28 February 2025
Transforming Nagpur: One Initiative at a Time
"Let us first understand what the problem is before going into suggestions of what should be done. The correct approach would be to first understand what we have."
On the 2nd episode of Season 4 of our podcast “Talk in the Town”, we spoke to Mr. Nimish Sutaria and Mr. Shivkumar Rao – members of Nagpur@2025. This is a citizen-led initiative to transform Nagpur by bringing together citizens, corporates, NGOs and the administration.
Our first guest, Mr. Shivkumar Rao, is the Founder-Member at Nagpur@2025. He has been working towards making Nagpur a model for civic responsibility. He is also the former President of the Vidarbha Economic Development (VED) Council and is also a CA and Founder-Director, R & Y Logistics. Our second guest, Mr. Nimish Sutaria is the Convenor of Nagpur@2025; He has been responsible for leading initiatives in shaping the future of education in Nagpur; he is a CA turned entrepreneur and founder of Astute Group, India’s largest non-franchise BFSI service provider.
Nagpur@2025 has been working with city authorities and citizens in key areas like waste management, playground maintenance, and public sanitation through partnerships, including a non-financial MoU with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. They are actively working to make Nagpur a cleaner, more citizen-centric city with a key focus on areas like waste management, public toilets, maintenance of open spaces and lake rejuvenation.