The City beautiful which is also known as one of the smart cities in India is all set to get a world class Smart City innovation centre. This centre would be the first of its kind in India. If everything goes according tot he plan, then this smart city center for Chandigarh would be operational at Punjab Engineering College in Sector 12 of Chandigarh by the first week of April 2017.

PEC University of Technology declared the commencement of the centre during a Smart City workshop held on the campus. The students of PEC proposed this project of developing the Innovation Centre, which was approved by the Administrator V.P. Singh Badhnaur.

The motive of setting up smart city centre is to offer smart solutions for better infrastructure and a cleaner environment. This centre will be set up by the Chandigarh Administration & will be equipped with all the latest technology to develop the city beautiful Chandigarh into a smart city. This centre will be designed to provide services that will include public safety, traffic management, transport, water, power, waste disposal, lighting, telecom, and e-governance in the city.