Chandigarh kick off Smart City CEOs meet

Chandigarh Smart City Limited in coordination with Smart Cities Mission of the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs, inaugurated a two-day “Smart cities CEOs conference on data and technology” in Chandigarh on Thursday. Speaking during the conference, CSCL chief executive officer Anindita Mitra, said, “The residents of Chandigarh will be experiencing new paradigms of business models, better services and enhanced sustainability as we make efforts to create Chandigarh as a ‘data-powered city’ using infrastructure created under Smart Cities Mission, 5G roll out plan and ‘Micro GATI SHAKTI’ initiative. A detailed roadmap has been laid on how every individual, every department shall be benefitted from ICCC initiative in the coming months.” Kunal Kumar, joint secretary and mission director of smart cities mission of the union government, said, “There is a need for urban leaders and practitioners to ‘think like a city’ and understand the larger picture through the use of data and technology to be able to cater to the ‘expanding’ urban population of the future. The objective of the conference is to enable peer learning and exchange of ideas that leads to development of these best practices across all smart cities.” During the conference, the delegates also deliberated on creation of standard operating procedures and business plans to ensure sustainability of their integrated command and control centres.