~ Enters next phase where 25 more Smart Cities to come under IUDX umbrella by 2023 ~
New Delhi/Bangalore, November 2, 2021 – The India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX), an open-source data exchange platform for Indian Smart Cities, today announced that it has successfully deployed operational data exchanges in 10 Indian cities and is now entering its next phase where the platform is poised to be the core digital infrastructure of 25 more smart cities. Over the next two years, IUDX will not just deploy the platform, but also work on implementing use cases in the cities to help them become future ready, and support them in sustainable development and creating infrastructure that would improve the quality of life of citizens.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) through Smart Cities Mission (SCM) has sanctioned INR 29 crores to support the ambitious goals of the program for the financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23. In the initial phase i.e., fiscal year 2020-21, the platform was first deployed in three pioneer smart cities – Pune, Surat, and Varanasi and then in seven more cities, namely Agartala, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Bhopal, Faridabad, and Vadodara. These cities are also deploying various use cases that will help improve the public infrastructure and facilities in the city.
Commenting on the funding, Mr Kunal Kumar, Mission Director, Smart Cities Mission, said, “IUDX has come a long way in helping redefine sustainable and inclusive development in our smart cities. The possibilities created by IUDX are immense and it will play a crucial role in promoting open innovation; co-creation and eliminating siloed approach in the cities.”
“IUDX has grown steadily since the time it was conceptualised. Our vision is to help make Indian cities robust and sustainable, improving the ease of living of its citizens, as well as making the operation of the city more efficient,” said Dr. Inder Gopal, CEO, IUDX Program and Research Professor at IISc.
IUDX is a state-of-the-art, open-source software platform that utilizes the power of data to address the complex problems faced by urban India. Conceived and executed through a unique partnership between government, academia and industry, the program is anchored under the SCM of the MoHUA and is implemented & supported by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Further, NITI Aayog and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology are partners in this visionary initiative and have prominent positions on IUDX’s Board of Advisors.
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Shri S S Rajasekhar | Head Applications at Regional Remote Sensing Centres, NRSC / ISRO. |
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Shri Pankaj Mishra | Deputy Surveyor General, NIGST, SOI, Hyderabad |
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Shri Sanjeev Jha | Lead Architect – Government, AWS |
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Shri Sumit Sen | Chief Executive of the GISE Hub at IIT Bombay |
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Shri Prateep Basu | Co-Founder and CEO, SatSure |
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Prof PP Majumdar | Professor. Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bengaluru |
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Dr Abhay Sharma | CTO, IUDX |
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Ms Ramadevi Lanka | Director, Emerging Technologies, ITE&C Department, Govt.of Telangana |
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Shri Naveen Kumar V | Founder of NaPanta®| Serial Entrepreneur | Digital Expert in Agri Ecosystem | REX Karmaveer Global Fellow | SLPian | tagged as Social Business Torch Bearer for India |
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Shri Timmana Gouda | Founder CEO, WhatsLoan |
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Shri Vineet Singh | Building impactful products at Digital Green |
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Shri Nipun Mehrotra (moderator) | Co-Founder & CEO, The Agri Collaboratory, Co-creating Digital Public Goods for Agriculture – in Open Source with the Ecosystem & Government |
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Shri Mathew Chacko | Partner, Spice Route Legal |
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Shri Parminder Jeet Singh | Independent Digital Researcher |
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Ms Saranya Gopinath | Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy at Razorpay |
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Ms Ramadevi Lanka | Director, Emerging Technologies, ITE&C Department, Govt.of Telangana |
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Shri Amlan Mohanty | Independent Technology Lawyer & Policy Advisor |
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Shri Rahul Matthan | Partner, Trilegal |
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Ms Anjula Gurtoo (Moderator) | Professor – Department of Management Studies Chairperson – Centre for Society and Policy Indian Institute of Science |
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Shri Narayan Mishra | CTO & Co-Founder at TUMMOC |
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Shri Anucheth, M N | Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Bengaluru City |
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Dr Sanjay Kolte | CEO, Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited |
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Shri Rajesh Krishnan | Chief Executive Officer, ITS Planners and Engineers Private Limited |
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Shri Munish Moudgil | Special Commissioner (Revenue) BBMP |
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Shri Suresh Kumar (moderator) | VP & Head – Platform Deployments & Applications, IUDX |