To ponder Smart City projects progress in Chandigarh, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd had organised its 34th Smart City Summit recently. The summit was inaugurated by VP Badnore, Administrator, Chandigarh UT and Governor, Punjab.
It was a joint effort by Chandigarh Municipal Corporation and Chandigarh Smart City Limited in association with Elets.
The summit saw participation from policymakers from across the country. From the Chandigarh administration, Kamal Kishor Yadav, , Municipal Corporation Chandigarh; Davesh Moudgil, Mayor; Arjun Singh, Director, Information Technology; NP Sharma, General Manager, Chandigarh Smart Cities Limited; Yashjeet Gupta, General Manager, Chandigarh Transport Undertaking, Chandigarh Administration and many more shared their vision about various Smart City projects.
The summit saw participation from across the country as well. Sanyam Aggarwal, CEO Ludhiana Smart City Limited; Amneet P Kumar, Secretary (Health) & Mission Director (NHM), Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Haryana; Uday Shankar, Director- Technical, RajComp Info Services Ltd, Government of Rajasthan; Lalit Jain, Deputy Commissioner, Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh; Col P Kumar, Leader PMC, JSCL, Jalandhar Rajesh Jogpal, Commissioner, Panchkula, Haryana; SH Naregal, Special Officer – Smart City Mission, Hubbali Dharward, Karnataka and many such policymakers deliberated on various aspects of Smart Cities Mission.
Oriental Bank of Commerce participated in the Summit as a banking partner. In fact, a throng was seen at their stall in the expo area where they were showcasing their digital banking solutions.
From the industry, Subrata Das, Senior Director – Public Services & Digital Leadership, SAP India; Aman Thareja, Director Sales – Public Sector , Symantec; Santhosh Mazumdar, Head of Business Development and Government Affairs/ Prasun Talukdar, Director – Key
Verticals & Strategic Projects, Johnson Controls; Dr Lovneesh Chanana, Vice President ( Digital Government), SAP India;Amit Jalali, Regional Head – North ABM Knowledgeware
Mohit Makol, Head Systems Engineering – India & SAARC, Symantec; Sanjay Tarat, Asset Head, Indian Oil-Adani Gas Yusuf Siddiqui , Head of Sales India & South Asia , Sekisui Singapore Pvt. Ltd.; Pankaj Agrawal, CEO, Hexi (Hero Youon) have also participated.