The 2009 India Symposium report is now available for download. It contains a description of each of the sessions, meetings, and outings as well as some comments about the theme, and the Senior Fellow Orientation Meeting. You can download the report by clicking on the link below:

Symposium 2009 Report

Welcome to the website of the 18^th annual Symposium of the Melton Foundation!

The Symposium will be held from August 3-9, 2009 in the environs of the BMS College of Engineering and BMS Institute of Technology in Bangalore, India. The theme of this year's symposium is navarīthi. The word navarīthi means ‘innovation’; the word is made up of two parts – nava denotes ‘newness’ and rīthi denotes ‘path’. Another interesting facet of navarīthi is a pun on the word nava: it means both ‘new’ and ‘nine’, given that the symposium in India is happening in 2009!

The theme shall examine the various aspects associated with ‘innovation’ across a wide spectrum of fields ranging from Business to Energy to Fine Arts.

Thus the innovation theme will be developed as a common learning platform for all Melton Fellows, university faculty and members of the Foundation develop a shared understanding of ‘innovation’ in collaboration with experts from around the world.

Welcome to BMS, Bangalore!

• You can click here to read the India Symp 09 blog.

• Click here and find out about the e-book version of the SF Booklet

• Click here to watch the introductory video, and read about the dance session 'Namaste! Greetings from India'

• Click here to read our list of service apartments and hotels in Bangalore

• IMPORTANT. Read the note of caution regarding procedures for checking for the H1N1 virus (Swine Flue) while entering India.

• You can now find an easy guide for getting to the hotel from the Airport. Click here to read more
  

• Click here to read about the wonderful medical social innovation by Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy (Dr. V) . 

• You can find a few suggestions on Indian movies to watch on the Samskriti section. Read more here.

• Please click here to read more about all health related precautions you can take before, and during your stay in India. 

• Click here to read details about the Samskriti workshops, including dates and approximate costs. 

• You can find a checklist of things to pack for the symposium here.

• You can now read about the Symposium Hotel, and the Symposium schedule