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Early warning system for prevention of stampede in Kumbhmela to be
developed
Bring Nachiketa & Mundaka Upnishada lessons in MBA: German
expert advises
Ahmedabad: “Kumbhmela, which is called as the
largest peaceful gathering in the history of
mankind on the earth will be organized during
next 22nd April to 21st May at Ujjain. The
Simhastha Kumbhmela is being organized at every
12 years. More than 100 million devotees and
tourists will visit the Kumbhmela. Early warning
system for prevention of stampede in Kumbhmela
to be developed under Indo-Dutch collaborative
Research Camp. The Camp will provide unique
research opportunity for 500 students,” Dr. Ashish
Verma, Assistant Professor from Indian Institute
of Science, Bangalore said at Gujarat
Technological University (GTU) in a workshop as
a part of Research Week.
GTU is organizing the Research Week as a mid-
term review of research done by Post Graduate
and Ph.D students. During the Research Week,
many workshops are being held and ...
Ahmedabad: Dr. Charles M. Savage, President,
Knowledge Era Enterprising International from
Germany advised Gujarat Technological
University (GTU) to bring lessons of Nachiketa
and Mundaka Upnishada in MBA program. He
said that students should be made free from greed
and self-interest. Although corruption is a huge
challenge world over, but we are facing urgency
(30 year window) on the front of Low Carbon
Global Economy. Focus on this topic is the need
of the hour.
He was speaking at International seminar on
‘Designing a New MBA Program for GTU’ at
Chandkheda campus of GTU on 14th March, 2016.
He said that Automation Technology i 4.0 is
changing scenario of industries. Internet of Things
can change business dynamics. We must think
over how we can reconstruct our life. Bring
Digitization, Sustainability ...
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GTU-GSSCD Research Partner News
GTU-GSSCD Meetings with Research Partner
Graduate school of Smart Cities development have started meeting research partner colleges. In past few
days, GSSCD arranged meetings with 4 Research Partner Colleges, namely Sarvajanik College of
Engineering & Technology, Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati Institute of Technology, Dr. S & S S
Ghandhy Government Engg College and C.K.Pithawalla college of engineering & Technology.
The main purpose of this meetings is to know the research partner colleges’ activities in the field related to
Smart City. Also to know the requirements/suggestions on how we can further work on this. GSSCD
coordinator Mr. Vimal Sharma (Research Associate) and Ms. Kruti Thakkar (Research Assistant) presented
the activities of GSSCD done in the past and currently going on. Here are the glimpse of the meeting held
at various colleges. …
Smart City News
Cities’ Smart Journey Riding on Tech
Bad roads, congested streets; no clean drinking water; garbage; unreliable public transportation; non-
functional street-lights; crime against women, old people and children; pollution; wrong utility bills;
inefficient public grievance centre; and above all, a lack of accountability at municipal administration.
These are few of the problems with which people of an unplanned, fast growing city, whether in India, or
across the globe, can relate. City leaders are always looking for solutions : both tactical and long-term - to
resolve these challenges they face on a daily basis. When they do find and implement a solution to any of
these problems, they have made a progressive move towards making a city smarter.
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Sterlite Technologies Bags Gandhinagar Smart City Project
Sterlite Technologies, founded by Anil Agarwal of Vedanta
Group, is among the early companies to have bagged a
smart city project. Sterlite, said senior official of the
company, has bagged contract from Gandhinagar.
The contract entails creating a Wi-Fi city, with applications
like smart parking and lighting.
“We are creating 400-500 access points for Wi-Fi, with
applications like smart parking and lighting. The plan is to
give 30 minutes of Wi-Fi free. The project amount is around
Rs 30-40 crore,” said Anand Agarwal, CEO, Sterlite
Technologies.
The Gandhinagar project is part of the Gujarat Government's initiative to develop some cities as smart
cities. Agarwal also said the company was in talks with all the 20 states mentioned in the smart city list ..
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Software Breaks Down IoT Barriers
Most tech companies are experimenting with new
products for smart homes, giving everything from
thermostats to light bulbs, the ability to share
information, like the machines in an automated assembly
line. But there are problems lurking beneath home
automation. Without a simple way for these devices to
communicate, smart homes might have trouble being
very smart.
That is the idea behind the Allseen Alliance, an organization that maintains open-source software for
devices within the Internet of Things (IoT). The software is designed to get ..
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Thirsty Cities Need Smart Solutions Like Water Reclamation
This week, across cities, conscientious Indians
did not use water to celebrate Holi. The
unprecedented water crisis compelled the shift in
social practices. Essentially, necessity acquired
the cloak of virtue.
The magnitude of the crisis of thirst is illustrated
by headlines from across the country. In
Hyderabad, residents took away a 5,000-litre
water tanker of the HMWSSB. Authorities in
Latur imposed Section 144 to avoid water riots.
Kochi plans to introduce permit raj to ensure water quality supplied by tankers. Navi Mumbai residents are
agitated about tanker operators siphoning from pipelines for sale to housing societies. In Gurgaon,
authorities warned use of water
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The Internet of Things, Smart Cities and World Water Day
The United Nations deemed March 22 World Water Day as a way to call global attention to this
diminishing resource. Recently, the Internet of Things (IoT) a growing worldwide network of appliances
and devices connected to the Internet has emerged as a promising solution as a means to protect and
preserve clean drinking water, particularly in cities.
A major challenge is that populations around the globe are facing is diminishing freshwater resources: A
staggering 89 percent of global population relies on improved water supply systems that lose about 32
billion cubic meters of precious water via physical leakage. As a result, up to 50 percent of the world’s
population (four billion people) will reside in water-stressed areas by 2025. A growing global ...
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PMC Christens SPV Company for Natl Smart cities Initiative
Pune Municipal Corporation has finalised the name for the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) company for the
smart city mission. The civic administration has settled on naming the body, Pune Smart City Development
Corporation Limited (PSCDCL). The registration procedure has reached its final stage under the companies
Act and will be completed on Wednesday.
PMC's deputy commissioner, Anil Pawar, said, "After discussions with all the party leaders, PMC has
decided the SPV's name and it will be official on Wednesday. Following which, we will send a proposal to
the state and central governments for funds under the smart city initiative." ...
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Examining the 3 Driving Forces Behind Smart Cities
In 1950, just 29 percent of the world’s population
lived in cities. In 2014, that figure rose to 54 percent,
and by 2050, it’s expected to grow to 66 percent.
Though a majority of that growth is taking place
outside of the developed world, a significant portion
of it is happening in U.S.
This rapid urban growth is placing greater stress on
our already-crumbling infrastructure, increasing the
public sector’s need for efficiency across the board.
To meet these pressures, more and more
municipalities are embracing the Internet of Things to
create “smart cities.”
As wireless technology has hit its stride over the past few decades, government leaders began dreaming
about cities where everyone and everything would be wirelessly connected. In the interim, while waiting
for that lofty dream to become ...
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Smart Cities Council Releases Online Edition of Innovation Readiness Guide
A popular guide designed to help city managers navigate
through smart city technologies is now available online in an
interactive web format.
The guide, produced by the Smart Cities Council, was
originally released in 2013 as a downloadable PDF, and is
reportedly in use “by thousands of cities” around the world
including several in the United States.
“Cities around the world are already using the Readiness Guide to make tremendous progress in achieving
economic, environmental and social sustainability,” Jesse Berst, the Smart Cities Council’s chairman, said
in a release. “(With the online version), we are pleased to make it easier for cities to navigate.”
The guide, according to the release, is designed for “mayors, city managers, urban planners and staff” and
provides those officials with an objective, vendor-neutral look at
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These 9 Smart Indian Cities are Best Suited for Your Investment Plans
Budget 2016 has made prospective home buyers
happy because of two reasons; one, the
construction completion deadline for getting tax
breaks under Section 24 has been extended from 3
to 5 years and two, the FM has announced an
additional tax benefit of Rs 50,000 under Section
80EE for buying a house on loan.
Therefore, if you are looking forward to investing
in some property or buying a new home for the
first time in a Tier-2 town, here is ET's list of smart
cities that you should put your money in. Read More ...
More than 3000 PG & Ph D students, 400 experts in Research Week @ GTU
GTU organizes Research Week as an evaluation process of the Ph. D students and Masters Students for the
mid-semester review of their final year thesis work. Experts from other universities of India (and abroad)
evaluate the work of these students and mentor the students so that they can improve the quality of their
work. The visiting experts conduct workshops on the topic of their expertise and new developments in their
field to enhance the knowledge of students. Qualitative research is main focused area for this because good
researcher will lead and contribute in the country’s development.
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Bhopal Smart City Development Corp to Initiate Fast-Track Projects
Bhopal: Fast track projects focussing PAN city development would be initiated first by Bhopal Smart City
Development Corporation Limited (BSCDCL). Company that would drive the Bhopal Smart City project
held its first board of directors meeting on Monday.
As many as four request for proposals (RFP) relating to intelligent street lighting, city level geographic
information system (GIS), smart city command centre and GPS based tracking of vehicles was approved.
BMC officials expect to finalize and launch two projects by June 25. It would coincide with first
anniversary of the launch of Union government's smart cities mission project.
"We are first targeting PAN city projects that would connect people and involve them in smart city
mission. By April first week we expect to appoint ...
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Panaji to study successful Smart City proposals
PANAJI: Preparing for the fast track round, the Panaji Smart City core team has begun to study successful
smart city proposals submitted by other cities to try and improve Panaji's smart city proposal. The newly
elected Corporation of the city of Panaji (CCP) council met on Monday to understand and deliberate over
the Panaji smart city mission project.
"We have started the process to evaluate the SCP (smart city proposal) of other cities. We are looking at
how other cities have prepared their proposals, how they have linked funding for transportation, urban
mobility, solid waste management," commissioner Sanjit Rodrigues said.
Given that St Cruz MLA Atanasio Monserrate had promised to shift the proposed solid waste garbage
treatment plant ….
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Resolution on Implementation of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act Adopted
Andhra Pradesh Assembly adopted a resolution on Wednesday requesting the
Centre to expeditiously implement all provisions contained in the Andhra
Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014, including grant of Special Category Status
to the state. Cisco is the technology partner in the project.
Also, Cisco will set up an Internet of Everything (IoE) Innovation Centre in
Visakhapatnam to foster regional innovation and will enable partners and
startups to build solutions around IoE and engage in rapid prototyping.
The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu launched AP
FiberNet in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. It is a huge step ...
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Shri Rajnikant Patel, Honorary Director,
Graduate School of Smart Cities Development (GSSCD)
Gujarat Technological University ,
Nr. Vishwakarma Government Engineering College
Nr. Visat Three Roads, Visat - Gandhinagar Highway
Chandkheda , Ahmedabad - 382424 , India
Contact no : (+91) (79) 2326 7587
Contact Email : [email protected]
Website : http://smartcities.gtu.ac.in/ || http://www.gtu.ac.in/
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