Smart Skies and Liveable Cities

About the initiative

SMART SKIES AND LIVABLE CITIES (SSLC) Initiative is a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) initiative based in Chennai. Its vision is to leverage advanced aviation technologies and emerging tools to make Indian cities more liveable, inclusive, and sustainable.

Aims to collaborate with government agencies, academia, industry, and civil society to generate evidence-based solutions, strengthen public policy, and create demonstrable pilot programs in urban environments.

Our Vision

To make cities more liveable, inclusive, and progressively sustainable by leveraging advanced aviation technology and futuristic tools. We help governments to create new policies and implement programs through data analysis, mapping, scientific assessments, and citizen engagement.

Urban Resilience & Climate Action with Aviation as a tool

Mobility, Accessibility & Safety

Public Engagement & Aviation Outreach

Objectives

To apply aviation and drone-based technologies for solving urban challenges such as pollution, traffic congestion, disaster response, and urban enforcements and

To promote inclusive mobility and accessibility across airports, airlines, and urban transport and

To bridge the public–aviation gap through awareness, training, and community engagement and

To collaborate with academia and policy institutions to publish research and generate policy inputs for governments and

To build a scalable, replicable model for Indian and global cities.