24 May 2024|Gwalior | Amity University Madhya Pradesh
Centre of Excellence – Gwalior as a Smart City ‘Ek Swapn: The Smart Gwalior’ Presentation Competition
On 24th May 2024, Centre of Excellence: Gwalior as a Smart City, Amity University Madhya Pradesh organized a presentation competition named ‘Ek Swapna: The Smart Gwalior,’ at Seminar Hall, D-Block.
As the concept of "Smart Cities" focuses on improving the quality of life for their residents through innovative solutions, candidates participating in the competition were required to make creative presentations on any ‘smart city’ located in India. They highlighted the major systems and procedures unique to that city that make it smarter. They were also required to compare the current standing of Gwalior with respect to their chosen city and suggest various practices that Gwalior can adopt from it. Finally, they presented their findings during the competition.
This initiative was successfully conducted under the guidance of Honourable Officiating VC Prof. (Dr.) Anil Vashisht.
Prof. Vashisht gave his opening remarks and encouraged participants to explore and analyse the sustainable practices of different Indian smart cities and how they can be implemented here in Gwalior. He also emphasised on to the importance of conduct and behavioural aspect of citizens of any city, which comes before technology adoption and other such things.
The event was judged by Dr. Rajeev Dwivedi, Associate Dean of Student Welfare, Amity University Madhya Pradesh and Dr. Vivek Gupta, Assistant Professor, Amity Business School.
11 teams from different institutes participated and presented the theme-based presentation. They showcased the best practices of cities like Navi Mumbai, Surat, Ahmedabad, Indore, Pune, Coimbatore, Chennai etc.
Objective of the Competition:
The competition aimed to crowdsource ideas and empower students to contribute to a more sustainable and efficient future for Gwalior.
Outcome of the Activity:
Almost 80-90 students of different institutes of AUMP attended the program and became aware and familiar with sound practices required to make a city smart and then sustaining the same.
Benefits of adoption of these practices were also highlighted during the event and participants also became aware of the expected conduct of citizens to sustain the smart city concept.
Faculty Coordinators:
- Prof. (Dr.) Deepika Singh Tomar
- Prof. (Dr.) Kuldeep Singh
- Dr. Sandeep Raghuwanshi
- Dr. Pranshuman Parashar
- Ar. Manish Kumar Chitranshi
- Ar. Aditya Bhattacharya
Winners of the Competition:
· 1st Place (Coimbatore): Smita Srivastava and Yuvraj Singh Kushwah, B. Arch
· 2nd Place (Kota): Muskan Gurjar, Ansh Chauhan, and Archita Dubey, BA Hons (Political Science)
· 3rd Place (Pune): Aanchal Rajawat, Misthi Tomar, and Wahida Rahman, BA Hons (Political Science)