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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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