Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project of country’s first integrated smart city - Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) has received the Cisco Technology Award for building India’s first Smart City with best-in-class sustainability features and technologies.

 

The award - “Smart City of the Future’ recognises stand-out organisational contributions in driving change through technology.

 

First of its kind awards, Cisco Technology Awards are aimed at recognising and commending the organisations that have harnessed the potential of Internet of Things (IoT) or Internet of Everything (IoE) to transform the business and lives of people in India.

 

The award was conferred to GIFT City’s MD and group CEO Ramakant Jha at a ceremony organised in Mumbai on July 30, 2014 in the presence of Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, State Bank of India.

 

“We are pleased to receive this award from the company which has brought revolution in IoT. This award recognises our efforts in achieving the vision of GIFT City laid down by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India i.e. “to tie up with technology, to create a hub complete with infrastructure, to meet the needs of modern India and to create a space in the global financial world,” Jha said in a statement here.

 

GIFT City is being developed as an integrated smart city, which is helping India in creating technology based Global Hub for financial services by keeping in mind ‘Walk to Work’ concept and improving the lifestyle of those involved through technology.

 

Unique infrastructure facilities of entire GIFT City like District Cooling System (DCS), Automated Waste Management System (AWMS), Water Management System, Power Infrastructure, City’s safety, security and surveillance, and Traffic management are all managed and monitored through a single platform called “City Command and Control centre (C-4)”.

 

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