This award is for the CEO of Smart City SPVs who have contributed to the Smart City domain in a significant manner.

This award category recognizes projects, services, and solutions made in the health sector. Companies, associations, individuals are requested to share:

• Details of the project: Number of projects assigned, location, size, timeline, the investment involved, planning, implementation, etc.
• Impact: Target Vs achieved, progress, etc.
• Services offered: Affordable healthcare services & delivery, developing vaccines/medicines, the introduction of advanced medical treatments, etc.
• Technology infrastructure: Introducing e-Health/ m-Health & other innovative technologies
• Training & skilling: Building infrastructure & programs for health workers/staff, etc.

This category recognizes the projects, services, and solutions undertaken by Startups in transforming and promoting sustainable development in urban/rural areas, using innovative technology for building equitable, safe, healthy, and collaborative cities, thus enhancing the quality of life while improving business processes, delivery of public services to create and provide a positive impact on society. The parameters include:

• Projects implemented may include but shall not be limited to Health, Mobility, Infrastructure development, Water conservation, Waste management, Decreasing carbon footprints, Green Projects, etc.
• Integrating public safety, IoT-enabled infrastructure, WiFi & Internet connectivity, etc.

ICCCs act as platforms for citizen engagement & serve as a fulcrum for the community-govt interface, a convergence point for operations management, foster inter-department coordination, & improve day-to-day exception handling, disaster management, planning & policy capabilities.

Inviting applications from the ‘Cities’ who have successfully implemented ICCC, to create better situational awareness, enhance the efficiency of urban services and ensure data-driven governance in an inclusive and sustainable manner.

The award focuses on the best smart water and waste management efforts by smart city SPVs/organizations, private companies, associations, etc. The award category aims to recognize projects and initiatives undertaken by companies, individuals and organizations, to build sustainable water projects to conserve water resources, provide safe and clean drinking water, community-owned water projects, etc. The initiatives shall include the following:

• 24x7 water supply
• 100 percent access to water
• Industrial water management: Nil effluent by treatment for re-use
• Providing safe and clean drinking water
• Use of technology and equipment
• Water management and treatment
• Wastewater management: Re-cycling & re-use
• Water harvesting, etc.

This category invites nominations from city municipalities, associations, organizations, companies, PSU’s, etc., to build a clean and green environment. The parameters include the following:

• Details of the project: Number of projects implemented/executed, location, size, timeline, the investment involved, planning, etc.
• Impact: Target Vs achieved, progress, etc.
• Technologies adopted: Clean technologies (e.g., alternates fuels in public transport), reduction in carbon levels or low pollution (air, noise, water, no use of plastics, etc.), reduction of waste generation, practicing reduce, recycle and re-use
• Sustainable infrastructure: Adoption and promotion of renewable energy, solar rooftops, etc.

To recognize the city project that uses digital technologies to transform business processes, improve the delivery of public services to create and provide a positive impact on society. The parameters include the following:

• Details of the project: Number of projects implemented/executed, location, timeline, the investment involved, planning, etc.
• Strengthening city infrastructure by using emerging technologies (5G, AI, IoT, Blockchain, etc.)
• Implementation of digital technology for ease of living
• Use of smart applications for municipal solutions
• Robust IT connectivity and digitization of city projects

Inviting nominations from the SPVs, private companies, service providers, and consultancies, who have actively participated in the city’s social and economic growth in the fields of education, culture/art, and heritage, rural employment, tourism, etc. Those who have created and used open spaces, libraries, parks, and theatres, etc. to be useful and for the betterment of the citizens.

The award focuses on the best PPP models and projects implemented by a smart city across the smart cities mission. Under PPP initiatives, companies and associations are requested to share:

• Details of the project: Number of projects assigned, location, size, timeline, the investment involved, planning, implementation, etc.
• Impact: Target Vs achieved, progress, etc.

Safe City comprises the idea of a city that uses technology to prevent crimes and provide an environment where people could feel safe and secure. Inviting applications from associations, government organizations, and private entities, who have executed projects by adopting the latest technologies to prevent crimes and unforeseen circumstances in the city:

• City surveillance: Internet for everything enabling the safe city
• Disaster management: Emergency response system and technologies
• Fire detection: Efficient and advanced fire detection systems
• Monitoring: Crowd flow & management
• Network security: Technologies and products
• Tracking: Efficient detection & tracking systems and technologies
• Traffic management: Intelligent traffic management & security integration
• Video analytics and surveillance: Monitoring and providing information in real-time in anticipation of risks
• Cybersecurity, Data Breach Protection, Data Security and Safety, etc.

The award focuses on the best smart city initiatives taken by smart city SPVs to recognize the city project that integrates up-gradation and innovation for sustainable economic growth from, but not limited to, the following sectors: (A participating city has to cover or achieve minimum 5 parameters from below the points)

• Carbon emission reduction
• Education
• Energy: Clean & Green
• Health
• ICT
• Infrastructure
• Mobility and transportation
• Safety and surveillance
• Urban development
• Water management/conservation, etc.

Inviting applications from companies, institutions, organizations, and utilities, providing energy efficiency/sustainable energy solutions including smart grid and smart metering comprising of:

• Energy asset management initiatives
• Energy asset management to use resources optimally
• Business/financial models for sustainable grid and metering
• Smart lighting
• Reducing energy consumption or cost, etc.

Particulars:

• Details of the project: Location, size, area, etc.
• Impact: Target vs achieved, environmental and social benefits, etc.
• Preferred method/technology/product etc.

This award category highlights initiatives a smart City SPV has taken for parking facilities in the city. Applications are invited from the organizations, solution providers, and developers to provide their best solutions to the cities.

This award category recognizes the efforts and programs of public and private companies in mobility (automotive, aviation, and logistics), energy (oil and gas, utilities, alternative fuels), and chemicals. The project shall determine specific areas at the intersection of mobility, energy, and technology: alternative fuels, energy efficiency, and the electrification of transportation (hybrid vehicles), intelligent transport systems. The category will include:

• Building smart and interconnected transport system
• Improving communication, integration, and efficiency of the transport system
• Improving public transportation
• Pedestrian safety & facilities
• Promotion & implementation of green and sustainable mobility
• Promotion & introduction of the non-motorized transport system
• Use of Intelligent Transport Technologies: IoT, AI-enabled technologies, ANPR, parking guidance and information, speed cameras, etc.

Inviting nominations from the waste management companies, solution and service providers, technology experts, SPVs, private organizations, who have solutions that can help in maintaining a city’s waste management tasks to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enhance the beauty of the public areas.

• Details of the project: Location, size, the quantity of waste treated & processed, etc.
• Impact: Target Vs achieved, environmental & social benefits, etc.
• Methods adopted: Elimination, minimization, and collection by safe methods
• Technologies adopted: Waste handling and transport
• Disposal solutions: Waste management by suitable techniques & delivery
• Re-cycling and re-use: Segregation of e-waste, recovery, etc.