India Smart Cities Award were launched on 25 June 2017 with an objective to reward cities, projects and innovative ideas, promoting sustainable development in cities
There are 3 categories of awards
Innovative Idea Award
City Award
Project Award
Innovative Idea Award
Joint winners in this category are Bhopal for their Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) and Ahmedabad for Safe and Secure Ahmedabad (SASA) Project.
City Award
The city award is being given to Surat for showing great momentum in implementation of projects especially in the categories of urban environment, transport and mobility and sustainable integrated development.
Project Award
The Project awards are being given to most innovative and successful projects in seven categories that have been completed by April 1, 2018.
The Projects selected are
PMC Care from Pune under ‘Governance’ category,
Smart Place Making from Pune under ‘Built Environment’,
Smart Class rooms from NDMC and Jabalpur, Smart Campus from Visakhapatnam, Lighthouse from Pune under ‘Social Aspects’ category,
B Nest Incubation Centre from Bhopal and Conservation of Rajasthan School of Arts from Jaipur under ‘Culture and Economy’ category,
Public Bike Sharing from Bhopal, Pune, Coimbatore and Waste to Energy Plant in Jabalpur under ‘Urban environment’ category,
Integrated Transit Management System (TMS) from Ahmedabad and Surat under ‘Transport and Mobility’ category and
Smart Water Management through SCADA from Ahmedabad under ‘Water and Sanitation’ category.