Designing Urban Nervous Systems

by Ambika Tandon — last modified Apr 20, 2018 05:28 AM

Dr. Anupam Saraph will be holding a talk on 'Designing urban nervous systems' at the CIS on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. The talk will revolve around looking at cities as living organisms, with nervous systems at the center of their being.

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When

Mar 27, 2018
from 03:30 PM to 05:30 PM

Where

The Centre for Internet and Society, No.194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur 2nd Stage Bangalore

Contact Name

Ambika Tandon

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Dr. Anupam Saraph

Dr. Saraph is a future designer and an expert on complex systems. He holds a PhD in designing sustainable systems from the faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands. He has worked on building digital governance solutions and sustainable and resilient organizations with government and civil society organizations.

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