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Opportunities & Challenges Er. A. G. Hareendralal, IEEE, LMAG Er. K. R. Venugopal, former senior
Chair, welcomed the participants. Shri.
K. Jayakumar IAS (Rtd), Director, Manager Dubai Electricity and Water
Authority talked about the role of
Institute of Management in Government, Sensors, IOT & 5G for the success of
inaugurated the seminar. Smt. Sarada smart cities. Er. Koruthu. P. Varghese,
Jayakrishnan, Vice Chair IEEE Kerala former Bio-Medical Engineer Scientist,
Section gave the felicitation. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for
The global scenario of smart cities Medical Sciences and Technology
was presented by Er. A. Suhair, presented about the health care in
former Electricity Planning Manager, smart cities. Shri. Amal. S., Principal
Dubai Aviation City Corporation. Data Engineer Power Electronics Group,
driven cities and Big Data Analysis CDAC talked about the mobility
was reviewed by Shri. Amarnath Raja, (transportation facilities) in smart cities.
Executive Chairman at IN App. He His presention covered the sensors,
detailed the necessity of data collection electric vehicles, hitec roads, software.
and data review. College students, academicians and
policy makers attended the seminar.
Prof. V. K. Damodaran, Chairman,
Centre for Environment & Development
and Presidant VMFT, presented a paper
on Waste Management in Smart Cities.
He explained the latest technology
models related to the subject. Also
pointed out the difficulty in obtaining
grants for researches and projects for
the waste management.
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