Ahmedabad First

Decision making is a critical aspect of governance. Similar to an organization, a government’s impact is determined by the speed and effectiveness of its decision. Decision making is a skill that makes or breaks leaders in organizations and governments. Given the plethora of variables that government, even at a city level, has to consider while

Today, on the 610th Foundation Day of the city, is as good as a day as any to think about what kind of a city would I want it to be. I grew up in Ahmedabad. The city and its people have shaped a lot of who I am today and for that, I will

I am confident that you have heard the phrase “flatten the curve” when it comes to Covid-19 numbers. If you haven’t, read this article. The point is that there is only so much hospital capacity that each city/country has and if we too many people want to use it at the same time, it won’t be

Can an AI system help us manage our traffic better? What would the advantages be over the current system? How would those advantages solve problems we currently face? What would the current traffic police do?

  Ahmedabad is a segregated city. There are a lot of cities in the world which are segregated. Most of them based on financial power. People can guess whether you are rich or poor based on where you live in the city. There are always some areas in the city which are considered more ‘posh’

This is the third article in a series of articles about City Priorities. If you haven’t read, please go through City Priority 1: Affordable Housing and City Priority 2: Waste Management. The main question that we are exploring is “What does the BJP government need to prioritize in Ahmedabad for this term?” We are going

This is the second article in a series of articles about City Priorities. If you haven’t read, please go through City Priority 1: Affordable Housing. The main question that we are exploring is “What does the BJP government need to prioritize in Ahmedabad for this term?” We are going to focus on one priority at

A few months ago, BJP scrapped through the Gujarat state elections. It means that unless something dramatic happens, Gujarat will have a BJP government in the state till 2022. It means that at that time, the state would have been under BJP rule for close to three decades! There have been a lot of discussions

Ahmedabad is the fifth most populous city in India and is spread over more than 460 square kilometers. It is one of the biggest cities in the state of Gujarat. There are a lot of things the city is famous for but one thing that it is definitely infamous for is : Traffic. Ahmedabad has

  “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It is where the rich use public transportation” A sound public transportation system is definitely one of the big signs of a developed city. All the big cities in the world have really comprehensive public transportation systems. The efficiency and effectiveness of