Gaia Smart Cities- Creating Network as a Service (NaaS) to Empower IoT Based Applications
Headquartered in Mumbai, Gaia Smart Cities is one of a kind company that thinks through the Smart Cites concept from many different aspects, which are beyond technology. Gaia understands how devices and sensors connect with systems to make industries, cities and communities smarter, thus producing game-changing ideas for the clients. The firm furnishes IoT enabled monitoring and tracking services. “At Gaia, we are developing skills in integrating sensors and processors, and connecting them to different types of networks to create a solution that enables the Network of Networks – a term that we are trademarking,” affirms Dr. Sumit Chowdhury, CEO& Founder, Gaia Smart Cities.Gaia Smart Cities also works closely with the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) as an integral part of the National Project Management Unit (PMU) of the Swachh Bharat Mission. As a part of this Technical Assistance, along with KPMG, Gaia facilitates the designing and development of pilot solutions for monitoring & evaluation, training & development, community engagement (mobile, social, web), and capacity building of states and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).
Amalgamating Technological Advances to Create Smart Cities
With different solutions to manage the integration of operational systems like transportation, water, power, security and traffic situations for cities; the firm enables administrators to view what is happening across the cities, and correlates information once there is an alert from any of the sub-systems. Additionally, Gaia is pioneering a new integrated Network of Networks- the Gaia Grid. A virtualisation platform operating over 2G, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi and proprietary networks; Gaia Grid will the creation of an IoT Management Platform on the cloud. Moreover, the firm empowers the monitoring of various events in a city with its Command Centre. The framework integrates
information from multiple sub command centres to create a better understanding of city operations, thereby providing the services more efficiently.
Gaia Smart Cities- Creating Network as a Service (NaaS) to Empower IoT Based Applications
With a belief that management comes from measurement and control; Gaia accomplishes a complete solution for managing water. The firm develops a highly sensitive sensor system to read water meters and transmit the data wirelessly on a sensor network that Gaia builds in partnership with certain telcos. Apart from domestic and industrial water metering, the technology is now being used to control the flow of water, measure the quality of water and measure the pressure in pipes. Talking about Gaia’s plans for the advent of ‘Smart Cities’, the CEO says “Once our network is up for water sensing, the network will be used for all other sensors like power meters, gas meters and garbage bins, enabling true smart cities.”
Gaia takes a holistic approach for addressing the real problems of urban areas. The team Gaia talks to urban development boards, municipal governments and resident societies; recognises the relevant problems to be solved; and offers required technological solutions to eliminate the issues. Gaia’s idea is to have a set of readily implementable, relevant, scalable and above all, affordable solutions that can make an impact on society. Instead of doing it in a lab, team Gaia acts as an urban solutions lab that is out, working with the cities to identify these issues. Moreover, having worked with several global academic institutions, governments and industries to design, develop and deploy smart solutions for a truly interconnected ecosystem; Gaia is looking forward at more industry partnerships to create a future with a connected ecosystem of networks.
Gaia Smart Cities- Creating Network as a Service (NaaS) to Empower IoT Based Applications
With a belief that management comes from measurement and control; Gaia accomplishes a complete solution for managing water. The firm develops a highly sensitive sensor system to read water meters and transmit the data wirelessly on a sensor network that Gaia builds in partnership with certain telcos. Apart from domestic and industrial water metering, the technology is now being used to control the flow of water, measure the quality of water and measure the pressure in pipes. Talking about Gaia’s plans for the advent of ‘Smart Cities’, the CEO says “Once our network is up for water sensing, the network will be used for all other sensors like power meters, gas meters and garbage bins, enabling true smart cities.”
Gaia is pioneering a new integrated Network of Networks- the Gaia Grid
Gaia takes a holistic approach for addressing the real problems of urban areas. The team Gaia talks to urban development boards, municipal governments and resident societies; recognises the relevant problems to be solved; and offers required technological solutions to eliminate the issues. Gaia’s idea is to have a set of readily implementable, relevant, scalable and above all, affordable solutions that can make an impact on society. Instead of doing it in a lab, team Gaia acts as an urban solutions lab that is out, working with the cities to identify these issues. Moreover, having worked with several global academic institutions, governments and industries to design, develop and deploy smart solutions for a truly interconnected ecosystem; Gaia is looking forward at more industry partnerships to create a future with a connected ecosystem of networks.
