The US has initiated work on developing smart grid to optimise energy consumption and reduce its dependence on conventional fuels.
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The key differentiator between completion and excellence
Which do we prefer—that projects are systematically completed in time within costs, or that they thrive under a bright leader who can transform it beyond what it is meant to be?
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Leadership and governance
Vinod Bahety argues that leadership in India has been too domesticated to be anywhere near globally applicable. Leadership is a key differentiator, whether it’s a perfect or imperfect world. Over the last 10-15 years,
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Risk appreciation: A work-in-progress
Effective leadership envisions results in the long term, so even exceptional leadership qualities can at best limit the impacts of immediate issues such as economic slowdown, but not much more.
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To a grinding halt!
The first PPP metro rail to be operational in India vindicates what some top experts have said all along as technical faults and financial difficulties have put a spanner in the works of what should have been a shining example.
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Airport Express shut down despite best technologies available
Delhi Metro Airport line’s recent and ongoing shutdown has raised several questions on whether the right technology and equipment is being used in our rail and metro rail systems.
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Reducing unit cost of rail transport
The Indian Railways (IR) has a symbiotic relationship with the country’s industry and economy. The railway network plays a crucial role in the transport of coal,
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Restructuring of loans to discoms is not a permanent solution
In a freewheeling interview with Rahul Kamat, M V Tanksale, Chairman and Managing Director, Central Bank of India, says that although discoms are going through a rough phase
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Growth with responsibility
If growth is looked at as a number without relative comparison with the general life improvement of the common man, it remains an anomaly, an evasive terminology for showing
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Unknotting opportunities
The Infrastructure Today Urban Transport 2012 Conference was held on 28 and 29 August 2012 at New Delhi.