Smart and Human

The 20th century changed the way we live. Human population went up from 1.5 billion in 1900 to 7 billion in 2010. The hope of a better life drove--and continues to drive--people to urban areas leading to the growth of megacities around the world.

In India just three metropolises--New Delhi Mumbai and Kolkata--support a total popul...

G.R.K. Reddy is the Chairman and Managing Director of MARG Group a leading infrastructure development company with diverse projects such as ports IT parks malls commercial and residential real estate and an integrated city. An alumnus of the Kellogg School of Management in the United States he recognized early on in his career that infrastructure development would drive the second generation reforms in India and understood the importance of 'space creation' in the economy. He is today seen as a thought leader and the new face of India's sustainable and inclusive infrastructure.

Srijan Pal Singh is a gold medalist MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and has worked with the Boston Consulting Group. He is a social entrepreneur who has been involved in studying and evolving sustainable development systems with a thrust on rural areas. He also works as an advisor to former President of India Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on promoting the concepts of energy independence and Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) and has co-authored with him Target 3 Billion (2011). He was named as one of the Global Leaders of Tomorrow by St Gallen Leadership Symposium in 2014.