A Grand Challenge ?

Some 20 days back , PM Shri Modi threw a challenge

[  https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/pm-modi-seeks-tech-ideas-to-break-into-top-50-of-doing-business-ranking/articleshow/66705578.cms  ]

Extract :

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a grand challenge to further improve India’s position in the World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking to the top 50 by using cutting-edge technology to reform government processes. 

At a meeting with top industry honchos and policymakers to discuss the ease of doing business ranking, in which India jumped to 77th position this year, Modi sought input based on areas such as

·         Artificial Intelligence,

·         Internet of Things,

·         Big Data Analytics ,  and

·         Block-Chain

to streamline and speed up processes to improve overall business environment in the country. 

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I urge IIMs -  IITs -  ISBs – Institutes offering courses in Transport / Traffic Managements etc to rise to the occasion and develop a technology platform to implement :

Transport : an Integrated Logistic Plan ?

Here is what Prof Tom Davidoff  [ Associate professor - UBC Sauder School of Business  ] wrote to me about my concept outlined above :

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Hemen

Thank you for this note.

What you propose sounds like an integrated Pigouvian approach to transport pricing, which I agree would be great.

Regards,

Tom  [ Davidoff, Thomas thomas.davidoff@sauder.ubc.ca  ]

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In India , when the smart phones have nearly obsoleted the land lines , we are in the process of installing thousands of CCTV cameras on the roads to monitor vehicular traffic

Question :

With our very own NaviC satellite capable of tracking each vehicle on the roads of India , can we not bypass the CCTV technology ?

For that matter , how long before NaviC obsoletes the RADARS at our airport ATC towers to track , not only each plane but thousands of DRONES , in real time ?

If Shri Nitin Gadkariji agrees to giving a grant of ( say ) Rs 10 crores , I am sure one of the Institutes mentioned below , would develop such a platform in 6 months !

But it is also possible that some Professor in one of the institutes may not wait for such a grant and guide this as a “ student project “  !

List of Institutes / Professional Bodies :

nfo@iutindia.org	[  Institute of Urban Transport – India  ]
director.iritm@gmail.com	[  Director – IRTS ]
ctm@irte.com	[  Institute of Road Traffic Education  ]
mobility@itdp.org	[   Institute of Transportation & Development Policy  ]
asianinstitute.del@gmail.com	[  Asian  Institute of  Transport  Development  ]
director@cirtindia.com	[  Central  Institute  of  Road   Transport   ]
director@cirtindia.com	[   Chartered Institute of  Logistic  Transport  ]
irttprincipal@yahoo.com	[  Institute of Road and Transport Technology  ]
info@iilschennai.com	[  Indian Institute of Logistics  ]
jaspal.singh@uitp.org	[  Institute of Transport Economics  ]
academic@nid.edu	[  National   Institute  of  Design  -  Ahmedabad  ]
jeeadv@iitb.ac.in	[  IIT   -  Bombay   ]

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08   Dec  2018

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