Watch the full video (above) of the talk by Ashwathy Anand, Ajai Sreevatsan, and Persis Taraporevala, where they present their analysis of the accepted smart city proposals and ancillary secondary data. 

Given the scale and significance of the mission, the discussion seeks to present an empirical understanding of what India thinks a smart city looks like and examine the potential of achieving its aims of creating more liveable, sustainable and financially secure cities.

Ashwathy Anand is a trained architect from the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal; Ajai Sreevatsan is a former investigative reporter with The Hindu; and Persis Taraporevala is a research associate at CPR. 

The Q&A session that followed can be accessed here.