A two-day second Annual Research on Cities Summit (ARCS 2.0) on “Knowledge Systems for livable Settlements” was held at the Xavier University Bhubaneswar (XUB) recently for sharing of research and experience on planning and management of human settlements and urbanisation in India.
XSRM Dean Prof Kajri Mishra and XUB Vice-Chancellor Fr Paul Fernandes inaugurated the programme. In the meeting discussion were held on Urban Governance and Development Trajectories, CSR, and Private Sector in Urban Development, Knowledge needs for livable Cities, Urban Services and Infrastructure and Urban Mobility.
On the occasion the winners of “Unnovation”, a series of competitions conducted as a precursor to ARCS 2.0, were awarded. Among others,
Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Additional Secretary Dr Sameer Sharma, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Shrinivas Kollagi, Prashant Kumar Hota, Sanjeev Gupta, Dr TR Raghunandan, Hitesh Vaidya, Dr Sudhir Krishna, Prof Dinesh Mehta, Prof Ashok Kumar, Prof Meera Mehta and Prof R.K Panda were present.