Smarter Healthcare for Pune Citizens

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

 

IBM has announced Pune and Ahmedabad as the only cities in India to be awarded with IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Grant for 2012. This grant provides the city with access to IBM's top experts to analyze and recommend ways that will enable Pune and Ahmedabad to become even better places to live and work.

The IBM Smarter Cities Challenge is a competitive grant program in which IBM is awarding a total of $50 million worth of technology and services to 100 municipalities worldwide through 2013. In general, teams of specially selected IBM experts will provide city leaders with analysis and recommendations to support successful growth, better delivery of municipal services, more citizen engagement, and improved efficiency.

Anup Yadava, IAS, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation said, “This is a great initiative from a global technology leader to focus on Indian cities and citizens. The Pune Municipal Corporation looks forward to working with the IBM team in the area of healthcare”.

Mamtha Sharma, Manager, Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs, IBM India said, "Pune has demonstrated a strong commitment to put in place an integrated strategy for smarter healthcare for its citizens. We are looking forward to collaborating with the Pune Municipal Corporation. The project will draw on IBM’s expertise in the area of providing technical solutions in healthcare and implementing recommendations that the city feels are most feasible and beneficial to its residents.”

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