Vision invites students to envision ahead of time and create disruptive business models that can Identify specific, smart, technologically rich ideas that will empower citizens to not only co-create the new cities, transform the existing ones but also demand better governance, reliable and high-quality public utilities and services and Recommend a robust and practical methodology to establish an ecosystem that will become the breeding ground for developing innovative and integrated system not only for India but also for export to the outside world . Cities are engines of economic growth, and it is anticipated that 40% of Indias population will live in cities by 2030. Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and Retrofitting program by the Indian Government with a vision of developing 100 Smart Cities as satellite towns of larger cities and by modernizing the existing mid-sized cities. According to a report from India's Ministry of Urban Development, currently 31 percent of the country's population is living in urban areas and contributes 60 percent of Indias GDP. Thus, smart cities are needed to strengthen the Indian economy by reducing expenses and increasing efficiency. New Business models are required in development of Smart cities and to solve current issues that are effecting the growth of City. What is a Smart City? Smartness in a city means different things to different people. It could be smart design, smart utilities, smart housing, smart mobility, smart technology, etc. Thus it is rather difficult to give a definition of a smart city. However, people migrate to cities primarily in search of employment and economic activities beside better quality of life. Therefore, a smart city for its sustainable needs to offer economic Environment & Social Sustainability activities and employment opportunities to a wide section of its residents, regardless of their level of education , skills or income levels Smart City needs to identify its comparative or unique advantage and core competence in specific areas of economic activities and promote such activities aggressively, by developing the required institutional, physical, social and economic infrastructures for it and attracting investors and professionals to take up such activities. It also needs to support the required skill development for such activities in a big way. This would help a Smart City in developing the required environment for the creation of economic activities and employment opportunities. Apart from employment, it is also important for a Smart City to offer decent living options to every resident. This would mean that it will have to provide a very high quality of life (comparable with any developed City).
Current Challenges in development Of Smart
Cities Smart skill development Skills development is the process of identifying your skill gaps, and developing and honing these skills. It is important because your skills determine your ability to execute your plans with success. Skill development is one of the essential ingredients for India's future economic growth as the country transforms into a diversified and internationally- competitive economy. Skill development is going to be the defining element in India's growth story. The government of India has launched Skill India campaign with an aim to train 400 million people in different skills by 2022 it include various initiatives like National skill development mission, National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yogna (PMKVY). Skill development scheme is getting a good response not only in India but there are some many foreign countries and multinational brands working in this skill development scheme.
Smart IT and Communications
India's share of the global IT industry at 7 percent is largely owing to exports. India, the fourth largest base for young businesses in the world, with 3,000 tech start-ups, is estimated to be 11,500 by 2020. The government of India targets Internet of things (IOT) industry at US$ 15 billion by 2020. IoT offerings are transforming cities by improving infrastructure, creating more efficient and cost-effective municipal services, enhancing public transportation, reducing traffic congestion, and keeping citizens safe and more engaged in the community. There are some major challenges in India is the Internet connectivity. With a varying availability of connection across the nation, IoT may not be recognized equally in urban and rural areas which can hinder the growth of the digital nation. While IoT brings about new opportunities; at the same time, it adds multiple layers of complexity. Such a new environment of devices will add a new dimension for policy makers in emerging economies who will need to chalk out a new blueprint for IoT related regulatory concerns. The future lies in interconnected devices but how we manage them will decide how our Digital future is shaped. There are so many successful initiatives are using the Internet of Things (IoT) to give solutions to our so many problems. Some of the successful initiatives are CarIQ Technologies, RHL Vision Technologies , Swachh Bharat Clean India mobile app, IPaidABribe.com and Safecity India etc.
Smart Buildings A smart building can be define as a facility that utilizes advanced automation and integration to measure, monitor, control, and optimize operations and maintenance India is expected to emerge as the worlds 3rd largest construction market by 2020 by adding 11.5 million homes every year. Honeywell Survey states that 2,000 buildings in India need to invest more in Smart Building Technologies. The objectives of building smart structures are improved occupant comfort, efficient operation of building systems. Implementing smart building solutions can make facilities more connected and adaptive, reduce energy and operating costs, and improve the safety and quality of life for occupants and users.
Smart Health Infrastructure
India is at the crossroads of an exciting and challenging period in its history. Making health care affordable and accessible for all its citizens is one of the key focus areas of the country today. While on the one hand, India urban area lacks strong healthcare infrastructure, on the other hand, the country has several inherent weaknesses in its health care system. The health care delivery segment is dominated by the private sector in India with 70% of the total delivery market in India catered to by the private sector. However, most of the organized private infrastructure is confined to the state capitals or Tier I cities. Very few have made inroads in Tier II and Tier III cities. This presents the country with both a challenge and opportunity to not only increase the penetration of quality health services but also be the growth driver in this region. Service delivery through telemedicine, high-end tertiary care, community insurance schemes are some new opportunities where the private sector will need to participate. Therefore, the need of the hour is to develop a new and smart business model with the help of your innovative ideas and new improved healthcare appliances to solve Healthcare issues and challenges in current under developing smart cities.
Smart Transportation Systems
Ease of being able to move from one place to another is at the core of a Smart City. Smart transportation system is advanced applications which, without embodying intelligence as such, aim to provide innovative services relating to different modes of transport and traffic management and enable various users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of transport networks. Our cities are faced with rapid motorization. This has led to severe congestion, deteriorating air quality, increasing the incidence of road accidents and a rapidly increasing energy bill. Walking and cycling have been rendered unsafe due to poor infrastructure and public transport has been inadequate. So far, urban transport planning has emphasized providing for the personal motor vehicle. Public transport systems have been planned in isolation with the result that a well-integrated multi-modal system has not come up. This has resulted in high-cost facilities not giving the outcomes that were sought. Indian transportation system has the lack of quality and safe public transportation, inadequate capacity of public transportation, road safety concerns, overcrowded road network, poor traffic management, parking issues, theft, poor road conditions, lack of modal options (including pedestrian walkways) remain the key issues in most of the cities. Most cities also lack the integrated transportation plans leading to the huge demand-supply gap and poor transportation network. For transport operators, huge demand-supply gap, under recovery and poor asset management remain the key issues. As the cities of India are developing and transforming their structure in new and smart structure. The new and better transportation systems are needed to make this growth more sustainable.
Smart tourism The Indian tourism and hospitality industry has emerged as one of the key drivers of growth in the services sector in India. The third-largest sub- segment of the services sector comprising trade, repair services, hotels and restaurants contributed nearly US$ 187.9 billion or 12.5 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014-15 while growing the fastest at 11.7 percent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) over the period 2011-12 to 2014-15. Tourism in India has significant potential considering the rich cultural and historical heritage, variety in ecology, terrains and places of natural beauty spread across the country. Tourism is also a potentially large employment generator besides being a significant source of foreign exchange for the country. The industry is expected to generate 13.45 million jobs! Across sub- segments such as Restaurants (10.49 million jobs), Hotels (2.3 million jobs) and Travel Agents/Tour Operators (0.66 million). The Ministry of Tourism plans to help the industry meet the increasing demand of skilled and trained manpower by providing hospitality education to students as well as certifying and upgrading skills of existing service providers. Tourism industry needs more better and innovative ideas that will give every tourist an experience of life time.
Event Structure: Participants have to select any one or more of the above mentioned challenges and come up with a unique Entrepreneurial Idea to solve them.
Round 1: Registration and One Pager Submission
Registration Procedure: The participants have to register on the official
website: Technex website-Pahal-Vision-Register.
Participate need to submit one pager report of their business model within a stipulated Deadline on the basis of this pager evaluation. Participants will be shortlisted for the second round.
The One Pager report should be emailed to <email> with the subject Pahal: Aagaz: Abstract: Team Id (For example Pahal: Aagaz: OnePager: 1234). The abstract must be submitted in .pdf format only. Teams must follow the following details for the submission:
The format of One Pager:
Project Description Format (Not more than 1 page) Company Name: (Calibri, Font 10, Left, Bold) Product Name: (Calibri, Font 10, Left, Bold) Applicant/s Name: (Calibri, Font 10, Left, Bold)
1. Description of your Project or Business (Calibri, Font 11, Left, Bold)
Short description of your Business or project (Calibri, Font 10, justify)
2. Technology Involved/ Needed (Calibri, Font 11, Left, and Bold)
Please describe about technology using diagrams or any other means. (Calibri, Font 10, justify)
3. Company Financials (Calibri, Font 11, Left, Bold)
About revenue and your business model (Calibri, Font 10, and justify)
4. Innovative Components (Calibri, Font 11, Left, Bold)
How is your idea innovative? In what way is it new and different from other similar ideas? If it is a wellknown effective practice that you are newly adapting in your business, explain how your adaptation will be distinctive. (Calibri, Font 10, justify)
Round 2: The second round will be conducted at IIT-BHU at Technex17. The shortlisted participants will present their business models before the panel of judges.
General Rules 1. Each team may have a maximum of four members. 2. The last modified abstract as on .......... 2017 at 11:59 pm will be considered as final. 3. Multiple teams from same colleges are allowed. 4. Team comprising members from different colleges are not allowed. 5. The Teams must strictly follow all the deadlines failing to which will lead to their disqualification. 6. The event will be conducted in two rounds. 7. Your solutions and Ideas must be in the form of a business model. It should include marketing strategies and proper market survey in support of your business model. Terms and Conditions for Participation 1. The decision of the judges shall be final and binding. All participants have to abide by the decision of the judges. No interim or later communication about the decision or its veracity shall be entertained and shall be viewed seriously. 2. Violation of any rules may result in disqualification of the team. 3. Technex holds all the right to change the dates for the submission and the participants will be informed about the same by E-mail. 4. All mode of official communication will be through e-mail.
