Articles for Cities & Local Government

AFTER LED WHAT? WELCOME TO WORLD OF CONNECTED LIGHTING---

As we are on the cusp of an augmented age where technology is redefining the possibilities of what a human can truly be capable of. Sensors, networks, Artificial intelligence, Robotics, digital manufacturing, Nanomaterial, 3DPrinting, Augmented reality, Machine Learning and Big Data are rewriting the rules in Lighting Industry, writes Devashish Ganguly, GM Havell’s India.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Orders Major Bureaucratic Rejig

In a major administrative rejig, West Bengal Chief Minister ordered transfers of a host of IAS and IPS officers in the state.

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Connected Lighting Smart Cities- Ensuring Sustainability besides Affordability

While the future of Smart Lighting lies in Connected Lighting, Vivek Jain, General Manager of Marketing- Public Urban, Smart Cities, South Asia, Signify brings in his perspective how lighting will be so much of a data-driven concept by the time it is 2030; meeting both sustainability target and cost-effective aspect.

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Bhubaneshwar leveraging Digital Platform to ensure Inclusive Sustainable Cities

The city ranked 13th in the Global Smart Cities envisaging unique parameters like child-friendliness and inclusiveness of all ULB’s in its territory. “The Bhubaneswar’s Smart City Proposal mainly revolves around people of Bhubaneswar and not just focuses on the physical (infra) development of the city. We believe this is a key differentiator from rest of the cities, that we keep people at the center of the development and build the projects that are most essential to the people”, says Vineel Krishna, CEO, Bhubaneshwar Smart Cities Limited in conversation with Poulami Chakraborty of BW SmartCities World.

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'Integrated Development' For Cities Makes Them Liveable and Smart

The Mission is proving to be a game-changer with regards to not only directly improving citizens’ life, but also contributing to transforming the country into a digitally empowered society and a knowledge economy. It is setting a template for future development, establishing new institutions, concepts and developing institutional and professional capacity to make Indian cities cater to citizens needs in the best possible way. In a tete-e-tete with Poulami Chakraborty of BW Businessworld, Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary and Mission Director Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Government of India, asserted how the smart cities mission is impacting citizens life directly, for the better. Excerpts below:

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NBCC CMD Anoop Mittal Relinquishes Post After Government Denies Extension; Shiv Das Meena Takes Over

Sources said Anoop Mittal's term came to an end on March 31, 2019, and he was entitled for an extension till he attained superannuation age of 60 years in January 2020 but the government refused to extend his services.

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Research Needed For Smart Cities

Although creating smart cities involves numerous techniques, ensuring their effective application is pertinent.

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Why The Concept Of Smart Cities Is Gaining Popularity

The embodiment of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has effectuated the concept of smart cities to a larger extent.

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