General Information

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Awards

SR. No	Title of the Award	Sponsor
1	Excellence in Drying Research – recognizing individual’s career achievements and contributions to drying	Procter and Gamble Co., USA
2	Excellence in Drying – transferring fundamental results into practice	AFSIA (French Association for Drying in Industry and Agriculture), France
3	Innovation in Drying Research – academic achievement in drying research	Ajinomoto Co, Japan
4	Outstanding Research in Freeze Drying	Criofarma, Italy
5	IDS-2008 best oral presentation award (3 Nos.)	Taylor & Francis and WFCFD, UICT, Mumbai
6	IDS-2008 best Poster presentation award (3 Nos.)	Taylor & Francis and WFCFD, UICT, Mumbai
7	Professor A. S. Mujumdar Gold medal award for outstanding contribution to drying society	IDS2008 and WFCFD, UICT, Mumbai
8	WFCFD’s Outstanding contribution to the development of Drying Technology in India	WFCFD, UICT, Mumbai

Registration Fees

Participant Category	Registration fees	Includes
Delegates	450 Euros	Welcome reception, Access to all symposium events, cultural programs, lunches and coffee breaks, Banquet, symposium kit, Conference proceedings (printed and Electronic format), Site seeing in Ramoji Film City
Student	225 Euros	Welcome reception, Access to all symposium events, cultural programs, lunches and coffee breaks, symposium kit, Conference proceedings (only Electronic format), Site seeing in Ramoji Film City
Accompanying Person	150 Euros	Welcome reception, cultural programs, lunches and coffee breaks, banquet, Site seeing in Ramoji Film City
Extra tickets for Banquet	50 Euros	Banquet

Insurance

All foreign delegates are requested to carry with them the overseas mediclaim insurance as a cover.

Travel Information

Air Travel:
Hyderabad is the capital city of Andhra Pradesh and is well connected to all major cities in India. You can reach Hyderabad by air as it has an air transport network connecting domestic and international flights to and from major cities including the Middle East (Dubai, Abu Dhabi), Southeast Asia, especially Singapore, Malaysia, Europe and America.

Rail Travel:
The Indian Railways operate trains to many of the major cities and towns from the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

Local Transport:
Our IDS-2008 Helpdesk at the main exit of the international airport will assist you in securing transport to Ramoji Film City.
To see the route map of Ramoji Film City please visit: http://www.ramojifilmcity.com/flash/film/filmmakers_guide/ramojitour_map.html