24 th April 2012 Dear IFMSA, The updates till 24th April 1700 IST for AM 2012 India. Date Pre GA GA Post GA : 5th - 8th August 2012 (5th August - Arrival Day) : 9th - 15th August 2012 (9th August - Arrival Day & 15th Departure Day) : 15th - 19th August 2012 (5days 4 nights) On our candidature, we have stated the GA would take place from August 6 th to August 12 th however we have little choice but to post-pone the dates to August 9 th to August 15 th due to the delay in the voting results by 7 days, the hotel had to open up the venue for another function. We have tried in all ways to have the same dates unfortunately it did not work in our favour. Registrations Early (6) : May 1st - May 31st 2012 Late (10) : June 1st - June 30th 2012 ** Database is almost ready and will be incorporated with MSAI's current website on Event Page. (www.msa-india.org) Fee Same as the candidature Account Details Will update it soon. In the process
Visa We have informed the Bureau of Immigration, India and they have forwarded a notice to the Mumbai International Airport & Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pre - GA 5th August 2012 6th - 8th August 2012 - Arrival Day & Registration. Only dinner will be served. - Require Program Listing from EB Action: EB GA 9th August 2012 10th - 14th August 2012 - Arrival Day, Registrations & Official Opening Ceremony Only dinner will be served. - Require Program Listing from EB Action: EB Social Programs 10th - National Food & Drink Party 11th - Club Night 12th & 13th - Friendly Water Polo Match (8 teams. 5 Regional Team, 1 EB Team, 1 AM 2012 OC Team & 1 MM 2013 OC Team) 14th - Cultural Night with Pakistani & Indian Independence Day Celebration. (Independence Day for Pakistan - 14th Aug & India - 15th Aug) 15th August 2012 - Breakfast & Check Out for Post GA
Official Opening Ceremony (OOO) - Program listing for OOO is required Action: EB - From 1930 hours IST onwards, expected to last till 2230 hours - VVIP (tentative) - Former President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam - Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh - Doctor to the President of India, Dr Pradeep Chowbey - Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad - Minister of Human Resource, Shri Kapil Sibal - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shri S.M Krishna - Guest from WHO - Former Member of Medical Council of India, Dr Devi Shetty Prasad - Actor, Amitabh Bachchan - Actor, Shah Rukh Khan - Media - TV Channels (English & Regional Channels) - Live Stream (opening ceremony can be viewed LIVE all over the world) (3 HD Cameras - 1 Stationary Cam, 2 Mobile Cam) - Print Media (English & Regional Language) - Security - OC will be providing Z-category security for VVIP. (involving Govt Secret Service Agents) - Dinner - Served before the OOO ** - Special arrangements will be done for Muslim Delegates in respect to Ramadan month - VVIP Gifts - Finalizing.
Post GA Tour Details Delegates will NEED to CONFIRM if they WILL join the Post GA during the registration itself. This is because the Post GA will be in North India and OC will be chattering Airbus A320-220s with capacity of 180 passengers. Should the number increases, we can accommodate them in the 2nd flight however if the number goes lower than 180 (5% buffer) then we will have to pay the extra promised seats. Locations: (Golden Triangle Trip) Mumbai to Jaipur, Rajasthan (by flight) 15th & 16th afternoon Jaipur to Agra, Uttar Pradesh (by road) 16th evening & 17th morning Agra to New Delhi, New Delhi (by road) 17th evening, 18th & 19th morning New Delhi to Mumbai, Maharashtra (by flight) 19th noon Post GA Fee: USD 300 - USD 400 (Inc. flight tickets, hotel, food, travel guide & entrance tickets)
OTHER Sponsors We are fundraising up to USD 300,000 (EURO 230,000). In the last 3 days, we have fund raised USD 20,000 however we will only receive the cash in June 2012. We have hired Sponsor Monster Co. from London to fund raise for us with 10% commission. Official Travel Airline Partner Yatra Pvt. Ltd India is the OTAP. They will provide the cheapest airfare for AM 2012 India delegates. Delegates can be from ANY country in the world, they just have to send an email to the dedicated email id: am2012india@yatra.com with the following information: - name - date of birth - sex - passport num - city of departure - expected date of arrival & departure - nmo name Once a delegate send the information, the customer service representative (6-7 ppl are dedicated in replying the queries 24/7) will revert back to the delegate. Discount rates will be higher with group booking. For the OC we will be getting free (some) domestic flight tickets for official work and some % of funding. Other Sponsor/Partners (till now) - Renaissance Convention Center Hotel - The Chopras - Bisleri Water - Condom King - Work the World, UK
Contract Signing With Renaissance Convention Centre Hotel on May 3rd 2012. We need to pay min. EURO 29000-30000. Thank You For OC of AM 2012 India Pratap Naidu A Program Director AM 2012 India NMO President