In her vision address, Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, said JNNURM is the best thing to happen to the urban development sector in recent times, but stressed the importance of full State/Centre cooperation in order to meet its objectives.

Municipalika 2013 saw the launch of The Urban Innovation Challenge, an exciting design ideas competition for bright, young budding engineers, architects and planners to showcase solutions to urban challenges. Joint winners in the Post Graduate Macro section were students from New Delhi’s School of Planning and Architecture and CEPT University, Ahmedabad.

The 11th Municipalika honoured top participants in the presence of dignitaries like Dr Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development; Dr Jatin V Modi, President, United Cities & Local Government/All India Institute of Local Self Government; and Naini Jayasheelan, Member Secretary, NCR Planning Board.