VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   IBM has announced Pune and Ahmedabad as the only cities in India to be awarded with IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Grant for 2012. This grant provides the city with access to IBM's top experts to analyze and recommend ways that will enable Pune and Ahmedabad to become even better places to live and work. The IBM Smarter Cities Challenge is a competitive grant program in which IBM is awarding a total of $50 million worth of technology and services to 100 municipalities worldwide through 2013. In general, teams of specially selected IBM experts will provide city leaders with analysis and recommendations to support successful growth, better delivery of municipal services, more citizen engagement, and improved efficiency. Anup Yadava, IAS, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation said, “This is a great initiative from a global technology leader to focus on Indian cities and citizens. The Pune Municipal Corpor...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has announced four community projects for the city of Indore as a part of the Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program. The projects are said to be implemented in partnership with Concept Society, India@75, Government of Madhya Pradesh, and the Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC). A team comprising of 12 IBMers from nine different countries (Japan, Canada, Chile, Brazil, USA, Australia, Mexico, Germany and Argentina) will work on these projects for a period of six months including one month on location. The projects will focus on developing sustainable solutions for Indore. The team will also work with the Government of Madhya Pradesh in efficient tracking and monitoring of the various programs under the Labour Department. For India@75, the IBM-CSC team will create a viable plan for community organizations to use to improve the management of water resources in the city. For Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC), the IBM-CSC team will present ...