Blockchain & The Smart Cities: Lessons From Singapore, the World’s Smartest Digital Nation

Srinivas Mahankali

Aug 2020 · Notion Press

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218

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Digital Nations and Smart Cities are rapidly evolving, and the resulting digitalization is leading to several benefits while also exposing the citizens to unforeseen risks. Technologies like Blockchain are enabling risk management for secured automation. The book takes a close look at various paradigms of Smart cities’ & Digital Nations’ Governance while relating to the application of these principles in real life through the case study of Singapore, which is one of the world’s top 3 densest, but also, is one of the most sustainable cities. This book will be a useful resource for professionals, consultants, government servants, and students who wish to come to grip with the emerging technologies and to understand their applications in governance and play an active role in community-building activities.

The book explores the emergence, evolution, and adoption of advanced digital technologies like IoT, Analytics and Blockchain for improved governance, sustainable development, and better quality of life and happiness for citizens across the world.

About the author

Srinivas Mahankali is a passionate advocate and practitioner of Blockchain technology. An alumnus of IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore, Srinivas has worked in leading Indian and Multinational organizations at various Top management roles. He led the Digital transformation activities and IT department in some of India’s leading organizations. Srinivas authored/co-authored multiple books on emerging technologies. His book Blockchain-The Untold Story has the distinction of being the first book in the world to be translated into a Chinese language by AI agents. He co-authored books on AI & ML, Cybersecurity, Blockchain Consortiums and Organizational excellence. Srinivas has extensively worked on conceptualizing, consulting, and implementing Blockchain technology at leading Indian and Government-owned organizations in India. Srinivas is fond of training and talent development activities. He took an active part in training many professionals in government and private sector in Blockchain in India as a Program Director of one of India’s leading University certified online Post Graduate programs. Srinivas supports several start-ups as a sounding board, to conceptualize and adopt appropriate strategies for growth.

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