The Hindu Business Line : Young minds to design future cities

The Centre, the Ministry of Science and Technology and Bentley Systems Inc, on Friday launched a forward-looking design competition for college and high school students called `Future Cities India 2020'.

The programme, a partnership between the Government, universities and the business community encourages students to use their design skills, along with Bentley's software to help prepare India's cities for 2020.

"India has earned a reputation for developing a highly-skilled workforce to support its technical outsourcing industry. It is now time for us to direct our many talents inward and address projects at home that will help secure India's future. The Future Cities India 2020 programme will engage some of India's finest young minds in designing world-class infrastructure for economic growth and improved quality of life in our cities," said Mr Kapil Sibal, Minister for Science, Technology and Ocean Development in a release here.

"What makes this programme so special is that it gets everyone in the Indian community involved, working together to prepare for India's future infrastructure needs. Project ideas will come from not only the Ministry of Science and Technology, but also local businesses and the general public. Students will select the best of these and create real-world infrastructure designs that address real-world challenges," said Mr Bhupinder Singh, Managing Director, Bentley South Asia.

It is estimated that by 2020, India's cities will be home to 75 per cent of its citizens and a relatively small number of mega cities will absorb the bulk of this population boom.

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