More People Representation Needed In Smart Cities: Mayor Chandigarh

For Smart Cities, the Government of India has prepared a structure of hierarchy which is mainly bureaucratic. But the best possible way to ensure public participation is by including at least two elected representatives in the decision making process, says Davesh Mudgil, Mayor, Chandigarh, in conversation with Priya Yadav of Elets News Network (ENN).

India, UK Partnering For Development

There is a proper plan in place on each one of the pillars of cooperation and the proposed Sister City Agreement between Chandigarh and Nottingham has certain terms and conditions as to how they will be having a team of people from each side who could oversee the plan over the next five years, says Andrew Ayre, British Deputy High Commissioner, Chandigarh, in conversation with Priya Yadav of Elets News Network (ENN).

Andhra Pradesh Using It For Last Mile Delivery Of Government Services

Andhra Pradesh has been ahead of other states when it comes to IT technology. The PDS system in the state has become accessible to most of the people because of the technology reaching to one and all, says Peeyush Kumar, Secretary, Finance, Government of Andhra Pradesh, in an Interview with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN).

TCS ION: Transforming Student Assessment System Through Innovation

TCS iON has been designed and customised based on the requirements of the local market, says Venguswamy Ramaswamy, Global Head, TCS iON, as he talks at length about the core principles and functioning model of TCS iON, the future plans and how TCS is working towards bridging the skill gap between the youth and the industry, in an interview with Rajneesh De of Elets News Network (ENN).

MCG Transforming Gurugram Into A World-Class City

Focusing on strengthening Gurugram’s civic infrastructure by providing more multi-level parkings, better quality roads, better sewage system and better drainage system, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram is trying to rope in ward committees, NGOs, RWAs and members of the civil society to create win-win infrastructure and services for the residents, says Yashpal Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Gurugram, in an interview with Ritika Srivastava of Elets News Network (ENN).

The Policeman Who Feels The Pain Of Victims

A policeman has to be of helping nature and should be able to empathise and sympathise with people to feel their pain, says Dr Ajay Pal Sharma, Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Budh Nagar, Government of Uttar Pradesh, in conversation with Gautam Debroy of Elets News Network (ENN).

Puducherry Empowering Citizens Digitally

Puducherry is in the process to evolve from E-Governance to Digital Governance and building digital capacities, achieve the digital dividend for each and every citizen through digital literacy accessibility for all, says Padma Jaiswal, Secretary, Directorate of Information Technology, Government of Puducherry, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

Indus Towers: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

As we make progress, the concept of smart city will mature in India. Unlike the present airport model or highway model, wherein the investor is mainly focused on collecting revenue from citizens, the model here is different as there is no transactions with citizens, says Neelesh Kelkar, National Head-Smart Cities, Indus Towers, in conversation with Gopi Arora of Elets News Network.

India's Big Leap Into The Digital Future

In July 2015, the Government of India embarked on an ambitious ‘Digital India’ programme to transform the country to a “digitally empowered society and knowledge economy”. For the past four years, this flagship programme is being driven by three important visions, writes Vivek Ratnakar of Elets News Network (ENN).

SAP Transforming India Digitally

In addition to helping the Indian industry gain competitive advantage through digital transformation, we have put in place a strategic programme known as ‘Grow with SAP’ which focuses on digital enablement of youth, rural citizens and SMEs with a view to improve livability and employability, says Deb Deep Sengupta, President and Managing Director, SAP India Subcontinent, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

Bareilly Smart City Ltd Taking The City To The Next Level

As the country is moving towards digitisation in every field including education and governance, the citizen in Bareilly need a platform to upload and acess digital content. A Digital Library is proposed for all the people in the city who don’t have access to reliable content, says Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, Municipal Commissioner, Bareilly Municipal Corporation and Chief Executive Officer, Bareilly Smart City Limited, in conversation with Ahmad Shariq Khan of Elets News Network (ENN).

AVEVA - Making Smart Cities Future Ready

Keen to target a wide spectrum of markets in India, AVEVA is helping industries which are looking forward to achieving the next level of operational efficiencies to get ready for future, says Sayaji Shinde, Business Head – Smart Cities and Infrastructure, Asia Pacific, Aveva in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

Piped Gas Line No More A Pipe Dream In Chandigarh Tricity

This is one project that is changing the experience of living in the tri-city and taking it to the next level of comfort. Housewives in the city in near future will no longer have to worry about their cooking fuel getting exhausted as piped natural gas is making its way into their kitchens. All thanks to the futuristic project of Indian Oil-Adani Gas Pvt Ltd that came to the city three years ago and has transformed the energy sector both in domestic and transport sector, says Sanjay Tarat, Asset Head, IOAGPL-Chandigarh Region, in conversation with Priya Yadav of Elets News Network (ENN).

Chandigarh Treading The Path Of Development

For providing 24X7 water supply in Manimajra, a project has been approved under the Smart Cities Mission. Tenders are being floated for the same, says Manoj Bansal, Chief Engineer, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh in conversation with Priya Yadav of Elets News Network (ENN).

LDA Changing The Urban Landscape Of Lucknow

Our efforts are to computerise all the aspects of the housing scheme such that all the property information is online. We will facilitate every segment so that everybody can fill up the form online and no human intervention or the error in data feeding will be eliminated. The fees will also be collected online, says Prabhu N Singh, Vice-Chairman, Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), in conversation with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN).

‘Malaysia Keen To Have India's E-Commerce Model'

The rapid pace of digitisation is something which we need to learn from India. E-commerce is flourishing in India and we want to replicate the same model in Malaysia, says Mohammad Iqbal Mohammad Noor, Minister, Economic Affairs, Embassy of Malaysia to India, in conversation with Priyanka Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN).

Housing For Making Lifetime Dream Come True

In a bid to make citizens’ dream of having a home of their own a reality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it a mission to provide ‘Housing for All’ by 2022, the 75th year of country’s independence. Courtesy various Government schemes, the housing sector is likely to contribute around 11 percent to India’s GDP by 2020, observes Priyanka Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN).

Muthoot Helping Citizens Realise Their Dreams

Transparency in our dealings, customer centric approach and a highly passionate and dedicated team of employees been our core strength, says Ramratthinam S, Chief Executive Officer, Muthoot Homefin (India) Limited, in conversation with Harshal Desai of Elets News Network (ENN).

Towards Making digital India Cyber Secure

The journey of making India truly Digital India has begun. However, we should endeavour to make it ‘Cyber Secure’ Digital India, writes Yudhishthira Sapru, Senior IT Consultant for State e-governance Mission Team (SeMT), Chandigarh, for Elets News Network (ENN).

Dura-Line - Catalysing Innovations

In a typical smart city framework, all technologies, networks, and processes should be scalabe, which means, these should have the capability to be expanded in future, if need so arises, says Anil pande, Director Dura-Line India Pvt. Ltd., in conversation with Ahmad Shariq Khan of Elets News Network (ENN).

Sirmaur's Tryst With Smartness

A tele-medicine service has been started in the far flung areas to provide the medical facility of consultation with doctors sitting in top hospitals of the country like Apollo, says Lalit Jain, Deputy Commissioner, Sirmaur, in conversation with Gautam Debroy of Elets News Networks (ENN).

Istart— The Only Integrated Start-up Platform In India

Rajasthan is home to entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers. Across the State, millions of youngsters full of brilliant ideas, modern thinking and extraordinary skills are ready to join the already buzzing start-up drive. Leveraging this quality of the business-minded individuals of the State, the Government has conceptualised an integrated startup platform called iStart, observes Ahmad Shariq Khan of Elets News Network (ENN).

ePDS — Tech-Based Public Distribution System in Rajasthan

The Public Distribution System (PDS) is a national food security system established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs managed jointly with State Governments. The Rajasthan Government has taken a number of new initiatives to remove corruption, improve the efficiency, and deliver higher number of products through ePDS (electronic Public Distribution System), observes Elets News Network (ENN).

Haryana Election GIS: Making Information Available on Fingertips

The entire Haryana Election Geographic Information System (HEGIS) platform has been implemented purely with the support of government agencies and as such, no single private player has been involved at any stage in the entire project implementation, says Ankur Gupta, Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of Haryana, in conversation with Priya Yadav of Elets News Network (ENN).

Digital Chandigarh: Vying For E-ready Future

Making the City Beautiful future-ready for its citizens, Chandigarh Administration is making proactive efforts to make more and more services available online. It is the result of the Administration’s concerted efforts to realise the goals underpinning Government of India’s ambitious Digital India initiative that today Chandigarh is lokked upon as one of the most e-ready cities of India. Besides the Union Territory, the neighbouring States of Punjab and Haryana too are inching closer towards the dream of making India a cashless economy, says Priya Yadav of Elets News Network (ENN).

Rajasthan Sampark — Playing Key Role in Public Grievance Redressal

One of the significant projects launched by the Government of Rajasthan is “Rajasthan Sampark” which aims to enable the common man to reach the departments of the State Government to address their queries and concerns, through Information Communication and Technology (ICT) interventions, observes Elets News Network (ENN).

eMitra — Building Citizen Friendly Responsive Governance

eMitra, the ambitious e-governance initiative of the Government of Rajasthan, is aimed at providing a wide range of citizen-friendly services of different government departments under one roof so that the citizens do not have to run around various departments to avail them, observes Elets News Network (ENN).

Digitising Up With Innovations In Cooperatives And Banks

Emphasing on innovations made in alignment with IT, we are digitising the data across our cooperative and banking department in Uttar Pradesh. This move will help us in getting closer to developing a Digital Uttar Pradesh, says Andra Vamsi, Additional Commissioner & Additional Registrar, Co-operatives and Banking, Government of Uttar Pradesh, in conversation with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN).

Rajasthan's ICT-led Higher Education For Future Leaders

The Department of Higher and Technical Education, Govt of Rajasthan, puts special emphasis on nurturing a culture of research and innovation and thus, ICT-backed learning across its higher education institutions is given special importance. It’s in the same direction that recent years have witnessed a significant rise in the number of IT-led initiatives in the educational sphere of the State, writes Elets News Network (ENN).

Managing Finance, Ensuring Development

In HRDA, we are always striving to create effective infrastructure and to ensure basic civic amenities. To ensure transparency and accountability, we are allocating various infrastructural development projects to industry through tendering process, Dr Tanzeem Ali, Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Haridwar Roorkee Development Authority (HRDA) shares in an interview with Souvik Goswami of Elets News Network (ENN).