Dear Sir/Madam, Subject: "India R & D 2008: Nanotechnology – The Science of the Future" FICCI, in partnership with Ministry of Science and Technology organizes India R & D Conferences, on an annual basis. The previous India R&D Conferences held on the themes "India as World's Knowledge Hub of the Future" (2005), "Commercialization of Innovation: Mind to Market" (2006) and "Innovation - Advantage India" (2007) met with incredible success in terms of sensitizing the industry, R&D institutes and investors on various issues influencing the growth of India's Science and Technology. Carrying forward its earnest efforts, FICCI is now holding a series of India R&D Conferences with sectoral focus to allow formulation of sector-specific action plans and recommendations for industry, investors and policy makers. The first Conference in the Series "India R & D 2008: Nanotechnology – The Science of the Future" has been scheduled on 5th September 2008 at FICCI, New Delhi. Through this Conference, FICCI aims to generate an environment of informed enthusiasm amongst various stakeholders, especially industry players. Nanotechnology has the potential to address various concerns of humanity by providing comprehensive solutions for sustainable development (such as drug delivery, water remediation, agricultural productivity, etc.). India acknowledged this importance by setting up Nano Science and Technology Mission and Vision Group to develop national nanotechnology policy which intends to address regulatory, safety, infrastructure & human resource development issues. Indian nanotechnology industry is in its infancy and projected to grow many folds. Thus, considerable fillip is required to increase commercialisation efforts and enthusiasm of the industry. We are happy to invite you to participate in this Conference. The Registration Form can be downloaded at: http://www.indiarnd.com/nano-register.pdf and Tentative Programme at: http://www.indiarnd.com/nano-prog.pdf. For further information in this regard you may visit conference website www.indiarnd.com that has all the information. Looking forward to your confirmation. Thank you & with regards, Yours sincerely Sumeet Gupta Deputy Director Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi – 110 001 Tel: 011-23736306 (D); 23738760-70 Extn. 477/212 Fax: 011-23765333, 23721504, 23320714 Email: indiarnd@ficci.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.