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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 : smartcities.graduateschool@gtu.edu.in

Website : http://smartcities.gtu.ac.in/ || http://www.gtu.ac.in/

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