Institute of Architecture and Planning organised a workshop on ‘Planning for Sustainable and Smart Cities’ with the ‘Centre of Excellence, A Smart City Lab’ set up as an initiative with the joint effort of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) City, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Nirma University.
The workshop included presentations on Planning and Development of GIFT city by a GIFT city official, on Innovative Governance of Large Urban Systems (IGLUS) by their representative and on Sustainable and Smart cities by Prof Utpal Sharma, Director, IAPNU. The workshop also included an extensive panel discussion on Smart cities by all the participants.