"The world will
have 450 major metros by 2020. About 45 will be in India. There is large amount
of migration happening to major Indian cities. About 30 people migrate to major
Indian cities from rural areas every minute" said Mr. Palmisano, at a
function in Gurgaon to showcase IBM's Smart City solutions.
Mr. Palmisano added that
the number of people living in Indian cities will reach 84.30 crore by 2050,
which is more than the current combined population of the US, Brazil, Russia
and Japan. About 400 engineers in IBM's India software labs are developing
solutions that predict & manage problems of traffic, water, crime & power
shortage in world's major cities. IBM India employs over 1.5 lakh people in
India and generates revenues estimated to be upwards of $2 billion for the
$106-billion New York based IBM Corp.
He added that India
can not be wedded to its success (in IT). "It has a large number of
talented engineers and graduates. Now it has to move to the future."
"The problems of
our major cities (in the world) are so severe that it becomes difficult for our
leadership to manage them. Leaders have to be non-ideological if they have to
get things done. The leaders of a smarter city think in terms of systems. They
don't confuse leadership with charisma or sound bites," he said.
He said that big data
can help solve the world's problems. "The information is already out
there. You just have to do some predictive modelling and solve problems which
face us every day."
"Leaders have to
think long term. About 14 per cent of CEOs lost their jobs last year. One could imagine
it was due to short term orientation," he added.
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