Shanmuga Priya, BREADS

Speaker Profile
Shanmuga Priya T is a Social Researcher trained in policy analysis and evaluation. She has worked on policies and budgets while working with institutions like Social Watch in Chennai and Centre for Budget and Policy Studies in Bangalore.Her experience sprawls across various sectors including children, women, education & budget analysis. She regularly writes for websites on policies, social issues, and for a tabloid called 'Conversations Today', on social initiatives/social entrepreneurs. In the past she worked and interned with various grassroot organisations to gain in-depth knowledge of the development sector and experience on the same.

The theme ‘inclusive’ will strive to include everyone to make
the city smart, which would be the children, the migrant workers,
the women, slum dwellers, etc. The city cannot be smart with
broadened roads, Wi-Fi connections and solar lights alone; but when
these sections of the society are taken care of and when they are
smart too.