Having emerged as a significant city exemplifying Techdriven India’s incredible and wholesome growth story before the world at large, Pune is consistently producing a huge brigade of highly talented youth. Unsurprisingly, almost all top it firms have their presence here, making it the second biggest software hub in the country.
A glance at Pune’s overall development and immeasurable growth opportunities shows, it couldn’t have been possible without well-coordinated planning and consistent efforts of civic authorities over the years.
The city’s recent selection among the Smart Cities Mission, a favourite dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has added the much needed gumption and motivation for expediting and streamlining the government as well as private agencies’ efforts to ensure wholesome development.
Also described as “Oxford of the East”, Pune today boasts of 811 colleges and over more than 30% graduate workforce triggering an IT revolution in the city.
In this light, Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited (PSCDCL) has been formed as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). It intends to execute Smart City projects envisaged and conceptualised in the Smart City plan.
Being led by the Chairman, Dr Nitin Karir, IAS, Principal Secretary (UDI), Government of Maharashtra, the PSCDCL’s Board is supported by key employees consisting of CEO, Company Secretary, Chief Knowledge Officer and Chief Financial Officer. These officials play an instrumental role in conceptualising and driving the implementation of the Smart City plan, supported by their general consultants, including working on approaches to bridge the funding gap.
Pune’s Smart City Dream
Even though one’s definition of a Smart City in India may be at variance with the definition of the same term in context of a European city, a Smart City is expected to offer an easy access to public services and improve the livability of its citizens by various technology and infrastructure led interventions.
Pune’s Odyssey as Smart City
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