Today we held an interesting webinar entitled "India rolls out Smart Cities - Maximum Recycling, Optimised Energy & Efficient Public Transport" which, was presented by Amitabh Kant, chief executive and managing director of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corp.

Many thanks to those of you who were able to attend the webinar. For those of you who couldn't get your questions answered, please feel free to ask them here.

Amitabh has kindly agreed to personally respond to any questions and comments posted in this forum.

For those who couldn't make it or want to hear it again, you can access the (author's company)network.com/working-groups/smarter-cities/resources/webinar/" target="_blank">recording here and (author's company)network.com/working-groups/smarter-cities/resources/articles/2746/" target="_blank">presentation here. 

Stated below are the questions we managed to discussed in the webinar. Please feel free to respond with your comments.

Questions covered during the webinar -

1. Ajay Goyal - What is the main web site for DMIC to see the master plans and tenders?
2. Ajay Goyal - What is the process of open consultation with public, private sector, civil society and stakeholders? How is the governing body of DMIC receiving inputs from stake holders and potential partners and contractors.
3. Conrad Young - Has there been any support from the government of Japan?  What form has it taken?
4. Irina Zerchaninova - What is the role of IT in your projects? Your cities are not only sustainable (less polluted and so on) but also "smart".