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"From Smart Homes to women's safety, IoT can help our cities run better"

The Internet of Things (IoT) is generating as much interest as it is questions. The idea of heterogeneous devices being able to communicate with each other through a variety of means is opening up a world of possibilities. BWSC caught up with UDAY CHALLU, CEO iYogi – a global technology products and services company from India that has developed an award-winning IoT platform – to talk about smart cities, public safety, smart homes and more.

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"People First" is our motto: MD, Chennai Metro

The Government of India, via the Ministry of Urban Development, plans to invest more than $20 billion on metro rail projects in the coming years. BW Smart Cities spoke to PANKAJ BANSAL – MD, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. about some of the project’s highlights

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What Shade of Smart? Brownfield cities may be the way forward

Given the opposition against the Greenfield model, a majority of the 100 smart cities are expected to follow the Brownfield path. Cyberabad, a dynamic example of retrofitting, can show the way

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Protect the Connected - Smart Cities, Data Analytics and Privacy in India

PULAK GHOSH, Professor of Quantitative Methods and Information Systems at IIM-B speaks to BWSC about the role of data analytics and GIS in powering smarter cities

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Connecting the Dots

Future Cities will be built on seamless integration between human intelligence, technology and physical infrastructure. India’s challenge lies in reconciling the three

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LED streetlights, free Wi-Fi in 'Smart City'-focused NDMC budget

A chain of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plants are to be set up in various NDMC areas and the Solar City project would also be taken up

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Two 'Health Smart Villages' to be developed in Rajasthan

Two villages in the Jaipur district will be developed as 'Health Smart Villages', under which data will be collected and computerised to manage the health scenario

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Cabinet approves key components of National e-Governance Plan

The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the Approach and Key Components of e-Kranti : National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) 2.0

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Sebi clears Muni bonds; to boost smart cities, infra projects

In a move that will help raise funds for infra and smart cities, regulator Sebi has approved new norms for issuance and listing of municipal bonds on stock exchanges

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Govt to notify 'Open Software Policy' soon: Prasad

The move will also help start-ups to participate in creating new open software source and generating jobs, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology has said

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