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Smart Cities 101: The Questions Indians Are Asking

Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, JLL India   While a lot is being discussed and written on Smart Cities, these discussions tend to focus on lofty urban planning perspectives and complicated economic hypotheses. This has resulted in Smart Cities becoming something of an unfathomable doctrine rather than something that makes sense to Mr. Everyman. …

WeSchool supports Smart Cities – Delivery of Civic Services

Smart Cities – Delivery of Civic Services Mumbai, 6th June, 2015: Vijnan Bharati, Mumbai in association with WeSchool organized a two day conference on Smart Cities, focusing on defining specific actionable, achievable and measurable objectives for cities and towns to evolve to ‘smart’ ones within their specific historic, social and environmental context. Experts from academia, …

Getting Intuitive About Smart Cities In India

Rohan Sharma, Associate Director – Research & Real Estate Intelligence Service, JLL India     Smart Cities: The New Age Concept   The smart cities concept may not be a novel one, but in the Indian context it is definitely an idea whose relevance couldn’t have been better timed. The government has provided the thrust …

Siemens Ltd. signs MoU on Smart Cities

 The Confederation of the Indian Industry signed two separate Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) with Siemens Ltd and Hitachi India Ltd to spearhead the conceptualization and implementation of pilot projects in Smart Cities. The MoUs were signed by Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII with Mr Sunil Mathur, CEO and Managing Director, Siemens Ltd and Mr …

Sustainable Energy Key to the Success of Smart Cities

Bangalore. January 16, 2015. The Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufactures’ Association (IEEMA) and three IEEE societies will co-host INTELECT, the conference and exposition on the efficient consumption of electricity from January 22 – 24, 2015 at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC)in Mumbai, India. A key focus of the event is using sustainable energy …

What are Smart Cities? Magicbricks finds out from the experts

Magicbricks Impact Study – Budget 2014 What are Smart Cities? Magicbricks finds out from the experts   Modi’s dream project is building 100 Smart Cities across the country and the 2014 Budget has laid out a roadmap by providing the fund of Rs 7,060 crore. But what are these smart cities? Are they good investment …

SMART CITIES ALONG INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS PROPOSED

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR AUTHORITY TO BE SET-UP SMART CITIES ALONG INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS PROPOSED EXPORT PROMOTION MISSION TO BE SET-UP The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley while presenting his first Budget in  Parliament today, announced that a National Industrial Corridor Authority, with its headquarter  in Pune, is being set-up with an amount of Rs. 100 …