Regional news: India

Smart Cities India Expo

From January 17 to 19, 2024, the capital of India — New Delhi hosted the Smart Cities India Expo — a large scale event, dedicated to the latest achievements in the field of smart urban planning. For the first time a delegation from Russia took part in the Expo and was headed by the Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Moscow Department of Foreign Economic and International Relations, Chairman of the Board of the Business Council for Cooperation with India, Mr Sergei Cheremin.

At the exhibition exposition of the Russian capital partners from India were presented with information and high-tech solutions, as well as Moscow’s successful experience in implementing the Smart City project, including an intelligent transport system, the provision of online government services, the Moscow Electronic School platform, and advanced methods of using artificial intelligence.

Honorary representative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation in India, Mr Igor Piasetskii, as well as the delegation of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry took an active part in the exhibition and held a series of B2B meetings as part of the Russian Indian business forum, held on January 18 in New Delhi.

The forum was organized by the Moscow Department of External Economic and International Relations, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of India, the Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in India, and the Moscow Center for International Cooperation.