By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: The Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri presented Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities Awards 2022, on Thursday . These awards are an initiative of the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and the United Nations (UN) in India to address city-level accessibility and inclusion challenges faced by persons with disabilities (PwD), women and girls, and the elderly.
The UN Resident Coordinator in India, Mr Shombi Sharp, the Joint Secretary and Mission Director, Smart City Mission, MoHUA, Shri Kunal Kumar and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
Category 3: Implemented Solutions: Multi-Dimensional Inclusiveness: Using Advanced Technologies for Education and Literacy by Belagavi Smart City Ltd, myUDAAN by Tekra Solutions Pvt. Ltd, ‘Moving with Pride’ (Mo Bus and Mo E-Ride) by Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT), Odisha and Nirbhaya App by Sagar Smart City Ltd have emerged winners.
Category 1: Early-stage Innovations: Fifth Sense by Glovatrix Pvt. Ltd. Digital Mobility Subsidy by Ola Mobility Institute, AxcesAble Places by AxcesAble Designs LLP have emerged as winners.
Category 2: Market-ready Solutions: Mouseware by Dextroware Devices, Signer.AI by Incluistic Pvt. Ltd. / Friends for Inclusion, IncluMaps by Vikas Upadhyay, Research Scholar, IIT Delhi.
Launched this April, the Smart Solutions and Inclusive Cities Awards 2022 was designed with the aim of promoting people-centric design and to foster novel home-grown technological innovations and solutions.
Over 100 entries were received through an open call for applications, out of which the top 10 technology-based innovations were identified as winning solutions after an intensive round of screenings and shortlisting by an eminent 7-member jury panel. The top 10 technology-based solutions were awarded the Inclusive Cities Awards 2022
