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Distributed Data Exchange Resource Server

Smart cities produce huge amounts of data from a diverse set of sources with data providers ranging from various public, government and private entities. For example, IoT sensor data for various monitoring tasks, location data for buses, crowd-sourced issue reporting data etc. Exchanging data via centralised access service may lead to performance bottlenecks, data storage […]

Rush for Seats No More

A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation.” – Enrique Peñalosa
This popular quote by Enrique Peñalosa, a Colombian politician, captures the essence of true development. Mobility is a key enabler in achieving the urban development vision. However, to reach this stage, the cities of the country must ensure that they provide the best possible mobility infrastructure to the people. IUDX is striving to be a key enabler in this vision by making every day travel of commuters smooth and easier.

IUDX and the Transformational Role of Data in Urban Sectors

IUDX was recently featured in the esteemed Voice and Data magazine where Dr Inder Gopal, CEO, IUDX wrote an article about the platform, the importance of data especially in the urban sectors and the impact IUDX can generate. [elfsight_file_embed id=”21″]

What a Waste? Not with IUDX’s Digital Overhaul

In Ludhiana, waste matter from Tajpur Road enters sewerage lines through open manholes leading to sewage overflow in wards 12, 13, 15 and 16. Galand locals protest solid waste being dumped from Ghaziabad. Several villages in Kurnool district are facing shortage of garbage dumping yards. As a result of which the household collected garbage is […]

Bracing to Tackle Urban Flooding With IUDX

Over the years visual imagery around floods in India has undergone a drastic change. Even until a couple of decades back, when one said flood, pictures of submerged fields and marooned villages in states like Bihar and Assam sprung in mind. But now what we imagine are flooded streets of our cities, floating cars, submerged […]

Lanes of Hope with IUDX Based Green Corridor for Emergency Vehicles

Year 2014, a 21-year-old in Chennai received the gift of life, thanks to an ambulance being able to carry the heart for transplant covering a distance of 12kms in just 14 minutes from Chennai Government General Hospital to Fortis Malhar Hospitals in Adyar, a distance that otherwise takes more than 45mins to cover. This was […]

Ushering New Era with IoT and 5G

Suresh Kumar, VP – Deployments, IUDX recently participated in a panel discussion on “How IoT and 5G will make businesses, cities smarter” at the Mint Digital Innovation Summit 2021. Hear his thoughts on the use and challenges of these technologies, and how they will help usher in the new era.

Sustainable and Equitable Urban Transport with IUDX

A report* issued in 2019 suggests that public transport is the third most preferred mode of transport in urban India, next to walking and using a personal motorbike. The fourth most favoured method of transport is personal car. The report also highlights that the most important reasons for not using public transport were poor ‘quality […]

Smart Data Models: Realising the Power of Common Data Models

In our previous article we saw that common data APIs and common data models are the key tools to combat data silos. Together, these enable efficient data sharing, improved data interoperability and enable ease of application portability across platforms. We explained the role played by Data Descriptors, which are linked data objects present in the […]

Decoding IUDX: Data Descriptors

Data silos present formidable roadblocks in the journey of our cities towards becoming data smart. Data silos are isolated islands of data which make it prohibitively difficult to exchange data for its use in other application areas. This prevents active participation of application developers and solution providers which is crucial to tackle the complex urban […]

Enabling Low-Cost Intelligent Traffic Signal System with IUDX

Since decades, traffic signals have been used to regulate traffic in order to increase efficiency in vehicular movement and road safety. These conventional traffic lights have done the job required with aplomb. However, increase in population, an exponential increase in traffic and the randomness in the traffic density pattern throughout the day has rendered these […]

Report: Non-Personal Data: Policy, Economics and Technology

In response to the Expert Committee Report proposing a Non-Personal Data (NPD) Governance Framework, the National Law School, Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, jointly hosted a series of panel discussions on Non-Personal Data. These discussions involved leading experts and practitioners across different fields thinking about NPD. […]