The symposium is organized jointly with CiSTUP – Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable transport and Urban Planning, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
It  is integrated into the Germany + India 2011-2012 Infinite Opportunities celebration initiatives.
The objective of this symposium is to set the platform for discussion on some of the significant factors such as the socio-economic challenges by megacities, urban governance topics, citizens engagement, role of NGO’s  etc  for the effective deployment of technology to  make cities smarter to overcome the challenges of rapid urbanization in India.