The day long conference started with the welcome address by Mr. L Krishnan, Chairman CII Karnataka State Council. The irony of rapid urbanization according to him was that we expect different results with identical actions. The vehicles to people ratio has increased rapidly which is holding the environment to ransom. Some disturbing news does make us sit up and think.
- Hyderabad has no ground water
- Solid waste segregation at source is not happening
- Entry level employees dream of owning apartment
- Serious Power shortage
In short the economic boom creates its own challenges.
Picture 1 Lalith Ashok Conference Hall
For the inaugural session, the following were on the dais.
1. Mr. Anil Menon President Globalization and Smart connected communities
2. Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan. President Designate, CII & Executive Co Chairman Infosys Ltd.
3. Mr. CS Kedar IAS Chairman KUIDFC
4. K Ramesh
Many challenges at big scale are.
- Tweets a billion a week
- Video based social media
- Power consumption by the social media
- Telemedicine
- Both People and machines on the net
- Automation of cars and machines
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thanks PSA sir for attending and sharing your report. But seems like you have not published your full notes - only part of it!?
Inaugural Session
L Krishnan, Chairman CII, Karnataka State council
Mr. Anil Menon, President, Globalization & smart+connected communities CISCO systems.
Mr. Kris Gopalkrishnan President Designate, CII & Executive Co Chairman Infosys Ltd.
Mr. CS Kedar, IAS Chairman KUIDFC
Session 1 Bangalore’s Urban Growth – Trends, Patterns and Future
Chairman Dr. A. Ravindra, IAS(Rtd), Advisor to Honrable CM Karnataka
Dr. Ashwin Mahesh, Center for public Policy, IIM Bangalore
Session 1 Continued
Mr. Angshik Chaudhuri, Director Operations & Chief of Staff, Smart+Connected Communities, CISCO Systems
KS Girish, Local Director, Strategic consulting Jones Lang Lasalle
Session 1 Panel Discussions
Chairman : Dr. Chandrashekar Hariharan
Panelists
Mr. Raj Cherubal, Director projects, Chennai City Connect
Mr. S Vishvanath, Advisor, Argham
Mr. Anand Jalakam, COO, Jalakam Solutions Pvt Ltd
Ms Kalpana Kar, Evangelist, Solid Waste Management
Session 2 Infrastructure, Waste Water, Waste / Sewage Management
1 - Mr. Harish Gupta IAS, Managing Director, KUIDFC
Could not attend
2- Mr. Makoto Takano, Head, Procurement, Hitachi Zosen India Pvt Ltd
3 - Mr. Sandeep Pawar, General Manager, JFE Engineeri9ng India Pvt Ltd, 405, A Wing, 215 Atrium, Andheri - Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400093, Maharashtra, INDIA. TEL :+ 91-22-6692-2224FAX :+ 91-22-6692-2225
4 - Mr. Anand Krishnamurthy, Sr Marketing Manager, GE Water and Process Technologies
Could not attend
5 - Mr. Damandeep Singh, Director, CDP India
6 – Mr. Lalit chugh, Innovative Financing structures in Urban Infra structure
7 - Sumeet Shukla Coordinator of Karnataka Urban Sector services. Click
Dr. Ashish Verma Expert Urban Transport. Click