Skills, Scale And Speed Can Bring Effective Change In Urban-Rural Rejuvenation In India

Mumbai, India, June 17, 2015 (Newswire.com) - MNCs and Indian companies, NGOs and many stakeholders to address the issues related to ‘Smart City’, with a special focus on the “Delivery of Civic Services” to its citizens. This debate has attained special importance due to Prime Minister's grand vision of 100 Smart Cities.

Themes
The two day conference at WeSchool aimed to deliberate upon following themes to enable cities to promote economic growth that is inclusive, achieve human development goals and attain environmental sustainability.

Physical Infrastructure: Transportation and mobility, water distribution, power generation & distribution, infrastructure finance.

Social Infrastructure: Housing, Healthcare, education & skill development, quality of life (culture, leisure, recreation...)

Environmental Sustainability: Green technologies for built environment, city and resource management, air pollution, water, waste management, land policy.

Technology & Governance: Systematisation, security, disaster management, access, interface, reliable and scalable technologies, delivery of services.

Honorary speeches
Dr. Madhav Chitale, eminent environmentalist & habitat expert, emphasized in the need for partnership between the Government, academic, Private Sector, Professionals, Community and Media.
“A renewed social ethos will form the foundation for Smart cities and new urban center will also need to be created for migrant population and shared the need to transform the old cities into modern, efficient and sustainable cities for the future.”

    
Shri Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minster Urban Development went on to describe the vision of the government behind setting the ambitious agenda behind Smart city.
“The theme of ‘Smart City: Delivery of Services’ is pertinent how a smart city gives benefits to its citizens? The Indian youth will have a big role to play in this as we are fortunate to have this huge pool of talented resource, we only need to give it up gradation in skills.”

Padma Bhushan Shri S Ramadorai, Chairman, National Skill Development Council, the Guest Of Honour, said, “Smart cities must ensure quality of life for its citizens be it in place of work, entertainment, health, accommodation and others. It must be safe, reliable and must guarantee service consistency. Smart citizens must be equipped with technological skills to take advantage of the facilities on offer.”
    

Dr. Madhav Chitale, eminent environmentalist & habitat expert, emphasized in the need for a partnership between the Government, Academic sector, Private sector, Professionals, Community and the Media.
“A renewed social ethos will form the foundation for Smart cities and new urban centre will also need to be created for migrant population and shared the need to transform the old cities into modern, efficient and sustainable cities for the future.”

Prof Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool, said “As collaborators with creative mindsets, our role is beyond degrees and getting placements for our students. We believe in nurturing students as responsible citizens, not confined by local paradigms but equipped with a global mindset and thus develop an ecosystem where learning is forever. Smart cities need smart education.”