382 YEARS OF
MADRAS
SMART CITY CHENNAI
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2021 6:00 - 7:30 PM
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6:00 PM
Welcome Address
Mr Ravichandran Purushothaman President, MMA & President, Danfoss Industries
Keynote Address by the Chief Guest
Mr Gagandeep Singh Bedi, IAS Commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation
Discussion on the theme: "Smart City Management Development, Big and Real Time Data, Mitigation, Environment & Public Resilience"
Dr Jayanthi Murali, IFS Special Secretary (Environment, Climate Change) Tamil Nadu Forest Department
Mr Raj Cherubal Chief Executive Officer, Chennai Smart City Ltd (CSCL)
In conversation with Ms Sheila Sri Prakash Founder & Chief Architect, Shilpa Architects Planners Designers
Concluding Remarks
Mr Dipankar Ghose Founder and Mentor, PRAKRUTHI
7:30 PM
Vote of Thanks
Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director, MMA
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Overview Sustainable Development Goal #11 addresses on Sustainable Cities and Communities. MADRAS DAY creates a realisation and Sense of Belonging to this glorious city of 382 years, with a hoary past that dates back to the Paleolithic Age. The significance is that a group of Hominins seem to have settled around what is Pallavaram, some 1.5 million years ago. Hominins are pre-cursor species to Homo sapiens (that is us the humans) and the history here is one of the oldest found thus far outside of Africa. Near-intact clay coffin known as sarcophagus, recently excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), is the proof of a megalithic culture in Pallavaram, about 2, 300 years ago, who were not nomads. Pallavaram (originally Pallava Puram) is considered to be one of the oldest inhabited places in South India. The present-day town of Pallavaram has its origins in the setllement of Pallavapuram which existed during the time of the 7th century Pallava king Mahendravarman I. The remains of a cave shrine constructed by the Pallava ruler have been found at the spot where an Islamic dargah now stands. The 1st reference to Mylapore can be found in the writings of Ptolemy, the Greek scholar who mentions the existence of the great port of Maillarpha, in 140 CE. It was the hometown of Thiruvalluvar, author of the ancient treatise Thirukkural, considered to be one of the finest works in Tamil literature. Peyalvar, one of the 12 Alvars (Vaishnava saints) was also born here. Between then and now, St. Thomas - the apostle of Christ, Fa Hien, Marco Polo, the Arabs, the Jews, the Mughals, the Portuguese, the Dutch, the Armenians, the British, the French, alongwith the Marathas, the Saurastrians, the Gujratis, the Marwaris, the east coast tradesmen, all settled between Ennore Creek and Adyar River in Thiruvotriyur, Chennaipatinam, Mylapore, Triplicane, Pallavaram, Poonamallee, and Egmore that existed in different forms before they melded into the expanding city of Madrasapatinam. Madras is certainly celebrated in its 382nd year, but certainly with an EYE ON THE FUTURE. We look into the future as SMART CITY CHENNAI, with a touch of the nostalgic past for CHANGE. Smart cities are Sustainable Cities for Sustainable Communities to help turnaround Global Warming and Climate Change too.
Mr Gagandeep Singh Bedi IAS is the Commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation. Bedi was born in Hoshiarpur in Punjab in 1968 and has graduated in BE (Electronics and Electrical Communication) and later joined as a lecturer at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology. In 1993, he was selected for the Indian Engineering Services and got a posting in Indian Railways. Subsequently, in 1993, he was selected in the Indian Administrative Services and was allotted the Tamil Nadu cadre. He was also the Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board and was Secretary for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department. Bedi is known for his contribution to ecology and the environment and won the Green Award twice, in 2003 and 2004. As District Collector, he had promoted various Eco-Tourism projects and other environmental projects. Bedi also received applause for his services in flood mitigation during the Cuddalore floods in 2015. He also spearheaded the district's fight against Tsunami and he was appreciated for handling the crisis efficiently. He also received a national award in 2016 for implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as Rural Development Department Secretary, from late
Mr Gagandeep Singh Bedi, IAS Commissioner Greater Chennai Corporation
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Before taking over as the Chennai Corporation Commissioner, Bedi also served as the District Monitor Officer for Covid-19 in Cuddalore
Dr.Jayanthi Murali (Tamil Nadu, 1992 batch of Indian Forest Service) has a diverse experience due to various posts held in Tamil Nadu Forest Department, State Development Policy Council, Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Board, Tamil Nadu State Wetland Authority and Department of Environment and Forest. She holds a Ph.D., (interdisciplinary) in AgricultureEconometrics from the University of Madras and has collaborated with national and international organizations on various projects over the past two decades. She was a part of the Indian delegation for COP24 and COP25 and participated as a speaker in side events. Dr.Jayanthi Murali has a keen interest in incorporation climate change adaptation plans into local planning processes.
Dr Jayanthi Murali, IFS Special Secretary (Environment, Climate Change) Tamil Nadu Forest Department
Mr Raj Cherubal is CEO of Chennai Smart City Limited (CSCL). Smart Cities is a flagship initiative of the GoI, being implemented by the Government of Tamil Nadu and Greater Chennai Corporation, to improve infrastructure and services of the city, and thereby improve the quality of life of all its citizens. Raj was Director-Projects for Chennai City Connect (CCC), a platform for industry and civic organisations, envisions vibrant Indian cities that deliver world-class quality of life, infrastructure and services. He is interested in improving urban governance, urban quality of life. He has worked on sustainable transportation and urban planning, pedestrianisation, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and integrated, multi-modal public transportation, solid waste management, restoration of urban water bodies, sustainable financing of urban infrastructure, redevelopment of business district and regional planning. He has worked to promote decentralisation and urban good governance. Also to promote economic freedom for entrepreneurs, especially poor like street vendors and others in the informal sector and for their recognition as profit seeking entrepreneurs. He holds a M.S. in Physics from the University of Louisville and a M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has worked in the software
Mr Raj Cherubal Chief Executive Officer, Chennai Smart City Ltd (CSCL)
industry in areas like computational physics, visualisation, telecom and finance.
Ms Sheila Sri Prakash is an internationally acclaimed Architect, Urban Designer, and Sustainability Expert, who founded Shilpa Architects Planners Designers in 1979. Builders, Architects and Building Materials (BAM), in association with CII Real Estate & Building Technology Exhibition, has conferred upon her the Lifetime Achievement in the field of Architecture Award 2019 for her outstanding achievements and contribution to sustainable design thinking and the growth of Indian real estate sector. In July 2016, Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, The World Economic Forum has invited her to be part of the 25-member Global Future Council on the Future of Environment and Natural Resource Security. She formulated the Reciprocal Design Index, in 2013 when she was part of their Global Agenda Council for Design Innovation to establish, document and incentivize sustainable design of cities. She is widely consulted on matters of urban sustainability by several governments and is closely associated with the Chennai Smart City (board of the SPV), as an Independent Director and Urban Expert.
Ms Sheila Sri Prakash Founder & Chief Architect, Shilpa Architects Planners Designers
She has been recently awarded the “Bene Merenti” (2017) Medallion by The University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Romania (est. in 1952) and the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research. This award is part of the global acknowledgement she receives for championing the cause of Sustainability in international forums like the World Economic Forum, Global Environment Fund and The UN Habitat III.
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