C4IR India An Impact Journey 2025

Cities are the growth engines of India’s economy, and their transformation is crucial to achieving developed country status by 2047. Cities are also key stakeholders in meeting the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and enabling a citizen-led lifestyle for environment (LiFE). In our partnership with the World Economic Forum, we are keen to support forward-looking cities in achieving a technology-enabled climate-smart urban transformation. Nitin Seth, Chief Executive Officer – New Mobility, Reliance Data-driven decision-making is helping cities in their climate action. Google is supporting cities across the world, including in India, to achieve meaningful climate outcomes. The key to success in any such initiative depends on collaboration between cities, start-ups, ecopreneurs, investors, businesses and academia. We are happy to be a part of the World Economic Forum’s community that aims to support Indian cities leveraging technology for their climate-smart urban transformation. Ed Barron, Director, Geo, Commerce, Payments and Public Sector, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google In the coming decades, 90% of urban population growth will occur in countries with socioeconomic conditions similar to India. The World Economic Forum’s Centre for Urban Transformation and Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in India are committed to supporting and learning from India’s transition, helping to identify and scale frontier technologies and solutions that can support more resilient and prosperous urbanization across the globe. Jeff Merritt, Head, Centre for Urban Transformation; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) India – an Impact Journey 43