Local or hyper-local, Technagara, a new tech platform for urban India, lets you choose. While Technagara can work for any city (126 at present), what is more significant is that the platform can work across scales – from a pan-city level to a community level.
For instance, Electronics City Industrial Township Authority (ELCITA) and Mahindra World City, Chennai, are now getting dedicated Technagara apps developed by Mapunity. Theoretically, Technagara can now easily host an app for any gated community, apartment complex or a ward, with just a click. Sanjay Nagar, in the city, is working on one such pilot platform.
With all the stakeholders – citizens, the government and businesses – being brought together on the same platform, it can be customised for use and will eventually end up with a rich source of information that has been crowd sourced.
While the citizens and government make up for the social enterprise part of the platform, by offering it for free, Mapunity intends to monetise it for ‘business to business’ services.
What also adds to the value of Technagara is its range of special tools, developed by Mapunity, that are deployable across any city.
The platform then acts as a social medium where users can join specific groups and share data.
This service in particular is likely to find huge success with businesses looking to collect business data, the creators say.
“The opportunities to create more such innovative tools are endless. For instance, we have put in use a simple mobile-based tool that alerts parents about their children’s vaccination schedules,” said Ashwin Mahesh, founder of Mapunity.
