In this podcast, VSR, Chair, Smart Cities WG, IET Future Tech Panel; Chairman & MD, BT&BT shares insights on how authorities and city administrations can add a digital layer on conventional cities to enable sustainable urban development. 

Tune into the podcast to learn how digitalisation can enable creation of green and brown living spaces in cities, towns and villages. 

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In this podcast our expert panel talks about how technologies like IoT, AR, VR, ML and block chain are changing the landscape of Indian cities, towns and villages. They also discuss the potential of these technologies to improve the healthcare, education, environment and biodiversity related aspects in the cities, towns and in the era of Industry 4.0 and Digitalisation.

Speakes include:

- Sunil David, Regional Director - IoT (India & ASEAN region), AT&T

- JVS Ramakrishna, Head- Solution Delivery and Platform Development, L&T

- Amrita Chowdhury, Director, Gaia Smart cities

- VSR, Chair, Smart Cities Working Group, IET Future Tech Panel; Chairman, Managing Director & Chief Digital Consultant, BT & BT

Key takeaways from the podcast:

-In the education system, teacher and student connectivity is extremely important. Teachers cannot be replaced by robots. Education is about holistic development of students which is possible through a personal connect.

-Robots might not take over and replace teachers but it will definitely enable knowledge grasping, help in monitoring students, tracking the attention span of students, changing course content etc and in turn helping teacher deliver better.

-Technology is going to improve and create opportunities in healthcare, education and environment. It is giving life to things today. People to people, people to things, things to things are being able to connect better.

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In this podcast, Rakhee Chachra, VP Mergers & Acquisitions- Integration, Genpact and Bhushan Gaonkar, Senior Manager, Information Services Group discuss how smart connectivity and smart living infrastructure have changed in the current scenario in the midst of the pandemic. They discuss the power of a robust connectivity backbone in driving the country's digital economy. Both also commend the role telco operators have played in the last 3 months to ensure seamless connectivity to manage the additional spike and data consumption in residential settings of the country.

Tune into the podcast to learn how technology can drive seamless connectivity to make cities and homes smarter, efficient and safe.

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In this podcast, Ali Hosseini, Founder & CEO of SenRa, a PAN India LoRaWAN network operator breaks down the concept of hyperconnectivity and throws light on the key areas that smart cities should focus on for successful implementation of hyperconnected city initiatives. He further explains how hyperconnected smart cities are different from the 'smart cities' and the advantages and challenges that cities might face while striving for hyperconnectivity.

Tune into the podcast to learn how connectivity and technology is re-shaping the cities that we know today and enabling them to be smarter, efficient and green.

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In this podcast, Ganesh Shankar, Founder and CEO of FluxGen Technologies gives an overview of the current water situation in India. He further explains the concept of smart meters and their application in enabling responsible consumption of water in towns and cities. He then highlights the role technologies like IoT and AI can play to build efficient and smart blue cities in India. 

Tune into the podcast to learn best practices and engineering solutions to consumer water more efficiently, smartly and consciously.

In this episode, VSR breaks down the concept of #DigitalTwins and shares his views on how this exponential technology can help in effective and efficient city management,

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