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A Chennai-based start-up — Uniphore Software Systems — co-founded by Umesh Sachdev, the only Indian on Time magazine’s 2016 list of ‘10 Next-Generation Leaders’ is addressing the language barrier faced by India’s rural denizens, who still use...
Article - 06/30/2016
Active Region(s): India
Is white light just a choice of colour, or more? Increasingly under scrutiny, outdoor lighting has a crucial role to play in the safety and security of our streets and public places and in the proud illumination of historical landmarks and buildings...
Article - 06/29/2016
Active Region(s): India
As a first step to revitalising Visakhapatnam into a smarter and more sustainable city, Fluentgrid Ltd (formerly Phoenix IT Solutions Ltd), in association with Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), has launched a state-of-the-art...
Article - 06/28/2016
Active Region(s): India
June 27, 2016, Visakhapatnam: As a first step to revitalizing Vizag into a smarter and more sustainable city, Fluentgrid Limited(Formerly Phoenix IT Solutions Ltd.) helps Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC)set up and launch a state-of...
Article - 06/27/2016
Active Region(s): India
The way we deal with cash transactions has drastically changed. Bank transfers, credit card payments, loan clearances and bill payments have all gone online. Technology has been disrupting different aspects of the financial landscape, even before...
Article - 06/27/2016
Active Region(s): India
As a part of India’s Smart City programme, waste management is the top area of concern for all the country’s municipal corporations. This is mainly because, at the current rate, the country will generate 165 million tonnes of municipal waste...
Article - 06/26/2016
Active Region(s): India
Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation India, shares his views with Manish Pant on the Digital India programme and more.How is Microsoft contributing to the Digital India initiative?The government is planning to take the National Fibre...
Article - 06/24/2016
Active Region(s): India
- Dr Bimal Patel, President, CEPT University With over 25 years of professional, research and teaching experience in architecture, urban design and urban planning, Dr Bimal Patel has created a portfolio of work that is internationally recognised....
Article - 06/24/2016
Active Region(s): India
So far, lithium-based technologies in the transportation sector have been limited to a few applications, considering that the market is still at a nascent stage. However, Lithium Technologies, a start-up, is transforming Bengaluru with its emission-...
Article - 06/23/2016
Active Region(s): India
Small interventions and relatively cost-effective innovations are the need of the hour in present times. So far, approaches towards sustainability have focussed on innovative ways to recycle water and generate solar energy.A Mumbai-based green...
Article - 06/22/2016
Active Region(s): India
Touted to be one of the biggest projects of its kind in the country, the Narela waste-to-energy plant (a 24-MW project), has been finally commissioned in Delhi. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has collaborated with private partner Ramky...
Article - 06/21/2016
Active Region(s): India
Come June 25, Surat Smart City Development Ltd (SSCDL) is all set to begin a pilot demonstration of the SMArtCity Centre (SMAC), an Integrated Transport-Mobility Administration Centre (IT-MAC) and a slum redevelopment project on public-private...
Article - 06/20/2016
Active Region(s): India
As part of its Smart City plan, Udaipur Smart City Ltd (USCL), the special purpose vehicle set up on March 12, 2016, with an initial corpus of Rs 199 crore to oversee project implementation, has chalked out an ambitious target to award seven ‘...
Article - 06/19/2016
Active Region(s): India
With rising accidents on national highways and worsening conditions of roads, NHAI is going to start real-time tracking of roads.NHAI has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under Indian...
Article - 06/16/2016
Active Region(s): India
The municipal corporation of Mohali is in the news these days, for a good reason. The civic body has come up with the concept of a GIS-based mechanised city cleaning system.The technology tracks cleaning operations for the entire city through GPS...
Article - 06/15/2016
Active Region(s): India
In a recent move, the Ujjain Nagar Nigam, with the help of an Indo-Belgian joint venture, Keselec Schréder, has provided remotely controlled smart LED streetlights at Agar Road in Ujjain. The technology used here is the OWLET Telemanagement System....
Article - 06/14/2016
Active Region(s): India
Getting electricity through Direct Current or DC is not a new invention. But the world has stopped using DC power to light up homes. However, a few out-of-the-box thinkers from IIT Madras are reviving DC power as a potential solution to India’s...
Article - 06/13/2016
Active Region(s): India
It is a known fact that addressing India’s sanitation woes is not an easy task. Close to two-thirds of urban residents do not have toilets and access to the sewer grid and over 600 million people in rural and urban areas defecate in the open.Where...
Article - 06/12/2016
Active Region(s): India
Imagine an HVAC system that consumes 40-60 per cent less electricity than a normal air-conditioning system and requires zero water in the cooling system. Yes, in today’s time, it is possible!Depending upon the amount of cooling required, a typical...
Article - 06/09/2016
Active Region(s): India
The Ministry of Urban Development on Tuesday announced as many as 13 winners of the 'fast track competition’ under the smart cities mission.The cities are Lucknow, Warangal, Dharmashala, Chandigarh, Raipur, New Town Kolkata, Bhagalpur, Panaji, Port...
Article - 06/09/2016
Active Region(s): India