Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

In his enthusiasm to break a sensational story, Arnab Goswami appears to have landed himself in one of the biggest problems of his life by declaring possession of e-mails of an UK Member of Parliament which the MP has challenged … Continue reading →

One of the main concerns of the community as it exists today when the concept of Smart City is unveiled is on what happens to the concept of Privacy? The very concept of a “Smart City” is one where information … Continue reading →

When we visualize a “Smart City”, we normally see a futuristic city  laced with the clean, wide roads with sky scrapper buildings with fancy architecture all around. But the “Smartness” of a city does not lie with the civil architecture … Continue reading →

One of the major investments in a Smart City would be on an integrated intermodal  transport network which connects the personal transport vehicles to the public systems of different kinds. To understand the issues involved, a really smart city transport … Continue reading →

Just as Maggi has got into a controversy on its taste enhancing additives to its noodles, Airtel appears to be encountering a controversy by introducing a “Computer contaminant” into its customer’s browsers which is an offence under Section 66 of … Continue reading →

One of the first innovations that the proposed Smart Cities in India need to build up is an efficient way of distributing electricity so that the net cost of consumption of Electricity is reduced. The solution for this without doubt … Continue reading →