2nd south asian cities summit 2015 smart and sustainable cities · 2019-04-02 · 2 may 22-23, 2015...

1India Habitat Centre, New Delhi | May 22-23, 2015

All India Institute of Local Self GovernmentRanjit Chavan

PresidentRamanath Jha

Director General

Organiser

2nd South aSian citieS Summit 2015Smart and Sustainable CitiesMay 22-23, 2015, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

2 May 22-23, 2015 | India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2nd South asian cities Summit 2015 | Smart and Sustainable Cities

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Message

President, AIILSG

A common underlying theme in South Asia’s major urban centres is a shared colonial past. In each city, post-colonial transformation has gen-erated similar socio-economic tendencies, population growth dynamics and migratory trends, albeit different trajectories in political develop-ment. This shared past, as well as the comparative points of divergence, merits a deeper examination into how we conceptualize, document and conduct practice in South Asian cities.South Asia includes some of the largest and fastest growing urban ag-

glomerations in the world today, all of which are growing increasingly interconnected with the larger regional and global economy. Equally relevant is the experience of small and medium-sized cities in each country, and the economic, social and spatial possibilities they encompass.I thank everyone who has worked hard to ensure that the South Asian Cities Summit is a success with hundreds of eminent personalities from South Asia deliberating on urban development in the region.I am confident that the Summit will make a real difference to the lives of people living in South Asian cities.

RANJIT CHAVANPRESIDENT (AIILSG)Co-PRESIDENT, UCLG ASPAC -INDONESIA



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Sumitra Mahajan


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Nitin Gadkari



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Prakash Javadekar


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Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

Cities are the future linchpins to economic growth. Many studies suggest that by 2030, more than half of the world population will live in urban areas - centred in a handful of cities in each country. India is also on the verge of an urban evolution – committed to make urban areas more liveable and inclusive besides driving the economic growth. Thus there is a need to think how to make cities a better and safe place to live. Smart Cities would surely mean smarter development – having smart planning, smart execution, smart maintenance and smart technology

in right proportion; and that encompasses everything from master planning utilities, infrastructure and services to environmental conservation, economic growth and climate compatibility. This is also about improving the lives of millions, building a stronger society, and making better use of resources. Smart development also means empowering citizens to make informed decision, identify their own needs, and innovate to make a difference. And for all this the prime requisite is - smart connectivity and knowledge sharing. Climate Development and Knowledge Network (CDKN) has been actively involved in highlighting challenges and opportunities revolving around climate change and urban resilience. CDKN aims to help decision-makers in developing countries design and deliver climate compatible development by combining research, advisory services and knowledge management in support of locally owned and managed policy processes. We work in partnership with decision-makers in the public, private and non-governmental sectors nationally, regionally and globally. We hold strongly to the ideals of human development, environmental sustainability and inclusive growth. I appreciate All India Institute of Local Self Government and Cities Network Campaign’s efforts in providing us with the perfect platform to connect with likeminded individuals and institutes in brainstorming on smart city. I thank all the distinguished guests, city mayors, foreign delegates, experts and researchers for their participation in the South Asian Cities Summit. My best wishes!

Ali Tauqeer SheikhCDKN Regional Director for Asia



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Dr. Kulwant Singh

UN-Habitat is happy to associate with Cities Network Campaign for organising a two days South Asian Cities Summit from 22-23 May 2015 in which City Mayors and other stakeholders from South Asian countries shall be participating to discuss the strategies for Smart and Sustainable City Development. The Summit is very timely to engage with various stakeholders in the South Asian countries to generate debate on New Urban Agenda which shall be discussed in UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development: HABITAT-III in October 2016 in

Kyoto Ecuador.I wish the summit a great success

DR. KULwANT SINGHREGIONAL ADVISORUN-HAbITAT


Message

Anuradha Das

Cities Network Campaign is a global initiative that connects cities, organizations, sector experts from academic & research institutes from across the world to share their best practices, policies, advise, funding and commitment to reduce climate change impact and make the Planet more green and clean.

Cities Network Campaign is promoted by well-known experts in the fields of engineering, science, humanities, social sciences and policy

making. Its Advisory Board includes academicians, researchers and policy makers who are recognized at national and international levels in their areas of expertise. It provides a neutral forum where all viewpoints on climate change, low carbon development, environmental management and other development issues (viz. technical, scientific, economic, social, and political) can be shared.

Finding solutions for a better urban future involves developing new forms of collaboration and partnerships. Inspired by the possibilities of redeveloping existing cities and creating new Smart Cities and driven by the philosophy of ‘Connecting Cities. Building Knowledge’, Cities Network Campaign and All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG), with the support of CDKN, is organising the South Asian Cities Summit 2015. At this Summit, we hope to discuss and identify basics of infrastructure improvement, higher quality of life, and citizen-centric services that are essential to cities of the 21st century. The Summit would also focus on making cities hubs of economic activity with improved quality of urban governance, thereby lending greater strength to the overall governance processes of the country. We thank all our partners for their guidance and support.Sincerely

ANURADHA DASDIRECTORCITIES NETwORK CAMPAIGN



speaker profile

Ravi Ranjan Kumar Guru

Ravi has a Masters degree in Energy Systems from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies and is currently pursuing his PhD in the area of climate change. He has Hands-on experience in international and national project management, fund raising, Training Programme, external aid & development programmes; NGO, consultancy & stakeholder coordination; knowledge management, proposal development & report preparation; media & communication strategy. He has extensive experience in managing projects in India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Korea

and Bangladesh, Indonesia. His professional experience concentrated on climate change, environmental management, and sustainable development, CDM, Renewable Energy and Energy Management. He has worked in projects in energy efficiency and renewable energy sector e.g. Climate Roadmap for South Asian cities, Local Renewables Model Communities Network, AsianCitiesAdaptMadhya Pradesh CDM, 6 MW Solar Power Project at Madhya Pradesh, 2 MW Solar Power Project at Orissa, 4 MW +1 MW Solar Power Project at Andhra Pradesh, Energy Auditing at Various five Start Hotels, Commercial area, and PAT Industries. He has also worked on India’s Solar Cities Programme, Solid waste management, Local renewable Model Communities, Carbon emission reduction project, Street lighting and water pumping energy efficiency CDM project, Solid waste Management CDM project, WWF’s Living Ganga Project, and other consulting projects.

He has also received training at Solar Energy centre. He is an expert on CDM opportunities, GHG inventorization and accounting, technical know-how of identification and development of CDM projects as per UNFCCC requirement, business plan development, carbon credit market and sales, emission reduction purchase agreement and negotiations etc.

Ravi Ranjan Kumar GuruConsultant-AdvisorAlILSG


session

Leadership Speak: An Anchored DiscussionSouth Asian City LeadersPride in Your City; Energising Your Citizens

Citizens and Urban Local Bodies (ULB) together can turn the dream of Smart Cities into reality. Community participation will play a catalytic role. This session analyses the best practices of people’s involvement in city development in various cities around the world; especially those suited for cities in South Asia. Government of India has also emphasised on involving citizens in projects intended to improve urban life. No less than Prime Minis-ter of India has called upon the people to join hands for better India. ULBs with civil society organisations and community groups have to build an environment where city dwellers begin to love and feel proud for their association with their cities. It will in turn make them pro-active participants of urban development process• Lessons to learn: Sharing of best practices of community participation and their suc-

cess stories• Cities for all: ULBs and other development agencies have to ensure city development

benefits all sections, classes and age groups. We need to relook development and think ‘are our cities suitable for children, women, elderly, and differently-able?’

• Energising citizenship: An analysis of ‘what does it take to make people feel proud of their cities’

• The Way Forward: Measures to ensure all round development of cities through com-munity participation.



Vikram KapurPrincipal Secretary/Commissioner Corporation of Chennai

In his two decades in Public Administration service in Government of Tamil Nadu and Government of India, Mr. Kapur has been responsible for providing civic services to the city of Chennai, the fourth largest urban local body in India. As Head of the State Industries department he was responsible for policy to attract investments in industry, as well as oversight of the industrial sector in the state. He was the Chairman of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, the main regulatory body of the state for the abatement of pollution, and was responsible for the enforcement of major environmental legislation relating to air and water, as well as rules under the Environment Protection Act. He was also the Member Secretary of CMDA, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of TNUDF, Executive Director of Tea Board, Director- Horticulture and was also District Collector and Magistrate of Dindigul.

Mayor Shamim Al RaziSecretary General, Municipal Association of Bangladesh

Shamim Al Razi was born in 20 September in Singra Municipality of Natore District, Bangladesh. His Father Dr. Mahatab Uddin was a Retd. Govt. Officer. Mr. Razi obtained Hon’s and Master’s degree in Sociology from Rajshahi University. Since student life, Mr. Al Razi actively took part in various Social, Cultural & Political activities. He actively participated in political movement during the period of 1984-1990 for establishment of Democratic Government. He has been elected as a Mayor of Singra Municipality in 1999 and re-elected in 2010 to till now. Mr Razi is elected Secretary General of Municipal Association of Bangladesh-MAB since 2003 to till now.He is also General Secretary of Local Government Network-LG Net and Secretary of online daily News rupashi bangla news.com. He is also Working as a Lecturer of Sociology Department in Singra Chalan Beel Women Degree College. Mr. Shamim Al Razi married to Mrs. Samina Akhter. His wife has also completed Hon’s & Master’s from Rajshahi University. He is a proud father of one daughter and one son.

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Pravin Prabhaka Rao DatkeMayor, Nagpur

Praveen Datke ensured the successful completion and dedication of pench iv scheme to the city on 28th March 2015 by the hands of Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri. Devendra Fadnavis, Hon’ble MoUD Minister Shri. Venkaih Naidu and Hon’ble Shri. Nitin Gadkari.He initiated the clean Nagpur project on line with Clean India Moment by Prime Minister of India. He contributed to the equitable water supply in Nagpur city with the help of NESL and OCw. At present, he is trying to expedite the pending projects in NMC like beautification of Gandhi sagar DPR is with UD Government of Maharshtra, bhatt sabhagruh.fish market resham baug.Chitnis park.dewadiya bhavan etc. He is also trying to get the government grant for Road projects pending without grant under JNNURM by the GoM and GoI. He is also persuing the matter of uninterrupted electric supply to kanhan water supply through Guardian Minister Nagpur Distt.

Ananta JenaMayor, Bhubaneswar

He was elected as Corprorator of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation in 2003-08 and then became the Chairman – Public Health, Electric Supply, Water Supply, Drainage and Environment.Shri Anant Jena was elected for the second consecutive time in 2008 Election with thumping victory, Ananta established his popularity and finally the BJD Leadership bestowing trust, elected him as MAYOR. During his stint as Corprorator, Ananta has proved his worth and his persistent efforts made his Ward a Model Ward of BMC. Bhubaneswar City under his Mayorship has seen many milestone achievements and a lot more is yet to come out of his able leadership in the overall development of the city.

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Kalanidhi DevkotaMuAN, Nepal

S Mr. Kalanidhi Devkota, currently working for Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN) as Executive Director since 2009, holds an M Sc in Urban Management & Development from Erasmus University, the Netherlands. Mr. Devkota has been actively working for sustainable cities and towns in Nepal as well as across South Asia. His main areas of expertise include disaster management, legal reforms and policy formulation, urban poverty reduction, local economic development, and urban environment. Among others, he is coordinating multi-cities engaged Zero Waste in South Asia project funded by the EU. He is also rigorously engaged in lobbying to incorporate provisions of local government in the new constitution of Nepal.

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Ajay GuptaMunicipal Commissioner Gwalior

Ajay Gupta has done Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical stream from Govind Pant University. He got his masters in Power System from IIT Delhi. Worked in Electrical Division at BHEL, Bangaluru, Karnataka.He cracked IAS Exam and selected as an IAS Officer in 2009. He worked on various administrative posts. Presently he is holding the post of Commissioner, Gwalior Municipal Corporation.


Poonam SharmaMayor, Chandigarh

Ms. Poonam Sharma was elected as Mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation on 6.2.2015. Prior to this she was elected as Councilor of Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh in the year 2012. She joined Congress in the year 2000 and was the Vice President in District Congress Committee and Secretary of Territorial Congress Committee. She has a Bachelors degree in Arts and also done her L.L.B. She is enrolled as an Advocate of Punjab & Haryana High Court since 1999.She is a motivated, confident and committed individual who enjoys challenges. Enthusiastic approach to work, along with sense of humour and commitment to details. Since young age she dedicatedly and ceaselessly worked for the welfare of poor and needy, old and handicapped persons, youth and women. She was the Chairperson of Society for Prevention of Cruelty to women. She used to consistently provide free legal aid particularly to the downtrodden and distressed women.

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panel Discussion 1

South Asian CitiesEmpowering Local Government Towards the Smart and Sustainable City Development

The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act in 1992 targeted to empower urban local bodies in India. However, even today, most of the urban local bodies do not wield financial and au-thoritative powers when it comes to fund allocation, revenue generation and the develop-ment of city. As per 74th CAA every state has to have State Finance Commission to address the adequate fund requirements for development works and service delivery. But in most cases they exist only on papers. Apart from this, there are other models of local governance globally which can be adapted to improve the performance of civic agencies and in turn empower their operational mechanism. The session aims to find out the status of imple-mentation of existing laws and policy reforms formulated for empowering local bodies and will ponder over the alternatives to empower municipal bodies holistically • Status of ULBs: In the times urban areas and population in cities is growing at rapid

pace, it has become pertinent to implement the existing laws intended to empower local bodies. A discussion on the existing status of such policies and laws and their effect on the function of ULBs

• Financial powers: Significance of instilling financial powers to municipal bodies• Policy interventions: Requirements of policy reforms in urban development sector;

particularly for improving the performance of local bodies by empowering them • The Way Forward: Role of Union government and state governments in empowering

ULBs in India. How can all the three tiers of government can work together for im-proving liveability in cities


Iwai MasayaDeputy Director, Clair, Singapore

Iwai Masaya is Senior Deputy Director of the Japan Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) Singapore Office. Prior to joining CLAIR in April 2013, Mr. Iwai had more than 20 years of local government experience in Fukuoka Prefectural Government, mainly in International Affairs Bureau and General Policy Planning Division. He held roles in establishing Fukuoka International Student Support Centre, supporting ERIA (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia) in organizing Fukuoka Forums, and formulating international policies of Fukuoka Prefecture.Mr. Iwai was dispatched from the Prefecture to Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Tokyo Headquarters in 1996, and its Kuala Lumpur Centre in 1997, before he was seconded to the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific as Coordinating Officer from April 1999 to March 2001. Mr. Iwai holds a Master of Public Administration from Cornell University in the United States.

Raj LiberhanFormer Director, IHC

Raj Liberhan has been the Director, India Habitat Centre (IHC), New Delhi, India. He served in the Government of India’s financial services for thirty years, before moving to the non-governmental sector to head the India Habitat Centre.He has varied experience with a significant range of responsibilities at the senior level in government, public sector and NGO environments, building and sustaining organisations, programmes and missions with sector specific objectives and services. He writes regularly for magazines and newspapers on urban issues and governance frameworks for delivery of quality living in the cities.His profile includes creating and sustaining Economic and Financial systems for large organizations, financial evaluation and negotiation of contracts, budget formulation and management, resource mobilisation and fund management; processing of project approvals vis-à-vis their feasibility, economic viability and funding patterns, monitoring their implementation, and identification and finalisation of organisations’ investments.

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Hemanthi GoonsekeraNational Coordinator/CEO, Federation of Sri Lankan Local Govt. Authorities

Hemanthi Goonsekera is the Chief Executive Officer and the National Coordinator of the Federation of Sri Lankan Local Govt. Authorities, the National Association for Local Government in Sri Lanka. She has long years of experience working in the development sector nationally and internationally. Under her leadership FSLGA has implemented number of projects and programs to develop the capacities of both officials and political representatives.Hemanthi is especially interested in building a strong network of local governments in the SAARC region, supporting and building on each other’s strengths. To support this initiative there are number of international networks of local governments including Commonwealth Local Govt. Forum, United Cities and Local Govt. Asia Pacific have pledged their commitment. Her areas of interest include research, and policy development, youth and women empowerment and local economic revitalization and development.

Clare HealyNetwork Manager, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, United Kingdom

Clare Healy manages the Transit Oriented Development Network at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, a network organisation of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change. In this role, Clare works with a global network of cities to help them deliver compact, connected, mixed-use communities centred on transit nodes through city-to-city knowledge exchange. Clare joined C40 from international consultancy Arup where she worked as a Senior Urban Planner in London and Hong Kong delivering government-led master plan projects. Clare is a Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and has a Master’s degree in Spatial Planning from University College London.

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Lojy ThomasRegional Director - AIILSG

He has done Textile Technology and MBA in Health Care Sciences. He is Regional Director of AIILSG for last 30 years. Before that he worked extensively in all over India in various capacities. He is also the Manager International Relation & Governance of the UCLG ASPAC since 2011.

Vatsal BhattUSGBC

Dr. Vatsal Bhatt has recently started consulting with the US Green Building Council as the Director of Cities and Neighborhood Developments. He has been working as a Senior Energy Policy Analyst at the Brookhaven National Laboratory of the United States Department of Energy. On various national and international assignments, he helps the US Department of Energy (USDOE), the US Department of State (USDOS), the US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, Universities, Foundations and international Governments. Vatsal has established the USDOE’s US-India-China Cities Partnership for sharing best practices and technologies in 2007 and provides technical assistance to the governments of India and China and state and local governments on low-carbon urban growth strategies and EcoCity planning and development. He serves as a senior policy advisor to USDOS managed US-China EcoPartnerships Secretariat. In August 2013, the Woodrow Wilson Center for Distinguished Scholars invited him to participate on a five-member panel to facilitate development of China’s Energy-Water Roadmap. He has developed energy-water-climate change systems analysis framework for cities, with New York City as a case study. Vatsal assisted USDOE analysis on energy for the President’s State of the Union Address in January 2006. He is a lead author of the US Global Change Research Program’s first-ever assessment of the “Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States”, Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.5.

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Technical session i

Cleanliness is Every Citizen’s RightCitizen centric Solid Waste Management Approach

Cleanliness is paramount for achieving the dream of world class cities. Swachch Bharat Mission of Government of India aims to have an infallible system that helps in making zero waste and litter free cities. It also targets to end open defecation as over 50 percent people do not have access to toilets. For efficient solid waste management, an architectural framework comprising the government/local bodies, private sector and/or public-private partnership, NGOs and public needs to be put in place. There is also a need for massive awareness program for the success of Swachch Bharat Mission like initiatives. Waste conundrum: A discussion on problems our cities facing in managing different kinds of waste. SWM: A global standpoint on Solid Waste Management (SWM) to draw inspiration and understand how some countries like Sweden, Singapore treat waste as a resource not a problem.Capacity building and awareness: Capacity building of municipal employees and those en-gaged in waste collection and management is the need of the hour. An analysis of options available with Urban Local Bodies and civil society organisations working in the sectorThe Way Forward: A collective outcome from the experts to propose required actions for efficient waste management.


Dr. Jatin V. ModiPresident, AIILSG, MUMBAI

Dr. Jatin V. Modi, a Medical Consultant by profession, has rendered Yeomen service to the Institute, as the President of the All India Institute of Local Self Government. He is presently associated as Emeritus President of the AIILSG. He was the former President of the United Cities Local Government –Asia Pacific Section at Jakarta, Indonesia (UCLG ASPAC). He was also an active member of the Board of Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), London. He has served for four terms as the Mayor of Baroda, Gujarat, and Five terms as Dy.Mayor, Vadodara & has made significant contribution to the development of the State. With his expertise and under his able guidance, the Institute has set up the International Academy for Urban Dynamics (IAUD), Mumbai, National Fire Academy, Nursing Academy & Centre for Environmental Disaster Management at Vadodara, which now conducts courses/seminars. He has represented the All India Institute of Local Self Government at International Conferences & presented papers on various themes and guided the Institute with his valuable insights.

Dr. Sudhir KrishnaIAS, Former Secretary, MoUD

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 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 decentralised planning, public policy and public finance. 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.

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P.U.AsnaniChairman Umc Global

Asnani, is one of the country’s renowned experts on urban governance and an International Expert on Solid Waste Management. Working in the urban sector for over 30 years, Mr. Asnani’s experience and expertise is wide ly sought by various governments and civic authorities both nationally and internationally. Currently He is on UN Habitat Mission and International Consultant with World Bank, a member of the expert committee appointed by Ministry of Environment & Forests for revising the draft municipal solid waste management and handling rules 2014 and also a member on the Expert panel to draft the National Manual on Solid Waste Management constituted by the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India. He had been a member of the Supreme Court appointed Expert Committee on Solid Waste Management; an expert member of the task force on Waste to Energy constituted by Planning Commission of India, a member of Technology Advisory Group & Chairman of the Core Group on appropriate Technology & Research & Development in Solid Waste. Mr. Asnani has represented India at various national and international forums.Mr. Asnani was awarded the title of “Nagar Bhushan” for outstanding services in Urban Sector on the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of India’s Independence.

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Bharati ChaturvediDirector, Chintan Foundation

Bharati Chaturvedi is a writer and environmentalist. She is the founder of an India based non-profit, Chintan. Chintan is an internationally awarded non profit that advocates for consumption that does not take a toll on the environment or the poor. It’s focus is on enabling the informal recycling sector-wastepickers, kabaris and recyclers-to proactively participate in solving India’s mounting trash problem. Most recently, Chintan was awarded the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award for its work. Chintan has also been awarded the US Secretary of State’s Award for Innovation for the Empowerment of Women and Girls in 2012 the 3rd place at the UN-BMW Inter-cultural Innovation Award in 2013, was awarded by Google in 2013 and has received a special mention by the President of the Republic of France for its work on defending human rights, in 2014. Bharati is on various government committees for policy making. She writes a column for the Hindustan Times, GreenPiece, on environmental issues.

Lt. Gen Rajender Singh (Retd)DLF Foundation

Lt Gen Rajender Singh, is the CEO of DLF Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the DLF Group. Before joining the DLF Foundation in 2009, he was heading the largest arm of the Indian Army as the Director General of Infantry. It was his inbuilt desire and longing to use his expertise and experience for the upliftment of the marginalized societies that made him join the development sector after an extremely distinguished career in the army spanning 40 years. As a social innovator, Lt Gen Singh wth his strategic vision and social entrepreneurship expertise has been instrumental in expanding the programmes of DLF Foundation from its infancy stage in 2009, to a Foundation with large scale social interventions. Under his patronage CSR initiatives of the DLF were duly recognised when they were conferred the prestigious Golden Peacock Award 2010 for CSR. One of their major programmes relates to Skill Development which aims to train and help employ 1 Million youths pan India in next 10 years by opening 250 Skill Development Centres to impart job linked training. DLF Foundation is also running and supporting 63 schools for the underprivileged in, rural areas of Rajasthan and Haryana.

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Technical session ii

Moving people across cities in comfort and speed –Technology and Urban Mobility

With growing population and prosperity in cities, vehicular load on urban roads and air pollution in cities is on continuous rise. According to government data, Delhi adds over 1400 vehicles every day to its roads, Mumbai 700, Bengaluru 1000 and Kolkata 350. All the big cities are in the need of an urban transport panacea to find answers for mobility issues. It is required to develop a suitable and sustainable urban mobility model that is mix of var-ious modes of transport and prioritizes use of public transport. The government will have to address the environment concerns too as energy use in transport sector is significantly high. There is a need to imbibe technology, encourage community participation, and fixing responsibilities of the different agencies for ensuring smooth and efficient urban transport systemTraffic in-a-jam: Cities are ever growing in size and numbers. Growing population in cities throws up a major challenge for policy makers and transport experts. They have a mam-moth task of ensuring efficient and functional mobility plans for cities. A scrutiny of pres-ent situation of urban transport in India Sustainable urban transport: Sustainable urban transportation system should be able to address not only the mobility requirements of cities but also the environment concerns. A discussion on the process of implementation and bottlenecks at ground levelTechnology and mobility: Cities world over have adopted technology to make urban mo-bility safer, easier and convenient. In the times of big data and IoT, what are the options available with ULBs, and state governments in the domain of urban mobility? Success sto-ries from the field. The Way Forward: Urban experts to propose a cumulative approach for urban mobility in existing and upcoming smart cities.


Dr. OP AgarwalTransport Expert

Dr O.P. Agarwal is currently an Executive Director at the Indian School of Business, Mohali. From December 2009 to June 2014, he was working at the Urban Transport Adviser to the World Bank where his responsibilities were to advise urban transport projects and project teams across all regions. He also Chairs the Committee on Transportation in Developing Countries of the Transport Research Board in the United States. From July 1979 to August 2007, he was a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and held several positions, both under the national government and the Government of Assam. One of these was as the head of the Urban Transport division of the Ministry of Urban Development, first from April 1995 to June 1996 and then from April 2005 to October 2006. During this, he authored the National Urban Transport Policy for the country. This document formalizes the priorities for all levels of government towards the development of sustainable urban transport.

SD SharmaDirector, Business Development, DMRC

Mr. S.D.Sharma, born in 1958, is Civil Engineering Graduate (1980) and Masters in Geo-technical Engineering (1982) from erstwhile University of Roorkee and now IIT, Roorkee. He worked as scientist in Alternate Hydro Energy Centre (AHEC), Roorkee, for a brief period of two years and subsequently joined Indian Railways in 1984. Since then he worked in different areas of Railways namely Operation & Maintenance, Construction in the capacity of Assistant Engineer, Divisional & Sr. Project Manager. He also worked in Research Design and Standard Organisation as Director (Research) and subsequently in the capacity of Chief Engineer (Track Machines). He joined Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on deputation in June, 2005 and worked in various capacities namely Chief Engineer (Planning), Chief Vigilance Officer, General Manager (Consultancy), Executive Director (Civil) and now working as Director (Business Development). He is in charge of all the Rail based consultancy assignment of DMRC in India and abroad. He is also in charge of Property Development Transit Oriented development of Delhi Metro.

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Prof. Shivanand SwamyExecutive Director of the Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport, CEPT University

Shivanand Swamy, an economist and urban planner by training is the Executive Director of the Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport, CEPT University. Prof. Swamy has been involved in developing and teaching courses in the areas of Land use and Transportation Planning and is instrumental in introducing two year Master’s Degree programmes in Infrastructure Planning and Urban Transport Planning and Management. Prof. Swamy has over 30 years of experience in leading multi-disciplinary project planning and design teams in the areas of Urban and Regional Planning, Transport Planning, Urban environment, Land and Housing. Prof. Swamy’s strength is his strategic and programmatic skills and is reflected in his project design ranging from programs such as an Urban development program for eight North Eastern States of India and, the Urban Development policy for Gujarat, the third most urbanized state in India as well as specific projects such as design and implementation of the Bus Rapid Transit System in Ahmedabad, Surat, Hubli-Dharwad, Vadodara and Indore.

Akshima T GhateTERI

Ms. Akshima Tejas Ghate is working as a Fellow at the Centre for Research on Sustainable Urban Development and Transport Systems, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. She graduated as a Development Planner and has a Master in Planning with specialization in Environmental Planning from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. She has done a certificate course on ‘Transport infrastructure’ from TERI University and is currently pursuing her PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi on sustainable transport. At TERI, she is involved in research projects related to sustainable transport. Her recent research work focuses on issues related to promotion of sustainable mobility in cities; analyzing transport sector’s energy consumption and climate change impacts; research related to railways sector in India; estimating carbon footprint/life cycle impact of transport projects and urban energy consumption; and sustainable mobility planning in large urban developments. She is also engaged with the TERI University for delivering sustainable transport related courses at the University.

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Technical session iii

Financial Viability of Smart Cities – A Policy Approach

The government’s decision to build 100 smart cities requires investment of around USD one trillion for development of trunk and internal infrastructure in five years time. Apart from easing Foreign Direct Investment in construction sector, the government is focus-ing on encouraging Public Private Partnership (PPP), engagements with Multi National Companies for successful implementation of smart city project. Financial and IT servic-es sectors are on the priority list of the government to garner investments from leading companies such as Cisco, EMC, GE, IBM, Bajaj, etc. in coming years. Countries like USA, Japan, France, Canada, Singapore and others have also come forward to help in building India smart cities. There is a need to have a clear picture on financial management front for ensuring clear fund assessment, generation and utilizationFund requirements: The estimation of fund requirement is yet to become clear. A perspec-tive from experts on what are the sectors which will require huge investment in building smart citiesFinancial strategy: GOI and SEBI recently approved rules for the creation of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and infrastructure investment trusts. What could be other new sources for pooling in funds for smart cities?Viability of Smart Cities: A discussion on financial viability of smart city will aspire to find alternatives for making investment lucrative in smart cities developmentThe Way Forward: Urban experts and planners to suggest possible solutions for fund gen-eration and optimum utilization of available resources



Dr. M. RamachandranIAS, Former Secretary, MoUD

Dr. M. Ramachandran, former Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India and Former Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand is a retired IAS Officer (batch of 1972). He has 38 years of cross sector apex level policy making experience and field level implementation exposure in India, served both at the Central and State government levels. As Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Dr. Ramachandran spearheaded the country’s urban sector policies, reforms and initiatives. He proactively steered the implementation of India’s urban flagship program titled Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. He has also been involved in the formulation of the National Urban Sanitation and Transportation Policies for Indian cities, drawing up, for the first time, Service Level Benchmarks for water, drainage, sewerage solid waste management, urban transport and IT sectors as well as credit rating for 65 prominent cities.

Prof. Santosh KumarDirector, SAARC Disaster Management Center, New Delhi

Executive Director, NIDM

Prof. Santosh Kumar, a Disaster Risk Reduction, Policy Planning and Capacity Development expert with 25 years of experience in different positions in the Development Planning and DRR Sector. A PhD. in Economics, he studied Gender & Development in IDS, Sussex UK and got professional training in Disaster risk Management. Backed with International exposure at World Bank and Government exposure in different capacities working at the national and state levels, he is an experienced hand in designing, Planning and implementing mitigation and long term disaster recovery plan and projects. He brings with him the rare combination of exposure variation from grass root to national to regional level in all aspects spanning DRR with special expertise in Post disaster loss assessment, Recovery and inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction. Many disaster risk reduction innovative tools have been implemented are to his credit as its innovator. Visioning, strengthening and building sustainable institutions are his passion. His insight of bringing development into disaster risk reduction has also allowed new thinking in the framework. At the international level he has constantly engaged himself in global dialogue for shift in International policies.

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Roger Savage, AtkinsTechnical lead for the Future Proofing Cities Project.

He is Associate Director of Atkins Cities business and is a leader of Atkins’ work on integrated urban planning and development globally.His current role involves supporting governments and city authorities in developing plans for urban development, addressing the future needs and challenges of cities including climate change mitigation and adaptation. Over the last 12 years he has worked with more than 50 cities and governmental bodies around the world. As well as supporting leading UK cities, he has developed plans in cities in more than 15 countries including cities in Asia, Africa and the Middle East and has been at the forefront of shaping integrated strategies which can be effective in the context of rapidly urbanising cities.He has also worked closely as a partner with development agencies, private sector investors and developers supporting the development and implementation of plans for major urban development and regeneration in London, and cities in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Several of these have received international awards and recognition. He is one of Atkins key thinkers on urban issues and how cities can position themselves to respond to economic and social development and environmental challenges including climate change risks. He is a regular speaker at conferences and events.

Advait AundhkarConsultant, MMRDA

About Twenty Years of experience in creating opportunities by connecting the dots between emerging technologies and unsolved business problems. My experience spans across Business Leadership, Program Management, Product Management and Project Execution in the field of Information Technology covering Telecommunication, Utilities, Supply Chain-Logistics, Transportation and Real Estate Sectors Deep understanding of product management methodologies, with a combination of hands-on experience and training from Pragmatic MarketingAdvait has done his M. Tech in Urban and Regional Planning from Gujrat University and then General Management from IIM Calcutta.

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Elizabeth GogoiOxford Policy Management

Elizabeth Gogoi is a Consultant within OPM’s Climate Change Portfolio and based in the New Delhi office. She has over ten years of experience working with governments in South Asia, Europe and the US on climate change and energy policy. Her recent work has focused on designing programmes of technical assistance for the transition to a low-carbon and climate resilient growth model for governments in South Asia. She is currently supporting the OPM-led Climate Proofing Growth and Development Programme in South Asia to identify the strategic opportunities and partners for the expansion of renewable energy and climate compatible development in the region. Prior to joining OPM, she was a Programme Manager for the Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) working closely with governments and partners in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. Elizabeth has an MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, with a specialisation in the political economy of the environment and the role of the private sector.

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Palash SrivastavaDirector, PPPI & Programmes, IDFC

An urban infrastructure professional with more than 16 years experience in undertaking sectoral assessments, identifying interventions, formulating sector strategies. Formulating City Development Plans (including City Investment Plans and Financial Operating Plans / Vision, City Sanitation/ Water Plans, debt servicing capacity of ULBs, Pool finance proposals, determination of development charges and exactions)Have successfully led teams for formulation of CDPs for 70 towns and CMPs for 5 towns, closing PPP transaction cycles of more than 28 projects and construction cycles of 3 projects. I have also been involved in capacity building and skill upgradation through the National PPP Capacity Building Programme and Regional Capacity Building Hubs for Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.

Vasudevan SureshGood Governance, India Foundation

Vasudevan Suresh is a Civil Engineer from Anna University (College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai) with over 50 years of professional experience in the Housing, Infrastructure, Rural and Urban Development and Built Environment sectors.Has worked in Tamil Nadu Public Works Department later in Bureau of Indian Standards Vice Chairman, NBC 2005 and the current revision, and Chairman, Housing, Planning and Prefabricated Construction Sectional Committee of BIS. He is member of the NBC Panel dealing with New Part 11 Approach to Sustainability. Served HUDCO in various capacities for 23 ½ years and was CMD, till June 2002. V Suresh has worked in various Government of India Expert Groups on Housing, Urban Development, Building Technologies, Disaster Mitigation and Sustainable Development. Was Chairman, Government of India Task Forces for Orissa Cyclone and Chamoli Earthquake. He was Member of Government of India Technical Advisory Group on Real Estate / Housing Price Indices. He is presently Member of Govt. of India Task Force on Rural Housing and Habitat.

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Technical session iV

Water and Sanitation – Enhancing the lifeline fluid of cities

The nature of urbanisation in India is contributing to water stress situations both from a quantity and quality perspective. Rapid population growth, poor waste water management, ill-treatment of water bodies including rivers, ponds, etc. and sanitation issues are some of the factors which are adding problems for water supply in many cities. Availability of potable water is an issue of major concern in most of the existing cities. Drinking water coverage by individual connections is only about 70 per cent in Indian cities, as compared to 91 per cent in China, 86 per cent in South Africa and 80 per cent in Brazil. The discus-sion will cover the availability of potable water to urban populace, treatment of waste water in cities, ground water situation, river rejuvenation plans and other factors which affect uninterrupted water supply in citiesWater woes: A discussion on present situation of potable water supply, ground water, and treatment of waste water in Indian cities. Waste water management: Success stories from various cities around the world that have successfully handle their waste water and reduced the amount of sludge dumped in rivers. What could be effective for Indian cities? Ganga Rejuvenation Plan: The project by Government of India aims to clean Ganga. What will it take to make this project sustainable in long run and how can it become a model for rejuvenation of other rivers?The Way Forward: Water experts to come to propose solutions for rejuvenating water sup-ply in existing and upcoming cities.


Puneet SrivastavaUrban specialist, WaterAid

Mr. Puneet Srivastava is a qualified civil engineer and environmental professional with specialization in water and environmental sanitation. He is currently working with WaterAid in India as Manager Policy. He has a wide ranging experience of working on design and development of capacity building programmes, community based sanitation programmes, policy analysis and advocacy for sector reforms in water and sanitation, decentralized water governance, Payment for Environmental Services (PES) as applied to water and climate change, performance benchmarking for service improvements, water quality and emergency responses to water and sanitation with an emphasis on pro-poor and socially inclusive approaches. He has deep understanding of cross cutting themes in water and sanitation sector including institutional, technical and financial issues influencing the water and sanitation sector policies and its application and has been involved with strategic planning in the sector at various levels and platforms.

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Ranjan K PandaConvenor, Water Initiatives Odisha

Ranjan Panda, a sociologist by education, has about two and half decades of experience facilitating several initiatives – starting from grassroots to national levels – to promote water and environmental conservation. He convenes two active networks: Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO) and Combat Climate Change Network, India. Popularly known as Water Man of Odisha and also as Climate Crusader in India, was awarded with the first “Green Hero” by NDTV. Recently he was also profiled as “Odisha’s Conservation Master” by Hindustan Times. Very recently, he has been recognized as ‘Mahanadi River Waterkeeper’ by the New York based global ‘Waterkeeper Alliance.’ He has many more awards and recognitions to his credit.He has got long experience research and policy analysis/advocacy on urban water, sanitation, hygiene and climate change issues. To promote citizen’s voluntary action to conserve Rivers and water bodies in the cities, he has initiated two unique voluntary campaigns.



Technical session V

Energy Efficiency and Off-grid TechnologiesRole in making a Smart City

A city is smartly equipped if it has the resource to tap its energy demands. Ensuring smart energy use, conservation and generation of more energy through unconventional methods would be a key for ensuring energy efficiency in upcoming Smart Cities. A city needs to be organically adaptive in case of its structure, design, transportation and IT systems, so that it can absorb the needs that are evolving in the areas using energy. A discussion during the session will also try to find ways for mix energy mechanism as solar, wind and waste are the possible renewable energy sources, however, the potential of these sources remain untapped. There is also a need for efficient and effective energy management mechanism in cities to curb wastage and encourage optimum utilizationEnergy scenario: An overview of present energy requirement of major Indian cities. The discussion will provide an outline of demand-supply gap and problems in power distributionRenewable energy: A discussion on how the government can integrate community participation efficiently to conserve energy and promote the use of renewable energy sources.Energy management: Street lighting, transportation, water and sewerage supply, Building facility, industrial, commercial set ups, residential housing are major consumers of energy in cities. Can the automation of these public utility services solve the problem? The Way Forward: Urban experts to set the next-gen urban agenda, with a focus on transforming and repositioning the energy sector to promote sustainable energy consumption and generation of energy from new and renewable energy sources.


Chetan VaidyaDirector, School of Planning and Architecture

Prof. Chetan Vaidya is an Architect-Planner with over 30-year experience He is Director of the School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi from September 20012. The All India Council of Technical Education has appointed him as Chairman of Planning Education Board. The University of Melbourne has nominated him as Melbourne-Asia Visiting Fellow for 2014-15. He was recently nominated to Chief Minister Advisory Council of Madhya Pradesh. He was Director of the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) a premier institute of urban research and supported by Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India during 2008-12. He worked very closely with the Ministry on various urban issues and assisting various city and state governments sharing experiences under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). He coordinated a large number of urban studies for Government of India as well as international organizations.

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Shailaja FennellCentre of Development Studies, Cambridge

Dr. Shailaja Fennell is a University Lecturer in Development Studies, attached to the Department of Land Economy, at the University of Cambridge. Dr Shailaja Fennell has been awarded funding (2014-16), by the UGC-UKIERI initiative between the Governments of United Kingdom and India, for a collaborative research initiative with the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras. The project examines how bottlenecks that limit Internet access for rural agricultural production and rural youth education and skills can be removed. Dr. Fennell is the international social science leader on the Smart Villages initiative (running over 2016-19) jointly funded by the Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust (CMEDT) and the Templeton World Charity Foundation. The initiative aims to provide policy makers, donors and development agencies concerned with rural energy access with new insights on the real barriers to energy access in villages in developing countries – technological, financial, social and political – and how they can be overcome. The initiative will cover Latin America, Asia and Africa and will organise two major international workshops in each region.



Anuradha DasDirector, Cities Network Campaign

Anuradha has extensive national and international experience in project management, knowledge management, external aid and development programmes; NGO and stakeholder coordination; proposal development and report preparation in the area of climate change and energy efficiency. Her experience also includes developing communication and detailed marketing strategies towards increasing investments in energy efficiency technologies in SME sector in India and to facilitate knowledge sharing between govt. ministries and other development partner agencies.

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Vagish SharmaNSDC

Vagish Sharma is working with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and has professional experience in management consulting, financial structuring, policy

development, bilateral and multilateral partnerships and business operations in energy efficiency, climate change, skill entrepreneurship and sustainability sectors. He has worked on assignments for organizations like General Electric, Philips, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science & Technology, Planning commission of India, U.S Department of Energy (DoE), DFID and USAID.

Rajeev KumarGreen Mantra

Rajeev is an accomplished visionary & mission-oriented leader with experience of nearly 15 years in project management and directing operations. He has insightful knowledge of various types of renewable power plants including wind farms, solar PV parks and biomass to energy power plants. He has his expertise in winning new businesses, working with planning authorities and other regulatory bodies in structuring projects/private finance for renewable energy projects.


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Sheela PatelDirector SPARC

Sheela Patel is the founding director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC), which she organised in Mumbai in 1984 as an advocacy group for the pavement dwellers of Mumbai. SPARC continues to this day to play a major role in the politics of slum development in India and throughout the Third World. In 2011 she was the recipient of the Padma Shri award, the highest civilian honor in India.

Roshni NuggehaaliExecutive Director, YUVA, Mumbai

Ms. Nuggehaali is the Executive Director of Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA) Mumbai. Prior to which she was Advisor at USIEF and before which she was Assistant Director at The Concerned for Working Children. She did her Master of Science (M.S.), Forestry and Natural Resources from Purdue University and Post Graduate Diploma in Child Rights Law, Law from National Law School of India University.

Alain GrimardUN-Habitat

Mr. Grimard was the Regional Director (OIC), UN-HABITAT in Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil. Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to which he was Senior OfficerUN-HABITAT at Nairobi, Kenya, covering Africa and Arab States. He also worked as Programme Coordinator at UNOPS. Mr. Grimard specializes in Urban Planning, Program and Project Management, Rural Development, Local Economic Development and Disaster Management



Dr. Kulwant SinghRegional Advisor, UN-Habitat

Kulwant Singh started working with United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) as the Chief Technical Advisor for Asia and the Pacific since inception of the Water for Asian Cities Programme in 2003. Before joining UN-HABITAT, Dr Singh was Executive Director of Human Settlements Management Institute of India for twelve years. He was also the Managing Editor of the Quarterly Magazine SHELTER for more than a decade. Presently he is Advisor (Capacity Building & Programme Monitoring) both for the Mekong Region Water and Sanitation Initiative (MEK-WATSAN) as well as for the Water for Asian Cities (WAC) Programme, Water, Sanitation & Infrastructure Branch of the UN-HABITAT. Dr Singh is a visiting faculty of the UNESCO-IHE Institute, the Netherlands. His teaching, training, capacity building and research interests are very wide. Dr Singh has been in the urban sector for the last two decades. He was also Director of the Association of Municipal and Development Authorities (AMDA) India.

Dr. Dhiraj Ajay SuriCities Alliance

Ajay, Regional Advisor, City Alliance, joined the Cities Alliance in 2008 and has worked closely with the Secretariat to identify opportunities for strategic support for city development and urban poverty reduction in India. He also helped set up a portfolio of Cities Alliance projects in India that largely provide knowledge support on critical policy issues. Before joining the Cities Alliance, Ajay worked as an Associate Director & Associate Professor with the Society for Development Studies in New Delhi. Ajay has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (B.A. Hons) from Delhi University and a Master’s Degree in Economics (M.A.) from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

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Dr.(Ms.) Shyamala ManiProfessor, NIUA

Dr. Shyamala Mani, Professor, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) has an MSc. in Microbiology from Madurai Kamaraj University, M.Phil and Ph.D degrees in Environmental Science from JNU, an MPH from School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA. A national science talent scholar, a recipient of ICAR Fellowship in Agri. Microbiology and Fogarty Int. fellowship in Environmental Health, she has presented in several conferences and seminars in India and abroad. Her projects have received international recognition including the UNCHS Global 100 award for community based waste management and low cost sanitation in Bangalore, the Plasticon India award for innovative Plastics Reuse and Recycling and several others. Dr.Mani joined NIUA in December 2012 after working in CEE for 25 years. A member of several professional organizations, she has published in reputed books and journals. She helped set up a model Common Healthcare waste Appropriate Management Plant (CHAMP) at Gulbarga, Karnataka, published the National Bio-medical waste management kit in 2004 and helped formulate Biomedical Waste Management Rules 1998.

Usha P. RaghupathiProfessor, NIUA

Brief Profile: Prof. Usha P. Raghupathi is an urban planner with over 33 years professional experience in the urban sector. She is currently working on issues related to urban climate change and urban green growth strategies. In the past, she has been involved in research on urban services (particularly water supply, sanitation and solid waste management), urban poverty, public-private partnerships in urban services, urban environment, amongst others. She has conducted training programmes for municipal officials and is involved in capacity building efforts on urban climate change. She has written many research reports and published papers on subjects related to urban affairs. Prof. Raghupathi has a Masters in Geographer and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Planning from the School of Planning, CEPT, Ahmedabad, India. She has done short-term courses at the Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies (Netherlands), and Life Academy (Sweden). Prof. Raghupathi is a LEAD Fellow (Leadership for Environment and Development, initiated by the Rockefeller Foundation).



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Richa SharmaSenior Project Associate, NIUA

Dr. Richa is currently a Senior Project Associate at NIUA in Urban Climate Change Resilience project. She has completed her Phd from Department of Natural Resources, TERI University in 2014. During her doctoral research she worked on the formation of Urban Heat Island in the city of Delhi and the role of changing land use in this. She has done her Masters in Environmental Science from TERI University and Bachelors in Microbiology from Delhi University. She has also worked as Project Executive at Asian Consulting Engineers dealing in Environment Impact Assessment projects.

Rohit VirmaniSenior Project Associate, NIUA

Rohit Virmani, is an Urban Planner with Geography background. He holds more than 7 years of research experience, engaged in studies involving monitoring & evaluation, impact assessment, rating etc. in the areas of water & sanitation and urban & rural development. He is currently working on Urban Climate Change Resilience project with NIUA, funded by The Rockefeller Foundation (US).


Pallavi SharmaResearch Associate, NIUA

She is currently working at National Institute of Urban Affairs as Research Associate, in Urban Climate Change Resilience Project. Prior to this she worked at Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. At IIT she worked on statistical downscaling, extreme weather events and heat stress in Indian scenario. She was selected for pursuing collaborative research with project partner at Potsdam Institute of Climate Research, Germany. Her Masters is in Climate Science and Policy from TERI University while she pursued her graduation in Zoology from Delhi University. While In TERI, her internships were at Environment and Policy Research Centre, Freie University, Berlin where she worked on Climate Adaptation in Urban cities and at IIT Delhi, where she worked on Climate of North East India. She is interested in Urbanization, and Climate Adaptation.

Nimisha JhaKnowledge Network Coordinator India ACCCRN

Work as knowledge network coordinator (ACCCRN) India. Area of interest includeschange; urban governance and public service delivery coordinator, Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network urban climate change resilience; adaptation to climate delivery.



sMarT ciTies & builDings for susTainable urban fuTure

Rita Bahugua JoshiMLA, Congress

Rita Bahuguna Joshi is an Indian National Congress politician and an MLA form Lucknow Cantt constituency of the state of Uttar Pradesh. She was the president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee from 2007 to 2012.Rita Bahuguna held the post of mayor of Allahabad from 1995-2000. She is a former vice-president of the National Council of Women, has been president of the All India Mahila Congress since 2003 and of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee since September 2007. She has twice contested unsuccessfully in elections to the Lok Sabha. the lower house of the Parliament of India. She was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Lucknow Cantonment in the 2012 state elections.

Sandhya GodeyPrincipal Consultant, Phoenix IT Solutions Ltd.

Sandhya Godey is a Principal consultant at Phoenix IT Solutions Ltd, driving the Smart City projects an initiative of the CSR wing. Recently she was the event chair for “CITIZEN CONNECT” a 2 day interactive workshop on citizen engagement for a smarter Vizag in partnership with the Vizagapatam Chamber of Commerce and Industry. She has conceptualized, planned and implemented diverse projects with the goal of delivering value and serving the community at large. She served two tenures as the Ladies Committee chairperson of Vizag’s largest and prestigious Waltair Club. Sandhya has lived in Vizag for the last 25 year and it was heartbreaking to see the city battered by the fury of cyclone Hudhud. It is now her personal mission to contribute in every way possible to bring Vizag to its original glory and more. She actively volunteers with the Max Foundation a support group for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia patients and their caregivers, and the St Josephs old age home where the inmates are an extension of her family. Ms. Godey holds a Bachelors degree in Science from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, and a Management Degree in Finance from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi


Preeti SinghExecutive Editor–BW Smart Cities

Preeti has over a decade experience in media and research. She is an alumnus of Delhi University where she studied History, with a Masters degree in Modern Indian History and an M. Phil in Disarmament Studies, both from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Prior to joining BW, Preeti was Editor – iGovernment at 9.9 Media where she led all their government outreach initiatives. She has spent 5 years with the Hindustan Times, as part of the Research Bureau and the Opinions and Editorial team, besides doing research liaison for a sitting MP and Chairman, HT Media. Before making the switch to mainstream media, she worked as a researcher at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) for four years, focusing on South Asia and the European Union. Preeti is a Chevening Gurukul scholar from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) – the British government’s flagship leadership programme for young Indian achievers. She has a keen interest in public policy and in exploring ideas at the intersection of technology and governance.

Priyanka KochharSenior Programe Manager, GRIHA Council

Priyanka’s experience encompasses research, capacity building and raising awareness related to design of energy efficient buildings as well as integration of energy efficient technologies in building design. Her work spans various aspects of decision making for a sustainably built environment in the Indian context. Having contributed to the development of GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment), an evaluation tool to design operate and evaluate and maintain resource-efficient buildings, now the national rating system for green buildings in India, she is also associated with implementation of the green rating in upcoming buildings. As Sr. Programme Manager at GRIHA, Priyanka works closely with the private sector and Indian government at Central, State and Municipal levels for large scale adoption and implementation for GRIHA across the country. Priyanka has served on the Expert Group on Low Carbon Strategy for Inclusive Growth for Building and Urban Planning formed by the Planning Commission, Government of India and as the Board Member of the UNEP-Sustainable Building Climate Initiative.

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DeVelopMenT of asia’s 1sT ciTy heaT acTion plan-experience froM ahMeDabaD

Dr. Dileep MavalnkarDirector , IIPH Gandhinagar

Prof. Dileep Mavlankar, Director, Indian Institute of Public Health-Gandhingar which is a join initiative of Public Health Foundation of India and Gujarat Government. Before this he was faculty member at IIM Ahmedabad for 20 years.He has done MBBS in 1981, MD in Preventive and Social Medicine in 1987 from Gujarat University, Master of Public Health in 1982 and Doctor of Public Health Degree from the prestigious Johns Hopkins University, USA in 1990. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in USA. He joined as faculty at IIM Ahmedabad in 1991 and work there for 20 years. He has also worked as Senior Management Advisor to the Averting Maternal Mortality and Morbidity (AMDD) program of Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York.

Dr. Parthasarathi GangulyAdditional Professor, IIPH Gandhinagar

Dr. Parthasarathi Ganguly has been working in PHFI since 2008. Apart from teaching and guiding research, he is engaged in policy advocacy to government and designing and conducting in-service trainings. He also shares some administrative responsibilities at the institute. He has a rich work experience in public health for 23 years, including eight years of working with World Health Organization, India country office, looking after immunization and disease surveillance programs. He has also served as faculty in public health in different medical colleges in India and Nepal. After obtaining MBBS degree from University of Calcutta, he did his residency clinical training in pediatrics and completed MD (Community Medicine). Subsequently, he obtained M.Phil. in Hospital & Health Systems Management. He has been awarded a research fellowship in Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK under the PHFI-Wellcome Trust capacity building grant. He has also undergone a number of international training courses, including executive course in “Global Health Diplomacy” from The Graduate Institute, Geneva and leadership program from University of Melbourne. He has been involved in various research projects in collaboration with international and national funding agencies which include European Union, ICMR, Dept of Biotechnology, MRC (UK), NRDC (USA), NIH (USA).


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Asim Ahmed KhanMinister Environment and Forest, Delhi Government

Asim Ahmed Khan was born in Delhi. He did his schooling from Jain Sr. Sec. School, Darya Ganj, Delhi and graduation from Ch. Charan Singh University. He has been

associated with various social service causes and to spread awareness among youth.He has been elected from Assembly Constituency Matia Mahal, Assembly Constituency - 21 in the recent Assembly Elections and he is working as Minister of Environment & Forest, Food and Supply and Election, Government of Delhi.

Dr. B C SabatSenior Scientific Officer, Delhi Government

Look after the plan scheme Eco-clubs in schools and colleges of Delhi, Promoting environment education and Science and Technology programme among the school, college and university students of Delhi.

Dr. K.Vijaya LakshmiVice President, Development Alternatives

Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi is the Vice President at Development Alternatives (DA) and also she heads the Innovation Systems Branch of DA. She is a Doctorate in Chemistry.

With over 25 years of experience in environmental management, Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi has been responsible for strengthening DA’s capability in designing solutions for the blue and brown issues of the environment i.e., air, water and land pollution due to industrialization and urbanization and the related socio-economic implications on people and ecosystems.



Divya SharmaTERI

Divya Sharma is a ‘Fellow and Area Convener’ at the Centre for Research in Sustainable Urban Development and Transport Systems, at the Sustainable Habitat Division at TERI. She is a trained architect and an urban planner and holds a PhD in climate change adaptation in cities. She has more than 12 years of experience in urban sector and has mostly worked on urban environmental issues. At TERI’s Sustainable Habitat Division she is involved in mostly shaping the urban development work that takes place in the Centre. She is a distinguished member of the consultation committee of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) and has worked on mainstreaming climate resilience in Guwahati and Gorakhpur cities. She is also engaged with the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services (CRIS) program of the USAID and working on two coastal Indian cities. She has authored many working papers, policy reviews and research papers which have been published in prestigious international and national journals. She is in the review panel of the many international peer review journals. She continues to teach modules on urban adaptation and resilient cities in various post graduate courses run in the TERI University.

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Ashok JainTerracon Ecotech

Ashok Jain is the Co-Promoter and Managing Director of Terracon Ecotech Private Limited, an ecology based environment Services Company based in Mumbai, and has overseen the transformation of the company from a startup to an established player in the environment services industry. He has had 20+ years of work experience in diverse industries such as environment, financial services, agribusiness & retail and has worked with several large corporate houses such as Tata Group, RPG Group, Shoprite Group of South Africa and Australian Government. He has exposure to several domain businesses like commodity procurement and trading, fresh produce supply chain management (including contract farming), currency trading, risk management, and international business development. Ashok has been instrumental in setting up the fresh produce business (domestic and export) for Shoprite Group in India creating benchmark in produce retailing in India. He holds post-graduate qualifications of management (MBA) and Law (LL.B.) from University of Mumbai. He is also a qualified Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a Certified Investment Banker (CIB) from the

ICFAI, Hyderabad. Ashok Jain’s strengths include structuring deals, project management, financial engineering, government relationships and international business development.


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All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG)

AIILSG is a premier institute of excellence to strengthen and reinforce Urban Local Governance. In 85 years of its progress, AIILSG has believed in delivering rational,

transparent and accountable governance for the people. It has been working with the various agencies in Central and State Governments along with internationally acclaimed agencies like World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, UN-HABITAT, USAID, UNESCO, DFID, GIZ, etc in carrying out various training and developmental programmes for enhanced urban development and management.www.aiilsg.org

Cities Network Campaign –A Global initiative

The Sustainable Environment Resource Institute (SERI) also known as Cities Network Campaign (www.citiesnetworkcampaign.org, CNC) is a premier not-for-profit organization dedicated to working in the area of climate change, sustainable development, renewable energy, energy efficiency, water and sanitation, transportation etc. CNC is a UN listed NGO and is also an Associate Partner/Programme/Event partner of World Urban Campaign , UN-HABITAT and many world renowned organizations such as AIILSG, DA, WWF India, TERI, IWP, CEE, UCLG-ASPAC, etc. SERI through CNC has a total membership of more than 1500 members globally including 35 cities from across South Asia, majorly from India.www.citiesnetworkcampaign.org



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Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)

The Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is designed to support decision makers in delivering ‘climate compatible development’ (CCD) in government, the private and non-governmental sectors at national, regional and global levels by combining research, advisory services and knowledge-sharing in support of locally owned and managed policy processes. CDKN is a North–South alliance that brings together a wide range of expertise and experience: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) in London, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (London), LEAD Pakistan (Islamabad), FundaciónFuturoLatinoamericano (FFLA) (Quito), and SouthSouthNorth (SSN) (Cape Town). The CDKN team includes climate scientists, researchers, economists, consultants and project managers, along with specialists in communication, networking and partnership building.www.cdkn.org

UNHABITAT

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) is the United Nations agency for Human Settlements mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable communities, towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. UN-HABITAT is responsible for promoting and consolidating collaboration with all partners, including local authorities and private and non-governmental organizations in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and the Millennium Development Goals of significantly improving the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by the year 2020. UN-HABITAT under its Water for Asian Cities Programme is implementing various Pro-poor initiatives in several states of India. The focus of activities has been on poverty mapping and promoting environmental sanitation with community participation in urban areas, developing city sanitation plans, citizen report cards on WATSAN issues, strategies and action plan for water demand management and gender mainstreaming and pilot demonstrations of quick-win projects on water and sanitation, capacity building, promotion of Human Values-based Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Education etc.For more information about UN-HABITAT, please refer www.unhabitat.org


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IUDI

Institute of Urban Designers - India (IUDI) is a national level association of urban design professionals, academicians and practitioners. As the only formal association of urban designers in India, IUDI was registered on June 1, 2007 as a national body with its headquarters in New Delhi. With seven centers and more than 250 professional members today, the institute contributes creatively and wholesomely to issues of the built environment of towns and cities across all corners of the country. Amidst the present scenario of unprecedented growth and change at all levels of urban settlements, especially in our part of the world, the need for increased networking and dialogue between the participants of such change becomes imperative. The emerging directions of change and developmental choices being witnessed all around us today raise immense challenges and possibilities towards a dynamic and contributory role of the urban design profession within different societal conditions. In this scenario, IUDI seeks to offer an inclusive, engaging and pro-active platform to all members of the profession and allied partners for generative discourses and action on the past, present and future of our urban environments.

RCUES

In the year 1968, the erstwhile Ministry of Health, Family Planning and Urban Development and (now known as Ministry of Urban Development), Government of India established the Regional Centre for Urban & Environmental Studies (RCUES) at AIILSG, Mumbai to undertake urban policy research, technical advisory services, and building work capabilities of senior and middle level municipal officials, and elected members from the States of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and UT’s of Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli in western region and Assam and Tripura States in North East Region. The RCUES is fully supported by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India has formed National Review and Monitoring Committee for RCUES under the chairmanship of the Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. The Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department of Government of Maharashtra is the ex-officio Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the RCUES, Mumbai, which is constituted by Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.



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NACO

National AIDS Control Organisation is a division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that provides leadership to HIV/AIDS control programme in India through 35 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Societies.In 1986, following the detection of the first AIDS case in the country, the National AIDS Committee was constituted in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.As the epidemic spread, need was felt for a nationwide programme and an organisation to steer the programme. In 1992 India’s first National AIDS Control Programme (1992-1999) was launched, and National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) was constituted to implement the programme.

SWACH BHARAT ABHIYAN

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Hindi:, English: Clean India Mission) is a national campaign by the Government of India, covering 4041 statutory towns, to clean the streets, roads

and infrastructure of the country. This campaign was officially launched on 2 October 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself cleaned the road. It is India’s biggest ever cleanliness drive and 3 million government employees and school and college students of India participated in this event.[4][5] The mission was started by Prime Minister Modi, who nominated nine famous personalities for the campaign, and they took up the challenge and nominated nine more people and so on (like the branching of a tree). It has been carried forward since then with people from all walks of life joining it.The components of the programme as listed in the SBM guidelines are: a) Construction of individual sanitary latrines for households below the poverty line with subsidy (80%) where demand exists. b) Conversion of dry latrines into low-cost sanitary latrines. c) Construction of exclusive village sanitary complexes for women providing facilities for hand pumping, bathing, sanitation and washing on a selective basis where there is not adequate land or space within houses and where village panchayats are willing to maintain the facilities. d) Setting up of sanitary marts. e) Total sanitation of villages through the construction of drains, soakage pits, solid and liquid waste disposal. f) Intensive campaign for awareness generation and health education to create a felt need for personal, household and environmental sanitation facilities.


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Civic Mediaworks

The Civic Media Works is a 360 degree media player that aspires to outline the social sector as a whole, including areas like the rural development, agriculture and dairy among others.It offers the urban sector an umbrella of magazines that centres around and gives a fresh approach on issues pertaining to urban governance, civic infrastructure, environment, water and sanitation, technological advancements, finance, private equity along with venture capital.Being the only contractual publishing company in the country which focuses on the social sector, the company’s objective is to update and give a comprehensive approach on the societal woes which is often not highlighted by the mainstream media.

Urban Update

The monthly magazine mirrors urban life. It aspires to play a special role — that of a primary, indispensable link among stakeholders directly or indirectly connected to Urban Development, a wellspring of writing and imagery that nurtures community and reinforces magazine’s vision of evangelizing Urban Infrastructure, Governance, Culture and Sustainability. In pursuit of that mission, the magazine offers these features:Accurate, fair and consistent reporting on issues of concern that will help the readers take informed decisions;Highlighting the accomplishments, challenges and experiences of cities to inspire others to stay involved in their communities;Promoting global understanding of city management, and thereby promoting community wisdom; exercising the highest journalistic, design and ethical standards to produce a publication that is not only informative and interesting, but also a trustworthy medium to share thoughts and engage with peers in the domain.



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