CENTRE FOR SMART CITY GOVERNANCE

The Takshashila Institution is a think tank and school of public policy.

Independent. Nonpartisan. Networked. Fall 2015 Takshashila Institution

Raison d’etreMotivation

01 For the first time, the Indian government wants smart cities

02 Cities are the engines of economic growth

03 Indian cities need to be able to absorb & provide jobs to millions every year

04A lot of the ideas and solutions are coming out of Bangalore05

Need to enable innovations for India & the world

Creating one of the leading institutions for city studies and governance

India has recognised cities are a driver of growth and development

Smart cities need smart leaders and a smart citizenry

Bangalore has created many institutions & leaders who have shaped how cities are governed

across India

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Focus on education and training

Conduct lighthouse research

Continuous public engagement

Politically engaged but non-partisan & independent

Start in Bangalore, but go national

How are we different?

8-fold path towards municipal governanceActivities

1. What is a city?

2. Essentials of micro planning

3. Public finance

4. Project management: Getting things done

5. Managing stakeholders

6. Economic reasoning

7. Enabling jobs & businesses

8. Ethics and public decisionmaking

An 8 class course for sitting municipal administrators, engineers and leaders across India

Nitin Pai

Pavan SrinathKarthik Shashidhar

V Ravichandar Raj Cherubal

Civic Leadership Incubation ProgrammeActivities

Training the next generation of politicians and civic leaders of India’s cities

Concept Track

Field Track

Practice Track

Nagara The Democracy Game

Activities

An interactive role-playing game that teaches how a democracy works – for

RWAs, nonprofits, schools ++

Smart City Policy Engineering Toolkit

An easy-to-read toolkit of flashcards that deconstructs deep knowledge into an

easily accessible set of flash cards

Research & WritingActivities

01 Let’s start measuring city GDPs in India Reimagining a networked government

How does a city work when everyone has a smartphone?

Injecting fresh, bold ideas into public debate

Developing a city economic vibrancy index

Can we have an Indian Metropolitan Service (IMS) like IAS?

How do you improve ease of doing business, city by city?

Getting people to pay for parking and water

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05060708 Going vertical with India’s cities

Sets of flashcards that can teach key topics in urban

governance and city to a busy and diverse set of people.

Policy ToolkitFresh, bold research on that confronts the aspirations of

600-million urban Indians. It is lighthouse research that

seeks to change narratives and broaden the horizon of

ideas.

ResearchAn international conference each year on urban themes

such as Securing Smart Cities; Growth through city

reforms; Entrepreneurship & the city.

Conference

An annual 3-month training programme for aspiring civic leaders in Bangalore on city governance and local action.

In association with BPAC.

Activities

B.CLIPA 4 week training programme

for civic administrators, municipal commissioners and

city engineers and leaders. Run 1-2 times per year.

Govt TrainingA role-playing game that teaches participants how

decision making works in a democracy. To train and

expand the horizons of school and college students as well

as RWAs and civil society members in Bangalore.

Nagara