Suresh Kumar KK makes a case for organisations to invest in creating infrastructure for smart cities. Urbanization is a global trend – 50 per cent of the world today lives in cities. Traffic, Public Transport, Water, Waste, Energy, Environment and Citizen Security – are among the areas are facing tremendous challenges to cope up with the current and still increasing population. For example 30% of India lives in cities, which will increase to 40% by 2030. The average traffic speed in cities today is around 8 km/hour, air pollution levels are on the rise and even emergency assistance takes cons ..read more

Industry 4.0 is now ushering in Automobile 4.0 in its wake, set to enter the era of autonomous vehicles running on electricity. The automobile industry is right there among the most automated manufacturing enterprises. In fact it is the automobile that started the trend of automation in industry long before the concept had evolved and the word automation coined, when Henry Ford first introduced assembly line production in 1913, and in the words of a historian, freed the common people from the limitations of their geography. The assembly line production at Ford not just revolutionised the auto ..read more