Lucknow

Management
Association
Annual
Convention

March 31

2015

Call for Papers for LMA Convention Journal

2015 & Pre Convention Colloquium

THEME:
Developing
Smart Cities:
Imperatives
and
Challenges

Introduction
According to U.N. State of the World Population report (2007), by 2030, 40.76% of Indias population is expected
to reside in urban areas. As per World Bank, India will be one of the countries which will lead the world's urban
population surge by 2050. India has a young and rapidly growing population but needs thriving cities if this
demographic dividend is to be realized. A Mckinsey report estimates that cities could generate 70% of net new jobs
created up to 2030, produce around 70% of Indian GDP, and drive a near fourfold increase in per capita incomes
across the nation. All these facts point to need for greater attention to development of over 5000 cities which are
considered the engines of growth. It's a monstrous ambition that is fast becoming a social and economic imperative
as at least 50 per cent of Indians are set to live in urban areas by 2050, as against just 32 per cent today. India must
provide for these 814 million people in cities an honourable life of reasonably comfort. The existing cities have
failed to do so for lack of focus or planning.
Among the earliest policy announcements by the Prime Minister of India, creation of 100 smart cities is proposed
followed by budgetary allocation of Rs. 7060 Crores for the same in the budget of 2014-15. The existing mediumsized cities would be the main focus of the National Sustainable Habitat and Smart City Mission (NSHSCM), under
which the smart city building initiatives are being conceived. MoUD, Govt. of India has developed structures,
benchmarks, selection criteria, financial models and approval processes for developing Smart Cities. Cost of
implementing Smart City projects would be astronomical; hence these initiatives would necessarily be funded
through meaningful PPPs and International participation.
Smart Cities are those cities which have intelligent governance, physical, social, institutional and economic
infrastructure while ensuring centrality of citizens in a sustainable environment. It is expected that such a Smart City
will generate options for all residents to pursue their livelihoods and interests meaningfully and with joy.
Unlike JNNURM, the government of India will not bankroll the Smart City projects; States will need to prepare
their citys comprehensive development plans, improve governance, establish a city's creditworthiness, explore
meaningful PPP models for their projects and, finally, if selected, they may seek only viability gap funding from the
Central government. The MoUD is working on a city challenge where cities have to present their credentials and
compete with other cities to be included in the sought-after list of 100 smart cities. Bloomberg Philanthropy is
working with MoUD to design this City Challenge for India. Bloomberg himself became famous as Mayor of New
York where he could steer the city as per his vision.
Unveiling of an ambitious plan by the union government to build 100 smart cities in India with focus on making the
existing cities smarter and developing new satellite towns has spurred significant global interest. International
technology firms are submitting proposals to local governments, bidding for projects and collaborating with real
estate developers to build Greenfield digital cities. Government of Sweden along with top Swedish companies like
Ikea, Volvo, Ericsson, Envac and Scania, will collaborate with local authorities in Gujarat to work on sustainable,
energy efficient and green solutions for Smart City projects in the State. Singapore has offered to replicate in India
its Sino-Singapore collaboration of Tianjin Knowledge City. The UK government has extended a 1 billion credit
line to help British companies exploit the opportunity. India has also sought Japans investment in building these
100 smart cities. US Trade and Development Agency and three state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and
Andhra Pradesh have signed MoUs to develop Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam as smart cities and task forces
comprising representatives of USTDA, Central and State Governments and local bodies of the cities have also been
constituted. This suggests that Finance may not be a challenge in development of Smart Cities though there will be
other bigger challenges in this endeavour.
Several States have come forward with plans to develop Smart Cities. Odisha has proposed to the central
government to cover its 10 cities under the 100 Smart Cities plan. The Gujarat government has started preparing a
new policy framework and road map for developing the existing cities into Smart Cities. Several initiatives have
already been taken for smarter management of Indian cities. The governments National e-Governance Plan is
aiding urban governance. Smart grid pilots in Bengaluru, Mangalore and Mysore are under way, and 13 others have

been approved. Planning for seven new Smart Cities under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor has already been
under way for the last few years. Advanced communications systems, using next-generation technologies and optic
fibre networks, are being deployed. A few cities are also exploring intelligent transportation systems to manage
traffic congestion and integrated fare collection systems.
Amidst the buzz of IT enabled Smart Cities, there are equally loud voices suggesting that the cities like Mahindra
World Cities at Jaipur, Chennai and Lavasa, Electronics City, Palava, Amby Valley, Gujarat International Finance
Tech city (GIFT) (under construction) etc. cater only to the elite. There is merit in the argument that development of
smart villages will benefit much larger Indian population and reduce migration from villages. A smart village will
automatically link local production with local procurement and local distribution. It will not only bring Internet
connection to the rural hinterlands, but will also provide support to sustainable agricultural practices. A network of
small scale industries linked to agriculture, and a strong network of rail and road corridors with civic amenities such
as education and health for all, including farmers, will transform the face of real India. In Andhra Pradesh 925
villages are set to get smart look where Phoenix IT Solutions adopted a village for development. Uttar Pradesh has
been quietly constructing a framework for a widespread Digital villages initiative. The Smart Villages project in
Uttar Pradesh constitutes linking 16,000 villages with completely digitalized Jan Suvidha Kendras across the State
to the central centres of Data having digitized records so that any certificate or legal document needed by the people
of the villages can be retrieved and provided without any delay. These initiatives would effectively supplement
development of Smart Cities.

Objectives and Format of Convention & Pre Convention Colloquium

The objective of the Convention and the Colloquium is to attract focus on this vital theme and deliberate on how to
develop smart cities in India. Deliberations in the Convention shall be through presentations by invited domain and
subject experts on the theme in the four sessions on different subthemes besides inaugural and valedictory sessions.
In the pre convention colloquium, accepted papers shall be presented by the authors. Emphasis will be on innovative
ideas, successful case studies and action orientation. Papers and presentations in the Colloquium will be evaluated
by an independent panel and author of the best paper will be awarded in the Convention. All accepted papers will be
published in the Annual LMA Journal.
Session 1: Establishing Smart Governance
Prime Minister has averred that one of the aims of the smart city initiative should be to improve the quality of urban
governance, thereby lending greater strength to the overall governance processes of the country. Activities relating
to governance, planning and management of a city are central to a Smart City. ICT has provided a new dimension to
the system making it citizen-centric, efficient, accountable and transparent. Municipal offices in Smart Cities would
be fully automated so that citizens have the ability to seek and the municipal offices have the ability to deliver
services in real time through IT based facilities. It will require devolution of powers to local bodies, coordinated
working of different institutions negating the current silo type working and significantly upgrading technical and
managerial skills of municipal staff. Smart cities would have participatory systems of governance, the sense of
safety and security with networks of video-cameras, intensive patrolling and surveillance, identity-verified access,
and rapid response to emergency calls of citizens. United Nations Hyogo Framework for Action 2005- 2015 seeks to
significantly reduce the losses to lives, social, economic and environmental assets caused by disasters. Smart Cities
will strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels, thus also making them Resilient Cities. The
session will explore replicable best practices of e-governance and effective institutional frameworks for Smart
Cities.
Session 2: Creating Sustainable Physical Infrastructure
Improved mobility is at the core of Smart City. It will involve improvements in public transport Metro Rail, BRT,
LRT, Monorail, Trams with smart technologies like Automatic Fare Collection, Electronic Toll Collection, and
Highway Traffic Management System, etc. Together with improvements in infrastructure for motor vehicles such as
ring roads, bypasses, underpasses, elevated roads, etc., improvements in the existing road ways and improvements in
infrastructure for walking, cycling and waterways and reliable, adequate and high quality utility services like 24x7

electricity with energy efficient power systems and telephony and a minimum of 100 Mbps of internet bandwidth
and wide availability of Wi-Fi are required in Smart Cities. Similarly, municipal services such 24x7 water supply,
water harvesting, drainage, scientific solid waste management, and effluent recycling need to be available. The
central government will spend Rs 62,000 crore by 2019 for the first phase of Swachh Bharat Mission. Commitment
towards this national priority will be one of the criteria for selection of Smart Cities. The session will explore how
viable and meaningful PPPs will operate for creating sustainable infrastructure for creating Smart Cities.
Session 3: Social and Economic Infrastructure of Smart Cities
The Smart Cities will have quality educational facilities, both for schools and higher education in every
neighborhood along with e-education and digital content. High quality affordable healthcare facilities, telemedicine
in every neighborhood and various diagnostic and hospital management services can be provided through
meaningful PPPs. In addition, community insurance schemes can be developed where private sector will need to
participate. Good entertainment facilities like theatres, concert calls, auditoriums, cultural centres, open spaces and
plazas make the people in a city happy. Smart Cities allow opportunities for recreation, good sports facilities,
Children parks, stadia, swimming pools, sports complexes, and golf courses. The services need to be financially
sustainable so that there are no financial constraints to delivering quality services. However, in doing so, tariff
structures adopted should be such that they are affordable for the poor and yet recovers costs at higher levels as use.
For a city to attract investments and to create the appropriate economic infrastructure for employment opportunities,
it has to first identify its core competence, comparative advantages and analyze its potential for generating economic
activities. Once that is done, the gaps in required economic infrastructure can be determined. This would generally
comprise incubation centres, skill development centres, industrial parks and export processing zones, IT / BT
Parks, trade centres, service centres, financial centres and services, logistics hubs, warehousing and freight
terminals. A MoUD concept paper envisages that each city will house an incubator each and 1000 start-ups per
incubator shall create at least 1000 jobs per year. This will result in 1 million jobs created per year and 10 million
jobs in 10 years across these 100 cities through the incubators. The session will deliberate on the road map for this
agenda within the Smart City framework.
Session 4: Environment Sustainability and Improved Energy Efficiency
World Health Organization estimates that 13 out of 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India including Delhi,
the worst-ranked city. A study by Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago says that Indias notorious air
pollution is reducing the lifespan of its citizens by over three years and India has the highest rate of deaths caused by
chronic respiratory diseases anywhere in the world. To create a more livable and healthy environment, it is therefore
important that smart cities that are planned, are environmentally sustainable. This would mean not only improving
the air quality but also reducing wastage of water, electricity, fuel, etc. Energy Efficiency needs to be given highest
priority in transportation systems, sewerage and water supply systems, street lighting, air-conditioning systems and
energy consumption in buildings. Smart grid using digital and other advanced technologies need to be developed to
meet the varying electricity demands of end-users, efficiently, minimizing costs and environmental impacts while
maximizing system reliability, resilience and stability. Solar power and use of alternative sources of clean energy
will be mainstay of Smart Cities. Smart Cities would also lay special emphasis on demand side management through
use of technology and by creating incentives for savings and disincentives for excessive consumption. The session
will discuss these issues and replicable success stories in these areas.

Submission of Papers
Research papers / case studies on any of the above themes typed in 12 font size in Times New Roman in double
space and accompanied by an Abstract of the paper in not more than 200 words may be sent to sanjay@iiml.ac.in.
The length of the paper should not exceed 15 pages including tables, figures, annexure, etc. Selected papers after
blind peer review will be published in the LMA Convention Journal.

Important Dates
Last date of abstract submission: August 30, 2015
Date of abstract acceptance: September 10, 2015
Last date of full paper submission: October 15, 2015
Date of Colloquium: December 4, 2015
Date of Convention December 5, 2014
Venue of Colloquium: LMA Conference Hall, Scientific Convention Centre
Venue of Convention: Scientific Convention Centre,
1 Shahmina Road, Chowk, Lucknow 226 003 Uttar Pradesh (India)
Authors of papers accepted for publication shall be invited to attend the Colloquium and the Convention at their own
expense (without payment of registration fee). Editorial Board of LMA Convention Journal consists of the following
members.

Editor in Chief
Prof. Sanjay K. Singh
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India
Email: sanjay@iiml.ac.in

Associate Editors
Prof. Samir K. Srivastava
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India
Email: samir@iiml.ac.in
Prof. Amit Agrahari
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India
Email: amit@iiml.ac.in

About Lucknow Management Association

LMA is an affiliate of All India Management Association with a multi-disciplinary membership of about 1400
individual and around 100 institutional members from across many sectors. LMA organizes a variety of programmes
including interactions on issues of vital public policies. LMA has an Executive Committee with five elected office
bearers and twenty other nominated professionals. Mr. Alok Ranjan, Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh is the current
President of LMA. It also has an Advisory Council headed Ex-Officio by Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh. LMA
organizes a variety of activities including a theme based annual convention on some vital public policy issues. For
details visit www.lmalucknow.in.
For any queries, feel free to contact:
Mr. A.K. Mathur
Secretary
Lucknow Management Association
Scientific Convention Centre,
1 Shahmina Road,
Lucknow 226 003 Uttar Pradesh (India)
Phone No. +91-522-2258678 (O), 4005789 (R)
Mobile N0. +91-9335247164
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