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GTU Graduate School of

Smart Cities Development Report on the National Professional Training Certificate Course on Smart Cities Development in India

Gujarat Technological University

Date: 10th - 12th July, 2015

Venue: Auditorium, B0 Wing, Gujarat Technological University, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad.

Graduate School of Smart Cities Development

Gujarat Technological University Ahmedabad India

Report on National Professional Training Certificate Course on Smart Cities Development in India

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Gujarat Technological University - Graduate School of Smart Cities Development

Disclaimer

© 2015 Gujarat Technological University

This report is prepared on the basis of the proceedings of National Professional Training Certificate Course

on Smart Cities Development in India at Gujarat Technological University. The National Professional

Training Certificate Course on Smart Cities Development in India took place at Gujarat Technological

University Chandkheda Campus, Ahmedabad on 10-12 July, 2015. The input for the report comes from the

records, notes, documentation, and individual observation of the coordinators. It does not purport to

reproduce in extenso all debates. None of the messages conveyed in this report may in any way be

interpreted as stating an official position of the Gujarat Technological University.


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Foreword

The urban India is continuously showing rapid growth, with expansion in economy, spatial extent and

population. This has led to enormous pressure on infrastructure & services, poor quality of life in urban

areas and deteriorating environment.

Indian civilization has always been alive to nature’s sustainability, even as it has developed over many

millennia. Government of India has decided to develop 100 Smart Cities, which will make the urban

areas more livable in terms of employment, education, health, recreation, and development. We

believe that this will be done according to the basic genius of our way of thinking and living.

Graduate School of Smart Cities Development is one of the initiatives by Gujarat Technological

University. It will contribute to the nation’s Smart City Mission. The Graduate School will work with

the researchers at GTU and outside so that the concepts of smart city development not only develop

a few hundred smart cities in the world but it also helps cities and towns to manage themselves in a

way, which improves the quality of life everywhere.

The smart development goal can only be achieved if all stakeholder of the smart city are involved and

give their contribution. The Graduate School will contribute by imparting education, related to smart

cities development. The Graduate School will also be involved in the research, consultancy and

capacity building activities to support the governments at all levels.

We are grateful to Hon’ble Education Minister of Gujarat Shri BhupendraSinh Chudasama for blessing

this program at GTU Graduate School of Smart Cities Development. We are thankful to all the

associated organization, GIHED, Smart Cities Council India and GTU GSSCD Knowledge Partner

Institutes and their personnel for their contribution and expect their continued support as we work

collaboratively to contribute towards a better future for urban India.

Akshai Aggarwal,

Vice Chancellor,

Gujarat Technological University,

Chandkheda, Ahmedabad-382424, Gujarat, India.

Website: http://gtu.ac.in/

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Acknowledgement

Date: July 10, 2015

I would like to express my gratitude to the visionary and forward looking Vice Chancellor of Gujarat

Technological University, Hon’ble Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, who always encourages us and guides our team

with passion.

Furthermore I would also like to acknowledge with much appreciation the important role of the

workshop management team. Special thanks goes to the team working at the core, Naresh Jadeja,

Dr. Hitesh Patel, Dr. Indu Rao, Vimal Sharma, Darshana Chauhan, Gopal Bhatt and Vikrant Vala who

helped in assembling all the parts together to a very successful implementation.

My thanks and appreciation goes to the learned speakers at the 3 days training program. The

workshop would not have been so enlightening and informative to the participants without the

excellent presentations and speeches of the distinguished speakers. Many thanks to the associate

partners of the program, Smart Cities Council India and GIHED for their support.

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Prof. Shri Rajnikant Patel - MS (USA), MBA (USA)

Honorary Director, Graduate School of Smart Cities Development, and Advisor, Research &

Consultancy Services Cell,

Gujarat Technological University,

Chandkheda, Ahmedabad-382424, Gujarat, India.

Contact No.: (+91) (79) 23267587 (Vimal)

Mobile No.: (+91) 9374071706

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

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Table of Contents Foreword .................................................................................................................................... 2

Acknowledgement ..................................................................................................................... 3

Final Program Schedule ............................................................................................................. 5

About Gujarat Technological University .................................................................................... 8

Objectives of Gujarat Technological University (GTU) .......................................................... 9

About GTU Graduate School of Smart Cities Development (GSSCD) ...................................... 10

Vision of GGSSCD ................................................................................................................. 10

Objectives of GGSSCD .......................................................................................................... 10

Knowledge Partners ............................................................................................................. 11

Research Partners ................................................................................................................ 11

Inauguration of Graduate School of Smart Cities Development at GTU by Hon’ble Union

Minister Shri M Venkaiah Naidu. ......................................................................................... 12

National Professional Training Certificate Course on Smart Cities Development in India ...... 13

Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 13

Workshop Proceedings ........................................................................................................ 14

Inaugural Session ........................................................................................................................... 14

Technical Sessions ......................................................................................................................... 18

Glimpses of the workshop ....................................................................................................... 26

Annexure 1: Profile of Guests/ Speakers / Session Chairman ................................................. 31

Annexure 2: Registered Participants of the Training Program ................................................ 43


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Final Program Schedule

DAY I : July 10, 2015 Friday

09.00-09.30 Registration at Gujarat Technological University (GTU) Auditorium, Chandkheda,

Ahmedabad & Breakfast

09.30-10.50

Lighting of Lamp &

Prayer By all dignitaries on dais.

Welcome to Guests Prof. Rajnikant Patel, Hony. Director, GTU-GSSCD.

Introduction of the

Workshop Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, GTU.

Key note Speech - 1 Mr. Pratap Padode, Smart Cities Council, India.

Key note Speech - 2 Mr. Ramakant Jha, Managing Director, GIFT City.

Guest of Honor Speech Mr. Dhanshkh Bhanderi, Chairman, Gujarat

Municipal Finance Board, Gandhinagar

Inaugural Speech by

Chief Guest

Mr. Bhupendrasinh Chudasma, Hon’ble Minister of

Education, Govt. of Gujarat, Gandhinagar.

Vote of Thanks Mr. J C Lilani, Registrar, GTU

CHANGE OVER

11.00-11.30 100 Smart Cities in the context of India’s Urbanization Challenges by Dr.

Sudhir Krishna, Former Secretary, UD, Ministry of Urban Development

11.30-11.50 Tea Break

11.50-12.20 Welcome by Prof. Rajnikant Patel, Hony. Director, GTU -GSSCD

Ice Breaking by Prof Dr. C.N.Ray

12.20-12.45 Understanding Smart Cities by Prof. Saswat Bandyopadhyay

12.45-13.15 Urban Sanitation Challenges for Smart Cities by Prof. Srinivas Chary,

Director, Centre for Urban Governance, ASCI, Hyderabad

13.15-13.45 Smart Cities - Assessment Tools, Standards and Performance Benchmarks

by Prof. Sejal Patel

13.45-14.45 Lunch Break

14.45-15.00

SMART CITIES COUNCIL INDIA SPONSORED SESSIONS

Promising Cities, Mr. Pratap Padode, Founder Director, Smart Cities

Council India

15.00-15.30

With the advent of globalization, the virtual world is almost taking over

the real world. What can we do differently for the housing in these new

smart cities to bring back the much-needed social interactions?

Ashutosh Puranik, Marketing manager for Saint-Gobain Gyproc


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15.30-15.45 Indian Cases and IBM solutions for Smarter Cities in India

Neelesh Kelkar, Sales Leader – Integrated Cities, IBM

15.45 - 16:20

Urban Vision for the City

Moderator : Sudhir Nair, Director, CRISIL

Speakers :

Neelesh Kelkar, Sales Leader – Integrated Cities, IBM

Rupak Agarwal, Vice President, Godrej Properties

Vishal Kundra, Associate Director, Design Planning & Economics, India,

AECOM

16.20-16.30 Tea Break

16.30-16.50

Presentation on “Dholera – The Greenfield Smart City Initiative”-

Vishal Kundra, Associate Director, Design Planning &

Economics, AECOM

16.50-17.15

Support for Smart Cities by US Government – Madam Camille

Richardson, Principal Commercial Officer, U.S. Consulate – Mumbai , US

Government

17.15-17.20 Closing remarks by Mr. Pratap Padode, Founder Director, Smart Cities Council

India

17.20

onwards HIGH TEA AND NETWORKING SESSION

18.00-19.30 Visit to AMC E-Governance Session at Law Garden

20.00 Transfer to the Hotel and Evening Free

Dinner at the Hotel Lobby (For Hotel Staying Guests) 8-10 pm

DAY II : July 11th, 2015 Saturday

Early

Morning

0.6.45-07.15

Breakfast For Staying Guests at the Hotel and Departure from Hotel at

7.15

7.00 Meeting Point for All other Training Participants at GTU Chandkheda as

Pick up point to go to Entry Gate Kalupur Swami Narayan Temple.

07.45-9.30

Smart Urban Renewal walk , Temple to Mosque in association with AMC

Heritage Department, Mentored by Mr. P K Ghosh, IAS, Former

Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner , and Dr. C.N Ray

9.30-10.45 Visit to Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram and packed Snacks-Refreshments

10.45-12.30 Drive and talk Along Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project and

Ahmedabad New CBD Plan Moderated by Prof. Sejal Patel

13.00-14.00 Lunch at GTU Chandkheda

14.00 Bus Departure for GIFT City , Gandhinagar


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15.00-17.30

VISIT TO GIFT SMART CITY - 1st GOI Smart Cities

Discussion on Smart Infrastructure

Cyber Security

District Cooling and Heating

Smart Data Centre

Refreshments

18.00-19.30 Drive Past Gandhinagar City and Visit to BRTS Control Room, Usmanpura Cross Road

Traditional Dinner at 8 pm

DAY III : July 12th, 2015 Sunday

09.30-10.00 Recap and Reflections

10.00-11.15 Group Exercises on Indian Smart Cities Challenge Facilitated by Prof. CN

Ray, Prof. Sejal Patel and Prof. Saswat Bandyopadhyay

11.15-11.30 Tea Break

11.30-12.15

Group Presentation and Discussion on “Ideas for Indian Smart Cities”

Prof Dr. Rajul Gajjar, Chairperson.

Panel Members : Prof. Dr S.O. Junare, NICM, Gandhinagar; Mr. Kiran Jain,

National Instrument (USA), for Smart Grid; Dr. Omkar Jani, GERMI; Mr.

Anirban Chaudhary, Bangalore.

12.15-13.00 Financing Options for Smart Cities Infrastructure by Mr. Bala Elangovan,

CDIA, Manila/India

13.00-13.30 Smart Retrofitting for Un Smart Indian Cities by Mr. Anirban Chowdhury,

VP, Vittal Innovations Company, Bangalore

13.30-14.30 Lunch Break

14.30- 14.50 Innovative Solar Energy Solutions in Smart Cities by. Dr. O P Jani, Director,

GERMI

14.50-15-15 Efficient Water Supply and Disposal for Smart Cities by Prof. Dr. N S

Varanadani, GERMI

15.15-15.45 Smart Cities – Social Safeguards and Inclusions issues by Prof. Sejal Patel

15.45-16.30

Indian Smart Cities- Road Ahead – Participants Panel Discussion

Moderated by Prof. Rajnikant Patel, Dr. C N Ray and Prof. Saswat

Bandhyopadhyay

Question Answer Session.

16.30-17.00

Valedictory Session

Chief Guest: Shri Bupendra Patel, Chairman, Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority.

Guest of Honor: Shri Yogesh Bhavsar, President, GIHED. Certificate Distribution to all registered participants

17.00 High Tea and Close


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GTU Graduate School of Smart Cities Development

Report on the National Professional Training Certificate Course on Smart Cities Development in India

About Gujarat Technological University

Gujarat Technological University (GTU) is India’s most innovate affiliating type University

established by Government of Gujarat vide Gujarat Act No. 20/2007. The University, caters to

the entire field of engineering, architecture, urban planning, business studies (MBA

programs), Computer Applications (MCA) and pharmacy in Gujarat.

Gujarat Technological University (GTU) is the largest technological University in western India

with 450,000 students including foreign students from 31 countries, spread over 486 colleges

in Gujarat. It is a state University with 17,500 Faculty Members in Engineering, Architecture,

Pharmacy, Management, Computer Sciences, and Hotel Management. GTU has fourteen

Post-graduate Research Centers, including Center for Infrastructure, Transport and Water

Management, Center for Environmental and Green Technologies and Center for Environment

and Energy Efficiency. It has sixteen Research Groups and three Boards for studies and

Research.

The Innovation Council of GTU is well known in the country for its initiatives in grass root

innovation work by its engineering students for solving problems of SME industrial units

located throughout Gujarat. Intensive innovation efforts have resulted in many patentable

outcomes. Its programs for student start-up development and its programs for dissemination

of knowledge about IPR are well-known all over the country. It’s Policy Documents for Student

Start-up, Development and Skill Development Mission are being used by universities all over

India.

In the issue of Plexus11 of 1st August 2014, the Vice-Chancellor gave a call to every College to

take up one area of national interest and to study its various aspects in all the departments

of the College. Accordingly 19 Colleges from across Gujarat have taken up the study of Smart

Cities as the area of interest. These Colleges are grouped together as Research Partners of

GGSSCD.

GTU had organized its first seminar Smart Cities-Quo Vadis? on August 30, 2014 at its campus

to create awareness and sensitize on the subject amongst academician, researchers,

businessman, and government officials in the context of 100 new smart cities announced

by the government of India for development.

1 Plexus is the e-newsletter of GTU and it reports the activities of the Colleges.


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At the 61st Foundation Day of the Institution of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineers

on 2nd November 2014 at Ahmedabad, GTU’s Vice-Chancellor called upon the electronic

engineers to help develop technologies and products for smart cities jointly with GTU’s

students, researchers and Faculty Members.

Objectives of Gujarat Technological University (GTU) The objective of the university is to develop the knowledge of science, engineering,

technology, management and environment for the advancement of quality of life of the

mankind in general and in relation to the domain of engineering and technological

development and applications. The prime objectives of the university is to create centers and

institutes of excellence in basic and applied science, engineering and technology in particular

and other objects shall be a follows, namely:

1. To create institutes and centers of excellence for imparting state-of-the-art education,

training and research in the fields of science, engineering, technology and

management in general.

2. To create capabilities for upgrading for development of knowledge, skill and

competency at various levels.

3. To create capabilities for upgrading the infrastructure of global standard for

education, training and research in the areas related to engineering technology and

science;

4. To develop patterns of teaching and training at various levels of educational

accomplishments so as to set high standards of education in science, engineering and

technology.

5. To function as a leading resource center for knowledge management and

entrepreneurship development in the areas of science and technology.

6. To provide inter-relationship for national and global participation in the files of

science, engineering, technology and management.

7. TO establish close linkages with industry to make teaching training and research at the

university relevant to the needs of the industry at national and global levels.

8. To make such provisions as would enable affiliated colleges to undertake

specialization of studies.

To establish, maintain or take over by agreement and manage college, department center

and institutes of research or specialized studies.


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About GTU Graduate School of Smart Cities Development (GSSCD)

Gujarat Technological University has set up the Graduate School of Smart Cities Development (GSSCD)

so as to create a resource center for the nation which understands the requirement of the cities and

citizens and helps in the smart development by producing required resources. The Graduate School

will contribute by imparting education, related to smart cities development. The Graduate School will

also be involved in the research, consultancy and capacity building activities to support the

governments at all levels.

The Graduate School seeks to involve industries and the society to ensure that its studies and research

have a relevance to the needs of the society and the industries. Therefore, there the graduate school

has invited KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS from industry and from cities to avail of their real life experience.

Currently there are five KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS.

The Graduate School also promotes institutes for research partnership to carry out the research for

the components at grass root level of smart city development. Therefore, the Graduate School Invited

educational and research institutes of GTU and others to become Research Partner with the graduate

school and created the only one of its kind of network of expert from various domain of expertise

having similar interest of contribution in smart cities development. Currently there are 20 institutes

across the states as Research Partners of the Graduate School.

Vision of GGSSCD To become a national resource center in smart cites development by developing as a point of

confluence for Industry, Academia and Government and help developing policies and plans at various

Governmental levels.

Objectives of GGSSCD Academic

One year full time post graduate diploma (PGD) course on smart cities development.

Conducting short certificate courses on related topics for developing skilled workforce.

E-courses on various aspects of organization, technologies and life in smart cities.

To become a national resource center in smart cites development by developing as a point of

confluence for Industry, Academia and Government and help developing policies and plans at

various Governmental levels

Research

To work with universities and research institutions across the globe to develop new

technologies

To conduct research on the requirements of the Indian cities & citizens and help determine

the best of technologies being used across the world in Indian context in collaboration with

GSSCD RESEARCH PARTNERS.

To develop strategies for development, which enhances cultural strength of our diverse

society in the area, where the smart city is located.

To establish integrated smart city research lab for conducting research by GTU research

Partners and others through remote connectivity.


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Consulting & Advisory

Organizing Seminars / workshops /symposium in India.

Capacity building and training by training municipal engineers and managers, government

officers and industrial workers, required for smart cities.

Advisory functions to government and industry.

Techno management consultancy

Knowledge Partners GTU seeks to involve industries and the society in all its Post-graduate research centers and schools in

order to ensure that its studies and research have a relevance to the needs of the society and the

industries. Accordingly it is planned to have knowledge partners from industry and from cities to avail

of their real life experience.

Following organizations are the Knowledge partner of GTU GSSCD.

1. Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB)

2. Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)

3. Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI)

4. CMAI Association of India, New Delhi

5. Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT), New Zealand.

Research Partners Research Center for Infrastructure, Transportation and Water Management

(CITWM) at Gujarat Technological University is research partner of Graduate

School of Smart Cities Development (SSCD). The center will conduct research

activities for the graduate school. The Graduate School invited engineering

colleges and research institutes to become Research Partner with the graduate

school. By this the graduate school is attempting to make only one of its kind

network of expert from various domain having similar interest of contribution in

smart cities development. Currently there are 20 research partner institutes.


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Inauguration of Graduate School of Smart Cities Development at GTU by

Hon’ble Union Minister Shri M Venkaiah Naidu. Gujarat Technological University organized inaugural workshop of Graduate School of Smart Cities

Development on April 18, 2015 at GTU Chandkheda Campus in Ahmedabad. Shri M Venkaiah Naidu

Hon’ble Minister of Urban Development, Govt. of India was invited as chief guest of the event. The

Graduate School of Smart Cities Development was inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister Shri M Venkaiah

Naidu.

Lighting of lamp by Hon’ble Union Minister Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

Vote of thanks by Shri Rajnikant Patel, Honorary Director, GSSCD.

The Inaugural session involved welcome speech by Hon’ble Registrar of GTU Shri J C Lilani; Context

Setting of the Workshop by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of GTU Dr. Akshai Aggarwal; Key Note speech by

Prof. N K Goyal, President, CMAI Association of India (GTU Knowledge Partner); Speech by Guest of

Honor Ms. Mona Khandhar-IAS, Secretary at UD&UHD, Govt. of Gujarat; Introduction of Chief Guest

Prof. T. Harinarayana, Director, GERMI – PDPU (GTU Knowledge Partner); Inauguration & Address by

Chief Guests Hon’ble Minister Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Urban Development, Government

of India; and Vote of Thanks by Prof. Shri Rajnikant Patel, Hon. Director, Graduate school of Smart

Cities Development.

Please click on the following link for the detailed Inauguration report.

http://smartcities.graduateschool.gtu.ac.in/docs/GTU%20GSSCD%20Inauguration%20Workshop_Re

port_V02.pdf

http://smartcities.graduateschool.gtu.ac.in/docs/GTU%20GSSCD%20Inauguration%20Workshop_Report_V02.pdf

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National Professional Training Certificate Course on Smart Cities

Development in India

Introduction There are many speculations about Smart Cities Development in India after the roll out of Smart Cities

Mission for making 100 smart cities by the Central Government. Adopting the concept of smart cities

from already developed foreign smart cities would be helpful but emphasis should be given on

independent thinking to develop strategy as per Indian situation. The course objective is to orient the

policy makers and ULB officials for smart cities.

The Modules covered in the training program were Understanding Smart Cities (Concepts, Dentitions

and Practices); Smart Cities Bench Marks, Standards and Performance Measurement Indicators;

Technological Options for Smart Cities; Financing Smart Cities Development; Road Map and Safe

Guards for Smart Cities; Smart Cities: Issues & Challenges by Smart City Council India; Exposure visit

to GIFT city, Smart Urban Governance and Urban Renewal.

The target audience were Sr. Urban Executive, Officials from State Urban Development department,

Municipal Corporations, Urban/Area Development Authorities, Officials of Proposed smart cities,

Professionals, Researchers, Private sector organizations, and NGOs.

Participants from various states in the workshop Visit to Heritage city Ahmedabad: Group picture of

participants inside Jumma Masjid, Relief Road, Ahmedabad.

The 3 days program included lectures of various modules, exercise on developing smart cities and

exposure visit to understand all the three components, retrofitting, redevelopment and pan city

initiatives, of smart cities development. 57 participants from 8 states of India participated in the

workshop and all felt highly satisfied with the takeaways from the workshop. Gujarat Technological

University received excellent feedback form the participants.


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Workshop Proceedings

Inaugural Session

Welcome Speech by Prof. Rajnikant Patel, Honorary Director, GTU-GSSCD

At the initiation Prof. Rajnikant Patel welcomed Mr. Bhupendrasinh Chudasma, Hon’ble Minister of

Education, Govt. of Gujarat, Gandhinagar and Mr. Dhanshkh Bhanderi, Chairman, Gujarat Municipal

Finance Board, Gandhinagar.

Subsequently Prof. Patel express his gratitude to Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of GTU;

Mr. Pratap Padode, Founder Director of Smart Cities Council India; and Mr. Ramakant Jha, Managing

Director of GIFT City. Lastly, he greeted all the participants of inaugural workshop.

Click on the following link to listen the speech online: https://goo.gl/CRJhon

Lighting of lamp by Hon’ble Minister Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, GoG & Shri Dhanksukh Bhanderi, Chairman, GMFB, Gandhinagar.

Dignitaries on Dias (from left to right): Mr. J C Lilani, Registrar GTU; Mr. Ramakant Jha, MD, GIFT City; Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, VC GTU; Mr. Dhanshkh Bhanderi, Chairman, GMFB; Mr. Pratap Padode, Smart Cities Council India; Prof. Rajnikant Patel, Hony. Director, GTU-GSSCD.

Welcome to Mr. Bhupendrasinh Chudasma, Hon’ble Minister of Education, Govt. of Gujarat, Gandhinagar by Mrs. Aggarwal.

Welcome to Mr. Dhanshkh Bhanderi, Chairman, Gujarat Municipal Finance Board, Gandhinagar by Dr. Rajul Gajjar.

Context setting of the workshop by Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Hon’ble VC, GTU

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, GTU set up the context of the 3 days training Workshop.

Dr. Aggarwal said that development of smart cities will need a lot of technologies, so therefore it is

very important to understand the technologies. He announced that GTU is shortly going to start

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establishing a smart cities labs, which will be a center for Advise for technologies, governance and

management for municipal officials. He also declared that GTU is going to start e-course on smart

cities development which will give the participants advantage of learning being at their own place.

Click on the following link to listen the speech online: https://goo.gl/Wg2RlR

Context setting by Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, GTU.

Guest, Dignitaries, Experts and Participants during the inaugural session.

Key Note Speech -1

Mr. Pratap Padode started off by appreciating the initiative of GTU-GSSCD as mentioning it as a path

breaking initiative in Smart Cities Development in India. He said India needs its 10% of GDP investment

in infrastructure sector as compare to current trend of investment of 4-5 % of GPD in Infrastructure

Sector. Cities in India contribute 60% of the country’s GDP while on the contrary only 0.6% of GDP is

invested in the cities. Indian cities need investment to improvise the living condition of cities and also

because cities will contribute more and more to the country’s GDP.

Click on the following link to view the lecture online: https://goo.gl/fh9tPC

Click on the following link for the presentation of Mr. Pratap Padode: https://goo.gl/f5ViLd

Mr. Pratap Padode, Director- Founder, Smart Cities Council India giving presentation during his speech as key note speaker-1.

Dr. Mr. Ramakant Jha, Managing Director, GIFT City during his speech as key note speaker-2.

Key Note Speech-2

Dr. Mr. Ramakant Jha, Managing Director, GIFT City said that a smart city is not only about technology,

instead it is a smart way of planning, designing, execution, maintenance, monitoring, governance,

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delivery of public service and most of the things in the domain on urban local body so that technology

can be used as a means to achieve it. He mentioned that smartness can be achieved in planning,

designing, execution, maintenance and monitoring of urban services and infrastructure by minimizing

the resources and maximizing the outputs in which technology can play a big role.

Click on the following link to view the lecture online: https://goo.gl/xjTh97

Click on the following link for the presentation of Dr. Mr. Ramakant Jha : https://goo.gl/c70xCO

Guest of Honor Speech

Mr. Dhanshkh Bhanderi, Chairman, Gujarat Municipal Finance Board, Gandhinagar started with

mentioning that Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, during the launching ceremony

of smart city mission on June 25,2015, said that the smart city we are dreaming of is such city in which

Government will be ready with all the services before the citizens realize the need of it. He further

said that Gujarat Municipal Finance Board (GMFB) on of its kind of board in that whole country in

urban sector. He mentioned that GMFB provides grants for infrastructure development and urban

development to 159 municipalities of Gujarat and GMFB also provides training and capacity building

for the staff of municipalities.

Click on the following link to listen the speech online: https://goo.gl/xuCsVY

Mr. Bhupendrasinh Chudasma, Hon’ble Minister of Education, Govt. of Gujarat, Gandhinagar during his speech as Chief Guest.

Mr. Dhanshkh Bhanderi, Chairman, Gujarat Municipal Finance Board, Gandhinagar during his speech as Guest of Honor.

Inaugural Speech by the Chief Guest

Mr. Bhupendrasinh Chudasma, Hon’ble Minister of Education, Govt. of Gujarat, Gandhinagar said that

Gujarat is working on Smart Education, Smart Villages, Smart Towns and Smart Cities and in the next

decade Gujarat will be known as the first Smart State of the country. He said we need smart cities to

meet with the population increase and to compete with the other developed nation. Hon’ble minister

said that GOI has declared humongous financial support to the cities, but the challenge will be to utilize

the finance in efficient way and in due course of time. He congratulated GTU Vice chancellor for

organizing the 3 days smart cities training workshop which will train the participant on how to properly

utilize the finances received from central government.

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Vote of Thanks

Mr. J C Lilani, Registrar, Gujarat Technology University

thanked to all guest on the dais and off the dais,

speakers, experts, advisors, organizing team, and the

participants of the 3 days smart cities training

workshop.

Click on the following link to listen the speech online:

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Shri J C Lilani, Registrar, GTU during vote of thanks.

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Technical Sessions

DAY-1

100 Smart Cities in the context of India’s Urbanization Challenges by Dr. Sudhir Krishna,

Former Secretary, UD, Ministry of Urban Development

This session was consisted of a speech by Dr. Sudhir

Krishna, Former Secretary, UD, Ministry of Urban

Development on 100 Smart Cities in the context of

India’s Urbanization Challenges.

He started with the question that why we should focus

on developing smart cities? Further he added about

the different perspective of smart cities. Economist,

Architect, Sociologist, Planner, and Environmentalist

etc. will have different viewpoint for smart cities. Next

he narrated about the various objectives of smart

cities which includes, Efficiency, Transparency,

Sustainability, Inclusiveness, and Safety in terms of

crime, disasters, contagious disease etc., also Competitiveness and aesthetic aspect. Further he added

about the branding of the smart cities in which he emphasize on the identity and originality of the

cities should be preserved. Then he briefly described the components of smart cities. Afterwards he

expressed his thoughts on the governance challenges for developing smart cities. This portion covers

the about the complications, in which he said that main reason is the absence of master plan or an

outdated master plan. Weak municipality, ageing population, skill deficiency, haphazard housing are

also some other challenges in the development of smart city. Afterwards he talked about the SPV

(Special Purpose Vehicle) of a Smart City, smart planning as per URDPFI, smart drainage planning,

smart sewage management. Afterward he talked about AMRUT mission, making brown field smart

cities, financing urban infrastructure, making betterment taxes, user charges. Lastly he conclude the

session by answering the question that “What to make smart? Old Cities? New Cities? Villages?” better

to make existing cities smart, also same paradigm for new cities and villages too.

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Ice Breaking by Prof Dr. C. N. Ray, Professor, CEPT University and Understanding Smart

Cities by Prof. Saswat Bandhyopadhyay

Prof. C. N. Ray took the session after break. A group

exercise was given to all the participants, to know

everyone and to know about the perspectives of

participants for smart cities. They were ask to write few

points about what they mean by smart city? And then one

of the team member described to everyone. All the teams

present their thoughts on the concept of smart city with

the help of flipcharts. Prof. Saswat explained the idea

Dr. Sudhir Krishna, Former Secretary, UD, Ministry

of Urban Development during his speech

Ice breaking session by Prof. C. N. Ray, CEPT

University

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behind this exercise, that it was conducted to show that the thoughts will reflect the perspective

according to their work background.

Urban Sanitation Challenges for Smart Cities by Prof. Srinivas Chary, Director, Centre

for Urban Governance, ASCI, Hyderabad

Prof. Srinivas Chary initiated the speech by

highlighting the importance of “sanitation”.

According to him sanitation shouldn’t be at the

bottom in the hierarchy of the smart city

components. He added that public health is the

fundamental building block for doing business,

creating opportunity, and creating wealth and

public health can only be achieved by providing

high quality service delivery. Further he defined

what public health is and what sanitation is and

then he talked about the two approaches for safe

disposal of solid waste which were reticulated

system and on site sanitation. Then he continued

the session on the septic tank. He also commented that most of the 100 Smart Cities do not have

sewerage system. Lastly he conclude the session by mentioning the challenges for urban sanitation

and drivers for change and stating the scope for innovation and gave the best example where the best

practice is carried out.

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Prof. Srinivas Chary, Director, Centre for Urban

Governance, ASCI, Hyderabad giving lecture on Urban

Sanitation for Smart Cities

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Promising Cities, Mr. Pratap Padode, Founder Director, Smart Cities Council India

Mr. Pratap Padode started the session by

introducing himself and briefing about the

Smart Cities Council India. He stated that while

everyone is talking about Smart Cities, why not

talk about Basic City? As basic amenities of the

cities are still not there and Government wants

to build up a Smart City. In January, 2015 Smart

Cities Council-India made a report on Promising

Cities, way before the guideline of Smart Cities

were announced. He concisely explained about

how the idea of Promising Cities came up and

how they have short listed such cities. He added

that smart practices in India has been scattered

all around the country, as small initiatives are

successfully done in various cities of India. But they all don’t happen to be in one city. There is a need

of technology when the city gets denser. Technology has to be specific to your need and fulfilling it,

and be able to make efficient use of our resources. The opportunities coming in the form of “HRIDAY”,

“Swachch Bharat”, “Digital India”, “AMRUT”, “Housing for All” these collectively are contributing to

rejuvenating the Urban India, which contributes to the whole bulk of GDP. Lastly he added that the

problem will arise at the integration of smart solutions. There is need to have an open source kind of

a platform so that no propriety solutions are used, such that integration becomes possible then.

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Indian Cases and IBM Solutions for Smart Cities India by Neelesh Kelkar, Sales Leader-

Integrated Cites, IBM

After the brief introduction of IBM, Mr. Neelesh

Kelkar started the presentation in which he

described that IBM is Ranked Number 1 among

Smart City Suppliers, and Best-in-class Global

Smart City Integrator. IBM brings all the pieces

of Smart City Puzzle together. IBM’s experience

also covers brownfield cities. In India IBM is not

covering the whole city but components of it. He

further explained that cities are a complex

system of ecosystem. All the components of a

city are interconnected and they don’t work in

isolation. There are multiple domains need to be

integrated. There are 3 basic elements when

considering how to create a smarter city, and they are Visio, Domain specific solutions and roadmaps;

and Integration and Collaboration. Further he explained about the Actionable Business Architecture

Mr. Pratap Padode, Founder Director, Smart Cities Council,

India, giving presentation on Promising Cities in Session

sponsored by Smart Cities Council, India

Mr. Neelesh Kelkar, Sales Leader- Integrated Cities, IBM,

giving presentation on Indian Cases and IBM solutions for

smart cities

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of IBM which provides details of each township function. Finally he concluded that apart from cities,

IBM is focusing on other parts which includes, Conventional Hubs, Sports, Energy, and Water etc.

Urban vision for the city, Moderator: Sudhir Nair, Director, CRISIL

He initiated the conversation with indicating

that CRISIL is looking at real estate and allied

aspects of urban infrastructure as sectorial

point of view. They have been looking at trends

of smart cites, for example, what is the solution

it’s time to provide, what kind of investment

will come into the economy? Etc. He further

continued the session on the aspects which we

can’t afford to overlook as a country that we

are. By 2050, 80 Crores population will be

residing in urban areas, to handle this

incremental growth of population country will

need another 500 cities according to some

rough calculation. Obviously one just cannot put up 500 cities which will be like dots everywhere.

Which is why we believed that smart cities which are far more efficient, will be a proper solution for

this incremental growth of population, as it can accommodate more population, can function far more

efficiently. So you don’t need to put up 500 cities. For this first and foremost thing is to decide the

guidelines on what a smart city is? Second thing is to put an Audit guidelines clearly into the place.

This has to work very closely in conjunction with land acquisition policies also. Lastly smarter building

materials, processors, smarter concepts need to come in. Also, financing needs to get smarter as most

of this is going to be invested driven, there will be private participation enlisted. All these things need

to put in place, so that it becomes affordable and people kind of move in and make it effective.

Presentation on “Dholera- The green field Smart City Initiative” by Vishal Kundra,

Associate Director, Design Planning & Economics, India, AECOM

Mr. Vishal Kundra gave an overview of one of their

project on which they are currently working. The

project which is a case study based, a realistic

example on how they are trying to implement or

say sort of build a smart city from ground. He

further threw some light on the Project Dholera-

Special Investment Region, which is on a Delhi-

Mumbai Industrial Corridor which is a National

Level Initiative by the Government of India.

AECOM is the Program Manager of the Project.

City is going to build from scratch all the way from

vision, planning etc. Then Mr. Kundra went to

explain the key indicators of the project in terms

Mr. Sudhir Nair, Director, CRISIL, giving presentation on

Urban Vison for the City

Mr. Vishal Kundra, Associate Director, Design Planning &

Economics, India, AECOM giving presentation on

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of Area, Population & Employment. After that he enlightened the major milestones of the project,

development plan and town planning schemes of Dholera, Activation strategy, framework strategies.

Lastly he concluded the session explaining the smart city characteristics and described the Dholera

project’s characteristics in detail with context of Smart city characteristics.

Support for Smart Cities by US Government- Madam Camille Richardson, Principal

Commercial Officer, U.S. Consulate- Mumbai, US Government

Madam Camille began her speech by talking

about the trade section. She mentioned that

India is the Second largest operation of network

they have outside the United States and she

works in the Mumbai, it is the second largest

office in operation located in the business and

financial capital. She added, Infrastructure and

smart cities are the big priorities for the country

and for us. The main focus of their work is

economic partnership, trade in investment

opportunities for mutual benefits, to increase

that flow of trade in investments. They have

been asked to reach out to partner with the

private sectors, the partner with each other;

Government to Government, to try to increase that flow trade in investment to $ 500 billion. Overall,

she explained the list of opportunities the country will be having with the support of US Government.

In conclusion she emphasized on looking forward to support Government of India in the mission of

Smart City India Initiative with partnership of US and Indian Companies, also development plan in

setting priorities.

Closing remarks by Mr. Pratap Padode, Founder Director, Smart Cities Council, India

After a panel discussion, Mr. Pratap Padode, Founder Director, Smart Cities Council-India delivered

Vote of Thanks and thanked all the speakers, members of panel, GTU Members and audience.

Madam Camille Richardson, Principal Commercial

Officer, US Consulate-Mumbai, US Government giving

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Technical Sessions

DAY-2

Group Exercise on Indian Smart Cities Challenges Facilitated by Prof. C. N. Ray, Prof.

Sejal Patel, and Prof. Saswat Bandhopadhyay

Prof. Saswat Started the session with the highlights of the

activities of earlier day, in which he mentioned about the visit to

Old City of Ahmedabad and the study and the observation from

the visit. How the Old City is under Heritage conservation and how

slowly piece by piece retrofitting is being done. Also, he

recapitulated about the visit to Sabarmati Riverfront and GIFT

City. He added that these two days were more about discussing

and exposing to the larger happening about the Smart City. Then he explained about the group

exercise on Indian Smart Cities Challenges. Before begging the

group exercise he gave a brief presentation, in which he covered

about various topics like how urbanization is taking place in the

world as well as in India, Water and Environment challenges, how

much investment is needed to build up the infrastructure which we

have planned, what is a definition of smart city in India and in other

countries, Core Smart City Infrastructure, Smart Solution, Smart

City Development Strategy, financing smart cities, E-Governance etc. Then, Prof. Sejal Patel carry

forward the session and gave details about the basic

components, which includes performance measurements

framework, benchmarks, practice codes, how do the cities and

governments evolved up etc. Lastly she concluded the session

with a note that ICT is not the focus but it is the means, and also

we need to look at what Digital India is doing and we should

integrate our proposals of smart cities with respect to the Digital

India Campaign. After that, students were given a group exercise in which the groups had to submit a

vision statement of their own city as a Smart City, at least one idea of retrofitting/ redevelopment/city

extension, also one PAN city solution and one possible financing solution. They were given a time of

an hour in which the groups had to discuss internally and at the end they had to present their idea in

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Group Presentation and Discussion on “Ideas for Indian Smart Cities”

Chairperson: Prof Dr. Rajul Gajjar

Panel Members: Prof. Dr. S. O. Junare, Prof Dr. K. N. Sheth, Dr. Omkar Jani and Mr. Bala Elangovan

Participants were given a group exercise in which the

groups had to submit a vision statement of their own

city as a Smart City, at least one idea of retrofitting/

redevelopment/city extension, also one PAN city

solution and one possible financing solution. They were

given a time of an hour in which the groups had to

discuss internally and at the end they had to present

their idea in front of everyone.

Financing Options for Smart Cities Infrastructure by Mr. Bala Elangovan, CDIA,

Manila/India

Mr. Balakrishnan Elangovan commenced his lecture by

introducing CDIA-Cities Development Initiatives for

Asia and what it mandates? Letter he explained Why

CDIA is needed? And how it will finance Asia’s urban

challenge and India’s urban challenge. Further he gave

the details about CDIA Development Principles which

includes, Urban Environment Improvement, Urban

Poverty Reduction and Inclusiveness, Climate Change

Mitigation and Adaption, & Good Governance. The

next point he discussed about was what CDIA can do for Smart Cities in India and what CDIA has done

with city interventions in Asia? Lastly he finished the lecture by delivering way forward of CDIA.

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Smart Retrofitting for UnSmart Indian Cities by Mr. Anirban Chowdhury, VP, Vittal

Innovations Company, Bangalore

Mr. Anirban Chowdhury’s presentation was on Smart Retrofitting for UnSmart Indian Cities, in which he covered the topics related to Energy availability, security, and price stability aspect, alternative financing mechanism, internet of everything (not just automation) and these all were covered in context of fast track AMRUT and Smart City initiative projects relevant for Bangalore. He in detailed explained that why our cities are UnSmart, what are the objectives of Smart Urban Retrofit. He thoroughly depicted about Industrial Energy Availability, Security and Price Stability Partnership, Solar Field Development Cost – 4 MWp System EPCC, Solar Park Development Cost, Levelised Tariff & Dev. Economics, Smart City Investment Trust, Made in India Solar PV Modules, Virtual Health City.

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Innovative Solar Energy Solutions in Smart Cities by. Dr. O P Jani, Director, GERMI

Dr. Omkar Jani gave very effective presentation on

Innovative Solar Energy Solutions in Smart Cities, and in

that he comprehensively covered these following

topics, Smart city and smart grid, Rooftop solar and

connectivity basics, Evolution of rooftop PV models:

Indian perspective, Policy, regulatory and

implementation of a net metering program, Solar as

jump start to smart grid/city. He mentioned how

rooftop solar PV can be beneficial to us in social,

technical and administrative aspects. Additionally, he explained about the function of Net Metered

System with various cases. Lastly, he elucidated what are the challenges in these solar energy solution

at different level.

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Efficient Water Supply and Disposal for Smart Cities by Prof. Dr. N S Varanadani, GERMI

Dr. N. S. Varanadani kick off his session with a thought

provoking statement that everyone could have

reached to this destination because of enough water

supply at their places. “What if there was no water

when you woke up?” The local authorities are doing

an excellent job by providing adequate quantity of

water, at adequate pressure with appropriate quality.

Life will be miserable if you talk about the smartness

of any city if you don’t address these components

smartly. Dr. Varanadani talked in detail about The Possible Smart Liquid Infrastructure and their two

components, namely, Water supply and Drainage. Further Dr. Varanadani spoke about to important

components of Smart City, which are Smart Environment and Smart Governance and finished his

session with a note that how we can produce an effective smart liquid infrastructure system.

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Valedictory and Certificate Distribution to all registered participants

Winner of Group Exercise were awarded with prize and certificate and other participants were also

awarded with the certificates by Chief Guest Mr. Bhupendra Patel Chairman, AUDA; Mr. Yogesh

Bhavsar, President, GIHED; Mr. Rajnikant Patel; Honorary Director, GSSCD-GTU; Mr. J. C. Lilani,

Registrar, GTU; and Mr. S. O. Junare, Director, Shri Jairambhai Patel Institute of Business Management

and Computer Applications Gandhinagar.

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Annexure 1: Profile of Guests/ Speakers / Session Chairman

VIP Guests

Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasama

Honorable Minister for Education, Government of Gujarat.

Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasama is in Council of Ministers of Gujarat in

13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He is the cabinet minister of Education

(Primary, Secondary and Adult), Higher and Technical Education, Food

and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Science and Technology in 13th

Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He is a lawyer by profession.

He is a firm believer of Ekatm Manavavaad of Pandit Dinadayal Upadhyay.

He has envisage the importance of the Narmada Project for the State and

played a crucial role for the Narmada Dam. Water conservation has been his area of interest. He

studied the problems and solved it by experience in the rural area. The best example of that can be

seen at Dholka Primary School, where he had developed rain water Harvesting System since 1995. He

is pioneer for the Horticulture in the Gujarat State. He established the Horticulture Department,

separately from the agriculture.

Shri Dhansukh Bhanderi

Chairman, Gujarat Municipal Finance Board (GMFB),

Gandhinagar.

Shri Dhansukh Bhanderi is holding Position as a Chairman of Gujarat

Municipal Finance Board, Gandhiagar. He joined BJP in the year 1982 and

took active part in Yuva Morcha at Ahmedabad. In 1983, he became G.S.

of Bhavan’s Science Collage and was elected as Senator in 1986 at Gujarat

University. He worked as Co-in-charge of BJP YUVA MORCHA of Saurastra

Region in 1990. He was elected as a Counselor in Rajkot Municipal

Corporation in 1995 to 2010. He has worked As a Chairman of Standing Committee in Rajkot Municipal

Corporation, in 1999. He was nominated as an Executive Member of Gujarat State BJP Committee. He

has also worked as a Prabhari of Porbandar District BJP. He held position as a President of Rajkot

Mahanagar BJP during 2003 to 2006 and 2009 to 2012. Currently, he is also working as a Prabhari of

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Gujarat Technological University

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal

Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Gujarat Technological University

Dr. Aggarwal started his teaching career at Faculty of Technology, M.S.

University of Baroda. From 1984-89 he was Professor and Head of

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. From 1987-1989, he

worked as the Dean of Students. He was also Chairman of Computer Society

of India, Vadodara Center during 1988-90. He was active in the Book Bank for

poor students and in helping the citizens organize cultural activities.

From 1989-99, Dr Aggarwal worked as Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science,

Rollwalla Computer Center, Gujarat University. He was also Chairman of IEEE Gujarat Section and its

Computer Society Chapter from 1990 to 1998. For two years 1998-1999, he was Chairman of IEEE India

Council.

At University of Windsor, Dr. Aggarwal was recognized as both a passionate teacher and researcher in

his field. He has earned numerous awards. At Windsor, when he saw that the economy of the city was

bleeding due to high unemployment, he founded Softech Alliance and chaired it till September 2009

so that University researchers and the ICT community could work together with the government to

help generate new jobs in the knowledge sector

He joined GTU on 8th June 2010. During these years he has taken several initiatives like Excellence in

learning processes by using IT and by bringing together the resources from the large numbers and

using them optimally; Making the technology teaching more practice oriented; GTU Innovation

Council; Improving the quality of Master’s dissertations; World class doctoral program; The greatest

contribution is that the University community has started feeling that it can become an excellence

university.

Shri Rajnikant Patel

Honorary Director, Graduate School for Smart Cities Development

and Advisor (RCSC), Gujarat Technological University

Shri Rajnikant Patel is honorary director of Graduate School for Smart Cities

Development at GTU. He is also leading the Research and Consultancy

Services Cell at GTU. He is director, Ecotech Consultants, Ahmedabad. Shri

Rajnikant Patel is also active as National Consultant to Kalpasar Infrastructure

Project, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Visiting Faculty, CEPT University, Ahmedabad; Visiting

Faculty at PDPU, Gandhinagar; and Chairman I Q Forum for Justice, Ahmedabad, (A Registered NGO).

He has received several National and International achievement Awards and Medals for Project

Management Consultancy work over 3 decades.


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Dr. J.C.Lilani I/ C Registrar - Gujarat Technological University

Dr. Lilani is armed with rich experience of in academic administration of

universities. He is known for providing, proactive support to all the faculty and

staff of the university, due to which a great lelvel of ease and comfirt is felt the

employees administrative and examination department of the university.

Key Note Speakers

Shri Ramakant Jha Managing Director & Group CEO

Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Co. Ltd. (GIFT)

Mr. R K Jha, Managing Director & Group CEO, Gujarat International Finance

Tec-City Co. Ltd. (GIFT City), has over 49 years of professional experience in

planning, design, project development, execution (including financing),

research & development of large projects covering Town Planning,

Transportation Planning, Detailed planning and design of Integrated Urban infrastructure as well and

execution of the Projects.

Mr. R. K. Jha was born on 18th July 1945. Mr. Jha is a Civil Engineer, has Master’s Degrees from India,

Canada, U.K. and USA with specialization in Transportation Engineering and Project Financing.

His assignments include Head of Transportation & Communication, Dept. of City and Industrial

Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO), New Town Development Authority of Navi

Mumbai for over 25 years, Executive Director of the Maharashtra State Road Development

Corporation (MSRDC), a specialized agency of the Government of Maharashtra for Transport

Infrastructure development in Maharashtra state. A Professor of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute

of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, visiting Professor at a number of prestigious national institutions like,

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, Delhi School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi,

Railway Staff College, Baroda, etc. President / Executive President of Navi Mumbai Special Economic

Zone (NMSEZ) and Project Director of Transportation Infrastructure Business Group (TIBG) of

NMSEZ/MSEZ.

His topic for the speech was “Smart City Initiative- A case study of GIFT City”.

Shri Pratap Padode

Founder Director

Smart Cities Council India

A chartered account by qualification, Pratap Padode, has specialized in

financial research when he set up Corporate & Economic Research Centre in

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pioneered equity research in India by launching India’s most successful specialized equity journal. He

is the founder of ASAPP Media Information Group and his passion for infrastructure over last 17 years

is reflected in the innovative thought leadership through ten specialized magazines, conferences &

awards organized in the fields of construction, infrastructure & engineering. Further he is the

President of FIRST (Foundation of Infrastructure Research Studies Training) which was set up in 2003,

that brings out research reports and newsletters on various infrastructure segments. His research

encompasses construction, infrastructure, real estate, economy and finance sectors. He has received

the award for his research in the construction sector at CIDC Vishwakarma Awards 2010 at the hands

of Dr C Rangarajan, Chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Committee. Since early 2014 he

has been promoting the cause of “Smart Cities” in India and is now Founder & Director of Smart Cities

Council India.

Speakers

Dr. Sudhir Krishna – IAS (Retired) Former Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Gov. of India.

Dr. Sudhir Krishna was a member of the Indian Administrative Service for 37

years, till superannuation in June 2014 as Secretary, Ministry of Urban

Development, where he was in-charge of urban planning, infrastructure

development and urban transport. He was also Chairman of the Metro Rail

Companies of Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Kochi and the Urban

Mass Transit Company, a PPP venture.

He has held other senior positions also in the Central Government in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj,

Ministry of Fertilisers, Finance Commission and LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie

and in the Government of Karnataka, as Metropolitan Commissioner, BMRDA, Principal Secretary,

Public Works, Ports & Inland Water Transport, Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Director Sugar,

Divisional Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, etc.

He holds a PhD in Federal Studies from Jamia Hamdard, Delhi, Master of Public Management from

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (USA) and MSc (Physics) from Benaras Hindu University. He has

published several books and articles on issues relating to public administration, including

decentralized planning, public policy and public finance. He is currently chairman of the Expert

Committee on determining the Standards for the various components of Smart Cities, set up recently

by the Bureau of Indian Standards.

His topic for today’s speech was "Framework for Smart Cities.”

Dr. Chandra Nath Ray Professor, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.

Dr. Chandranath Ray is Professor at Faculty of Planning at CEPT University. He

has also held the position of Chairman Academic Affairs, Faculty of Planning

for the period of four years. Prof. Ray took the initiative to start a new Post

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2009 to 2013. He has a Doctorate in Rural Development from Kumaun University, Nainital and

Master’s in Sociology from the Calcutta University. He was the recipient of Doctoral Fellowship from

Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi at Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow

in 1981. Prof. Ray has authored two books and several articles in recognized journals in India and

abroad. He has worked on various research and consultancy projects and visited various countries for

research purpose. He has been actively affiliated with different universities as examiner for Doctoral

and M.Phil. theses in India. He has presented many papers, delivered lectures, organized field research

and guided many Doctoral and Post graduate students. He was a Consultant for the Regional Urban

Development Office of the USAID, New Delhi during the period of 1995-2000. He has conducted

international Training Program in Dhaka, Bangladesh and also in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Prof. Ray has

attended international training programs at Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok and Asian Disaster

Preparedness Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. He is interested in understanding human behavior,

community organization and issues of poverty, environment, and governance. Personally he likes

travelling, photography, making new friends and is a gourmand.

Prof Saswat Bandyopadhyay, Professor, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.

Saswat Bandyopadhyay, is a Civil Engineer with advance qualifications in

Urban Planning and Infrastructure Management. His ongoing doctoral

research work focuses on Climate Change and Urban Vulnerability in India. He

is presently a Professor and Head of Infrastructure Planning program at the

CEPT University.

Saswat Bandyopadhyay has over 22 years of experience in the Urban Development sector in South

Asia with a focus on City Development Planning and designing of environmental infrastructure. Since

2007, he has been spear heading urban capacity development activities in several Indian JNNURM

cities in India, extending support in City development Planning and Infrastructure prioritization.

As a Team Leader, he has been involved preparation and appraisals of several city and comprehensive

development plans across various regions of India. He has also leaded the roll out of National Urban

Capacity development initiatives such as RTP and RCBH under the JnNURM by Government of India.

He has also been involved in several pan-asia pilot initiatives such as Green Cities Toolkit in Asia,

Localisation of CIIPP Toolkits in India & Nepal, piloting of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Assets based

City Development strategies and Sustainable Tourism Assessment Toolkit for India.

Prof. Saswat has also worked extensively in the field of Urban Water and Sanitation studies in South

Asian as well as cleaning up of lakes and water bodies such as Management of Bhoj Wetlands in Bhopal

and East Kolkata Wetlands amongst several others. Prof. Saswat has worked in India, Bhutan,

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Prof V. Srinivas Chary Director, Centre for Urban Governance, Environment and

Infrastructure Development, Administrative Staff College of India

(ASCI), Hyderabad

Prof V. Srinivas Chary is the Director, Centre for Urban Governance,

Environment and Infrastructure Development at the Administrative Staff

College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad, India. ASCI is a leading think in India

specializes in water and sanitation. He specializes in institutional reforms, PPP and capacity building

for improvements in urban service delivery with particular reference to water and sanitation sector.

Prof Chary has over 24 years of work experience in the areas of urban governance, urban data systems,

service delivery improvement (24-7 water supply), pro poor strategies, PPP and ICT for urban

development. He is leading the campaign for continuous water supply (24-7) and open defecation free

cities in India and is providing handholding support to service delivery agencies. He was conferred

Ashoka Fellowship for this endeavor. An engineer, urban planner and management professional by

training, Prof. Chary, had education at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, University of Bradford,

UK, and Water Engineering Development Centre, UK. Prof Chary has lead over 150 advisory, consulting

and research assignments both in India and South Asia. As a member of the urban sanitation taskforce

of the MoUD, he played a catalytic role in the formulation of the National Urban Sanitation Policy of

the Government of India. He was a member of the Steering Committee on Urbanisation established

by the Planning Commission for drafting approach paper for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017). He is

also a global steering committee member of the City Protocol and Smart City initiative of Barcelona.

Prof. Sejal Patel Professor, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

Prof. Sejal Patel is Associate Professor and was the Coordinator of

Undergraduate Program in Planning. She has 17 years’ experience in

professional practice, research, training and teaching during which she has

worked with National, State and Local governments, Multilateral Agencies

and collaborated with National and International Institutions/ Universities. She focuses on

professional practice and research on urban development plans and legislations, urban regeneration

and gentrification policies, housing policies, urban poor and slum redevelopment programs and

collaborative and participatory planning. Her research papers have been well received in International

Conferences such as APSA, AESOP, AESOP-YA, NAERUS etc. Her ongoing Doctoral Research from

University of Twente, The Netherlands is supported by European Union and focuses on participatory

planning in urban regeneration processes in cities of the global south. She has been a recipient of

international grants for academic and research activities such as Erasmus Mundus, UKIERI etc. She

teaches courses on Builtform and Landuse Planning, Urban Development Laws and Legislations,

Housing Project Formulation and studios on Urban Development Plan and Neighborhood Planning.

She has undertaken international studios in collaboration with universities in Srilanka, Thailand,

Bhutan, Cardiff, etc.


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Shri P K Ghosh – IAS (Retired)

Chairman, Heritage Committee

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

Mr. PK Ghosh is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer with over 38

years of experience in various levels of governance. As a municipal

commissioner of Ahmedabad, Mr. Ghosh was instrumental in initiating area

based urban renewal efforts in Ahmedabad. He is presently the Chairman of

AMC Heritage Committee.

Mr. Balakrishnan Elangovan Senior Program Manager, Cities Development Initiative for Asia

(CDIA)

Mr. Balakrishnan Elangovan is an Urban Planner and currently working with

Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) as Senior Program Manager in

India. He has specialized in the area of Urban Planning, Climate Change and

Pre-Feasibility Studies (PFS) that bridge the infrastructure investment gap and linking with Finance and

has an extensive experience in South Asia. As Urban Planner from School of Architecture and Planning,

Anna University and also possess educational background of MBA and PG dip in GIS Management from

Madras University involved in several Projects and having 27 years of experience in urban

management, transportation, Climate Change, Infrastructure planning, slums and livelihood program

for resettlement.

CDIA since 2008 in India as key person in bringing all cities into the program network, assistance to

Cities for preparation of PFS, linking with finance, interaction with state and city government at crucial

juncture, taking Cities to international forum for capacity development and networking including

knowledge sharing.

Recent achievements in helping Chennai City for putting up the successful application for selection of

Chennai City under 100 Resilient Cities in 2014 as winner among 350 application around the world.

Linking finance for Kochi Water Transport Project funded by KfW for 80 Million Euros in 2014. Joint

Coordinator for Colombo Municipal Corporation for PFS on Wastewater Management partnership

with ADB for linking and finance for implementation. As part of 12 members team to Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil for learning practical experience relating to Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in May 2013

under Climate Resilient Cities program by Evidence Learning and Latin America (ELLA) group supported

by UKAID.


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Dr. Rajul K Gajjar

Principal, Vishwakarma Government Engineering College,

Ahmedabad

& Dean, Research, Gujarat Technological University

Dr. Rajul K Gajjar has 30 years’ experience of teaching structural engineering.

She is Dean of Post Graduate Studies and Research at Gujarat Technological

University. She has held various positions as Joint Director of Technical Education with Government

of Gujarat; State Project Coordinator for Canada-India Project; State Project Coordinator for World

Bank Aided TEQIP-I. Besides 36 Technical Papers in International and National Journals and

Conferences, She has authored a book on Mechanics of Solids with McGraw Hill Education.

Dr. Gajjar is coordinating Research Week since 3 years during which 3000 PG and PhD students of the

state are reviewed on their research work, by National and International experts from Foreign

Universities, IITs, Central Labs and Industry. She has started PhD program at GTU with 160 candidates

in 1st batch and 130 in 2nd batch. She has implemented various innovative initiatives such as first

Open Book exam and self-study courses for all PhD students. She has conducted workshops at LDCE,

CEPT and BVM on Research Methodology, and workshops at LDCE on Effective Teaching and

Outcomes Based Curriculum. She has presented papers at AIT Bangkok, Budapest, Hungary and

Singapore. She has also coordinated TEQIP project.

Dr. S O Junare

Director, Technical Campus, Shri Jairambhai Patel Institute of

Business Management and Computer Applications (NICM),

Gandhinagar

AND Dean, Faculty of Management, Gujarat Technological

University

Dr. S O Junare has diversified combination of talent and experience. He has obtained his Bachelor

Degrees in Commerce, Literature, Laws and Education and Master Degrees in Commerce and

Philosophy and Doctoral Degree in Business Administration from University of Pune in 2000. He has

also completed one year FDP in Management with specialization in Financial Management at IIM

Ahmedabad. Prior to joining as a Director at MBA Program, Dr Junare was working as a Director of

Agriculture Cooperative Training Institute, accredited and funded by NABARD. He has been working

in National Council for Cooperative Training, (Govt. of India), New Delhi at various capacities such

as Lecturer, Assistant Director / Vice Principal for more than 11 years. He has also worked as a

Statistician in Directorate of Economic Research, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (Govt. of

India) Mumbai for two years. Apart from one book on “Securitization Act, applicable to Cooperative

Banks”, he has more than 50 publications in his credit, published in various journals of repute.

He has vide experience of designing and conducting various management development programs and

till date he has coordinated more than 200 MDPs on various aspects of management for the bankers,

government officials and non-officials of various cooperative organizations. His interest areas are

Finance, Banking, Micro Credit, Agriculture and Cooperation.


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Mr. Anirban Choudhury V.P Infrastructure, Vittal Innovation City, Bengaluru

Civil Engineer & Town Planner with passion for integration of renewable

energy systems into real estate & urban development projects. I have

conceived, gone through design development & execution of large townships

(gross area >3000 Ha) and urban/ industrial infrastructure projects like

layouts, IT SEZ, Mechatronic warehouse based logistics hub, Industrial

Estates/ Eco Industrial Parks. His Specialty is in ability to conceptualize and design-develop projects

from scratch within fixed timeline and budget.

Mr. Omkar Jani

Principal Research Scientist (Solar Energy)

Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI)

Dr. Omkar Jani is currently the Principal Research Scientist (Solar Energy) at

the Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI). He initiated

solar energy-related activities at GERMI, and today GERMI provides advisory

for various solar and renewable energy-related government initiatives, policy

and regulation; undertakes or supports pilot programs in renewable energy

for renewable energy for the Government of Gujarat; conducts fundamental and applied research;

and undertakes capacity building at both professional and vocational levels. Dr. Jani is the main

architect of the 5 MW Gandhinagar Photovoltaic Rooftop Program that has transitioned rooftop solar

programs in India at the megawatt-scale, and responsible of setting up solar technician programs in

several ITIs of Gujarat; both these initiatives are the first of its kind in India.

Dr. Jani is a member of the State Advisory Committee of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory

Commission. He is also an advisor to several clean energy-related companies and NGOs. Prior to his

work with GERMI, Dr. Jani founded and headed the Kanoda group of companies, which is

comprehensive solution provider in the field of solar and smart technologies.

During his research, Dr. Jani has worked on programs funded by U.S. Defense Advanced Research

Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Renewable Energy Laboratory

(NREL), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Solar America Initiative (SAI), and

also on collaborative projects with solar photovoltaic companies such as BP Solar and SunPower Corp.

Dr. Jani has over 50 national and international journal and conference publications.

Dr. Jani received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology with

specialization in Solar Photovoltaic Science and Engineering; and his post-doctoral fellowship from the

Institute of Energy Conversion, Delaware. His interests lie in high-efficiency silicon and related

heterojunction photovoltaics; effective planning and implementation of renewable energy policy; and

renewable energy capacity building.

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Prof. Dr. N.S. Varandani Principal Research Scientist, Environment & Energy Efficiency

Research Wing, GERMI-RIIC, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.

Former Prof of Environmental Engineering, L. D. College of Engineering,

Ahmedabad.

Prof. Dr. N.S. Varandani is a Principal Research Scientist, Environment &

Climate Change Research Wing at Gujarat Energy Research and Management

Institute (GERMI) Research, Innovation and Incubation Center, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Prof. Dr.

N. S. Varandani has extensive qualitative experience in academics and the field projects. As Professor

of Environmental Engineering at L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad - one of the prestigious

technical institutes of Gujarat – he has led the team of Environmental Engineering Dept to solve the

varied environmental problems related to water and waste water treatment, control of gaseous

emissions, management and disposal of municipal and industrial hazardous solid wastes,

environmental impact assessment etc. He has also contributed effectively, through fundamental and

applied research in the field of ‘waste – to –energy’. He has supervised more than 100 master degree

dissertations and is currently guiding eight Ph. D Students.

He has been awarded with Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Award for Science & Technology, 2009 -2010, for

developing ‘Integrated Air Pollution Control System for Cupola based foundries’ of Ahmedabad city.

Through Environmental Engineering Department, he has also filed a patent application for ‘Integrated

Air Pollution Control System for Cupola based Foundries’. He has also authored a book titled ‘Basics

of Environmental Studies’.

Prof. (Dr.) K N Sheth

Director- Operations, Adani Institute of infrastructure Engineering

& Dean of Interdisciplinary Research, GTU.

Prof Dr K N Sheth is BE (Civil) 8th in the University, ME (Civil) with a

specialization in Environmental Engineering from LD college of Engineering

(Gold Medalist of Gujarat University), PhD in Environmental Engineering – adsorption technology

Prof Dr Sheth is also LL.B (General), LL.B (Special), LL.M (Criminal Law) and PhD in Law (Environmental

law) from University School of Law, Gujarat University. He is also MBA from TIU, USA in Marketing

Management, MBA in Information Systems and about to complete his PhD (Management) in Human

Resource management this year.

Dr Sheth worked in Government for 9 years as Executive Engineer (directly through GPSC), 9 years in

industry- as Deputy General Manager (Administration) in Reliance Industries, General Manager in Arti

Pipes ltd and reached to the position of CEO – Green Environment Cooperative Society, Vatva. He then

entered Academics as a Head of Post Graduate Department of Environmental Engineering in ISTAR

affiliated to Sardar Patel University. Prof Dr Sheth has been working as a Principal/Director of GTU

affiliated colleges since more than 8 years. Presently he is a Director of Sardar Patel College of

Engineering, Bakrol.


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Speakers in Smart Cities Council India’s Sessions

Mr. Ashutosh Puranik Marketing Manager, Saint-Gobain Gyproc

Ashutosh Puranik is Marketing manager for Saint-Gobain Gyproc business in India & responsible for

B2B sector business strategy & its implementation. He is a Management graduate with an Engineering

background. In Last 12 years spent in a building material industry, he has worked in various functions

like Business Development, Product management & Core Marketing. He was pioneer in developing

Gyproc drywall business in India across sectors.

Mr. Neelesh Kelkar Sales Leader – Integrated Cities, IBM

Neelesh has over 21 years of experience in various sectors like infrastructure

& Buildings, Electrical, Food & beverages, HVAC Compressor, and in various

fields manufacturing, marketing and corporate strategy. He has been working

in Buildings & Infrastructure industry for last 10 years. He has successfully

spearheaded IBM India’s first smart city WIN – Palava City in 2014. He has

held key roles with major Building Management OEMs & worked with many

systems integrators while working in building industry. He is also working as

visiting faculty for few Management institutes in Mumbai & Pune and was associated with University

of Pune as Examiner and guide for many students. Neelesh was also a technical committee member

of Bureau of Indian Standards for Home Automation & Modula switches. Much of his recent focus has

been on creating repeatable, value based customer propositions and supporting city development

initiative with IBM in employing these to maximum effect. As part of a much talked about initiative

Smarter Cities, he is engaged with major stake holders of some of the important cities in India.

Presently he driving the business initiative in Smarter Cities and Smarter Buildings and providing

platform & solutions to clients.

Rupak Agarwal Vice President Operations, Godrej Properties Ltd.

Rupak is an electronics engineer and an alumnus of Indian Institute of

Management, Bangalore. Rupak holds numerous certifications and

accreditations through The International Coaching Federation USA, SHL

Training Academy UK and the NFNLP (National Federation of Neurolinguistic

Psychology) USA.

An infectious dreamer and a visionary leader, Rupak believes in the power of people engagement in

executing strategies for impact on top-lines and bottom-lines. Driven by an innate zeal for

differentiated value-based leadership, Rupak brings a multi-industry exposure in designing pioneering

solutions for a breadth of business challenges with a singular focus- tech-novative customer

experience. Rupak loves to deploy technology empowered innovative strategies across sales,


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marketing, operations and customer experience design which go into the making of an iconic brand

experience. With over 2 decades of professional leadership at CXO and VP level with organizations

across industries like Godrej Properties, Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel, HT Media, BPL Sanyo

and Ingram Micro, Rupak is considered a turn-around specialist and the go-to authority in defining

structure from chaos-with his exemplary people leadership and change management skills and has

successfully transformed businesses into profitable outfits and beloved brands.

Mr. Vishal Kundra Associate Director, Design Planning & Economics, India, AECOM

Vishal Kundra leads Design Planning + Economics at AECOM, India. His

experience include leading, designing & managing Master Planning projects

with varied scales and complexities in U.S.A, India, SE Asia, China & Middle-

East. With specialization in urban planning/design, his experience includes

working on a wide array of projects. These include conceptual & detailed

Master plans for Existing/Future Cities; Smart Growth & Smart Cities; Detail

Land Use Plans; Regional Vision Plan; Mixed-income communities; Mixed-use projects; TODs;

Waterfront Communities; Academic-Healthcare Campus Plans; Corridors & Streets Enhancement,

Parks & Recreation master plan, Form-based Code, Design Guidelines & Development Control

Regulations.

With Masters in Urban Planning from Univ. of Cincinnati (U.S.A) & Undergraduate in Building Science

& Technology from CEPT (India), his focus lies in planning/design of People Centric Smart

Cities/Communities using innovative methods & techniques. His career started with design of

neighborhoods and incrementally his passion grew towards addressing today's Urban issues & drove

him towards design of Future Cities & enhancing Existing ones in developed & emerging economies.

After working in developed economies for 13+ years with reputed firms, he currently practices in India

as City Planner/Designer.

Camille Richardson Principal Commercial Officer, US & Foreign Commercial Service,

Mumbai, India.

Camille Richardson has worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce since

1993 with assignments in Washington, DC; Miami, FL; Buenos Aires,

Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Nairobi, Kenya. In September 2013, she

began a three-year tour of duty as the Commercial Consul at the U.S.

Consulate in Mumbai, India where she serves as a resource for U.S.

companies pursuing commercial interests in Western India.

A native of Washington, DC, Camille earned a B.A. in International Relations from Brown University in

1989, and an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins/SAIS in 1993. She speaks Spanish

and Portuguese.


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Annexure 2: Registered Participants of the Training Program

Name Organization City State Email ID Mr. Jayesh Patel GIHED Ahmedabad Gujarat [email protected] Mr. Vineet Arya GIHED Ahmedabad Gujarat [email protected] Mr Laxmikant Surve ARC Associates Aurangabad Maharasht

ra [email protected]

Mr. Swapnil Shroff ARC Associates Aurangabad Maharashtra

[email protected]

Shri Amit Gajbhiye Directorate Of Town and Country Planning

Bhopal Madhya Pradesh

[email protected]

Shri S G Rajshekar City Corporation Bijapur

Bijapur Karnataka [email protected]

Shri S G Kaggod City Corporation Bijapur


Shri Sajjade peeran I Musarif

City Corporation Bijapur


Mr. Manoj Kumar Teotia

CRRID Chandigarh Chandigarh [email protected]

Shri J J Patel Directorate Of Municipalities

Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected]

Ms. Aanal Purani GERMI Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected] Mr. Akash Davda GERMI Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected] Mr. Ashish Parekh GERMI Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected]

n Mr. Souvnik Roy GERMI Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected].

in Ms. Sowbhagya Rao GERMI Gandhinagar Gujarat sowbhagya.r@germi.

res.in Mr. Aakar Shah GIDB Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected] Mr. Bhaumik Parmar GIDB Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected] Mr. Devang Patel GIDB Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected] Mr. Nikunj Patel GIDB Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected] Mr. Shachi Shah GIDB Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected] Mr. Atul Bhargava Gift City Gandhinagar Gujarat atul.bhargava@giftgu

jarat.in Mr. Rajesh Phadke Gift City Gandhinagar Gujarat rajesh.phadke@giftg

ujarat.in Mr. Ramesh Kapoor Gift City Gandhinagar Gujarat Ramesh.Kapoor@gift

gujarat.in Mr. SK Bhargava Gift City Gandhinagar Gujarat sanjay.bhargava@gift

gujarat.in


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Name Organization City State Email ID Mr. V K Singh Gift City Gandhinagar Gujarat vinodkumar.singh@gi

ftgujarat.in Shri Saurin Dave GUDC Gandhinagar Gujarat saurindave23@gmail.

com Shri Viral Patel GUDM Gandhinagar Gujarat Mr. Anand Singh School of Solar

Energy, PDPU Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected]

dpu.ac.in Prof. Krunal Joshi Shri Jairam Patel

Institute of Business Management & Computer Application (SJPI)

Gandhinagar Gujarat [email protected]

Shri Deba Prasad Mondal

Haldia Municipality Haldia West Bengal

[email protected]

Shri Debasish Ghosh Roy


[email protected]

Shri Jagatbandhu Das Haldia Municipality Haldia West Bengal

[email protected]

Shri Milan Ray Chowdhury


[email protected]

Ms. Hijam Eskoni Devi Centre for Good Governance

Hyderabad Telangana [email protected]

Mr. Karunakar Reddy Rapolu

Centre for Good Governance


Mr. Vaibhav Purandare

Centre for Good Governance


Ms. Srishti Srivastava IIIT Hyderabad Hyderabad Telangana [email protected] Mr. Jayesh Vaja Junagadh

Municipal Corporation

Junagadh Gujarat [email protected]

Mr. Jignesh Parmar Junagadh Municipal Corporation

Junagadh Gujarat [email protected]

Mr. Anugrah Anilkumar Nagaich

IIT Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra

[email protected]

Architect Yogesh Wajekar

Shree Sthapatya Associates

Navi Mumbai Maharashtra

[email protected]

Kanwar surjit singh Institute for Spatial Planning and Environment Research, Panchkula

Panchkula Haryana [email protected]


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Name Organization City State Email ID Mr. Tushar Kanti Ray Siliguri Jalpaiguri

Development Authority

Siliguri West Bengal

[email protected], [email protected]

Dr. Krupesh Chauhan CED, SVNIT Surat Gujarat [email protected] Mr. Partha Tripathy SVNIT SURAT Gujarat partha.tripathy@gma

il.com Dr. Khadeeja Priyan G H Patel College

of Engineering & Technology

V V Nagar Gujarat [email protected]

Mr. Ronak Nagpur Affordable Housing Mission

Ahmedabad Gujarat -

Mr. Yogesh Patel Affordable Housing Mission

Ahmedabad Gujarat -

Mr. Manan Shah B.V.M Engg. College

V V Nagar Gujarat -