Ajmer has a vision of becoming one of India's leading tourist destinations. A good national and state highway network connects the city to other parts of Rajasthan and many important cities in India.

It was raining applause when Gajendra Singh Nagesh, Additional Commissioner, Jabalpur, and CEO, Jabalpur Smart City, walked the stage at the recently held 4th Smart Cities Summit at Pragati Maidan in Delhi

Known as Dakshin Kashi from ancient times, Kolhapur is a famous religious and commerce centre in Maharashtra and enjoys archaeological importance owing to the ancient temple of Mahalaxmi.

Regarded as the spiritual capital of India, Varanasi is known for its incredible number of 84 ghats or embankments, making tourism one of the city´s most important industries.

Karnataka´s second largest city, Mysuru is the city of palaces and a popular travel destination in India.

Kakinada made its place in the first list of 20 smart cities released by MoUD. A former Dutch colony, the city was once known as Cocanada and is a pastoral pensioner´s paradise.

A Tier-II city in Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur is the third largest urban agglomerate in the state (as per the 2011 census), India´s 37th largest urban agglomerate, and was recently selected in the very first list of the government´s smart cities challenge

A compact city, Tirupati is relatively dense and a key transit point as one has to travel through the city to reach Tirumala - it witnesses 75,000 to 1 lakh pilgrims every day. Chand says, ¨We have to extend all necessary services to pilgrims such as toilet facilities, maintaining routes, providing good signage and accommodation.¨ He shares more on the development of the city.

The third largest city in Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore is a major hub for textiles, industries, commerce, education, IT, healthcare and manufacturing. What´s more, this ´Manchester of South India´ is also referred to as the ´Pump City´ as it supplies nearly half of India's requirements of motors and pumps.