Digitalization in India has seen a high degree of acceleration in the past two decades. The focus thus far has been Government becoming the public infrastructure provider in the form of data centers, statewide area networks, Aadhaar, Digi-locker etc.
Services delivery has been a high priority area and sector wise mission mode projects have achieved varying degrees of success. These are now being converted into application stacks and API based eco-system development.
Unlike the rest of the world, India has not invested in large scale enterprise solutions and back-end integration. This then makes outcomes sub-optimal and solutions difficult to scale, integrate and be predictive.
A huge amount of digital data has been generated and the time is ripe to develop more advanced technologies like AI, machine learning, block chain and new age industries like gaming to not only govern better but also to increase the size of the Indian Digital Economy.
The Digital State program looks at the ground covered thus far, residual challenges and gaps and tries to propose an agenda moving forward that can have a multiplier effect and growth.
It seeks to return recommendations that form a strong basis for further roll outs. The program is driven through research, academia, government and Industry dialogues and concerted efforts.
Nearly thirty researchers with doctoral backgrounds are working at SKOCH to support the program.
Calendar
Upcoming Meetings
Time is TBD
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Focus on HMR - Digital State Meeting
The components of the mass transportation sector include expenditure, operation and management of Metros. With the rising population in urban centres, there is constant demand for convenient, efficient, affordable and safer mass transportation systems to meet the development needs of our future cities.
Several Metro Projects have been implemented across the country through a public-private partnership model to make rapid transportation services accessible and sustainable for the citizens benefiting from the state-of-the-art technology as well as multi-modal transport integration. Using these tools, state governments are making integrated transportation policies for ease of travelling and achieving sustainable development goals.
Sameer Kochhar
ChairmanSKOCH Group
NVS Reddy
Managing DirectorHyderabad Metro Rail
Time is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Visakhapatnam - Digital State Meeting
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
Gursharan Dhanjal
Vice ChairmanSKOCH Group
G Srijana
Municipal CommissionerVisakhapatnam Municipal Corporation
Sameer Kochhar
ChairmanSKOCH Group
Time is TBD
Zoom
Digital State Meeting - Focus on Jhansi
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
RSVP Read MoreTime is TBD
Zoom
Digital State Meeting - Focus on Jaipur
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
RSVP Read MoreTime is TBD
Zoom
Digital State Meeting - Focus on Hyderabad
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
RSVP Read MoreTime is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Kochi - Digital State Meeting
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
Gursharan Dhanjal
Vice ChairmanSKOCH Group
A S Naisam
SecretaryKochi Municipal Corporation
Sameer Kochhar
ChairmanSKOCH Group
Time is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Chennai - Digital State Meeting
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
Gursharan Dhanjal
Vice ChairmanSKOCH Group
Gagandeep Singh Bedi
CommissionerChennai Municipal Corporation
Sameer Kochhar
ChairmanSKOCH Group
Time is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Allahabad - Digital State Meeting
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
Gursharan Dhanjal
Vice ChairmanSKOCH Group
Ravi Ranjan
CommissionerAllahabad Municipal Corporation
Sameer Kochhar
ChairmanSKOCH Group
Time is TBD
Zoom
Focus on MMRC - Digital State Meeting
The components of the mass transportation sector include expenditure, operation and management of Metros. With the rising population in urban centres, there is constant demand for convenient, efficient, affordable and safer mass transportation systems to meet the development needs of our future cities.
Several Metro Projects have been implemented across the country through a public-private partnership model to make rapid transportation services accessible and sustainable for the citizens benefiting from the state-of-the-art technology as well as multi-modal transport integration. Using these tools, state governments are making integrated transportation policies for ease of travelling and achieving sustainable development goals.
Ranjit Singh Deol
Managing DirectorMMRC
Time is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Transport Department Uttar Pradesh - Digital State Meeting
Public transport system is the lifeline of cities for both intra-state as well as inter-state travel. Most of the transport corporations have been imbibing modern technologies to increase efficiency, cut losses, save costs, add to customer convenience, satisfaction and safety. These include GPS tracking, online reservation, cancellation and refund, modernisation of fleet or integrated traffic management system and so on.
The State Road Transport Corporations and Transport Departments are implementing various digital tools for the States to make public transportation accessible and sustainable for the citizens using online ticketing and reservation systems as well as multi-modal transport integration. Using these tools, state governments can make integrated transportation policies to serve the needs of future cities and growing citizen demands.
Dheeraj Sahu
Transport CommissionerUttar Pradesh
Time is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Transport Department Gujarat - Digital State Meeting
Public transport system is the lifeline of cities for both intra-state as well as inter-state travel. Most of the transport corporations have been imbibing modern technologies to increase efficiency, cut losses, save costs, add to customer convenience, satisfaction and safety. These include GPS tracking, online reservation, cancellation and refund, modernisation of fleet or integrated traffic management system and so on.
The State Road Transport Corporations and Transport Departments are implementing various digital tools for the States to make public transportation accessible and sustainable for the citizens using online ticketing and reservation systems as well as multi-modal transport integration. Using these tools, state governments can make integrated transportation policies to serve the needs of future cities and growing citizen demands.
Rajesh Manjhu
Transport CommissionerGujarat
Time is TBD
Zoom
Focus on UPSRTC - Digital State Meeting
Public transport system is the lifeline of cities for both intra-state as well as inter-state travel. Most of the transport corporations have been imbibing modern technologies to increase efficiency, cut losses, save costs, add to customer convenience, satisfaction and safety. These include GPS tracking, online reservation, cancellation and refund, modernisation of fleet or integrated traffic management system and so on.
The State Road Transport Corporations and Transport Departments are implementing various digital tools for the States to make public transportation accessible and sustainable for the citizens using online ticketing and reservation systems as well as multi-modal transport integration. Using these tools, state governments can make integrated transportation policies to serve the needs of future cities and growing citizen demands.
Dheeraj Sahu
Transport CommissionerUttar Pradesh
Time is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Transport Department Telangana - Digital State Meeting
Public transport system is the lifeline of cities for both intra-state as well as inter-state travel. Most of the transport corporations have been imbibing modern technologies to increase efficiency, cut losses, save costs, add to customer convenience, satisfaction and safety. These include GPS tracking, online reservation, cancellation and refund, modernisation of fleet or integrated traffic management system and so on.
The State Road Transport Corporations and Transport Departments are implementing various digital tools for the States to make public transportation accessible and sustainable for the citizens using online ticketing and reservation systems as well as multi-modal transport integration. Using these tools, state governments can make integrated transportation policies to serve the needs of future cities and growing citizen demands.
M R M Rao
Transport CommissionerTelangana
Time is TBD
Zoom
Focus on GMRC - Digital State Meeting
The components of the mass transportation sector include expenditure, operation and management of Metros. With the rising population in urban centres, there is constant demand for convenient, efficient, affordable and safer mass transportation systems to meet the development needs of our future cities.
Several Metro Projects have been implemented across the country through a public-private partnership model to make rapid transportation services accessible and sustainable for the citizens benefiting from the state[1]of-the-art technology as well as multi-modal transport integration. Using these tools, state governments are making integrated transportation policies for ease of travelling and achieving sustainable development goals.
S S Rathore
Managing DirectorGMRC
Time is TBD
Zoom
Time is TBD
Zoom
Focus on TSRTC - Digital State Meeting
Public transport system is the lifeline of cities for both intra-state as well as inter-state travel. Most of the transport corporations have been imbibing modern technologies to increase efficiency, cut losses, save costs, add to customer convenience, satisfaction and safety. These include GPS tracking, online reservation, cancellation and refund, modernisation of fleet or integrated traffic management system and so on.
The State Road Transport Corporations and Transport Departments are implementing various digital tools for the States to make public transportation accessible and sustainable for the citizens using online ticketing and reservation systems as well as multi-modal transport integration. Using these tools, state governments can make integrated transportation policies to serve the needs of future cities and growing citizen demands.
RSVP Read MoreTime is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Guwahati - Digital State Meeting
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
RSVP Read MoreTime is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Kanpur - Digital State Meeting
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
RSVP Read MoreTime is TBD
Zoom
Focus on New Delhi - Digital State Meeting
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
RSVP Read MoreTime is TBD
Zoom
Focus on GSRTC - Digital State Meeting
Public transport system is the lifeline of cities for both intra-state as well as inter-state travel. Most of the transport corporations have been imbibing modern technologies to increase efficiency, cut losses, save costs, add to customer convenience, satisfaction and safety. These include GPS tracking, online reservation, cancellation and refund, modernisation of fleet or integrated traffic management system and so on.
The State Road Transport Corporations and Transport Departments are implementing various digital tools for the States to make public transportation accessible and sustainable for the citizens using online ticketing and reservation systems as well as multi-modal transport integration. Using these tools, state governments can make integrated transportation policies to serve the needs of future cities and growing citizen demands.
RSVP Read MoreTime is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Nashik - Digital State Meeting
Public transport system is the lifeline of cities for both intra-state as well as inter-state travel. Most of the transport corporations have been imbibing modern technologies to increase efficiency, cut losses, save costs, add to customer convenience, satisfaction and safety. These include GPS tracking, online reservation, cancellation and refund, modernisation of fleet or integrated traffic management system and so on.
The State Road Transport Corporations and Transport Departments are implementing various digital tools for the States to make public transportation accessible and sustainable for the citizens using online ticketing and reservation systems as well as multi-modal transport integration. Using these tools, state governments can make integrated transportation policies to serve the needs of future cities and growing citizen demands.
RSVP Read MoreTime is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Tirupati - Digital State Meeting
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
RSVP Read MoreTime is TBD
Zoom
Focus on Ahmedabad - Digital State Meeting
Our cities today are not just about infrastructure but about delivery of citizen services, efficiently and in a timely manner. Traditionally known to be responsible only for sanitation and waste management, the cities today need to add to the ease-of-living.
Cities have also added a lot of components to its responsibilities like urban renewal, urban expansion, technology enabled smart and efficient infrastructure including Smart Cities and AMRUT cities. Since these are myriad components that are spread across various departments at the Centre as well as the state level, it is important to get an integrated view of the urban development initiatives.
RSVP Read MorePast Meetings
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