas to react to such changes. FILP will also facilitate an effective enterprising arena and a place to anticipate and highlight innovation, to interpret the trends and initiate new food fashions.

Designed for mid- and senior-level executives, the programme will provide an intensive, interactive and challenging learning experience for present and next generation leaders. According to a press release, the programme pertinent to executives drawn from various facets of the food industry such as food processing, retailing, marketing, brand management, food product development, research, customer loyalty management, regulatory compliance, public affairs management and strategic planning, the programme will give a competitive edge to all participants connected with the food industry value chain.

A faculty comprising industry leaders and subject experts from around the globe would converge to share their knowledge and experiences through relevant case studies, lectures, group assignments and discussion sessions, the release added.

NHRD 3-day HR Conference 2012 begins on Nov 29 (http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/6426/HR-Conference-2012)

The three-day human resource conference (HR Conference 2012) of National HRD Network (NHRD) will be organized in Hyderabad from November 29

The three-day human resource conference (HR Conference 2012) of National HRD Network (NHRD) will be organized in Hyderabad from November 29. NHRD, which is committed towards development of human resources through education, training, research and experience sharing, is managed by noted HR professionals on an honorary basis. The key speakers of the conference are former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam and Planning Commission member Arun Maira.

On the first day, Robin Speculand, founder & CEO, Bridges Business Consultancy, UK, will address a special session on brand strategy. It will be followed by an HR exhibition to be inaugurated by SY Siddiqui, national president, NHRDN; and COO of Maruti India. The inaugural function will be attended by Mr Siddiqui and TV Rao, founder president of NHRDN among others. The main session will be on ‘Energizing Nation for Excellence’. Mr Maira and N S Rajan, partner & global leader, people & organisation, E&Y; will address the session.

The opening session of the Day 2, ‘Energising Excellence in Organisations’ will be addressed by Mr Robin Speculand and Shiv Kumar, MD & SVP, IMEA, Nokia. Ronald Fry, professor of Case Western University, USA; and Jamie Gurely, senior leader, CCL, Singapore; will discuss on ‘Innovative Organization Designs (not organizational structures)’. The prime attraction of the second day will be former President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam and he will share his valued understanding on ‘Energising Excellence in Teams’.

The third day will witness two thought provoking sessions on ‘Energising Excellence in Individuals’ and ‘Excellence in Sustainability & Governance’. While Santrupt Mishra, CEO and director-HR of Aditya Birla Group; and Rajiv Dubey, group HR, Mahindra & Mahindra; will address the first seminar, Satish Pradhan, EVP, group HR, Tata Sons; Dr Jai Prakash Narayan, president of the Loksatta Party; and V Raghunathan, CEO, GMR Varalakshmi Foundation; will speak in the second.

Hyderabad to host aerospace meet

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Hyderabad-to-host-aerospace-meet/articleshow/17316426.cms

India will flight test its scramjet engine developed by defence scientists in 2014. Chief controller, Research and Development (Missiles and strategic systems), DRDO Avinash Chander told reporters here on Wednesday that two countries in the world had tested the scramjet engine, but in only one case the flight was successful. "Scramjet technology is still going through the testing phase," he said. A scramjet engine can provide speed up to Mach 12, though India's scramjet engine is said to be aimed at achieving Mach 6 speed which is 5,800 km/hr.

The 26th national convention of aerospace engineers and national seminar on 'Expanding frontiers in aerospace technologies - challenges and opportunities' is being organised by the aerospace engineering division board of the Institution of Engineers (India), Andhra Pradesh centre on November 24-25 to discuss these issues.

Avinash Chander, who is the co-chairman of the national organising committee, said cyber and space warfare were the new emerging areas where wars would be fought and India will have to prepare for it. During the meet, India's Mars mission will also be discussed. Avinash Chander said the country has been able to leverage the spin offs of space technology for developmental purposes as well. He said the challenge now was also to harness energy from space.

Apart from making India capable of handling its defence in the space, he said the challenge was also to come up with technologies that would make space travel and tourism economical.

V K Saraswat, scientific advisor to defence minister, will inaugurate the convention and Rajaram Nagappa, distinguished professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, V Adimurthy, dean, Indian Institute of Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, S K Shiva Kumar, director, Isro Satellite Centre (ISAC) will speak at the meet.

Hyderabad to host intl conference on pharma, bioanalytics and cosmetics from November 22 to 24

http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=72244&sid=1

A series of international conferences and exhibitions on pharma regulatory affairs, analytical & bioanalytical techniques, cosmetics & cosmetology and food processing technology are set to begin at the International Convention Centre (HICC) in Hyderabad from November 22 to 24.

The mega international event is being organised by the OMICS group, and a series of International meetings and exhibitions will be conducted during this event. Major among the conferences that are expected to attract the attention of the industry are the third and second international conferences on analytical and bioanalytical techniques and the pharmaceutical regulator affairs which are scheduled to begin on November 22 & 23 respectively.

The main aim of the conferences is to discuss and focus on various contemporary issues related to pharma regulatory affairs, cosmetology and cosmetics, food processing technology, analytical and bioanalyitcal techniques.

Invitees from across the globe are expected to take part at the conference. “Approximately 800 delegates and high-level decision makers from over 25 countries representing various parts of the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics and instrumentation industry are expected at the two-day event,” said Dr Ravi Kumar Dasari, Head-OMICS Group.

As recent regulations by government on pharma industry have created a flutter in the country, the conference is expected to highlight various regulatory issues concerning the industry. “The event is a big platform to discuss contemporary issues of the pharma industry. My focus of discussion at the event is regarding regulatory issues on clinical trials in emerging markets. As the emerging markets like India and other developing nations in Asia and Africa are fast becoming the hubs for clinical trials it is important to focus on prevailing clinical trial regulatory scenario and future prospects of the Industry,” said SV Krishna Prasad, CEO and director, Cito Healthcare, who is giving a presentation on Clinical trials in emerging markets.

Earlier, the first International Conference on Pharmaceutical regulatory affairs was held in BWI Airport Baltimore last year in September. It focused on "Research & Advancements in Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs", which brought together large and medium pharmaceutical, biotech and diagnostics companies, leading universities, clinical research institutions and dignitaries from Quality & Regulatory departments of FDA.

During the event of second international conference on pharma regulatory affairs it is expected that industry experts will deliberate and give presentations on various topics relating to regulatory affairs for healthcare products, biologics and medical devices, drug development and NDDS (Novel Drug Delivery Systems), drug interactions and toxicity, biologics, novel therapies and other special categories.

It is learnt that experts will also focus their discussions on OTC (Over the Counter) drug products, herbal medicines and homoeopathic medicines, safety and quality regulation, business, law enforcement and education, biomedical intellectual property management, regulatory compliances in health care, novel strategies for growth in the pharma and regulatory environment.

World Agriculture Forum- 2013 to be held in Hyderabad (http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/world-agriculture-forum2013-to-be-held-in-hyderabad/83193/)

To discuss steps to make farming economically-viable in the era of WTO regime, a three-day World Agriculture Forum Congress will be organised here from November 4-7 next year.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the Congress, being held for the first time in Asia, which has the theme "Re-shaping agriculture for a sustainable future of small and marginal farmers".

An agricultural trade fair will also be organised concurrently. As a prelude to the Congress, a meeting was held here today to discuss the agenda and related issues.

World Agriculture Forum Chairman Kenneth M Baker, WAF Advisory Board chairman and former Prime Minister of New Zealand James B Bolger, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Agriculture ministers -- Kanna Lakshminarayana (AP), Ramkrishan Kusmariya (Madhya Pradesh) and D Prasad Mishra (Odisha) attended the meeting along with others.
The primary objective of the Congress was to discuss with all key stakeholders like farmers’ organizations, industry, government and scientists the steps for "re-shaping and re-positioning" small farm-holder agriculture to make farming economically-viable in the era of WTO regime, WAF Chairman Baker said.

Speaking on the occasion, Bolger noted that the challenge was to feed nine billion people in the world in the next 40 years, up from seven billion now.

"About 800 million to one billion people are left hungry everyday now, out of the world's population of seven billion. We have to feed not only these people but also an additional two billion people in the next 40 years. We need to produce 70 per cent more food in the next 40 years," Bolger pointed out.

The task, therefore, in front of agriculture sector was "immense". Its not a question if it is possible but its a question of the will. The world can feed itself better if there is a political will, the former Prime Minister observed.

"We need to use all the safe sides to reach the goal of feeding all," he added.

Stating that the WAF was trying to reach out to the world, Bolger said the WAF Congress was for the first time being held outside the US.

Hyderabad to host World Agriculture Forum Congress (http://india.nydailynews.com/newsarticle/ed136d7087aaa26771dca0c3865775be/hyderabad-to-host-world-agriculture-forum-congress)

Hyderabad, Nov 24 — After successfully hosting a United Nations conference on global biodiversity last month, Hyderabad will be playing host to World Agriculture Forum (WAF) Congress next year.
With the theme "Re−shaping agriculture for a sustainable future of small and marginal farmers", the Congress will be held from Nov 4−7 next year. Around 600 delegates from across the world would discuss steps to make farming economically viable and improve farmers' income.
To be held for the first time in Asia, the Congress will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
WAF Chairman Kenneth Baker said the Congress would discuss steps for re−shaping and re−positioning small farm−holder agriculture to make farming economically−viable in the era of WTO regime.
All key stakeholders like farmers' organisations, industry, academicians, politicians, administrators and scientists will be attending the three−day conference.
The field visits will be organised Nov 4, while the deliberations will begin Nov 5.Baker was speaking at a meeting here Saturday to discuss the agenda of the Congress and related issues.
WAF Advisory Board chairman and former prime minister of New Zealand James B. Bolger said the Congress would be significant in view of the challenge to feed nine billion people in the world in the next 40 years, up from seven billion now.
"About 800 million to one billion people are left hungry everyday now, out of the world's population of seven billion. We have to feed not only these people but also an additional two billion people in the next 40 years," Bolger said.
Stating that the task to produce 70 percent more food in the next 40 years is huge, Bolger said it was possible to achieve with the political will.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy assured the WAF all cooperation in making the Congress a huge success.
He pointed out how the city successfully hosted biodiversity conference, which was held for the first time in India.
State Agriculture Ministers Kanna Lakshminarayana (Andhra Pradesh), Ramkrishan Kusmariya (Madhya Pradesh) and D. Prasad Mishra (Odisha) and officials from other states attended the meeting.


Read more: http://india.nydailynews.com/newsarticle/ed136d7087aaa26771dca0c3865775be/hyderabad-to-host-world-agriculture-forum-congress#ixzz2DEHgIerj

Seminar on IT, ITeS trends in Hyderabad (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/seminar-on-it-ites-trends-in-hyderabad/article4136980.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy)

HYDERABAD, NOV. 26:
The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI) and EduGate Foundation will organise a national seminar on ‘IT and IT-enabled services – trends, opportunities and challenges – in Hyderabad on January 25, 2013.

The seminar will be held at the Federation House (FAPCCI premises) at Erramanjil here.

Addressing a press conference here recently, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Andhra Pradesh Minister for Information Technology and Communications, said that the seminar would focus on the opportunities for small and medium enterprises.

An exhibition too will be held simultaneously, where stakeholders would showcase their products and services.

He said the Government was putting in place necessary infrastructure to attract IT investments into the State.

World Agriculture Forum to meet on reshaping agriculture for sustainable future of small and marginal farmers (http://www.indiaeducationdiary.in/showEE.asp?newsid=17256)

Report by Ranjan Parida, Hyderabad: The World Agricultural Forum, the 15 years old work body will be having its biennial meet at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in November, 2013 where global leaders, administrators, farmers, organizations, eminent academicians, CEOs of industries, functionaries of Development Organizations, NGOs will meet in one platform to share their experiences and to learn their efforts to fine the critical problems of agricultural farmers.

For this, the Steering Committee meet at Hyderabad in the state of Andhra Pradesh in which James B. Bolger, Chairman, WAF Advisory Board & Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Dr. Kenneth Baker, Chairman, WAF, Sjro N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh, Debi Prasad Mishra, Minister, Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development, Odisha, Kanna Laksminarayana, Minister of Agriculture & ATM, Andhra Pradesh and TRamkrishna Chamaria Babaji, Minister of Agriculture, Mahdya Pradesh and several others Stte Agriculture Ministers from neighboring states and Secretaries of Agriculture from all India States attended.

The Agriculture Ministers and delegated shared their thoughts and opinions on the subjects of protecting and sustaining the interest of Indian farmers in a globalised world where foreign trade is playing a crucial role in determining the sustainability of farming systems. Discussion on farm input inflation vis-à-vis food inflation while drafting exim policies and also exchange of opinion in best practices among the states.

Mishra, Minister of Agriculture, fisheries & Animal Resources Development, Odisha highlighted the good initiatives taken in Odisha and welcomed the global meet, opined that the forum besides interacting the discussion on agricultural issues and research innovation, issues on challenges relating to protection of the interest of small and marginal farmers as the Indian States are having large chunk of small farmers.

He also opined that WTO regime, the benefits of world trade and growth should be shared not by a small elite high income group but by the small rural farmers. The ex-Prime Minister of New Zealand James B. Bolger and Chairman, WAF Dr. Kenneth Baker discussed about the vision of WAF to act as a catalyst to advance solution to the critical needs of the farmers and the efforts of WAF to deliberate on the growing need of fuel, food and fibre in environment friendly manner in different agri climatic zones of the globe.

The broad theme of the Mega Event of World Agricultural Forum will be held at Hyderabad in November, 2013 which will be attended by the high profile delegates and Government leaders of 110 countries. The meeting was held at Jubilee Hall of Hyderabad which was presided by Prof. A. Janaiah.

Indo-German meet on system biology (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/indogerman-meet-on-system-biology/article4136807.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home)

HYDERABAD, NOV. 26:
The first Indo-German symposium on system biology will be held at the University of Hyderabad from November 27 to 29.

It is a joint effort of the German House for Research and Innovation, New Delhi and the University of Hyderabad.

It brings together a critical number of researchers from all over India and Germany to discuss their current research in areas such as synthetic biology, infection biology, drug design and metabolic pathway modelling.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Ramakrishna Ramaswamy will deliver the keynote address.

AP Government to bid for CYP 2013 conference in Hyderabad (http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/state-to-bid-for-commonwealth-youth-conference/article4137897.ece)


Buoyed by the success of prestigious global events in Hyderabad in recent times, particularly the COP-11, the State Government is all set to bid for hosting the sixth edition of Common Youth Parliament (CYP) 2013.

The CYP is the commitment of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to provide an opportunity to the young Parliamentarians of Commonwealth countries to further engage with politics and parliamentary democracy. Young Parliamentarians in the age group of 18-29 years from over 150 Commonwealth countries are selected to participate in the CYP.

It aims at giving youth parliamentarians an opportunity to understand parliamentary practice and procedure. It enables them to lead and take part in a range of parliamentary processes including committees and parliamentary style debates. The idea is to encourage participation in the political process.

Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar will make a strong pitch for hosting the CYP-2013 in Hyderabad during his participation in the fifth edition of the CYP in London beginning December 3. He reportedly discussed the ambitious plan with Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy. Sources said the CPA delegation from United Kingdom that had visited Hyderabad some time back was impressed by the facilities here. :cheers: It was pointed out that chairman of the delegation Sir Alan Haselhurst had even advised Mr. Manohar to make a presentation at the CYP in London. “The CPA United Kingdom felt that Hyderabad was an ideal venue to hold such event. The Chief Minister is also keen that the State Capital should be given its due :banana:,” Mr. Manohar told The Hindu on Monday.

A.P Legislative Assembly is member of CPA and the State branch was formed in 1968. Council Chairman A. Chakrapani and Speaker Manohar are joint presidents while the Chief Minister is the vice-president.

Hyderabad to host United Nations World Tourism Organisation meet in April 2013 (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/travel/tourism-projects-need-to-be-fasttracked-chiranjeevi/article4137220.ece)
:banana:
India will play a host to the United Nations world tourism Organisation (UNTWO) regional commission for South Asia, East Asia and Pacific countries in April 2013 in Hyderabad. :cheers:

More than 30 countries are expected to take part in the event which was finalised at London during the meeting with Taleb Rafai, Secretary General, UNWTO.

He felt this event presents an ideal opportunity to showcase the rich heritage and potential for meetings and conventions.

Gem meet in City (http://postnoon.com/2012/11/27/gem-meet-in-city/90470)

The International Gemolo*gical Institute (IGI) is set to host a two-day buyer-seller knowledge meet called ‘The IGI D-Show’, organised to facilitate easier communication in the jewellery industry.

The show, to be held in the City, is the first of its kind. IGI observed the need to facilitate buyer-seller interactions aimed at the development of the gemstone market in Hyderabad. The idea is to bring like-minded people who offer IGI certified jewellery/loose diamonds, along with jewellers, on a common platform to interact and establish long-term business goals.

Several jewellery and diamond manufacturers from across the country will showcase their merchandise at the knowledge fair, which will have exclusive seminars on critical information jewellers should keep in mind while buying and selling.

Manufacturers from across the country will be present for the event. Well-established retailers from Hyderabad have also signed up for the event.

Tehmasp Printer, managing director, IGI, said, “We are thrilled with the response shown by the jewellery industry, and look forward to building this property with regular events across cities for the benefit of diamond merchants and traders in India.”

Hyderabad to host United Nations World Tourism Organisation meet in April 2013 (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/travel/tourism-projects-need-to-be-fasttracked-chiranjeevi/article4137220.ece)
:banana:

Great news ! I hope more such MICE events of International Stature take place in the City which brings in more demand for Hotels and increases the overall occupancy rate as well.

I still remember how the then opposition was mocking CBN's plans for HICC, look where it has brought us today. :cheers:

NHRD 3-day national conference begins on November 29 (http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/6461/)

The three-day national conference of National HRD Network (NHRD) will be organized in Hyderabad from November 29

The three-day national conference of National HRD Network (NHRD) will be organized in Hyderabad from November 29. It will be the 16th national conference of NHRD, which is committed towards development of human resources through education, training, research and experience sharing.

The key speakers of the conference are A P J Abdul Kalam, former president of India; Planning Commission member Arun Maira; G V Prasad, vice-chairman & CEO of Dr Reddy’s Lab; Santrupt Mishra, CEO, director – HR of Aditya Birla Group; and S Y Siddiqui, COO of Maruti Suzuki India.

Other noted speakers who will address the conference include: N S Rajan, partner, global leader – people and organization, E&Y; Amithab Choudhary, MD & CEO, HDFC Life; Prakash Iyer, MD of Kimberly Clark Lever Pvt Ltd; C N Prasad, CEO, Sundaram Clayton; Deepak Mangla, CEO—global service, J P Morgan; V Raghunathan, CEO, GMR Varalaxmi Foundation; Rajiv Dubey, president, M&M; and Ronald Fry, professor, Case Western University, USA.

On the first day, Robin Speculand, founder & CEO, Bridges Business Consultancy, UK, will address a special session on brand strategy. It will be followed by an HR exhibition to be inaugurated by SY Siddiqui, national president, NHRDN; and COO of Maruti India. The inaugural function will be attended by Mr Siddiqui and TV Rao, founder president of NHRDN, among others.

The opening session of the Day 2, ‘Energising Excellence in Organisations’ will be addressed by Mr Robin Speculand and Shiv Kumar, MD & SVP, IMEA, Nokia. Ronald Fry, professor of Case Western University, USA; and Jamie Gurely, senior leader, CCL, Singapore; will discuss on ‘Innovative Organization Designs (not organizational structures)’. The prime attraction of the second day will be former President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam and he will share his valued understanding on ‘Energising Excellence in Teams’.

The third day will witness two thought provoking sessions on ‘Energising Excellence in Individuals’ and ‘Excellence in Sustainability & Governance’. While Santrupt Mishra, CEO and director-HR of Aditya Birla Group; and Rajiv Dubey, group HR, Mahindra & Mahindra; will address the first seminar, Satish Pradhan, EVP, group HR, Tata Sons; Dr Jai Prakash Narayan, president of the Loksatta Party; and V Raghunathan, CEO, GMR Varalakshmi Foundation; will speak in the second.

Exhibition and Convention Center coming up at Hyderabad International Airport (http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/boris-johnson-my-vision-of-an-airport-city-on-thames-inspired-by-india-8363224.html)
:banana:
Mr Grandhi said: “We want to create the first Indian air city. We’ve got the basic airport infrastructure in place, now we’re trying to do various anchor developments. You need the social infrastructure to make it a living eco-system.” :cheers:

A private health clinic — offering fly-in, fly-out operations — a Canadian business school campus, exhibition and convention centre and maintenance business are already under way on the 1.2 million square foot site, which serves a city of seven million :banana:.

World allergy specialists to meet in Hyderabad on December 6 (http://in.news.yahoo.com/world-allergy-specialists-meet-hyderabad-december-6-132757609.html)

New Delhi, Nov. 29 (ANI): For the first time in India, the World Allergy Organization (WAO) will host the WAO International Scientific Conference (WISC 2012) from December 6 to 9 in Hyderabad providing a multidisciplinary forum for a wide range of health care professionals, who treat patients with asthma and allergic diseases.
The conference, which would be held under the patronage of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, expects to gather nearly 1,500 delegates from around the world.
As the discipline of allergy spans various specialties, the scientific program will offer a wide range of courses and subjects: 24 postgraduate courses, 5 plenary sessions, 16 parallel symposia, 6 keynote lectures, 3 poster sessions as well as a half-day program on "Highlights in Immunotherapy," a 'General Practitioner Program', and a 'Patient and Public Forum', all delivered by a faculty of 90 internationally known experts.
254 abstracts were accepted from clinicians around the world, and travel grants have been awarded to 5 junior clinicians. Allergic diseases and asthma, like other non-communicable diseases, are escalating to epidemic proportions worldwide and up to 30-40 percent of the world's population are now affected by some form of allergy.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 300 million individuals have asthma worldwide, a figure that could increase to 400 million by 2025 if trends continue. The complexity and severity of allergic disorders, including asthma, continue to increase especially in children and young adults. This is paralleled with a rising prevalence of life threatening allergies like food allergies, drug allergies and anaphylaxis and more complex forms.
"As the prevalence of allergic disease and asthma rises in countries around the world especially in children regardless of their economic status, so do the socioeconomic costs both direct such as interference with breathing during day or night, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations, and indirect such as reduced quality of life, reduced work productivity and absenteeism," said Professor Ruby Pawankar, Conference President and President of the World Allergy Organization.
"This offers an opportunity for low-, middle-, and high-income countries to join forces in addressing a major global challenge that threatens health and economies alike," she said.
According to Professor Stephen Holgate, Scientific Program Chair, "The enormous rise in asthma and allergy prevalence worldwide - but especially in those countries which are developing so rapidly - is a concern such as is occurring in India. We must try to uncover the causative agents involved and deliver a prevention program."
The WISC 2012 meeting in Hyderabad, according to Professor Lanny Rosenwasser, Organizing Chair, 'will bring international experts to India in a timely exchange of ideas and new information to manage these global public health concerns. The emerging science of allergy and immunology makes new and effective means of treatment for serious diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and allergic skin diseases'.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad will inaugurate the conference on December 6. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy will preside over the function.

Hyderabad to host meet on allergic diseases (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/hyderabad-to-host-meet-on-allergic-diseases/article4147160.ece)

HYDERABAD, NOV. 29:
A global meet on allergic diseases will be held in Hyderabad during December 6-9. Experts and health care professionals treating patients with asthma and allergic diseases numbering over 1,500 are expected to take part.

For the first time in the country, the World Allergy Organisation will be hosting this international scientific conference. The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will inaugurate and the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy will preside.

According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 300 million individuals have asthma worldwide, a figure that could increase to 400 million by 2025 if trends continue. Supported by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the scientific programme will span various specialties. It will also have special sessions on “Highlights in Immunotherapy,” a General Practitioner Program, and a Patient and Public Forum, all delivered by a faculty of 90 internationally known experts.

City to host another international event (http://postnoon.com/2012/11/30/city-to-host-another-international-event/91281)

After CoP-11, the City will be hosting the Metropolis World Congress in 2014.

After CoP-11, the City will be hosting another important international event in 2014, the Metropolis World Congress.Following his recent visit to Guangzhou, China the GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu confirmed that Hyderabad has received the privilege of hosting another international event of the Metropolis. Around 1,200 to 1,300 participants from various countries, will be taking part in the three day event scheduled to be held in November 2014.

“In the board meeting, the technical screening committee checked the preparedness and planning by Hyderabad for event,” he said.Krishna Babu who attended the board of directors meeting of metropolis Congress, explained that ASCI (Administrative Staff College of India) will be coordinating for developing the infrastructure and will be playing a major role during the event.

City to host another international event (http://postnoon.com/2012/11/30/city-to-host-another-international-event/91281)

Awesome, Cop11 has opened a flood gates of sorts for big ticket International Events in Hyd which is boosting the Hotel Sector, Tourism and MICE Potential of Hyd. Three :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: to HICC and the rest for putting up a great show !

^^ Yes! This is just the beginning! Many more international events will be hosted by Hyderabad in future! So, as of now the big ticket events lined up are:

1) 2nd World Allergy Organization All International Scientific Conference (WISC) - December 2012 [First time in India]

2) 10th BioAsia Conference - January 2013

3) United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNTWO) regional commission for South Asia, East Asia and Pacific countries meet - April 2013

4) Internet Corporation for Assigned Name and Numbers (ICANN) Conference - July 2013 [First time in India]

5) World Agriculture Forum (WAF) Congress - November 2013 [First time in Asia]

6) 11th Metropolis World Congress and 4th Metropolis Awards - November 2014 [First time in India]

The other events where bids will be presented to host the event in Hyderabad are:

1) 6th Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) Conference - 2013 [Bid by AP Government]

Hyderabad to play host to India's first AppFest
(http://business-standard.com/india/technology/news/hyderabad-to-play-host-to-indias-first-appfest-/198124/on)
The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), a professional body representing the online and mobile value-added services (VAS) industry in India, will be organising AppFest 2012, the country’s first apps event, in Hyderabad from December 13.

“The three-day AppFest is the first step towards realisation of the tremendous opportunity, and will seek to foster an environment where businesses, developers, platforms and networks are incentivised for their efforts,” IAMAI president Subho Ray said, adding that over 600 app developers will be participating in the event.

‘Apps’, less than 5 years after the term was popularised, signifies some serious stuff in India –– the front door for all businesses, opportunity for entrepreneurship and innovation in smaller towns and cities, creation of enormous core and ancillary job opportunities. The faint whispers of an ‘apps economy’ in the US in 2009, therefore, are becoming a loud and serious topic of discussion across the world in 2012, according to IAMAI.

It is estimated that in the US alone, apps have generated half a million new jobs between 2007 and 2012. In India, given the strong base of mobile users, rapidly-growing base of Internet users, availability of innovative minds and depth of resource pool, the opportunity can be enormous, Ray said.

AppFest 2012 will have three tracks –– Talkathon, Hackathon and Challengathon. Developers will be able to share ideas on technology, revenue models and current opportunities with each other. It will also provide an opportunity to participants to compete and create on-spot customised solutions for brands present and immediate opportunity to work with them on larger projects, he added.

WAO to host 4-day WISC 2012 from December 6 in Hyderabad (http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=72466&sid=2)

The World Allergy Organization (WAO), an international alliance of 89 regional and national allergy, asthma and immunology societies will be organising four-days WAO International Scientific Conference (WISC 2012) from December 6-9, 2012 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad.

WISC 2012 will be inaugurated by Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and the chief guest of the conference. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Vasant Kumar, Minister of Tourism, Sport and Culture of Andhra Pradesh, and Dr DL Ravindra Reddy, Minister for Health & Family Welfare Andhra Pradesh, will be presiding the event.

The main aim is to provide a multidisciplinary forum for a wide range of health care professionals who treat patients with asthma and allergic diseases including allergists, pulmonologists, ENTs, dermatologists, internists, paediatricians, gastroenterologists, clinical immunologists and primary care physicians.

A faculty of 90 internationally known experts will deliver highlights in immunotherapy which is a General Practitioner Programme, and a Patient and Public Forum.

Allergic diseases and asthma, like other non-communicable diseases, are escalating to epidemic proportions worldwide and up to 30-40 per cent of the world’s population are now affected by some form of allergy. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated 300 million individuals have asthma worldwide, a figure that could increase to 400 million by 2025 if trends continue. The complexity and severity of allergic disorders, including asthma, continue to increase especially in children and young adults. This is paralleled with a rising prevalence of life threatening allergies like food allergies, drug allergies and anaphylaxis and more complex forms.

“As the prevalence of allergic disease and asthma rises in countries around the world especially in children regardless of their economic status, so do the socioeconomic costs both direct such as interference with breathing during day or night, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations, and indirect such as reduced quality of life, reduced work productivity and absenteeism,” said Professor Ruby Pawankar, conference president and president of the WAO.

Prof Pawankar further added that this offers an opportunity for low, middle, and high-income countries to join forces in addressing a major global challenge that threatens health and economies alike.

According to Professor Stephen Holgate, scientific programme chair the enormous rise in asthma and allergy prevalence worldwide – but especially in those countries which are developing so rapidly – is a concern such as is occurring in India. Prof. Holgate said, “We must try to uncover the causative agents involved and deliver a prevention programme. Moreover, comorbidity of allergic diseases emphasizes that we must understand more about why different organs in individuals express allergy and others do not.”

According to Professor Lanny Rosenwasser, organising chair, the WISC 2012 meeting in Hyderabad will bring international experts to India in a timely exchange of ideas and new information to manage these global public health concerns. The emerging science of allergy and immunology makes new and effective means of treatment for serious diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and allergic skin diseases.

Professor Rosenwasser further stressed that new research and international expert consensus recommendations will be presented that will impact on the future management of these globally prevalent conditions, including the early origins of disease and evidence-based treatment strategies as well as associations with climate change, biodiversity, the role of the microbiome in non-communicable diseases, and practical aspects that help to improve daily clinical care and practice parameters and lead to improved quality of life.

^^ Yes! This is just the beginning! Many more international events will be hosted by Hyderabad in future! So, as of now the big ticket events lined up are:

The other events where bids will be presented to host the event in Hyderabad are:

Yes! This is just the beginning! Many more international events will be hosted by Hyderabad in future! So, as of now the big ticket events lined up are:


1) 2nd World Allergy Organization All International Scientific Conference (WISC) - December 2012 [First time in India]

2) 10th BioAsia Conference - January 2013

3) United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNTWO) regional commission for South Asia, East Asia and Pacific countries meet - April 2013

4) Internet Corporation for Assigned Name and Numbers (ICANN) Conference - July 2013 [First time in India]

5) World Agriculture Forum (WAF) Congress - November 2013 [First time in Asia]

6) 11th Metropolis World Congress and 4th Metropolis Awards - November 2014 [First time in India]

The other events where bids will be presented to host the event in Hyderabad are:


1) 6th Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) Conference - 2013 [Bid by AP Government]

:cheers: I am sure a lot more is headed our way :D And many other A Grade Convention centers are being set up now, shall take the load off HICC considerably.

World Spirituality Parliament, 17-21 December 2012 (http://www.wpsconnect.org/home.php)

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Fourth International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, IIT-H/HICC, Dec 9-12, 2012 (http://www.iccms2012.com/)
The fourth International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS 2012) is being organized in the vibrant city of Hyderabad, India between December 9-12, 2012. The purpose of the Congress is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and designers in academia and industry to share their research findings to further the cause of computational mechanics.
ICCMS 2012 Venue

Inaugural Function on 9th December 2012
Venue for Inaugural : Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Time: Inaugural function starts from 3pm onwards
Inaugural Dinner: 7 PM onwards


Conference 10th, 11th and 12th December 2012
Venue: Hyderabad International Convention Center
NOVOTEL, Hyderabad

http://oi45.tinypic.com/e97kwn.jpg (http://www.worldallergy.org/wisc2012/)

World Allergy Organization International Scientific Conference (WISC 2012) in Hyderabad, India, 6-9 December 2012. The theme of the Conference is Severe Allergies, Severe Asthma: New Strategies for Treatment and Prevention.

Building on the success of the first WISC in Dubai, December 2010, WAO is excited to launch its second theme-based scientific conference. With 24 Postgraduate Courses on a wide range of topics, Plenary Sessions, Parallel Symposia, Keynote Lectures, Poster Sessions and Highlights in Immunotherapy, WISC 2012 will be a multidisciplinary forum for allergists, pulmonologists, ENTs, dermatologists, internists, pediatricians, gastroenterologists, clinical immunologists and primary care physicians.

WAO is organizing these focused, theme-based scientific conferences in recognition of:

The increasing prevalence and more complex forms of allergic diseases and asthma worldwide, especially in children
The need to create a more integrated approach to the diagnosis and management of allergic diseases
The need to expand the knowledge and practice of allergy and provide more practical knowledge to young professionals
The 2012 Conference on Severe Allergies, Severe Asthma: New Strategies for Treatment and Prevention will provide a forum for the most useful combination of latest research, review of current theory and practice, and hands-on, problem-based learning. Our aim is that participants gain insight into the most effective advances in the diagnosis and management of complex and severe allergies and asthma and in their preventative strategies.

WISC 2012 is also excited to announce that the Conference is under that Patronage of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare – Government of India.

World allergy meet begins in city today (http://www.deccanchronicle.com/121206/news-current-affairs/article/world-allergy-meet-begins-city-today)

Hyderabad: The World Allergy Organi-sation’s International Scie-ntific Conference will begin in the city on Thursday, with about 1,500 delegates from 80 countries participating.

Union minister for health and family welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad will declare the conference, on the theme Severe Allergies, Severe Asthma, and New Strategies for Treatment and Preven-tion, open at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre. This is the second WAO conference.

“In the conference, we will present data on marked global increase of allergic diseases that are becoming more complex, burdening children and adults. An international faculty of 90 key opinion leaders in the field of allergy will present the papers,” said WAO president Dr Ruby Pawankar.

She said allergy, though relating to asthma, is often trivialised and clinical services are often limited.

CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and ministers of health will also participate in the conference which will be on till Saturday.

World Allergy Patient and Public Forum-2012 will be held at the Apollo Hospital in Jubilee Hills. Represen-tatives from Global Energy and Asthma Patient platform, Chinese Patient Org-anisation, Japanese Patient Organisation and Polish Federation of Asthma & Allergy will take part. A painting competition on the theme What do allergies look like, will also be held at Apollo on December 9.

Management fest in Hyderabad from Dec 6 (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/education/management-fest-in-hyderabad-from-dec-6/article4171373.ece)

HYDERABAD, DEC. 6:
Crescentia 2012, a management fest, which will see undergraduate students of management and commerce competing in various events, will be held on December 6 and 7 at the St. Francis College for Women here.

About 100 students are expected to take part in events on marketing, human resources, public relations, finance, business quiz and best manager, said a release from the Department of Management Studies of the College here.

The event will be inaugurated by Lekha Sishta, a talent strategist.

National seminar on ICT-based learning (http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=5&subCategory=1&ContentId=105530)

A two-day seminar on ‘ICT based learning in Higher Education: Prospects and Challenges’ would be held at University of Hyderabad on December 19 and 20.

The Centre for Distance and Virtual Learning is organizing the event under UGC’s Life Long Learning Programme.

The objective of the seminar cum workshop is to highlight the need for ICT based education in India and to discuss methodologies and strategies for the promotion of such education. It is also aimed to focus on the utilisation of ICT with regard to language education in India. Asha Kanwar, President and CEO of the Common Wealth of Learning, Vancour, Canada will be the chief guest.

Participants, interested to attend the workshop shall register their names while sending mails to cde@uohyd.ernet.in or pjandhyala1@gmail.com, before December 10.

Indus Foundation to hold education expo in February (http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=1&subCategory=2&ContentId=105399)

Visakhapatnam: The Indus Foundation in association with Government of Andhra Pradesh and Federation of A P Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI) will conduct Indo-American Education Summit cum Expo-2013 in Hyderabad on February 2 and 3, 2013 with an objective to explore opportunities for collaborations between foreign universities and Indian institutions.

The Managing Trustee of The Indus Foundation SB Anumolu told reporters here on Friday that after the revolutions in green, white, industrial and Information Technology, the next big revolution to affect the mankind globally is the education revolution.

He said the Indus Foundation is a non-profit educational trust dedicated to the promotion of higher education in India with an important mission to galvanise high-impact educational collaborations between Indian institutions and reputable foreign universities.

“One should take congnisance of the fact that the landscape of education has changed dramatically in the recent past. Today, a student does not have to go to a college or a university to get information and instead he can go to Google for it,” he added.

Mr Anumolu who had earlier served as DIG of Police said they are encouraging collaboration in the areas of students’ and faculty exchange and research exchange programmes between Indian and foreign universities in the summit.

He felt that joint research programmes between India and foreign universities would help contain the impact of dreaded diseases like Swine Flu besides it would develop Nano technology, Robotics and Computer Gaming which has lot of job opportunities.

He said over 100 foreign universities from 30 countries would be participating in the summit, the students and their parents can have a direct interaction with the experienced faculty members for which there is no entry fee. Stating that there was tremendous response for their earlier four events, he said this was the fifth time they are conducting the summit.

National awards for teaching excellence to faculty and for academic excellence to students will be the important feature of the summit and candidates of SSC, Inter, and under graduate professional courses could participate.

The institution of awards is a joint initiative of the Indus Foundation and the Media Channel HMTV. The awards of excellency would be given away by stalwarts like CBI JD Lakshminarayana and Lok Satta president Jayaprakash Narayana.

International meet on computational mechanics kicks off at IIT-Hyderabad (http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=1&subCategory=2&ContentId=105810)

Medak: The fourth International Congress on Computational Mechanics was launched at IIT Hyderabad on Sunday under the flag ship of Indian Association for Computational Mechanics, IndCAM. The meet would continue up to December 12, said a release here. The aim of the 4-day programme is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and academics across the globe to exchange their ideas.

It would help for future research in solids, fluids and fluid structure interaction. Prof M Anandakrishnan, chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Kanpur was the chief guest of the programme and inaugurated the meet by lighting a lamp.

Prof U B Desai, director, IIT Hyderabad summarized the milestones achieved by the IITH.

‘Govt is proactive in bringing international conferences to Hyderabad’ (http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=15354&sid=10)

Hyderabad’s up-market residential area, Banjara Hills, has got a luxury hospitality address in Radisson Blu Plaza. The hotel is designed to deliver a truly vibrant, contemporary and engaging hospitality experience in sync with the ‘Yes, I can’ service philosophy of the Radisson brand, says Nishan Silva,

Q: Hyderabad is considered a tough market for hospitality players with lot of supply coming in. How this has impacted the ARR and RevPARs in the city hotels?
A: Hyderabad is of course a tough market. As per the latest STR report the hotel room rates in the city has been more or less flat. There has been growth, but that was marginal. But the demand is also growing. Hyderabad has a good corporate base. Top 100 of the Fortune 500 companies have their base in the city.

Hyderabad has emerged as a leading MICE destination in the country, because of large convention facilities. The government is very proactive in bringing big international conferences into the city, which ultimately creates a lot of demand for hotel rooms.

^^ Awesoommeee !! :cheers:

Hyderabad to host Indian Luxury Expo in December (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/marketing/article3923157.ece)
Source: Business Line, Author: V. Rishi Kumar, Dated: Sept 21, 2012

HYDERABAD: The Indian Luxury Expo will bring together leading luxury brands from across the globe under one roof across five cities in India.

An advisory board of 30 panel members is to guide The Indian Luxury Expo brought by The Juke Box Media. It will be hosted in Hyderabad during December 17-19 at N Convention.

The expo will showcase some of the prominent brands that will cut across 20 lifestyle segments to cater to an elite and discerning target audience. The expo will travel to Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore.

Karan Bhangay, Chief Executive Officer, The India Luxury Expo, in a statement said: “Despite the Indian luxury industry being niche, the overall market in India is likely to treble to reach $14.7 billion in 2015.”

The expo will be held during December 2012 and April 2013.

It will be a plush three-day black and white tie affair with luxury evenings completing the perfect setting for a lavish affair. Apart from browsing through the repertoire of brands displayed elegantly, the guests would be given an opportunity to indulge in entertainment events right from jazz performances to witty stand-up comedians to theatre.

Get set for luxury expo in Hyderabad (http://in.omg.yahoo.com/news/set-luxury-expo-hyderabad-121630604.html)
Source: Yahoo News, By: Indo Asian News Service (IANS), Dated: 13-12-2012;

New Delhi: With the luxury business growing manifold in the country, The India Luxury Expo, to be held at N Convention in Hyderabad starting Dec 17, promises to serve the best of luxury brands for fashionistas.

The three-day exposition will have a broad selection of luxury products and services including travel, home fashion, accessories, apparel, personal care, wines and spirits, gastronomy, household appliances, art, real estate, concierge services, hospitality and banks.

Some of the participating brands include car companies Lamborghini, Bentley and Rolls Royce; real estate giant Aamby Valley; and among apparel and accessories brands, one can find offerings from Canali, Tumi, MoreMischief, Omega and Uylsse Nardin.

"Despite the Indian luxury industry being niche, the overall market is likely to grow three-fold by 2015. With a booming economy that is poised to become the fifth largest consumer market in less than 15 years, India is the newest target for luxury products and services worldwide," said Karan Bhangay, CEO, The Indian Luxury Expo, in a statement.

"We aim to make the expo a permanent fixture on the global luxury map by catering to the essence of the luxury market and opening avenues for newer audiences. In a country where luxury brands are still wondering how to reach their core consumer among this vast Indian population, The Indian Luxury Expo promises to make that task easier for all," he added.

After Hyderabad, the multi-city luxurious expo will move to Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore.

National Seminar on IT, ITeS in Jan (http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=5&subCategory=1&ContentId=108381)

The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry invites institutions and entrepreneurs from the Information Technology, Gaming & Animation industry, Computers, Hardware, Internet, Telecommunications, IT Services, ITeS and BPOs to participate in National Seminar & Exhibition on “IT & ITEs: Trends and Demands, Opportunities & Challenges” on January 25, 2013 at Federation House, Red Hills, Hyderabad.

The Seminar will focus on Trends and Demands, Opportunities & Challenges in IT and ITeS sector, particularly IT services, Animation, Gaming, Telecommunications, IT Entrepreneurship, PPP model in IT sector, IT in domestic Growth, Cloud Computing, Emerging Employment and Investment Themes in IT & ITeS, US policy: Effect on Outsourcing, BPO Industry, Internet Security and Challenges, Indian Gaming and Animation – International Strategy, New Generation Technologies – Opportunities and Challenges, IT & ITeS and Banking Services etc.

The noted speakers from Mahindra Satyam, Intel, Microsoft, NIIT, TCS, Facebook, Google, DELL, Delloitte, Infotech, IBM, Wipro, Genpact and HCL will address on Trends and Demands, Opportunities & Challenges in IT & ITeS sector, across the globe.

This seminar will be useful to Entrepreneurs & Employees from IT Services, Computers, Laptops, Tablet PCs, Hard Discs, Animation & Gaming Services, Internet Access Products, Wireless Data Products, Broadcasting Services, Satellite Services, Digital Audio Equipment, Data Security, Client Server, Mobile Phones etc. This seminar is also more useful to the students and IT institutions.

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Hyderabad is the new hub for global events (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Hyderabad-is-the-new-hub-for-global-events/articleshow/17737178.cms):cheers:

HYDERABAD: Move over Mumbai and Delhi, mana Hyderabad has become a new hub for international conferences in the country. After high-profile events like CoP-11, more and more such global events are lined up for 2013. It's the high quality at low budget that helped Hyderabad emerge as a favourite venue, say organisers.
Organisers of various meetings and conventions held in the city recently, said that the cost of holding such events here was around three times lesser than Mumbai. Standing testimony to these claims is the long list of upcoming international events to be held in Hyderabad.

The list includes, Congress of the Asia Pacific Academy of Opthalmology in January with around 5,000 delegates; World Congress of the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics; and an international conference on oncology in February.

"Hyderabad is very economical when compared to other major cities in India with affordable hotels and reasonably priced venues and food," said Rajan Sankar, country manager of the UN Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), which recently held its global board meeting here.

"Moreover the quality is not compromised as the facilities here are on par with Mumbai and Delhi. Our international delegates were very impressed with the city's hospitality and Hyderabad will definitely be on the top of our list for any future events," Sankar said.

Not just the large-scale events like the bio-diversity conference, the city has become popular with even small-budget organisers. Samala Venu, convenor of the just-concluded International Magicians' Convention said while their event was organised here at a budget of around Rs 40 lakh, the same three-day event in Mumbai would have cost them around Rs 1.2 crore.

"A decent conference room in a star hotel costs just Rs 7,000 here, but the same in Mumbai or Delhi could go up to Rs 20,000," Venu said. Organisers of the recently held Indian Luxury Expo too said that while the commercial tax they paid was around 20%, in Mumbai it would be around 40%.

The convention centres and venues in the city are no less compared to Singapore or Malaysia, but the support services like transport and accommodation which make the difference, forcing many organizers to shift their venue from other metros to Hyderabad.Apart from affordability, the culture too attracts tremendous attention. "Hyderabad is culturally active with many heritage sites but at the same time, very urban with IT hub and so many scientific institutes," said Dr Suvarna Alladi of World Federation of Neurology.

"Delegates at our meeting loved the food here, the tourist sites and also the airport. Hyderabad is the right place for these events and is also much safer, which gives it an edge over the rest," she added.

International events recently held in city

CoP-11

Global Board meeting by GAIN

World Allergy Organisation's conference

World Federation of Neurology's discussion on cognitive neurology

International Magicians' Convention

Upcoming

Congress of the Asia Pacific Academy of Opthalmology

World Congress of the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Experience meeting of international insurance and financial services professionals

International Union of Crystallography

State has placed a bid to host Commonweatlh Youth Parliament-2013 in the city

IBS to organise ISDSI (http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=5&subCategory=1&ContentId=109581)

ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad and The Indian Subcontinent Region Decision Science Institute (ISDSI- headquartered at Atlanta, Georgia,USA) are jointly organizing the 6th International Conference of ISDSI at ICFAI University Campus, Hyderabad from Dec 27 to 29 on “Decision Sciences for Performance Excellence,” a press note released on Tuesday said. Devendra Surana, MD of Surana Group of Industries will be the Chief Guest.

According to the focal point and the objective of the conference is to promote the culture of research and provide a platform for researchers, academicians and practitioners. In total 157 papers were submitted of which 110 papers were invited and 86 papers were finally selected for presentation, release added.

Hyderabad International Auto Show 2013 scheduled for 11-13 January 2013 (http://www.rushlane.com/hyderabad-international-auto-show-2013-scheduled-1256882.html)

The Hyderabad International Auto Show (THIAS) is set to open for the fourth time at HICC and Hi-Tex Exhibition Grounds from the 11th to 13th January 2013. This Auto Show will offer people an opportunity to view the latest cars in one place and compare their favorite model and prices.
This year a special attraction is being organized by THIAS. Besides showcasing cars and bikes currently in the markets there will also be arrangements made for motor sports and entertainment activities. Activities will include biking stunts, RC displays car simulation and hot air balloons. Tickets are priced at Rs.150 per head and can be purchased at the venue on online at BookMyShow.
HICC and Hi-Tex exhibition grounds are completely air conditioned to offer maximum comforts both to exhibitors and viewers and covers an area of 18,000 sq meters. High action adventure sports activities are also planned which will include zorbing and pro biking stunts. The expo will bring together experts and professions together and will provide them with a platform to interact with each other and with the public offering solutions and answering queries associated with the sector. It will also offer visitors the latest in technological products, components and vehicles.

Hyderabad hosts first edition of The Indian Luxury Expo
(http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/3Sqn3zU6oXFsVLEGREQtAI/Hyderabad-hosts-first-edition-of-The-Indian-Luxury-Expo.html)

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Clad in a pair of blue denims, a check shirt and a pair of sneakers, Karan Bhangay, two days’ worth of stubble on his face, looks completely out of place at a luxury expo. But, in fact, this 25-year-old is the brains behind The Indian Luxury Expo (TILE) 2012.
Earlier this month, Bhangay’s entertainment and lifestyle company—Jukebox Media—organized The Indian Luxury Expo, the first of its kind in India, showcasing some of the finest luxury brands across various verticals under one roof.
The exhibition will tour five Indian cities in the next one year. The inaugural edition was held between 17 and 19 December at N Convention in the heart of Hyderabad’s Hitec City. If things go according to Bhangay’s plans, the exhibition will visit Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore by next August.
The expo showcased some prominent brands across 20 lifestyle segments, from high-end cars to imported home décor and high-end jewellery, apparel and perfumes. Brands featured in Hyderabad included Lamborghini, Land Rover, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Harley-Davidson, Ulysse Nardin, Montblanc, Lladro and Gitanjali jewels. Artists such as photographer Saad Bin Jung and painter Ram Indranil Kamath also showcased their work at the expo.
Despite sluggishness in the overall Indian economy, one sector that is still growing well and has outpaced others is the luxury goods business.

“The economic slump does not affect the luxury sector as the people who have money and have a taste for the finer things will always be ready to spend,” said Bhangay.
Market research firm Euromonitor, in a report released earlier this year, estimated the value of luxury goods sold in India at $2.18 billion in 2011. According to the report, India is poised to overtake China as the fastest growing luxury goods market in the world. And this thanks to a growing number of high-networth individuals.
Over the next five years, Euromonitor reckons that the luxury business in India will more than triple to $7 billion. This means an annualized growth of 22% vis-à-vis an estimated growth in China of 15%. If these estimates are even remotely accurate, Bhangay seems to be in the right place at the right time.
But there are problems. The biggest, Bhangay points out, is the lack of proper infrastructure. “There just aren’t enough retailing locations premium enough to draw the right clients or house the right brands. The idea of a roving expo is one solution to this shortfall.”
“We aim to make the expo a permanent fixture on the global luxury map by catering to the essence of the luxury market and opening avenues for newer audiences. In a country where luxury brands are still wondering how to reach their core consumer due to the lack of luxury malls, The Indian Luxury Expo is trying to make that task easier for all,” he added.
With one city down, the expo seems to be working. After some initial hiccups on Day One, the three-day event seems to have satisfied both the organizers and, more importantly, the exhibiting brands.
“On the very first day itself, we have had five bookings for the new Range Rover,” executives from Inline 4 Motors Pvt. Ltd, the dealers for Jaguar and Land Rover cars in Andhra Pradesh, told Indulge.
They were not alone. Officials from Garapati Autoventures Pvt. Ltd, which is the dealer of Polaris’s all-terrain vehicles in Andhra Pradesh, said Polaris had five confirmed bookings for its RZR 800, while Lamborghini said it had two confirmed bookings and received numerous enquiries.
“Hyderabad is hot for most luxury brands and there is lot of opportunity here. Definitely, it is a growing market,” said Girish Bajaj, a consultant for the expo.
It wasn’t a cakewalk though to convince the brands for the expo. “But many agreed with our vision and thought the idea was worth going ahead with,” says Bhangay. “I still remember sitting in a dormitory in Mumbai and talking to the brand heads of Louis Vuitton and then locking in three brands side by side.”
When asked about what his future plans are with regards to the expo, Bhangay sounded confident. “In two years from now, I expect, and would love, to have 10 of these expos throughout the country,” he said.

All roads lead to Numaish (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/all-roads-lead-to-numaish/article4262800.ece)

The exhibition, which had its beginning in 1938, is today considered one of the biggest such events in the country for the promotion of trade and commerce

Home Minister P. Sabitha Indra Reddy on Tuesday inaugurated the 73 All India Industrial Exhibition (AIIE), Numaish, a favourite destination for Hyderabadis for the next 45 days.

Around 2,200 stalls have been put up this year, including a pavilion from Pakistan where more than a dozen participants sell different items ranging from garments to crockery.

Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, who was to inaugurate the event, stayed away following his decision not to attend New Year day functions as a mark of respect for the Delhi gang-rape victim.

Speaking at the inaugural function, Ms. Sabitha said that from small beginnings the AIIE had now become a prestigious annual event in which traders and industrialists from across the country vied with one another. She added that anybody who visited Hyderabad during this period would attend the event. She lauded the Exhibition Society and the Osmania Graduates Association for running 18 educational institutions with the income generated through Numaish.

She expressed hope that Numaish would become more popular and attract greater number of participants from India and abroad. V. Veerender, vice-president of the Exhibition Society, said that the industrial exhibition, which began with 100 stalls in 1938, was today considered one of the biggest such events in the country for the promotion of trade and commerce. Describing it as the most inexpensive shopping experience, he said it would be streamed live this year.

He said a three-tier security was put in place to ensure a safe environment for the visitors. As many as 25 lakh people are expected to visit Numaish this year.

A corporate hospital from the City has set up a medical centre to offer diagnostic services at low cost to visitors.

City to host World Urdu Conference (http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130102/news-current-affairs/article/city-host-world-urdu-conference)

Hyderabad: The State Government will soon organise World Urdu Conference, on the lines of World Telugu Conference held in Tirupati last month.

Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan on Wednesday, former minister Mohammad Ali Shabbir informed that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has accepted his request to organised World Urdu Conference in Hyderabad. He said that the Chief Minister has endorsed the request sent by him through Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana asking the former to conduct the conference.

Shabbir Ali said that the dates for the proposed World Urdu Conference would be announced later. He said several issues pertaining to the Urdu language would be discussed during the conference. They would include the implementation of Urdu as second official language in 17 districts of Andhra Pradesh and filling up Urdu posts across the State.

Hyderabad to host Technology Day (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/hyderabad-to-host-technology-day/article4273547.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy)

The event includes hands-on tutorials on mobile app development on Windows Phone 8 and Android platforms

HYDERABAD, JAN. 4:
The annual Technology Day, hosted by the IT& ITES Industry Association of Andhra Pradesh will be held tomorrow in Hyderabad.

The event is an open platform for tech professionals together to discuss the topical technology trends gaining traction in the IT industry and among the consuming enterprises.

This year, the event will take a look at some of the hot technology trends and those that failed to interest people. The State Governor, E.S.L. Narasimhan will deliver the keynote address. It will also host eminent speakers from the Industry, academia and the analyst community.

“This year’s Technology Day will be covering a wide array of topics of interest to the Industry and Academia, including current technology trends, emerging platforms and market opportunities. It will also be discussing the macro trends in the industry globally, Indian IT space – technology & enterprise view and an academic view in terms of what R&D trends are applicable to the industry from an academia stand point”, said V. Rajanna, President of ITsAP.

U.B. Desai, Director of IIT-Hyderabad; Sanjay Anand-Head Google (R&D); Santanu Paul-CEO of Talent Sprint; Prasad Saripally from IBM Research; CSR Prabhu, Deputy Director-General of NIC, Hyderabad; and Pari Natarajan, CEO of Zinnov Management Consulting; will be some of the lead speakers sharing their insights on technology trends, a press release said.

LIC Housing property expo begins in Hyderabad (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/banking/lic-housing-property-expo-begins-in-hyderabad/article4276355.ece)

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HYDERABAD, JAN 5:
LIC Housing Finance Ltd is organising a two-day mega property show at Hitex in Madhapur.

“We are targeting a business of Rs 200 crore during these two days,’’ V.K. Sharma, Director and Chief Executive, LIC Housing Finance, told newspersons after inaugurating the exhibition here on Saturday.

This is the sixth annual property show organised by LIC Housing in Hyderabad. Over 50 builders have put up their stalls and there is also a facility for spot approvals. The loans are being offered at 10.25 per cent interest.

QIP issue

Meanwhile, Sharma said LIC Housing will be completing its proposed Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) issue to raise up to Rs 1,200 crore before the end of March. The QIP issue got delayed on a variety of reasons including market volatility.

“We are also ready to apply for External Commercial Borrowings to mobilise up to Rs 700-1,000 crore,’’ he said.

Opththalmology Congress to begin on Jan 17 in Hyderabad (http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/opththalmology-congress-to-beginjan-17-in-ap/105440/)

The 28th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress (APAO) in conjunction with the 71st Annual conference of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) will get underway here from January 17.

The three-day event, which will see participation from around 10,000 delegates, will be inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee. :cheers:

"APAO-AIOS 2013 will throw light on the recent advances and latest developments in the field of ophthalmology and provide an opportunity for the participants to interact, discuss, exchange ideas with international ophthalmic experts," APAO-AIOS senior vice president Dr N S Reddy told reporters here.

Around 400 scientific sections will be held during the Congress, besides a trade exhibition showcasing the modern surgical equipment and instruments will also be held concurrently, he said.
APAO-AIOS Congress president Dr Rajvardhan Azad said India has the world's largest blind population with about 12 million people being blind, which is 20 per cent of the global blind population.

"Among those are about 3,20,000 children under the age of 16, constituting one fifth of the world's blind children," Dr Azad said, adding that upto 80 per cent of the blindness cases are curable or preventable.

Azad, who is also an advisor to the central government on ophthalmology, said under the National Programme for Control of Blindness, the percentage of blind has been brought down from 1.8 per cent population of the country to one per cent and it is expected to bring it to 0.6 per cent in the next five years.

The Congress will help eye specialists in India to upgrade their knowledge and will help learn the latest developments in the field of ophthalmology from other nations with sessions on all aspects including basics and advances on eye and various sub-specialities including cataract, cornea and external eye diseases, he explained.

Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will attend the Congress.

The Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress represents 19 countries with 50,000 ophthalmologists while AIOS is the largest association of eye surgeons in India and the second largest in the world with over 15,000 members

Transaction Advisor (TA) for Development of International Standard M.I.C.E. facilities at Izzatnagar, Hyderabad on Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode.-RFP (http://www.hmda.gov.in/Tenders/HMDA%20RFP%20-%20Convention%20Facilities.pdf)

:cheers:

Nice to see the govt improving the facilities for MICE tourism. Looks like HMDA scrapped the plan for its central office.

HMDA keen on developing more MICE facilities (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/hmda-keen-on-developing-more-mice-facilities/article4304982.ece)

The HMDA is in possession of about 34 acres land spread out in three parcels at the National Academy of Construction (NAC) campus at Izzatnagar

Given the city’s emergence as a favoured destination for national and international events, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is keen on developing more Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) facilities.

The HMDA is in possession of about 34 acres land spread out in three parcels at the National Academy of Construction (NAC) campus at Izzatnagar and the proposal is to come up with international standard MICE facilities here.

The campus already has the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) and Hyderabad International Trade & Expositions (HITEX) and the new development is planned as ancillary and complementary facility for them.

Over the last decade, the HICC and HITEX have played a key role in promoting the city as a major destination for events, from local to international, with the last successful event being the Conference of Parties (COP-11) in October 2012.

For the proposal to add more ancillary and complementary facilities for the HICC and HITEX, the HMDA is now looking to select consultants to assess the potential and possibilities. The proposal is planned on public private partnership (PPP) mode with zero or minimum investment for the urban planning body.

A market survey is to be carried out to estimate the development in the area and assess the potential for land uses such as commercial, retail, office and recreational. The HMDA also looks at the selected consultants to identify opportunities for mixed land use development and come up with a Concept Plan of Development.

Prez opens 28th Ophthalmology Congress in Hyderabad (http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/prez-opens-28th%C2%A0ophthalmology-congress-in-hyderabad/110846/)

President Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated the 28th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress (APAO) in conjunction with the 71st annual conference of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre here.

India's Rajvardhan Azad, Chief and Professor of Ophthalmology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, took over as the President of the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) on the occasion.

He is the first Indian to hold the post.

Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, AIOS president N S D Raju and others were present at the inaugural.
Being held in India after a gap of over two decades, the four-day Congress will throw light on recent advances and latest developments in the field of ophthalmology and provide an opportunity for an expected 10,000 participants from 110 countries to interact, discuss and exchange ideas with international ophthalmic experts.

Over 800 world-renowned guest speakers will address the Congress while many scientific activities will also be organised on the sidelines, Azad said.

"Who's who from the world of ophthalmology like Frank Martin, outgoing president of APAO; Dennis Lam, Secretary-General; Clement Than, Deputy Secretary-General of APAO and others are participating in the event," Azad added.

"India has the world's largest blind population, a whopping 20 per cent of the global blind population. About 12 million people are blind and numerous are visually-impaired in India. About 3.20 lakh children under the age of 16, constituting one fifth of the world's blind children, are in India," he noted.

"Cataract is the most common cause in India. Up to 80 per cent of blindness cases are curable or preventable. In numerous cases if proper detection is done in time, blindness can be prevented," Azad pointed out.

Commodity market seminar in Hyderabad, Warangal (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/commodities/commodity-market-seminar-in-hyderabad-warangal/article4320053.ece?ref=wl_markets)

MUMBAI, JAN. 18:
An awareness and education seminar on agribusiness and commodity price risk management will be held at 4.00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23 in Hyderabad.

The event, to be held at Surana Hall (Federation House, FAPCCI Marg, Red Hills), is part of an ongoing initiative by The Hindu Business Line jointly with the Forward Markets Commission (FMC), the commodity futures market regulator under the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, and the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), India’s largest agri-commodities futures exchange.

Commodity producers, processors, traders, importers, exporters and related others are the target participants.

The seminar will feature expert speakers who will make presentations on a variety of relevant topics including ‘Commodities as key driver of India’s economic growth’, and ‘Exchange perspective and benefits of commodity futures trading and price risk management’.

There will be a Question and Answer session at the end of the presentations.

The seminar is supported by Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Devendra Surana, President, FAPCCI, will deliver the welcome speech.

Hyderabad is an important centre for a number of agricultural products including grains, oilseeds and oils, cotton, spices and so on.

To participate in the seminar, register with Srimanth on 98192 29212.

A similar event will be held in Warangal on Thursday.

'BioAsia-2013' to be held in Hyderabad from Jan 28 to 30 (http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=73264&sid=1)

The 10th edition of the ‘BioAsia’, the global platform for biotechnology and life sciences, will be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad from January 28 to 30, 2013.

‘BioAsia’ is being held to enhance, enrich and encourage newer innovations, path-breaking discoveries and effective solutions in the biotechnology industry by offering a vibrant global platform for convergence of the key stakeholders --- biotech & biopharma companies, research institutions, academia, investors, service providers, policy makers, regulators and analysts.

It is a dynamic platform for companies to exhibit, launch and showcase their unique strengths, products and services. ‘BioAsia’ is playing the role of a key catalyst in mobilizing all elements that are required to drive the growth of the emerging industry of biotechnology as well as optimize the immense business potential of biotech.

According to the organisers, for the first time ‘BioAsia’ this year will witness the participation of top officials from biopharma, biotech and health regulatory agencies from across the globe. Regulatory officials from South Africa, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Jordan, republic of Lithuania, Ghana, London, Sweden and India will be participating in the event.

Commenting on the development, Shakthi Nagappan, CEO, ‘BioAsia’ said, “BioAsia’s growing prominence as an influential and industry shaping platform for biotechnology and biopharma has drawn the attention of the regulatory community. Participation of these regulators – a very significant section, who shape the industry, is a boost for the platform and will greatly benefit the participating companies.”

The participating regulators will provide a broader perspective of understanding on the existing regulations pursued in their respective markets and across the globe leading to an in-depth understanding on the existing regulatory frameworks and requirements. This knowledge thereby will benefit the Indian companies interested in expanding their business operations and establishing footprints in these regions through exports, joint ventures, marketing, R&D, etc.

3-day India Geospatial Forum starts tomorrow (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/3day-india-geospatial-forum-starts-tomorrow/article4328169.ece)

HYDERABAD, JAN. 21:
The three-day India Geospatial Forum 2013 will begin here on Tuesday. It will be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre at Madhapur.

The Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences will inaugurate the conference.

“India Geospatial Forum will focus on mission mode projects and the latest technological advancements. With the theme Towards Geo-enabled Economy, the conference aims at bringing forth the role of geospatial technologies in realising national development goals,” an organiser said here in a statement.

The event would deliberate issues such as building a National Data Repository, web applications, open source and GIS for enterprises.

BioAsia meet in Hyderabad from Jan 28 (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/bioasia-meet-in-hyderabad-from-jan-28/article4332713.ece?ref=wl_opinion)

There will be discussions on drug discovery, monoclonal antibodies, re-generative medicine and intellectual property rights.

HYDERABAD, JAN 22:
The three-day tenth edition of the annual bio-technology and life sciences meet — BioAsia — will kick off in Hyderabad from January 28, with Spain as the Country Partner and Victoria (Australia) as the International State Partner.

Over 2,000 delegates from India and 49 countries are expected to participate in the event, which could see inking of bi-lateral MoUs involving economic, scientific and technological collaborations.

The theme of the event is biologics and bio-similars. “Discussions will be focussed on drug discovery, monoclonal antibodies, re-generative medicine and intellectual property rights,” K. Pradeep Chandra, AP Commissioner for Industries and Commerce Department, told mediapersons here today.

A parallel event — AgBioAsia 2013 — is also being held, focussing on agricultural bio-technology and food technology, in co-ordination with the International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics (Icrisat).

Biologics has been gaining ground, with 30 per cent of the product pipeline of large pharma companies being biologics. This market is estimated to grow to $ 255 billion by 2015.

A significant feature of the event is the regulators meet, which will be participated by health regulatory agencies from the US, UK, South Africa, Czech Republic, Sweden, Malaysia, and other countries. “This will help Indian companies interested in expanding their business operations and establishing footprints in this region,” Shakthi Nagappan, CEO, BioAsia, said.

Dr P.V. Appaji, Director-General of Pharma Export Council of India, said the event will boost India’s efforts to reach a pharmaceutical export target of $ 25 billion by 2014-15 from the current level of $13.5 billion.

The event will also have a CEO conclave, international buyer-seller meet with about 40 prospective global buyers, Indo-Victorian and Indo-Spanish meetings, and an international trade show focussing on medical devices and analytical equipment.

Spain keen to network with Indian companies at BioAsia (http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=161860)

Hyderabad, Jan 25 (IANS): Spain, which is the country partner at BioAsia 2013 being held here next week, is looking to network with Indian companies and other participants from the Asia-Pacific region in the area of biotechnology.

Spain, a country of science and innovation which is ninth scientific power in the world, will be the country partner at the 10th edition of the annual biotechnology and life sciences conference to be held here Jan 28-30.

"Spain will showcase its core R&D capacities and technology leads, facilitate identification of partners and create critical mass for future R&D calls or technology licensing agreements," said Adrian Gutierrez Arboles of Spain's National Innovation Agency, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

The Spanish delegation will use the platform to identify potential partners for industry-driven R&D consortia for future R&D calls for proposals under the DBT-CDTI programme or other European programmes.

It was in 2011 that the programme of cooperation was signed between the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, India and Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), Secretariat of State for R&D and Innovation, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain.

The objective was to promote and provide preferential financing for innovation-driven research and technology development, encourage partnerships and business-led R&D&I collaborative projects in the field of biotechnology.

Adrian, who is also the head of Science and Technology Department, Embassy of Spain, said the Spanish biotechnology sector is only 15 years old.

"The success of Spanish biotech companies depends to a large extent on their capacity to export their products, establish joint projects and technology exchange agreements and obtain international financing."

"Regarding companies' priority markets in their internationalization strategy, Brazil, the Southern Cone and India are becoming more important, although the EU and USA remain more relevant," he added.

The number of biotech companies in Spain during 2000-2010 rose 359 percent.

The European country has 1,095 companies in the biotech sector, fifth largest in the world.

Spain is the second OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) country, only after the US, by number of biotechnology firms.

It is the eighth OECD country in terms of total biotech R&D expenditure of the business sector.

Adrian believes BioAsia has excellent track record in terms of attracting international participation, main stakeholders, venture capitals, reputed pharma and biotech companies and R&D institutes.

It benefits from outstanding institutional support from the state of Andhra Pradesh as well as from different agencies and ministries of India.

Hyderabad International Convention Centre to be developed into hub of seminars
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Hyderabad-International-Convention-Centre-to-be-developed-into-hub-of-seminars/articleshow/18215704.cms)
HYDERABAD: As Hyderabad has become a hub for international events, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has decided to develop facilities in three parcels of land near Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) and Hyderabad International Trade and Expositions (HITEX) areas in Izzatnagar near Madhapur.

The Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (Mice) facilities of international standards would be taken up in a 34-acre land (three parcels of 15.48 acres, 8.20 acres and 9.23 acres) at the National Academy of Construction (NAC) and surrounding areas under public private partnership (PPP) basis.

"Hyderabad, especially HITEX area, has become a strategic location for Asia and Gulf regions for conducting international events. The recently-held convention on biological diversity helped in promoting Hyderabad as a Mice destination. The state government also established Hyderabad Convention Visitors' Bureau to promote Hyderabad," a senior official of HMDA told STOI.

The urban development authority is in the process of development of Khanamet area in 100 acres for commercial and mixed use zone, which is considered to have a lot of potential area after Madhapur. The land is located between Hi-Tec City's MMTS station and the proposed metro rail station near Shilparamam.

Officials said the HMDA has already invited the request for proposal (RFP) for appointment of transaction advisory consultants for the appointment of a developer, which is likely to be completed by February-end. The consultant would prepare documents like expression of interest, request for proposal, lease agreement and help the authority till it finalises the developer.

Before finalising the plans for developing the area, the official said the consultant would prepare feasibility study for each land parcel and provide information on potential demand for various land uses like commercial, retail, office space, residential and recreational along with value of development in the area.

Incidentally, the officials are skeptical about response to the project under PPP mode after finalizing the consultant as L&T, which had developed HITEX, was making efforts to divest its shares for the past six months.

HITEX has become a strategic location for conducting international events as the city successfully played host to the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CoP-XI) recently

Three parcels of land near Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) and Hyderabad International Trade and Expositions (HITEX) areas in Izzatnagar near Madhapur to be developed as part of the project

The Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (Mice) facilities of international standards would be developed in a 34-acre land (15.48 acres, 8.20 acres and 9.23 acres) under public private partnership (PPP) basis

World Congress on Orthotics in Hyderabad (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/world-congress-on-orthotics-in-hyderabad/article4360775.ece)

HYDERABAD, JAN 30:
Assistive devices and technologies that help people with disabilities will be the focus of a four-day global conference of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) beginning on February 7 in Hyderabad.

The ISPO 2013 World Congress at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre will be the 14th edition and the first to be held in India and South Asia. The ISPO is an advisory body in the field of rehabilitation to the WHO, UN Agencies and the International Red Cross.

The event will showcase the latest equipment, facilities, technology and solutions that can bring in positive changes in the lives of people with disabilities and allied health issues, says a press release.

Over 1,000 delegates from 84 countries would participate in the event that would also see more than 100 exhibitors from across the world.

President of the Society Jan H.B. Geertzan said the changing disability profile, increasing 'grey' population, and many lifestyle-generated disorders are creating an ever-increasing demand for professionals in this field.

B.D. Athani, Chair, India Task Force, said the mega scientific event has attracted professionals, policy-planners, academicians and service providers for P&O, rehabilitation, orthopaedic and mobility sectors. The last congress was held in Leipzig, Germany and 3,000 delegates took part.

Kuoni India to host ‘SOTC Holiday Bazaar’ (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/travel/kuoni-india-to-host-sotc-holiday-bazaar/article4360643.ece)

HYDERABAD, JAN 30:
Kuoni India will host ‘SOTC Holiday Bazaar’ at Mansarovar-The Fern in Hyderabad on February 3 offering attractive travel options. This is part of 23-city promotional initiative.

The Kuoni-SOTC initiative is a one-day roadshow serving as a platform for holidaymakers to plan their summer holidays this year.

This event offers deals in association with international tourism boards, cruise liners, airlines and other travel partners. These deals/offers are available only for one day at the SOTC Holiday Bazaar venue.

The roadshow provides special offers, lucky draw, chance to win free holidays, instant bumper prizes and screening of exotic holiday destinations.

Vishal Suri, Deputy Chief Operating Officer-Tour Operating, Kuoni India, in a statement said: “The concept of holiday bazaar is associated with great offers at an affordable price. This initiative seeks to provide an exceptional vacation experience to travellers at the best rates.’’

Package details

The deals include 7 nights Alaska Cruise or 3 nights Canada or Bahamas Cruise absolutely free with 16 days All of USA Holiday. The US Holidays start Rs 159,900 per person on twin sharing basis (all inclusive).

Three nights Spain or 3 nights Scotland free of cost with 15 days All of Europe Holiday. The customers can choose from a wide range of our Europe Holidays starting at Rs. 74,900 per person on twin sharing basis (all inclusive).

INDIAN AUTHORITY CONSIDERS EXPANSION IN HYDERABAD
(http://www.exhibitionworld.co.uk/newsdetails/2544/indian-authority-considers-expansion-in-hyderabad)
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority is considering the development of facilities on land near the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) and Hyderabad International Trade and Expositions.

According to The Times Of India, international events could be located at a 34-acre (137,600sqm) plot of land, divided into parcels of 15.48 acres, 8.20 acres and 9.23 acres, at the National Academy of Construction (NAC) and surrounding areas under public private partnership (PPP) basis.

The development, near Madhapur, will be potentially followed by development at land located between Hi-Tec City's MMTS railway station and a proposed metro rail station near Shilparamam.

"Hyderabad, especially the HITEX area, has become a strategic location for Asia and Gulf regions for conducting international events,” a senior official of HMDA told the newspaper. “The recently held convention on biological diversity helped in promoting Hyderabad as a MICE destination.”

The state government has already established a convention visitors' bureau in Hyderabad to help promote the development of the city’s MICE credentials.

‘ISPO 2013 World Congress’ to be held in Hyderabad from Feb 4 to 7 (http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=73485&sid=1)

The International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) is all set to organise ‘ISPO 2013 World Congress’ from February 4 to 7, 2013 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC).

The 14th edition of ISPO-2013 world congress will be the first-ever Prosthetics and Orthotics (P&O) conference and exhibition in India and the South Asian region. ISPO is an advisory body in the field of Rehabilitation and P&O to World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations (UN) agencies and the International Committee of Red Cross.

The main objective of this multidisciplinary, international event is to showcase the latest equipment, facilities, technology and solutions that can bring in positive changes in the lives of people with disabilities and allied health issues.

The ISPO World Congress is held every three years and is one of the largest congresses in the field of prosthetics, orthotics, amputation surgery and wheelchairs. With India as the host country, many people from this region will have the best opportunity to participate in the World Congress, to interact and learn from global experts.

Dr Jan H B Geertzan, president, ISPO said, “For 40 years, ISPO has provided an effective platform for exchange and communication on all aspects of the science and practice associated with the provision of prosthetic and orthotic care, rehabilitation engineering and related areas. With India as the host country, many people from this region will have the best opportunity to participate in our World Congress.”

The event is expected to create awareness regarding the latest changes in the field of rehabilitation education and present global networking opportunities in the fields of rehabilitation and allied health sectors, as well as enhanced scope for innovation and development of appropriate designs indigenously leading to affordable products and components for our people.

ISPO has been, through its Indian Member Society, educating stakeholders in the rural areas of India, where the numbers of physically challenged persons is very high. In addition, the changing disability profile, increasing 'grey' population, and many lifestyle-generated disorders are creating an ever-increasing demand for professionals in the field of rehabilitation, P&O and mobility in our country. In this scenario, ISPO 2013 is intended to be an ideal forum to learn, interact and find synergies in healthcare technology segment.

Talking about the event, Dr B D Athani, Chair, India Task Force, said, “ISPO 2013 World Congress promises to be a mega event as it attracts professionals, policy-planners, academicians and service providers for P&O, rehabilitation,, orthopaedic and mobility sectors.”

Over 1,000 delegates and more than 100 exhibitors from 84 countries from across the world are expected to participate in the event. There will be free paper presentation sessions. So far, ISPO has accepted 474 abstracts from 48 countries abstracts.

Dr Carson Harte will deliver the Knud Jansen Lecture and Dr Ashok Johari, Dr Edward Lemaire and Surinder Mehta are the three keynote speakers at the event. The Congress will feature 420 oral and 107 poster presentations. The last edition of the Congress was held in Leipzig, Germany.

MAAC conducted a job fair in Hyderabad (http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=19432)

Report by India Education bureau, Hyderabad: Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), a leader in 3D Animation and VFX training conducted a day long job fair on Feb 1, 2013 at MAAC Dilsukhnagar centre in Hyderabad for aspirants in various creative arenas. It was open to all those who completed their degree / career courses in animation & VFX, free of cost.

Over 100 Plus students attended the fair, out of which 30 were selected based on their resume and portfolios, to fill the vacant positions in gaming, animation & VFX, modelling, texturing, restoration, roto and paint artist levels. Top recruiting companies such as Playdom India Pvt Ltd, Rotomaker, Agni Interactive and Magnicolors shortlisted fresher candidates having thorough knowledge about 3DsMax, Photoshop, after effects and maya software.

25 candidates were shortlisted for the final round . The attendees also acquired some tips on how to draft a resume, preparation for an interview, job search methods, etc from the recruitment experts.

Speaking at the fair, Mr. Shajan Samuel, Sr. VP, MAAC said, that the Objective of the Job fair organized by MAAC is to provide access to job opportunities to young animation students of Hyderabad .We conducted this fair to help the deserving candidates get a job in reputed companies and motivate them to excel in their chosen careers,”

Mr. Ram Warrier, Business Head, MAAC commented, “We are happy to see these young students embark on their career and wish them luck in future. It enables our students to understand first hand that the market is competitive and that they must be prepared and professional to get a job”

Indo-American Education Summit & Expo 2013 kicks off at Hyderabad (http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=19454)

Report by India Education bureau, Hyderabad: We have witnessed some of the greatest revolutions of the past such as Agricultural Revolution, Industrial, Electronic and IT Revolution. Well, if you are not fully convinced yet, the next big revolution which is going to affect the mankind globally is The Education Revolution said Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Minister for IT & Communications, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Speaking at the inaugural session of the Indo-Global Education Summit at Hyderabad today morning. He was the Chief Guest at the Function and Inaugurated the same by lighting the lamp.

Speaking immediately after the inauguration, Mr. Ponnala Lakshmaiah said earth’s greatest treasure lies in its human beings and the strength of a nation is its people. Their quality depends on the quality of education imparted to them. It is people who can build or break societies. The country’s growth is directly proportional to the development of its human resources.

Realising this cardinal truth, the late Shri Rajiv Gandhi with a vision formed a separate Ministry for Human Resources Development at the Centre. His vision and mission paid right dividends, which made the country to move from medium human development to high human development, said Ponnala.

I have always laid emphasis on education because lack of education is the root cause of all social and economic maladies. Hunger, disease, ignorance, and violence are the off –springs of illiteracy. If we give education to people, they can earn the rest.

India has the world’s second largest post-secondary student population of around 20 million and it is expected to become double over the next 12 to 15years. The Summit will help Indian Institutions achieve excellent results in terms of academic collaborations and the Indian student community will be able to access a wide array of opportunities for study in reputable foreign universities.

Through Competition is the old way of doing things. Through Collaboration is the new paradigm that most states, countries, economies are adapting to. There is no point in everyone reinventing the wheel, he said.

Earlier Mr. Anumolu, Founder of Indus Foundation welcomed the gathering.

Indo-Global Education Summit 2013 offering opportunities for Indian educational institutions for collaborations with foreign universities is being held at Hotel Marigold in city today and tomorrow. There is an expo also being held along with the Summit. It is being organized for the fifth time by The Indus Foundation, an American organization in support with Andhra Pradesh State Government and FAPCCI..

Over 500 top Indian and foreign universities from the USA, the UK, Germany, Australia, South Africa and 40 other countries are participating. The Summit 2013 is specifically designed for Managing Directors, CEOs, Vice-Chancellors, Principals, Provosts, Deans, Dept. Heads, Faculty, Trustees, Correspondents, Government Officials, and others connected with higher education.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. C.D. Arha said If India has to move forward, we need to empower our students and our citizens. Mr. Ashok Agarwal, Adjunct Professor — BITS Pilani, Chairman EWB India said if our GDP has to grow beyond 9% and achieve double digit we need to overcome the present untenable scenario in the country. India is a knowledge economy. This is our unique positioning. This is our competitive advantage. If we continue to keep it that way our key focus has to be on the education, he said and added that India has 611 universities and 31000 plus colleges, 129 million students. However the enrolment ratio is only 11%. Where as it is 18 in China and 83 in America. Research per million population in India is 119, China 700, USA 4600 and Japan is 5000. We have to go far to be on par with the best in the world he said.

If we have to achieve 30 enrolment ratio by 2017, we have to build capacities in institutions. How do we ensure that? he questioned. More than 50% of our engineering graduates remain unemployed he said. We need to work on improvement of our faculty and focus on faculty development, he observed.

Justice Subashan Reddy of Lokayuktha also spoke on the occasion

Mr. Surana of FAPCCI while speaking said the emphasis in the past was on Shakthi,-Power, then shifted to Lakshmi-Money and now to Saraswathi—Knowledge. India stays strong in Knowledge. We are a knowledge based economy,he said.

Mr. K. Ramachandra Murthy, MD of HMTV also graced the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, other speakers felt that without exception all over the world everyone is experiencing scarcity of the good faculty. We need to focus on skills based training. We also need to focus on industry led education.

During the valedictory function on Sunday, Educational Excellence Awards will be presented to prominent educational institutions and educationists.

For students interested in study abroad an Expo is running in parallel with the Summit and is being held at Hotel Green Park today and tomorrow. The expo showcases technology & training solutions and highlight best practices in teaching, learning and training. Students are urged to utilize this opportunity to know about the various educational opportunities abroad and admission criteria. Certificates will be given to students who participate. Entry is free for students.

The Indus Foundation is a non-profit educational trust dedicated to the promotion of higher education in India. The objective of the Summit is to explore opportunities for collaborations between foreign universities and Indian institutions, apart from guidance of Indian students for higher education abroad informed Mr. S.B. Anumolu, Managing Trustee of The Indus Foundation. The Summit 2013 will have sessions on collaborative research programs, joint / dual degree programs, twinning & transfer programs, distance education & vocational education programs, faculty & student exchange programs, study abroad in India programs, and other academic partnerships.

Property show at Hitex centre (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/real-estate/property-show-at-hitex-centre/article4382871.ece)

HYDERABAD, FEB. 5:
The real estate portal IndiaProperty.com will host the ninth edition of its property show Gruhapraveshm 2013 during February 8-10 at Hitex Exhibition Centre here.

Ganesh Vasudevan, Chief Executive Officer of Indiaproperty.com, in a statement said the growth of IT and ITES sectors and the cosmopolitan nature of the city is slowly becoming a choice of residence for many.

“The attractive real state prices and new infrastructure projects are giving a push to the residential and retail investments in the city,” he said.

The show provides an extension of the online support to buyers and developers and provides an opportunity for potential home buyers to interact with one another at a common platform. The event will showcase over 200 new properties.

The company stated that Hyderabad is basically a services sector growth driven market with preference for gated community ventures and projects offering quality amenities. Areas such as Gachibowli, Kondapur, Madhpur and Miyapur close to the IT hubs are popular.

The portal is providing ‘Call n List’ service to enable customers to list property online by providing information through a toll-free number.

Announcing World of Concrete India (http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1060811)

Hanley Wood, LLC, owner and producer of the World of Concrete exhibition, announced today plans to launch World of Concrete India, which will debut in October 2013 at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad, India. With a booming construction industry, India has been in the process of modernizing its infrastructure including highways, bridges, airports, ports, metro and mono rails, power and projects. India serves as the perfect host for the well-known World of Concrete brand and the benefits it offers to exhibitors, attendees and the surrounding communities.

“We are very excited to bring the World of Concrete brand to India. Our partnership with the Indian Concrete Institute, the leading organization for all segments of cement and concrete in India will make this a must-attend event for the construction marketplace in this part of the world,” indicated Tom Cindric, Group Director, World of Concrete.

Hanley Wood will produce this event with Inter Ads Exhibitions, a leading organizer of international exhibitions and conferences in India. Along with local support from the Indian Concrete Institute (ICI), this event will welcome suppliers from the commercial concrete and masonry industries to the capital of the Indian state of Ardhra Pradesh. This exhibition will serve as a platform to highlight the latest products, technologies, tools and equipment in the industry. ICI will organize its ICI-IWC conference, which was last held in 2008 in Delhi. This 4-day conference will focus on innovative technologies and solutions pertaining to the global construction marketplace.

“The coming together of the Indian Concrete Institute and the World of Concrete is a milestone event for all the professionals engaged in the art and science of making Concrete Structures in India. This will change the way the information on Concrete will be accessed by all. The showcasing of all the latest developments across the globe on all aspects of Concrete Technology and its use on one stage will bring all Concrete Professionals to Hyderabad during the October 2013 event -- The International Conference and Exhibition. I hope the partnership will sustain for the coming years for all us professionals to look forward to,” said Er. Jose Kurian, President, Indian Concrete Institute.

HITEX Exhibition Centre is a world-class Exhibition facility in Hyderabad, a vibrant state capital and hub of commercial activity. Spread over 70 acres, with well-planned infrastructure to host international trade fairs and events, this venue is one of India’s top destinations for international exhibitions, conferences, trade shows and corporate events.

3-day cancer conference starts today (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/3-day-cancer-conference-starts-today/articleshow/18392305.cms)

HYDERABAD: Over 2,300 delegates from India and abroad will brainstorm newer ways of tackling cancer at the three-day Fifth Biennial Conference Cancer CI - 2013, which starts here on Friday. Workshops on radiation oncology, new cancer protocols and interactive sessions with patients and a host of other issues are lined up for discussion, doctors said.

With the World Health Organisation (WHO) stating that the number of global cancer deaths will jump to 11.5 million by 2030 from 7.9 million deaths in 2007, city oncologists said that the conference will give them an opportunity to discuss rising cancer cases in the state and rest of the country.

In India, cancer is the second largest cause of death after cardiovascular disease, with at least 14 lakh new cases being added every year.

"The conference will focus on a broad spectrum of topics in management of gynaecology, breast, head and neck and gastro intestinal cancer," said Dr P Vijay Anand Reddy, director, Apollo Cancer Hospital and chairman of the Scientific Committee. The conference is being organised by Apollo along with CURE Foundation.Apollo Hospitals receives 500 cases a month, out of which around 20% are minors.

3-day symposium on catalysts begin (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/3-day-symposium-on-catalysts-begin/articleshow/18456125.cms)

HYDERABAD: A three-day national symposium on 'Catalysis for sustainable energy', which began here at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) laid emphasis on handling environmental issues. Prof M M Sharma, emeritus professor of eminence, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai who inaugurated the 21st national symposium on catalysis (CATSYMP-21) described the various areas where emphasis had to be laid on 'cleaner' methodologies.

During the symposium, 12 plenary lecturers, 33 invited talks, 63 oral presentations and 204 poster presentations will be made. Most of the presentations will be delivered by young researchers from various academic and reputed scientific institutions.

Catalysts are necessary for manufacturing of several important chemicals. The role of catalysts is increasingly becoming critical with the world facing major environmental problems including global warming. In this context, the national symposium is being organised in the city.

IICT acting director Ahmed Kamal in his address expressed concern over the depletion of natural resources and said there was a need to work out programmes relating to sustainable chemistry. He advocated 'greener chemistry'. Ahmed laid emphasis on the use of biomass while pointing out that hydrocarbons were getting depleted.

Former director of IICT K Vijaya Raghavan was given the eminent scientist award by the Catalysis Society of India on the occasion.

National RTI meet in city (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/National-RTI-meet-in-city/articleshow/18473863.cms)

HYDERABAD: The controversial appointments of four information commissioners is one of the many topics that will be discussed at the upcoming national RTI (Right to Information) convention scheduled to be held in the city this week. Themed 'Transparency to accountability', the convention will be attended by 400 RTI activists from across the country, who will be discussing an array of issues affecting the Act. The convention is being organised by the National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) and United Forum for RTI Campaign (UF-RTI).

"We will talk about the impact of the Act on citizens and the problems faced by them while using the Act. Whether the government is transparent and providing the required information will be discussed next," said Nikhil Dey, co-convenor of the NCPRI. Discussions will also be held on the role of information commissioners and whether they are hearing cases and levying penalties." he said. Dey also said that the Act on the whole would be examined to see if it needs any changes. "We will also conduct social audits and discuss how these can be brought into every sphere of the government," he added.

Speaking further on the whole process of selection of information commissioners, Dey said that changes were made to their recommendation and instead of the chief justice, a cabinet minister was included in the selection committee. The convention will have a total of 10 sessions spread over two days. On the third day, a public meeting will be held.tnn "The state has seen some positive developments related to the Act. Keeping aside some issues, the state government is supporting the implementation of the Act," B Ramakrishna Raju, convenor of the UF-RTI, said.

18 lakh visit exhibition (http://newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/article1466394.ece)

A formal valedictory function was held on Thursday to mark the closure of the annual All India Industrial Exhibition (AIIE), popularly known as Numaish. The expo will be closed after three days.

“Nearly 20,000 strong work force manned 2500 stalls that offered a pleasant experience for all the visitors,” said president of exhibition society and minister for Panchayat and rural water supply K. Jana Reddy. The exhibition till date has recorded 18 lakh footfalls, which had a variety of products and services on the display. The exhibition also generated a revenue of Rs 1.20 lakh, the surplus of which will be used to fund 18 educational institutions run by the exhibition society and Osmania graduates association.

The valedictory function was presided over by the chief justice of AP High Court Pinaki Chandra Ghose. “I observed that a few stalls from other countries too displayed their products. This creates a feeling of oneness and the fills the gap that was created by geographical barriers,” said the chief guest in his address. However this year Pakistani stalls had to shut shops soon after the commencement of the exhibition.

He added that the exhibition provided a great opportunity for the traders and entrepreneurs as well as product developers to showcase their work and inform the public about the new additions to the market.

The legal-aid cell for underprivileged which was a major draw at the Numaish received a special award for the services rendered.

Meritorious students who secured higher marks at intermediate, degree and diploma level were awarded medals. Stalls with the best decorations, demonstration and publicity were also presented trophies.

Hyderabad to host tourism conference (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Hyderabad-to-host-tourism-conference/articleshow/18549884.cms)

HYDERABAD: Union minister of state for tourism K Chiranjeevi on Sunday said that the city would host an international conference on tourism in April this year. Around 30 countries are expected to take part in the event aimed at building a global partnership to promote world tourism, he said.

Speaking to reporters, Chiranjeevi said that Hyderabad would host the Conference of United Nation's World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Regional Commission for South Asia, East Asia and Pacific countries, from April 11 to 14.

"The UNWTO conference will be a good opportunity for the state to showcase its rich heritage and tourism facilities. It will open various opportunities for the development of tourism in AP," Chiranjeevi said.

The minister said that the decision to hold the conference in the city was taken in London during his recent visit to UK. While exude ding confidence that the Conference of the UNWTO would further boost the brand image of Hyderabad, Chiranjivi said the city had become the most preferred venue to host international conferences such as the CoP-11 convention and 2nd World Allergy Organisation (WAO) International Scientific Conference (WISC 2012),which held recently.

Hyderabad: The Union government is planning to set up a Culinary Institute with an objective to promote Indian cuisine at global level.

Chiranjeevi added that his ministry was planning to set up a culinary institute either at Tirupati or Hyderabad.

"Cuisine and culinary trends formed part of the events during social and festive occasions at cultural gatherings across the country. Indian cuisine is unique in its varieties and many spices used in the preparation of Indian dishes have medicinal values. Hence, the proposed Culinary Institute will be used to promote Indian regional cuisine internationally," said Chiranjeevi.

Meanwhile, he asked the state government to allocate more funds for the development of the tourism sector in AP.

A quartet of scientific minds formed (http://www.ttgmice.com/article-level-2/?article_id=5461)


The convention bureaus of Adelaide, Daejeon, Hyderabad and Toulouse have come together to form the Science Alliance, with an aim to sharpen the destinations’ forte in drawing science-related events. :cheers:

According to a press release issued by the Science Alliance, 60 per cent of global conventions and information exchanges are science related. The presidency of the Science Alliance is undertaken by Chae Hoon, CEO of the Daejeon lnternational Marketing Enterprise. He said the alliance allowed the formation of a “common synergy with strong connections to science and research institutions and local ambassador programmes”.

“There are already a number of global alliances in existence including Best Cities, Future Cities and Energy Cities. lt makes good business sense given the number of meeting industry events based around science and research to unite our resources, draw on the strengths of each destination and form the Science Alliance to attract such events,” he said.

A business and marketing plan is being prepared, and activities on the alliance’s to-do list include business meetings between the partners and joint marketing activities. Additional partners may be invited into the alliance in the future.


MCVB eyes tie up with HCVB (http://www.ttgmice.com/article-level-2/?article_id=5364)

Melbourne Convention and Visitors Bureau (MCVB) is exploring to ink a partnership with nine-month-old Hyderabad Convention Visitors Bureau (HCVB) – a toddler in the game but the only regional CVB in India. :cheers:

MCVB director-international meetings, Edwina San, envisioned “cyber cities” such as Hyderabad and partners like HCVB as door-openers to a bigger database of India corporate planners. “They, in turn, are hungry to learn from us. There are also bid opportunities and sharing of association meeting leads,” she said.