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The event boasted of attendance including likes of Dino Morea,
Diya Mirza, Fardeen Khan, Gulshan Grover, Hrishita Bhatt, Isha Koppikar,
Mandira Bedi, Meghna Naidu, Riya Sen, Ruby Bhatia, Zayed Khan, Abhijeet,
Babul Supriyo, Baba Sehgal, DJ Aqeel, Hema Sardesai, Mika, Raghav,
Suchitra K, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sukhbir, Shaswati, Shreya Ghosal, Shreekant,
Vaishali Samant and Vedic Chant.
Brought in partnership with UNDP and was presented by Sony Hi-Fi,
the communication partner for the music summit was TATA Indicom.
The summit was kicked off by Sahara, a group of 15-24 year olds
living with HIV/AIDS, who performed their brand of music. The event
was sponsored by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Next
was performance by 'Dancing Feat', a Committed Communities Development
Trust (CCDT) project for children at risk to HIV/AIDS. The event
was funded by Family Health International (FHI) and the kids performed
on a special dance sequence choreographed by Shiamak Davar.
Besides Haath Se Haath Milaa, produced by BBC India, shot a behind-the-scene
episode of the MTV Music Summit for AIDS with humsafars (a groups
of teens at risk of HIV/AIDS).
Said Alex Kuruvilla, Managing Director, MTV Networks India: "At
MTV, we believe awareness and education are the most effective 'vaccines'
for AIDS. With the third MTV Music Summit for AIDS, we continue
to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, promote prevention and fight
stigma. Providing a massive trust to this initiative, for the second
year in a row, is the country's terrestrial channel - Doordarshan,
who will air the MTV Music Summit for AIDS into 80 million Indian
homes. "
GO 92.5 FM, the radio partner, broadcast the summit live while
Doordarshan is the television partner. The ground partners were
Coca-Cola, Barista, Shoppers Stop and Rotaract Club, Bombay Hills
South. Intercontinental The Grand, Mumbai was the hospitality partner.
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