GUJARAT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL

TEC-CITY

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L O C AT I O N P L A N
• Centrally located in the
state of Gujarat in
Gandhinagar

• 12km From Ahmedabad

International Airport

• On the bank of River

Sabarmati

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• Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) is a globally bench-marked international

financial service Centre (IFSC) developed by Government of Gujrat. It is an under-
construction central business district between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Indian
state of Gujarat. It will be India’s first global financial and IT hub of its kind.

• GIFT is planned as a financial Central Business District (CBD) between Ahmadabad and
Gandhinagar as a Greenfield development. It is designed as a hub for the global financial
services sector. More particularly, state-of-the-art connectivity, infrastructure and
transportation access have been integrated into the design of the city.

• Location of GIFT The project regenerates the area as high-quality, mixed use district of
residential, commercial and open space facilities that optimize land and real estate
values. It is characterized to be a Central Business District (CBD) developed on “Smart and
Sustainable Development” principle thereby acting as a motivation for overall
development of the region.

General Information of GIFT City

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L O C AT I O N

• Gift city - Gujarat International Finance Tec City

• Location – Gujarat
• Area – 900 acre
• Area spread over 3.58 sq. kms.
• As a global Finance Business District
• Gujarat International Finance Tec City Limited (GIFTCL), a Government of Gujarat promoted company.

CONCEPT

• "To design a CBD that will serve as a paradigm for Next Class city in terms of quality of life, infrastructure and ambience aiming to be high-density and
high-rise, treating land as a precious resource."
• The central theme of our proposed landscape creates a forest.
• Recharges and re-supplies water.
• Generates climatically appropriate people’s places.
• It will mitigate the ecological imbalances through landscape restoration and new interventions.
• A thriving ecological, sustainable city with a variety of flora and fauna, and a gentler microclimate will be created.

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LAND USE

• The development of CBD (Central Business District) projects can be clarified as the following three types according to their characters:
• Office : Includes office and associated facilities such as conference and exhibition.
• Service : Including retail, restaurant, entertainment and cultural facilities, hotel.
• Residential facilities : Including apartment, residential buildings.

PLANNING

• A greenfield development.
• Designed as a hub for the global financial services sector.
• State-of-the-art connectivity, infrastructure and transportation access have been integrated into the design of the city.
• Advancing the ideas of sustainability and ecology. The project regenerates the area as high-quality, mixed use district of residential, commercial and
open space facilities that optimize land and real estate values.

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VISION

• The vision for GIFT is achieved through the objectives which are enumerated as follows:
• To develop a new format for globally benchmarked Integrated City
• To propose a road map for fast track development and implementation
• To make the city scalable in each & every aspect for a distant future
• To derive the city format from fast changing lifestyles & new technologies
• To achieve an image of Global city, that keeps pace with modern technologies

ZONING

• The location of these activities is encapsulated as “Enclaves” with proximity to transport, identity, image, clustering, SEZ processing and non
processing, riverfront.
• The main goal to develop GIFT as a world-class hub to facilitate the delivery of a wide range of cross-border financial services to clients in other
countries.
• Evolved Commercial (offices) land use as the predominant land use.
• The residential activity along with other social infrastructure provision is equally necessary to keep the centre alive and active.
• The other land uses have been proportionately introduced.

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LAND USE PLAN

OFFICE SHOPPING ,HOTEL

RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL

PUBLIC-SEMIPUBLIC

COMERCIAL (32%)
MIXED (30%)
PUBLIC SEMI PUBLIC 1%
OTHER ARE 23 RECREATION-1
RECREATION-2
WATER BODY

TRANSPORTATION-14%
UNDERGROUND ROAD
LRTS STATION

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MASTER PLAN

• GIFT Master Plan reflects a

sophisticated planning
approach that integrates
the intended program into
the existing context of both
the site and the region.
• The master plan of this
Green Field Development
incorporates its planning
along River Sabarmati. It
features to ensure that all
the services in relation with
the connectivity,
technology,
communication, quality of
life and the business
environment are
established and sustained.
• The GIFT development is
expected to become a
contemporary model
development in India,
advancing the ideas of
sustainability and ecology.

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LANDMARK BUILDINGS
• “Diamond Tower” - The tallest tower is located on the beautiful Fortune
Island. The Diamond Tower symbolizes Gujarat’s flourishing diamond
industry. Designed to portray the elegant edges of diamond facets, each
floor of the tower is different and yet uniquely forming one large
diamond.
• “Convention Centre” - It has several halls, auditorium and an opera with
sitting capacity exceeding 10,000. It’s design is inspired by Salt Crystals
and Dandi March. It will also have Eight museums showcasing the
history, art, culture and socio-economic life of Gujarat.
• “The Crystal Towers” - The glowing crystals are one of the most stunning
buildings of the City skyline. Synonymous with their names, the four
office Crystal Towers have beautiful terraces gardens and offer
spectacular views of Dream River, Diamond Tower and the Convention
Centre.
• “Transit Node” - The transport node is the urban hub of the city. The
Complex is designed with hotels, malls, theatres, food streets and
multidimensional transport stations.
• “The River Front Development” : Designed for entertainment, the river
front will be dotted with restaurants, craft bazaar and leisure activities
to provide fun and relaxation in a serene ambience.
• “The Gateway Towers” - The tall archways of the Gateway Towers frame
the majestic Diamond tower and create a picture perfect setting.
Astride the main avenue of the city, the Gateway Towers have elaborate
terrace gardens and rooftop restaurant. The Gateway Towers draw this
design inspiration from Buland Darwaja and herald India’s arrival in the
new millennium.
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STREET SECTIONS

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VIEWS

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INFRASTRUCTURE
• Integrated infrastructure for better diversity
• Technology ensuring energy conservation
• All utilities /services to be coordinated through single agency
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY/TRANSPORT
SANJAY GANDHI
NATIONAL PARK
• Uninterrupted and highly • International • Water and Power Supply • External Connectivity
reliable power supply Exhibition Complex Systems includes MRTS / BRTS/
(99.999%) Roads

• Next generation water & • Educational Institutes • Waste Management Systems • Public-Private Modal Split
waste management, district 90:10
RAILWAY
cooling
LINE
• International and • District Cooling System
WESTERN
Domestic schools EXPRESS
HIGHWAY
• State of the Art • Information Communication
Hospital Technology (ICT)

SITE • Training School • Utility Trench

• 5 star Hotels and • Multi Level Parking (MLP)
Business Club

• Landscaping

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GIFT INFRASTRUCTURE- SOCIAL AND CONNECTIVITY

PROPOSED
LOCATON OF
HOSPITAL

PROPOSED
LOCATON OF
SCHOOLS

PROPOSED
LOCATON OF
HOTELS

CONNECTIVITY PLAN SOCIAL PLAN

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GIFT INFRASTRUCTURE- PHYSICAL

SERVICES CONNECTIVITY UTILITY TRENCH

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UTILITY TRENCH ALINGMENT

• The vision of “DIGGING FREE CITY” by placing all the utilities in a TUNNEL across the city so that there is no need to
excavate the roads in future for repair/maintenance /renovation/up gradation of any utility.
• The provisions are made in the tunnel for smooth access, separation of utilities, proper drainage, lighting, and
other long-term concerns, such as maintenance and security. SANJAY GANDHI
NATIONAL PARK
Power Cables
➢ Raw Water supply pipe line to Water Treatment Plant (WTP)
➢ treated water supply pipe line from WTP to various developments,
➢ chilled water supply from District Cooling Pipe (DCP) to various developments and return pipe line to DCP,
➢ ICT cables,
➢ Automated Waste Collection pipe line, RAILWAY
➢ Fire hydrant water pipe line, etc. LINE
WESTERN
• From safety point of view the tunnel is divided into WET and DRY sections which are physically
EXPRESSseparated with
each other. HIGHWAY
• Wet section is carrying utilities related to water, ICT and others
• dry section carries power cables and have access from top.
• The wet section has been designed in such a manner that material handling can be done efficiently and
SITEmay be used for material movement.
maintenance trolley
• Total length of the Tunnel within GIFT City shall be approx. 16 Km and shall be provided with Ventilation system,
• Rodent Repellent System and Fire & Smoke Detection System for the purpose of safety. The size of the Tunnel shall
vary depending on the no and size of the Utilities and may go up to as large as 8 M wide X 11M deep.

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UTILITY TRENCH ALINGMENT

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S O L I D WA S T E M A N A G E M E N T
1. The waste is thrown into a disposal chute
2. Computer controlled access
• Maximise resource recovery / minimal emissions 3. Waste sucked through pipes at a speed of 90 km/hr
• Minimise impact on environment, human intervention, space 4. Treatment through plasma gasification
requirement, impact on health hazard
• No waste visibility • Monitoring E-Waste; Bio-medical, Hazardous Waste handling system
• Power neutral • Monitoring Central
• Waste Handling Facility
Automatic Collection, Transportation and Segregation System • Monitoring Residual Waste handling, rejects
• Safety Management, Emergency response

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Segregation & Treatment

Utility Trench

Collection from Building

Separate Collection Pits

Collection from Public Places

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GIFT has incorporated in itself the various intelligent and green measures, which contribute to the sustainable development of this city. The different
measures undertaken are elaborated. It is characterized to be a Central Business District (CBD) developed on “Smart and Sustainable Development” principle
thereby acting as a motivation for overall development of the region.

LAND USE FEATURES GIFT

It had been planned based on high density development , considering that land is scarce Land area 3.58 sq. km
resource. The Global Floor Space Index of 3.65 has been implemented in the entire GIFT area to Construction scale 8.5 lakh sq. m
achieve the envisaged density as part of its overall development.
Greenbelt 1183000 sq. m
Ta b l e : L a n d u s e
G R E E N B U I L D I N G I N I T I AT I V E S
Green Building (also known as sustainable building) refers to both a structure and the using of
processes that are environmentally responsible and resource efficient throughout a buildings life
cycle: from design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition.
• It also has incorporated green and sustainability measures in terms of: reduction of wastage
WESTERN of
energy, which will result in reduced energy bills, EXPRESS
• Construction of sky gardens or roof-top gardens, HIGHWAY
• Increase in usage of non-conventional energy sources such as solar power, and also rain water
harvesting,
• Planning and design according to climate,
• Other Green Building
SITE parameters such as structural design efficiency, materials efficiency,
materials efficiency, indoor environmental quality enhancement, operations & maintenance
optimization and waste reduction.

Fig : Intelligent building prototype

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LANDSCAPING Landscape components-soft
vs hardscapes. The master
plan is defined by two major
• Over 34% of the land area in GIFT has been utilized as green and open spaces. landscape zones – the soft
• This has resulted in the major landscaping of those areas which is ecologically and green and lush forest park
and the urban hardscape of
aesthetically matured. the recreational space
• Planting of evergreen , flowering trees, columnar spread trees, ground-cover or
lawn area, and continuous shrub masses, as well as the construction of landscape Unique landscape
terraces, has also been done to accenture views where desirable. theme The
continuous
forested green
corridor follows
Mountain –tapas the riverbank in
udyan Medium direct connection
size, semi- with master plan’s
transparent major open space
umbrella shaped,
bright canopy dry
and heat tolerant

Green boulevard-
udyan path Medium-
large size tree wide,
arching canopy,
robust urban street
tree Fig : St reetscape Typology

Waterfront park
Small to large size
tree , groups of
varying canopy
forms , water
tolerant

F i g : Fo r e st Tr e e M i x

Fig : Streetscape Fig : Landscape Master Plan

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WAT E R S U P P LY S Y S T E M S
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• The water requirement for the GIFT city is 20 Millions of Gallons per Day.
• The water sources from which GIFT draws its water are
a) Narmada Main Canal,
b) Recycling and reuse of waste water,
c) Rainwater Harvesting.
• This has resulted in the city receiving 24x7 water supply. The concept of “zero discharge city” has been implemented, in which the waste water is
treated and reused, which results in maximum utilization of water.
• A perennial water front has been ensured through the construction of three barrages on the Sabarmati River, called Samruddhi Sarovar.
• The waterfront is 1km in length and 7m in depth, with its width varying from 82 m to 160 m. It is designed for the storage of drinking water, which can
last for up to 15 days.

F i g : S mart Wa ter I n f r astru cture Fig : Samruddhi Sarovar

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S O L I D WA S T E M A N A G E M EN T

• The projected waste quantity of GIFT is 488 Tons per day.

• It aims at minimizing the impact on environment, human intervetion, space
requirement, and less impact on health hazard.
• The GIFT city has automatic collection and transportation system.
• In this computer controlled system, the waste is being thrown into the disposal
chute, and the waste is sucked through pipes at speed of 90 km/hr. The Plasma
Gasification Technology is used for the waste treatment.
• Minimise impact on environment, human intervention, space requirement,
impact on health hazard.
• Power neutral.

Fig : Process of Solid Waste Management

1. The waste is thrown into a disposal chute

2. Computer controlled access
3. Waste sucked through pipes at a speed of 90 km/hr
4. Treatment through plasma gasification
Fig : Process of Solid Waste Management

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DISTRICT COOLING SYSTEM

• Another important aspect, which GIFT has implemented is the installation

of district cooling system, which is a system of distributing heat generated
in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating
requirements, such as space heating and water heating.
• The heat is obtained from burning of fossil fuels, but increasing use of
biomass, geothermal heating, and central solar heating is also being done.
• It has also been observed that district heating with combined heat and
power is the cheapest way of cutting carbon emissions, and has one of the
lowest carbon footprints of all fossil fuel generation plants.
• Efficiency through economies of scale
• Reduces energy costs
• Reduces maintenance costs
• Improves air quality and temperature control
• Reduces noise and vibration
• Conventional AC System not required
• Monitoring District Cooling Plant System
• Simulation of cooling/energy requirements
• Analyze interface with distribution/usage for both the supply and return
elements
Fig : Direct Cooling System
• Evaluation of extensive economic scenarios

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INTRODUCTION

TOPIC OVERALL VISION CURRENT STATUS

ROADS • Roads in GIFT Project will be of • Up gradation of Access Road and the construction of 5 k.m. of sub arterial
International class and it is Road is completed.
planned in a manner which will • Construction of Arterial Road awarded to Backbone Enterprises Ltd. and is
make GIFT a zero accident zone in under process. SANJAY GANDHI
the city. NATIONAL PARK

WATER • GIFT Project is zero discharge city;
water will be drinkable from any
tap.
• Storage of surface run-off & rain
water will be done and the water
infrastructure will consist of next
class Water Treatment Plants
(WTP) and Sewage Treatment
Plants (STP).
DIRECT • District Cooling System
COOLING introduced for the first time in
SYSTEM India for any commercial use.
• The chilled water will be supplied
SITE
till building level and it will reduce
energy & maintenance cost,
reduce noise & vibrations,
improves air quality.
• Construction of Raw Water Pumping Station (RWPS) and water supply
transmission main pipeline to GIFT Zone from Narmada Canal-Completed.
• Works for WTP and STP have been assigned to M/s Voltas Limited. WTP (3
MLD) has been commissioned and STP (2.2 MLD) is completed.
RAILWAY
• Consultancy work for framing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for
GIFT Water Infrastructure
LINE Ltd. is completed.
WESTERN
EXPRESS
HIGHWAY
is • Work assigned to ETA Engineers Pvt. Ltd. a reputed international agency
from Dubai on EPC basis.
• First District Cooling plant having capacity of 10000 TR to support Phase–I
development is operational.

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TOPIC OVERALL VISION CURRENT STATUS

POWER • GIFT Project ensures • Construction power arrangement, works for street lighting on access road to GIFT
99.999% power Project, Web based LED Street Lighting system for the sub - arterial roads has
reliability, which means commissioned. 66 kv Substation is commissioned by Blue Star.
outage of 5.3 minutes • Consultancy work for framing of Standard Operating Procedures for the SANJAY GANDHI
GIFT Power
per annum. NATIONAL
Company Ltd is completed. Techno-Economic Feasibility study for setting PARK
up Gas
Based Power Generation Plant in GIFT City is awarded to Steag Energy India Pvt. Ltd.
and same is completed.
• Centralized Distribution Substation work has been awarded to Rajesh Power Services
Ltd. Design, Supply, Installation, testing and commissioning of 2750 kv, 11 kv Diesel
Generator Set for backup power supply arrangement work has been awarded to
Sudhir Genset.
ITC • Create leading-edge • Overall concept, master RAILWAY
plan, high design of ICT services including Data center is
infrastructure, services LINE
developed by British Telecom and to implement the same, a consortium consisting of
and platforms and offer reputed agencies including Tata Communications, WESTERN
Newgen ITeS services & Centios (JV
financial services & of Korean Telecom & Cisco System) has been selectedEXPRESS to provide ICT services within
IT/ITeS enterprises a GIFT City. GIFT City offers always up & running IT HIGHWAY
infrastructure with 99.995% uptime .
significant competitive • A state of art Tier IV Green Data Centre with a capacity of 900 racks is being
advantage to operate inaugurated in by last week of August-15 . The Data Centre will provide various
regionally and globally. services like Public , Private & Hybrid cloud, managed hosting. Variety of solutions like
IaaS ( Infrastructure as a services ), Paas ( Platform as a service ) & DRaaS ( Disaster
SITE recovery as a service ) will be offered from this Data Centre .
• Entire GIFT City is connected with a fault tolerant optical fibre ring infrastructure . The
connectivity in GIFT City is being provided by four major telecommunication service
providers . GIFT City uses advances of technology in form of unique IoT ( Internet of
Things ) based C-4 ( City Command & Control Centre ) to monitor and manage City
Infrastructure.

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TOPIC OVERALL VISION CURRENT STATUS

AUTOMATED • Automated Waste Collection System (AWCS) and Segregation Plant • Work assigned to Envac a reputed
WASTE is one of the unique next class infrastructure planned in GIFT international agency from Sweden and
COLLECTION Project. It will Maximize resource recovery / Minimal emissions, construction work for Central Waste
SYSTEM Minimize impact on environment, human intervention, space Handling Facility (CWHF) ofSANJAY
5 to 50GANDHI
TPD
requirement, impact on health hazard and no waste visibility which NATIONAL PARK
capacity has got commissioned.
will make city clean, green and healthy.

UTILITY • All utility services except gas and sewerage from plants to various • For first phase, work awarded to M. S.
TUNNEL buildings will be routed through utility tunnel only. GIFT is planned Khurana Engineering Ltd for construction
to develop Utility Tunnel throughout city including DTA & SEZ areas of Utility Tunnel of 2.2 k.m. length in DTA is
completed. MEP Tender awarded to Blue
RAILWAY
Star Ltd. Request for Qualification (RFQ)
LINE for construction of Utility Tunnel for
WESTERN
Phase-II (4.5 k.m) is completed and RFP for
EXPRESS
the same is under process.
SAMRUDDHI • Artificial water body of 1.2 km planned which will work as a 15 HIGHWAY
• The detailed design of Samruddhi Sarovar
SAROVAR days water storage for the city and also use for the recreational has been done by Halcrow Consulting India
and entertainment. Pvt. Ltd. Design, Proof Checking and
Project Management Consultancy services
SITE (PMC) for Development of Master
Balancing Reservoir (MBR) in GIFT City is
being done by TCE.

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BUILDINGS
1. GIFT ONE:
It is office building located in Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) consists of 29 floor (122
mtrs). It is developed by ITUAL and constructed by L&T Ltd. The building consists
of 12 high speed elevators and has next class building elevation & infrastructure.
“GIFT ONE” was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief Minister-GOG on January 10, 2013
SANJAY GANDHI
and is operational with leading Public Sector Banks, IT & Finance Companies
NATIONAL PARK
occupying space in the Tower.

2. GIFT TWO :
It is office building located in Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) consists of 29 floor (122
mtrs). It is developed by ITUAL and constructed by Al Nakra Constructions, Dubai
(ANC).The building consist of 12 high speed elevators and will have next class
RAILWAY
building elevation & infrastructure. The building will be inaugurated shortly.
Global LINE
WESTERN
EXPRESS
HIGHWAY

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SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE ALLOTMENTS
HOSPITAL
Sterling Addlife India Limited, a leading Corporate Hospital Chain is allotted 0.25 mn sq.ft. BUA and is
developing a state-of-the-art multispecialty Hospital of 200 beds in GIFT City. Design & Architectural
Specification of the facility are under finalization, construction to commence shortly.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING CENTER

Skill Development & Training Centre planned at GIFT City will provide skilled manpower with adequate
knowledge in the Financial & allied Services. Allotment has been made to Global Insurance Services
(India) Private Limited for development of Skill Development & Training Centre at GIFT City. The Centre
spread across 0.2 mn. Sq. ft. of BUA to be developed at an estimated investment of Rs.100 crore will be
providing training in the areas of Insurance & related activities. Design & Architectural features are under
RAILWAY
finalization.
LINE
WESTERN
EXPRESS
SCHOOL
HIGHWAY
Narsee Monjee Educational Trust of Mumbai has been allotted 0.1 mn sq. ft. of BUA to develop ICSE
School in GIFT City. School has become operational from June 2015.

SITE
HOTEL & CLUB
Two Hotels (4/5 star) are being planned in GIFT City currently and work for the same is expected to
commence shortly. GIFT will also have India’s first Business Club. Allotment for GIFT International Centre
(Business Club) is made to West India Hospitality Ltd. Construction of the same is in progress.

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CONCLUSION
As far as sustainability is concerned, GIFT reflects a sophisticated planning approach to ensure integration of Environmental concerns and Green
Buildings, optimum usage of energy, water and construction materials.
The project regenerates the area as high-quality, mixed use district of commercial, residential and open space facilities that optimize land and real
estate values.
Due to its efforts, GIFT has been presented with multiple awards and honours, such as “Smart City of the Future” b Cisco Technology Awards, 2014 and
many others. GIFT stands as a model for successful sustainable development of industrial and commericial areas, and it will be seen in the future as a
model, based on which the development of the other smart cities will take place.

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1. “GIFT- A Smart City A Global Financial Hub”, Esri India, Dec 2014.
2. “Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT)”, Regional Best Practices Seminar Manila, Philippines 29 – 30 April, 2009.
3. Shailesh Kumar Jha, “Smart Cities in India (Towards Carbon Reduction – A Green & Sustainable Planet)” , Smart Cities – A Way Towards Sustainability
and Green Planet.
4. “Setting up of water and sewage treatment plant at GIFT city”, Vibrant Gujarat ,8th Global Summit, Urban Development, Government of Gujarat, 10-
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6. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ 2013-01-10/ahmedabad/36257250_1_gift-city-gujarat-internationalfinance-tec-city-ramakant-jha

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