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The author is Group Assistant Editor with BW Businessworld. Her forte remains on Governance and Banking research and reporting. A quick-learner and a great conversationist, Poulami also loves gardening and cooking in her leisure time.
“As a part of the Green City initiative, we have requested each and every councillors to plant a sapling in their wards, which we have mandated to construct public green spaces for citizens with eco-friendly materials. This initiative is a way forward to enhance sustainable living for the citizens. These open spaces are called ‘Neighbourhood Parks’”, asserted an enthusiastic Secretary, Port Blair Municipal Council, Suneel Anchipaka in a conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW SmartCitiesWorld. Excerpts as under:
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“IT inventions are the bedrocks are the base of smart cities development. Andaman has a submarine under-cable project underway, and by June 2020, the lack of connectivity may be a thing of the past. We are in the process of bringing about Rs 20,000 crores of investment to the islands from private stakeholders in the next 4 years, and Rs 30000 crores till 2025”, asserted an optimistic Chetan B Sanghi, Chief Secretary, Andaman & Nicobar Administration in a tete-a-tete with Poulami Chakraborty of BW SmartCitiesWorld. Excerpts below:
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“Declared as a Smart City, under the Smart City Mission of the Central Government in 2016, Port Blair has project size worth INR 770 Crores, which is further expanded to project size of INR 1100 crores with recommendations from local administration. A lot of leg work has happened till date in identifying aspects which can get off the ground to an implementation stage, with a fund of INR 200 crore being released by the Government of India, till date”, asserted Vikram Dev Dutt, Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Andaman and Nicobar Administration in a conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW SmartCitiesWorld. Excerpts below:
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“The mission is proving to be a game-changer in the urban transformation of our country. The mission is proving to be a game-changer in the urban transformation of our country. It is arguably the largest and most complex urbanization initiative on the planet, catalyzing investments of Rs. 2 lakh crore for the development of 100 Smart Cities”, asserted Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary and Mission Director, Smart Cities Mission, Government of India in a conversation with Poulami Chakraborty and Dr. Rajeshree Dutta Kumar, of BW SmartCitiesWorld. Excerpts Below:
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“Array has assisted in devising futuristic data centers for smart cities by introducing unique concepts such as Hyper-Convergence in networking into the Data Centers. Array’s hyper-converged solution stack include Application Delivery Controllers (ADC), Web application firewalls (WAF), DDoS, Web vulnerability scanners, SSLi & MARS Visibility & analytics tool”, asserted Shibu Paul, Vice President – International Sales at Array Networks in a conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW SmartCitiesWorld. Details below:
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“We are partnering with both state and central governments to realise their dreams of a unified digital India. STL Garv, our rural development initiative is aimed at making rural India future ready. Centre’s prestigious BharatNet program aims to connect more than 600,000 villages in the country with high-speed fibre network for the digital delivery of several citizen-centric services. With initiatives such as MahaNet in Maharashtra and Smart Cities in Kakinada, we have distinguished ourselves as a trusted technology partner to the government, equipping them with the tools and technologies to expand reach into rural India”, affirmed K S Rao, CEO, Network Service Business, Sterlite Technologies Limited in conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW SmartCitiesWorld. Excerpts below:
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“Over the last 20 years Denave has gone through four business transformations – from a Channel Management Services company to a Business Process Outsourcing company to a Sales Enablement company. The fourth phase of business transformation is an ongoing process - that of a Sales Tech company supported by premium sales enablement services and products”, assures Snehashish Bhattacharjee, Global CEO, Denave in conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW SmartCitiesWorld. Details below
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“UC has transitioned from a browser tool to a content platform and the change is based on UC's insight towards the Indian market and change in need of our local users. Indian users have been extremely active in the consumption of digital content for the last few years. Users’ content demand has grown significantly”, said Mr Huaiyuan Yang, Vice President of UCWeb Global Business in conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW SmartCities World. Excerpts below:
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“We should start by ensuring basic cyber hygiene across the nation. We need to accord cybersecurity the same amount of attention and resources that we give to disaster management and physical asset protection”, asserted Vinod Kumar, CEO, Subex Ltd. in conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW SmartCitiesWorld. Excerpts below:
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“At Cisco, we believe that in order to create the next generation of smart and connected cities we need to focus on five key areas: visionary leadership, global open standards, smart regulation, public-private partnerships and a new ecosystem. We have deployed our smart city solutions and programs taking all these facets into account”, asserted Daisy Chittilapilly, Managing Director, Digital Transformation Office, Cisco India & SAARC in conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW SmartCities World. Excerpts below:
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