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Providing quality education to more than a million government schools has resulted in the government struggling to offer quality and holistic education to every child. Evidently, according to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) 2014...
Article - 07/12/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: The Enablers, Computing resources, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Tiruchi has announced that the draft of the final Smart City Plan will be ready by November 20, following which it would be presented before the stakeholders for another rough of discussion.According to the '100 Smart Cities' mission, the nominated...
Article - 10/15/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Citizen engagement strategies and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
The Smart Cities Challenge has now entered the most critical phase, i.e. preparation of the Smart Cities Proposal, following the appointment of the city-specific consultants.Recently, 37 consulting firms from the government empaneled list were...
Article - 10/10/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Its been little over a month, since the Urban Development Minister of India announced the Smart Cities Challenge after releasing the list of 98 shortlisted smart cities on 27 August, 2015.The Centre in its mission vision and guidelines, has given a...
Article - 10/06/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Responsibility areas, Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
A new resource India.SmartCitiesCouncil.com, the website of Smart Cities Council India, was launched on 3 September, 2015, at a regional workshop being conducted by the Ministry of Urban Development for capacity building amid Urban Local Bodies (...
Article - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Visioning and roadmapping tools
International and national experts on technologies and smart cities along with urban development officials from across India – constituting 600 cities covering the100 smart cities and 500 AMRUT cities – came together at the Hyderabad International...
Article - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Visioning and roadmapping tools
The Andhra Pradesh government, has taken a significant step, by letting Cisco implement 'Proof of Concept' of its smart city model on the MG Road at Vijayawada.For the records, Vijayawada is not part of the three cities shortlisted from the state....
Article - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Smart City Examples, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Coimbatore, is one of the 12 cities selected from the state of Tamil Nadu, had its first joint discussion for its smart city plan was held at the district collectorate on 29 September, 2015.Each of the 98 shortlisted cities, from 35 states and Union...
Article - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Aurangabad one of the ten cities shortlisted from Maharashtra state for the Centre's amibition '100 Smart Cities' mission, has appointed Project Management Consultancy (PMC) for preparation of its Smart City proposal.In order to get maximum feedback...
Article - 10/01/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Visioning and roadmapping tools
A six-member technical team of urban planning experts from the United Kingdom (UK) are helping West Bengal's New Town Kolkata to develop as a smart city.A team from London-based urban planning organisation Future Cities Catapult (FCC) has started...
Article - 10/01/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Responsibility areas, Built environment, Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
As part of its initiative to educate and encourage the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to take active part and prepare a smart city plan under the government's amibition '100 Smart Cities' mission, the urban development ministry will host an event called...
Article - 10/01/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Responsibility areas, Computing resources, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Surat, the commercial hub of Gujarat famous for its textile and diamond polishing industries, also known globally for been ranked as the fourth fastest developing city of the world in the year 2011, is brimming with hope of making the cut to the top...
Article - 09/30/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Smart City Examples, Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Last week, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) briefed the Union Development Minister on its vision to convert its small city into a smart city.The civic body plans to make efficient use of its scarce resources like water and energy in developed...
Article - 09/30/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
The Haryana government has taken upon itself to develop Gurgaon as a smart city in line with Centre's guidelines.Karnal and Faridabad are the two cities selected Haryana under the government '100 Smart Cities Mission'. Gurgaon failed the cut, as it...
Article - 09/28/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Responsibility areas, Economic development, Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Pune, the second largest city in terms of population among the 10 selected from the state of Maharashtra, is not wanting to leave any stone unturned in its effort for preparing a Smart City plan.The Pune with a population of 3.1 million, second to...
Article - 09/28/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Citizen engagement, Citizen engagement strategies and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
The networking major, which has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government as an advisory role for developing smart cities in the state, is set to chalk out net-based solutions plan for the Nagpur city.According to a...
Article - 09/28/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Transportation, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Bhubaneswar, the administrative, economic and cultural capital of Odisha, is one of the two cities shortlisted from the state for the 100 Smart Cities nation-wide challenge. The city is an emerging information technology (IT) hub with a strong...
Article - 09/27/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Health and human services, Transportation, Citizen engagement strategies and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Smart City plans will be evaluated in the second stage of Smart City Challenge competition based on bottom-up planning – extensive consultations with the citizens and the chosen Consulting Firm, and their economic and environmental impacts. As the...
Article - 09/25/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Responsibility areas, Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has proposed to appoint Knight Frank (India), in association with Fortress Infrastructure Services and PSP Financial Consultants, as consultants to prepare the Integrated Smart City Development...
Article - 09/24/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu held a workshop in Kolkata on 12 September, 2015, to discuss how Smart Cities can be developed in West Bengal.The four civic bodies of Salt Lake, New Town, Haldia and Durgapur will shortly start...
Article - 09/23/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Citizen engagement strategies and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools