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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE The mission will help participating has undergone a complete firms gain market insights, make transformation in recent years. The International Trade Administration industry contacts, solidify business booming economy and growing middle strategies, and advance specific projects, class has prompted developers to bring U.S. Architecture Services Trade with the goal of increasing U.S. exports in foreign architects to design many Mission to ; Chennai, and of services to India. The mission will projects, including airports, residential Bangalore, India; October 15–19, 2012 include one-on-one business and commercial buildings, and resorts. appointments with pre-screened Foreign architects have a proven track AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of potential buyers, agents, distributors record and have helped bring about a and joint venture partners; meetings transformation in the way projects are Commerce. with state and local government officials designed and built in India. Many ACTION: Notice. and industry leaders; and networking foreign architecture firms have paired events. Participating in an official U.S. up with Indian firms who have the Mission Description industry delegation, rather than expertise on the ground to execute The United States Department of traveling to India on their own, will projects. Commerce, International Trade enhance the companies’ ability to secure To explore these opportunities the Administration (ITA), U.S. and Foreign meetings in India. trade mission will visit three cities as described below: Commercial Service (CS), with support Commercial Setting from the American Institute of India, one of the world’s fastest Chennai, Tamil Nadu Architects (http://www.aia.org/), is growing economies, presents lucrative Chennai (also known as Madras) is organizing an Architecture Services opportunities for U.S. companies that the capital city of the Indian state of Trade Mission to India from October 15 offer products and services that help to Tamil Nadu. Located on the to 19, 2012. The purpose of the mission meet the nation’s rapidly expanding Coromandel Coast off the Bay of , is to introduce U.S. firms to India’s infrastructure and housing needs. India it is a major commercial, cultural, and rapidly expanding market for is seeking to invest $1 trillion in its educational center in south India and architectural and design services, infrastructure during the 12th Five-Year the of Chennai is the second largest including project management services, Plan (2012–2017) and is seeking private port in India. As of the 2011 census, the and to assist U.S. companies to pursue sector participation to fund half of this city had 4.68 million residents making export opportunities in this sector. The massive expansion through the Public- it the sixth most populous city in India; mission to India is designed for U.S. Private Partnership (PPP) model. The the urban agglomeration, which architectural, project management, and rapid growth of the Indian economy comprises the city and its suburbs, was design services companies, particularly (averaging 8 percent over the past 10 home to approximately 8.9 million small- and medium-sized enterprises years) has created a pressing need for people, making it the fourth most (SMEs), that provide state-of-the-art and infrastructure development and the populous metropolitan area in the world class designs. Target sectors country requires significant outside country. According to Forbes magazine, holding high potential for U.S exporters expertise to meet its ambitious targets. Chennai is one of the fastest growing include: master planning (regional U.S. industry is well qualified to supply cities in the world. It has a diversified design—city planning or regional the kinds of architectural services and economic base anchored by the planning, neighborhood design, port re- project management skills needed to automobile, software services, hardware development—design of the walkways, successfully tackle major initiatives, manufacturing, and health care and buildings, etc. along the port); hospitals including such groundbreaking projects financial services industries. According and health care architecture; airports/ as the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor to the Confederation of Indian Industry other transportation infrastructure (DMIC) and the proposed 250-km (CII), Chennai is estimated to grow to a facility architecture; mixed-use projects Bangalore-Chennai expressway, to be $100–billion economy, 2.5 times its architectural services; and educational built at a cumulative cost of $1 billion. present size, by the year 2025. (k–12, university and beyond). U.S. technologies are also well Chennai firms are looking to The mission will include stops in positioned to contribute to energy American architects to learn the Chennai, Kolkata, and Bangalore, where production and greater efficiency in processes for executing world-class participants will receive market new industrial zones as they are built in contemporary buildings. Chennai is briefings and participate in customized India, which faces chronic energy experiencing a broad need for all meetings with key officials and challenges. building types, but corporate campuses, prospective partners. Trade mission Major upcoming opportunities for education, housing, infrastructure, and participants will also have the option to U.S. firms include the seven technology master-planning efforts are the most have additional stops at Mumbai, townships associated with the active development sectors. The Ahmedabad and New Delhi, where CS development of the Delhi Mumbai Chennai realty market has been growing offices also can arrange meetings with Industrial Corridor (DMIC), the billion at over 8 percent a year and there are at both private sector developers and state dollar Chennai-Bangalore expressway, least 675 real estate projects pending for and local government officials. municipal construction in several large approval with the local government and The mission supports President cities, large educational and hospitality 43.5 million square feet area is awaiting Obama’s National Export Initiative (NEI) projects launched by the private sector development in Chennai. The and his goal of doubling U.S. exports by as well as multi-use township and residential real estate market in is 2015 to strengthen the U.S. economy residential projects. expected to register strong growth in and U.S. competitiveness through The Indian architecture/construction 2012, primarily on account of meaningful job creation. The mission industry is an integral part of the improvement in the information will help U.S. companies already doing economy and a conduit for a substantial technology (IT) sector, and continued business in India to increase their part of its development investment. The economic growth in the region. CS footprint and deepen their business profession and practice of architecture, Chennai has supported the CII initiated interests. design and project management in India Green building movement, with the U.S.

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Agency for International Development with an estimated population of 8.5 discussions with Indian government (USAID) supported Green Building million in 2011, Bangalore is the third officials and private sector council, established in Hyderabad in most populous city in India and the representatives, in order to advance U.S. cooperation with U.S. Green building 28th largest in the world. Bangalore, architectural interests in India. council. most famously known as ‘‘India’s Mission Scenario Silicon Valley’’ is the hub for India’s Kolkata, information technology sector. With the The mission will start in Chennai Kolkata (also known as Calcutta) is advent and growth of the ITES industry, with a welcome dinner on Sunday, the capital of the Indian state of West as well as numerous industries in other October 14. The next day the Bengal and has a rich history spanning sectors, and the onset of economic participants will attend a round table more than 300 years. Located on the east liberalization since the early 1990s, industry seminar, industry briefing, site bank of the , it is the Bangalore has taken the lead in service- visits, lunch meeting with chamber/ principal commercial, cultural, and based industries, fuelling substantial builders association and one-on-one educational centre of , while growth of the city both economically business meetings. On Tuesday evening the is India’s oldest port and spatially. the delegates will reach Kolkata. and the country’s sole major river port. Bangalore has become a cosmopolitan On Wednesday morning the delegates The Kolkata metropolitan area (which city attracting people and business will start with a site visit. This will be is 1,480 sq. km, including its suburbs), alike, within and across nations. A large followed by a briefing meeting, followed is home to approximately 14.1 million number of companies, domestic as well by one-on-one meetings. There will also people within three municipal as multinationals, have opened their be a meeting with the Government of corporations and 39 local offices in the Silicon Valley of India. West Bengal, which will be optional for municipalities, making it the third most While the Bangalore Development the participating companies. At noon, populous metropolitan area of the Authority (BDA) governs the growth there will be a networking luncheon country. As of 2008, Kolkata’s economic process of the city, a majority of with representatives from Indian output, as measured by gross domestic commercial developments in the city architecture firms, project developers, product, ranked third behind Mumbai have been carried out by the private and contracting engineers. After lunch and New Delhi. Kolkata underwent sector. The city is becoming a hub of the one-on-one meetings will continue years of urban decay from the 1970s people with high salaries leading to followed by a networking reception. On until the late 1990s. Since then, interest high disposable incomes, which has Thursday morning the delegation will in the city picked up and a construction created a boom in real estate prices; depart for Bangalore. boom is now underway. High rise prices grew 25 percent in the period In Bangalore, the delegates will start apartment buildings, resorts and 2011–12. The past year also saw a large with site visits and will also have the commercial complexes are being number of residential project launches. opportunity to meet and network with developed all over the city. As a There are many factors which are Bangalore-based architectural firms and growing metropolitan city in a boosting demand. Realty experts are of Government regulators on Thursday. developing country, Kolkata faces urban the opinion that the large metro rail Friday morning will start with an expert challenges such as extremely high project now under construction will briefing, followed by one-on-one population density, high traffic density transform the real estate scenario in this business meetings. They will also have in low road space, several thousand city in next three years, similar to what a networking lunch meeting with heritage buildings in dire need of happened in the national capital Delhi. members of the Confederation of Real restoration, shortage of funds, socio- Demand for back-offices and contact Estate Developers’ Association economic dislocations, and unregulated centers has resulted in continued strong (CREDIA). expansion of the city to accommodate growth in suburban real estate The participants will attend policy, growing population and pollution. development, with leading IT market and commercial briefings by the Opportunities have been created by companies continuing to set up new U.S. Commercial Service and industry the growing demand for high end facilities in Bangalore. experts as well as networking events residential and commercial buildings, offering further opportunities to speak new satellite townships, the growing Mission Goals with government officials as well as economic power of the middle class The goals of the Architecture Services potential distributors, agents, partners population, exposure to modern city Trade Mission to India are to provide and end users. U.S. participants will be concepts from a globalized urban youth U.S. participants with first-hand market counseled before and after the mission population and a vibrant real estate information, and one-on-one meetings by CS India staff. Participation in the developer community. One of the with business contacts, including potential end users and partners, so that mission will include the following: largest projects is the construction of • Rajarhat/New Town, an area that will they can position themselves to enter or Pre-travel briefings on subjects from ultimately cover as much as 50 sq km. expand their presence in the Indian business practices in India to security; • In recent years, bids have generated market. As such, the mission will focus Pre-scheduled meetings with participation by large Indian real estate on helping U.S. companies obtain government officials, potential partners, firms such as Unitech and DLF, and by market information, establish business distributors, agents, end users and local an international leader, EMAAR. Local and government contacts, solidify industry contacts in Chennai, Kolkata architects and developers are seeking to business strategies, and/or advance and Bangalore; • attract foreign architects to get involved specific projects. Airport transfers in Chennai, in high profile projects. The mission will also facilitate first- Kolkata and Bangalore; hand market exposure and access to • Participation in networking Bangalore, Karnataka government decision makers and key receptions in Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore (also known as Bengaluru), private-sector industry contacts, Bangalore; and participation in one-on- is the capital of the state of Karnataka. including potential partners. It will one business meetings with potential Located on the Deccan Plateau in the provide opportunities for participants to clients, partners and distributors in all south-eastern part of Karnataka, and have policy and regulatory framework three cities.

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PROPOSED TIMETABLE

Chennai

Sunday—October 14 ...... • Arrive in Chennai. • Evening Welcome Dinner. • Overnight stay at Chennai. Monday—October 15 ...... • Breakfast briefing by industry experts. • Industry Roundtable on Infrastructure/Architecture/Design. • Networking lunch hosted by a Chamber. • One-on-one business meetings. • Overnight stay in Chennai.

Chennai/Kolkata

Tuesday—October 16 ...... • Afternoon travel to Kolkata. • Overnight stay in Kolkata.

Kolkata

Wednesday—October 17 ...... • Site Visit. • Networking lunch with local industry representatives. • One-on-one business meetings. • Evening networking reception hosted by Consul General. • Overnight stay in Kolkata.

Kolkata/Bangalore

Thursday—October 18 ...... • Morning travel to Bangalore. • Site visits. • Meetings with local industry and government officials. • Evening networking reception. • Overnight stay in Bangalore.

Bangalore

Friday—October 19 ...... • Breakfast briefing. • Roundtable/Workshop: Networking with Indian Architectural firms. • Networking lunch hosted by CREDAI—The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India. • One-on-one business meetings. • Wrap-up discussion followed by dinner. • Mission ends.

Participation Requirements additional representative (large firm or not included in the mission costs. All parties interested in participating SME/trade organization) is $750. After However, the U.S. Department of in the trade mission must complete and the mission there is the option for gold Commerce will provide instructions to submit an application package for key service match-making meetings each participant on the procedures consideration by the U.S. Department of arranged in Mumbai, New Delhi or required to obtain necessary business Commerce. All applicants will be Ahmedabad for additional fees. visas. evaluated on their ability to meet certain Exclusions Conditions for Participation conditions and best satisfy the selection criteria as outlined below. A minimum The mission fee does not include any Applicants must submit a completed of 15 and maximum of 25 participants personal travel expenses such as and signed mission application and will be selected from the applicant pool lodging, most meals, local ground supplemental application materials, to participate in the mission. transportation (except for transportation including adequate information on the to and from meetings), and air company’s products and/or services, Fees and Expenses transportation from the U.S. to the primary market objectives, and goals for After a company or trade association mission sites and return to the U.S. participation. If the Department of has been selected to participate on the Delegate members will, however, be Commerce receives an incomplete mission, a payment to the U.S. able to take advantage of U.S. application, the Department may either: Department of Commerce in the form of Government rates for hotel rooms. reject the application, request additional a participation fee is required. The Business visas may be required. information/clarification, or take the participation fee is $4,735 for large firms Government fees and processing lack of information into account when and $4,575 for small or medium-sized expenses to obtain such visas are also evaluating the applications. enterprises (SME).1 The fee for each Each applicant must also certify that affiliates, and subsidiaries will be considered when the products and services it seeks to 1 An SME is defined as a firm with 500 or fewer determining business size. The dual pricing reflects export through the mission are either employees or that otherwise qualifies as a small the Commercial Service’s user fee schedule that business under SBA regulations (see http:// became effective May 1, 2008 (see http:// produced in the United States, or, if not, www.sba.gov/services/contracting opportunities/ www.export.gov/newsletter/march2008/ are marketed under the name of a U.S. sizestandardstopics/index.html). Parent companies, initiatives.html for additional information). firm and have at least fifty-one percent

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U.S. content. In the case of a trade Referrals from political organizations effort to reduce paperwork and association or trade organization, the and any documents, including the respondent burden, invites the general applicant must certify that for each application, containing references to public and other Federal agencies to company to be represented by the partisan political activities (including take this opportunity to comment on association or trade organizations, the political contributions) will be removed proposed and/or continuing information products and/or services the from an applicant’s submission and not collections, as required by the represented company seeks to export are considered during the selection process. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. either produced in the United States or, DATES: Timeframe for Recruitment and Written comments must be if not, marketed under the name of a Application submitted on or before July 30, 2012. U.S. firm and have at least fifty-one ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments percent U.S. content. Mission recruitment will be to Jessica Jessup, Departmental In addition, each applicant must: conducted in an open and public Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482– • Certify that the products and manner, including publication in the 0336, Department of Commerce, Room services that it wishes to market through Federal Register, posting on the 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue the mission would be in compliance Commerce Department trade mission NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the with U.S. export controls and calendar (http://www.export.gov/ Internet at [email protected]). regulations; trademissions/) and other Internet web FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: • Certify that it has identified to the sites, press releases to general and trade Requests for additional information or Department of Commerce for its media, direct mail, broadcast fax, copies of the information collection evaluation any business pending before notices by industry trade associations instrument and instructions should be the Department that may present the and other multiplier groups, and directed to Darla Yonder, Management appearance of a conflict of interest; publicity at industry meetings, Analyst, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, MS • Certify that it has identified any symposia, conferences, and trade shows. 1710, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1710, pending litigation (including any Recruitment for this mission will telephone 301–975–4064 or via email to administrative proceedings) to which it begin immediately and conclude no [email protected]. later than August 24, 2012. The U.S. is a party that involves the Department SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: of Commerce; and Department of Commerce will review • Sign and submit an agreement that applications and make selection I. Abstract it and its affiliates (1) have not and will decisions on a rolling basis beginning In accordance with Executive Order not engage in the bribery of foreign June 4, 2012, until the maximum of 25 12862, the National Institute of officials in connection with a participants is selected. Applications Standards and Technology (NIST), a company’s/participant’s involvement in received after August 24, 2012 will be non-regulatory agency of the this mission, and (2) maintain and considered only if space and scheduling Department of Commerce, proposes to enforce a policy that prohibits the constraints permit. conduct a number of surveys—both bribery of foreign officials. Contacts quantitative and qualitative—designed to evaluate our current programs from a Selection Criteria for Participation U.S. Commercial Service Washington, customer’s perspective. NIST proposes Targeted mission participants are U.S. DC to perform program evaluation data companies and trade associations Arica Young, U.S. Commercial collections by means of, but not limited providing architectural services that Service, Washington, DC, Tel: 202–482– to, focus groups, reply cards that have an interest in entering or 2833, Email: [email protected]. accompany product distributions, and Web-based surveys and dialogue boxes expanding their business in the Indian U.S. Commercial Service India market. The following criteria will be that offer customers the opportunity to evaluated in selecting participants: Sangeeta Taneja, U.S. Commercial express their views on the programs • Suitability of a company’s (or in the Service, Ahmedabad, India, Tel: +91– they are asked to evaluate. NIST will case of a trade association or trade 79–2656–5216, Email: limit its inquiries to data collections organization, represented companies’) [email protected]. that solicit strictly voluntary opinions and will not collect information that is products or services to the Indian Frank Spector, market. required or regulated. Steps will be • Senior International Trade Specialist, Global taken to assure anonymity of Company’s (or in the case of a trade Trade Programs. association or trade organization, respondents in each activity covered [FR Doc. 2012–12931 Filed 5–25–12; 8:45 am] under this request. represented companies’) potential for BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P business in India, including likelihood II. Method of Collection of exports resulting from the mission. NIST will collect this information by • Consistency of the applicant DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE mail, fax, electronically, telephone and company’s (or in the case of a trade person-to-person sessions. association or trade organization, National Institute of Standards and represented companies’) goals and Technology III. Data objectives with the stated scope of the Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number: 0693–0033. mission. Form Number: None • Current or pending major project Comment Request; Generic Clearance Type of Review: Regular submission participation. for Program Evaluation Data Collection (extension of a currently approved • Rank/seniority of the designated AGENCY: National Institute of Standards information collection). company representative. and Technology (NIST), Commerce. Affected Public: Business or other for- Additional factors, such as diversity ACTION: Notice. profit organizations, not-for-profit of company size, type, location, and institutions, individuals or households, demographics, may also be considered SUMMARY: The Department of Federal Government, and State, Local, during the review process. Commerce, as part of its continuing or Tribal Government.

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