Nutraceutical is a new buzzword in Indian healthcare market. This promising term reflects lucrative market opportunities for domestic as well as international pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical companies. Nutraceuticals has a spectacular annual growth rate of 25 % in Indian healthcare market. It was estimated that, by end of 2007 global Nutraceutical market might cross USD 80 billion. Nutraceuticals, as well as products marketed under ISM labels, which together could constitute as much as one-third of the pharmaceutical market in the Country.

The 4th Nutraceutical Summit 2008 , India's leading event of the Nutraceutical industry is scheduled from February 21-23, 2008, at the World Trade Centre, Mumbai. The event has emerged as the biggest congregation of the Nutraceutical Fraternity in India over the
last three years.

The focal theme of the 4 th Nutraceutical Summit is "Key Trends in Nutraceuticals and Food: Novel Ingredients, New Applications & Business Opportunities". The event will comprise of an International Conference, Nu Fundas - Health & Food Expo, Doctors and Nutritionists Forum, Poster Session, Special Networking Events like the CEO Summit and B2B Forum.

The summit is organized by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) , Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) and MM Activ Sci-Tech Communication Co. and supported by the leading Industry associations of India like HADSA, OPPI, IDMA, ADMA & ABLE.

4th Nutraceutical Summit is an important networking platform where the who's who of the Nutraceutical fraternity will converge to showcase their products and services, to transform concepts into markets, explore investment and partnering opportunities and forge new alliances in the Nutraceutical Industry.

The 4 th Nutraceutical Summit is expected to attract over 200 organizations in both the International Conference and Exhibition, with over 40 speakers, over 250 delegates and 100 exhibitors.

Nutraceutical Summit was initiated as a pioneering effort to bring all the stakeholders of this flourishing industry face to face. The 1st, 2nd & 3rd Nutraceutical Summit focused on addressing key topics like Regulatory Mechanism, Lifestyle & Nutraceuticals, New Research initiatives, Global Trends in Dietary Supplements & Functional Foods, Role of Biotech in Nutraceuticals, Women & Nutraceuticals and Opportunities for Traditional Knowledge Industry.

The summit brought together Pharmaceutical Companies, Research Institutes, Venture Capitalists, to deliberate on the key issues and to develop Unified Indian Vision. Last year over 50 Speakers from India and Overseas, over 300 delegates and 150 organisations, came together in the International Conference to shape India 's future in this USD 80 billion global industry.

Last year, Doctors and Nutritionists forum was introduced for the first time and drew excellent response. The focus was on Lifestyle diseases and some of the experts from industry interacted with Nutritionists and Doctors.

India's leading R & D institutes, Makers of Nutraceutical and Health food brands, Pharmaceutical Companies, Companies in Biotech, Herbal and Plant extracts, Food Processing, Packaging Equipment and Instrumentation participated in the NutraExpo which attracted focused foot fall of the delegates and business visitors.

Sponsorship Opportunities Summit Sponsor Rs. 9,00,000 Prominent branding across the Event and all the event communiqué, 36 sqm of exhibition space, privileged invitation for a speaker slot, 100 tradeshow passes, 5 complementary delegates Conference Co-host Rs. 9,00,000 Recognition as the Co-host during the entire International Conference, Prominent branding in all the event communiqué, 36 sqm of exhibition space, privileged invitation for a speaker slot, 75 tradeshow passes, 6 complementary delegates Platinum Sponsor Rs. 7,00,000 Prominent branding at the venue and all the event communiqué, 27 sqm of exhibition space, invitation for a speaker slot, 75 tradeshow passes, 4 complementary delegates Country Partner Rs. 7,00,000 Prominent branding at the venue and all the event communiqué, 27 sqm of exhibition space, invitation for a speaker slot, 75 tradeshow passes, 4 complementary delegates Gold Sponsor Rs. 5,00,000 Prominent branding at the venue and all the event communiqué, 18 sqm of exhibition space, 50 tradeshow passes, 4 complementary delegates CEO Summit Sponsor Rs. 6,00,000 Recognition as the host of CEO summit, prominent branding at CEO Summit, Prominent branding in all the event communiqué, 18sqm stall space at exhibition, 3 complementary delegates, 4 special invites for CEO summit Silver Sponsor Rs. 3,00,000 Special branding at the venue and on all event communiqué, 12 sqm of exhibition space, 25 tradeshow passes, speaker slot, 2 complementary delegates. Conference Session Sponsor Rs. 2,50,000 Special branding during the session and in program doc, 9 sqm of exhibition space, presentation slot, 25 tradeshow passes, 3 complementary delegates, etc. All the sponsors will be entitled for an advertisement in Compendium, logo on the website with hyperlink and acknowledgements on various platforms.