archiveSeptember 2015

WITH the central government pushing Pimpri-Chinchwad out of the smart city plan, the Pawar family has accused the Devendra Fadnavis government of “deliberately” playing political games to undermine their status in a city “which has put all other cities in Maharashta into a shade”. The Pawars are planning to take up the issue with the Prime Minister. And so are the Shiv Sena MPs.Leading the attack, former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday told this paper that the state government had gone all-out to keep Pimpri-Chinchwad, their fiefdom, out...

OMNETRIC Group is one of five teams to receive funding from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) as part of their Integrated Network Testbed for Energy Grid Research and Technology Experimentation (INTEGRATE) project. OMNETRIC Group, a joint venture between Siemens and Accenture, is focused on further developing and implementing a solution that allows intelligent grid components to interoperate and distribute control strategies closer to the edge of the grid. "The INTEGRATE project aims to ensure the provision of grid services in a holistic manner using an open platform,"...

India’s urban population is estimated to grow to thrice its current size by the year 2031. This calls for vastly improved infrastructure and provision of essential services to citizens as well as businesses. Significant opportunities await the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, which, more than any other, is capable of addressing the myriad challenges faced by Indian cities in matters of physical and social infrastructure, environmental considerations and governance.NASSCOM estimates that the total ICT spending for smart cities could amount to 10-15 percent of total budget. This translates to...