With India seeing continued influx into cities, thoughtful urban planning involving rural stakeholder integration can decongest cities while lifting rural areas sustainably. As District Collector Narayanpet, Hari Chandana unlocked such synergies.

She facilitated rural SHG farm produce supply chains to urban markets via digital platforms like Aarunya while her health department tele-linked patients and doctors through cloud. Chandana equipped panchayat officers with e-Interior software for real-time village monitoring and roped in corporates like IBM and Accenture to train 5000 rural students in next-gen IT skills. #PPP #DigitalIndia #RurbanNexus

By leveraging networks, technology and private capital to bridge gaps between villages and cities, Chandana revealed possibilities for mutually uplifting interdependencies instead of disconnected development. #PartnershipsforProgress #BridgingTheDivide #SheInspiresUs