As India invests billions in infrastructure, effective facility management ensures assets serve citizens, businesses, and institutions efficiently, while optimising costs and extending their life, says Ankur Sachdev. India is in the midst of one of the most ambitious infrastructure build-outs in modern history. From expressways, high-speed rail corridors, airports, and ports to data centres, global...
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We want to take the best construction to the people
The Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society Ltd. (ULCCS) was established 100 years ago in Kozhikode, Kerala, by the social reformer Vagbhatananda. Its cooperative structure makes it to the construction sector what Amul is to the dairy industry in India. The cooperative’s engineering and construction subsidiary, U-Sphere, launched in February 2025 as part of the centenary...
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Powering the New Industrial Ecosystem
A new generation of infrastructure providers is reshaping India’s warehousing into a strategic driver of manufacturing and economic growth, notes Aditi Kumar. India is undergoing one of the most transformative shifts in its industrial sector in recent history. The way companies manufacture products, manage logistics, distribution, and supply chains, and connect to global markets has...
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Funding India’s Digital Infra Leap
As India’s digital infrastructure story unfolds site by site, platform by platform, the real innovation is not just in AI or IoT, but in how capital is being restructured to value data-driven reliability, explains Shubhankar Bhattacharya. AI for project monitoring. Predictive maintenance. Smart logistics. Digital transformation is top of mind for those active in India’s...
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Data Centres Set to Ride Next Digital Wave
Growing digitisation, digitalisation and an enabling policy environment are expanding India’s data centre footprint, but the next phase of growth will be driven by digital transformation, writes Anand Kulkarni. The world is rapidly transitioning towards a digitally connected era, powered by high-speed internet services and proliferating generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). This transformation is fuelling significant...
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Water may be free, but safe service has a cost
For Guillaume Dourdin, taking over as the India head of the world’s largest water management company wasn’t easy. He had to expand the legacy of his predecessor, the legendary Patrick Rousseau, whose contributions ranged from direct-to-tap services to environmental solutions and boosting India-France economic ties. Three years since taking charge in December 2022, the CEO...
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SHANTI Act: Bridging Policy, Finance and Public Trust
Repositioning nuclear energy under India’s SHANTI Act will require a clear framework of rules, regulations and contracts that define roles, risks and responsibilities, say Amit Kapur and Sugandha Somani Gopal. The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Technology for India (SHANTI) Act, 2025, heralds a transformative shift in India’s nuclear energy governance framework. Seeking to...
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Union Budget 2026-27: Building India’s Core
With its strong multiplier effect on GDP, the Union Budget 2026-27 prioritises infrastructure by proposing to expand digital networks, advance the energy transition, strengthen the urban infrastructure index, and accelerate transport and logistics development, notes Rajashree Murkute. Even as it focuses on job creation, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and services, the Union Budget...
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Speeding Up Ports & Logistics
The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) is more than infrastructure; it is a strategic inflexion point for India’s manufacturing, exports, and the long-awaited shift from road to rail, writes Lalit Chandra Trivedi. India’s freight logistics story is being rewritten, not on a highway, not at a seaport terminal, but on a dedicated railway corridor that...
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Airports at Scale
India’s aviation push moves from expansion to execution discipline India’s aviation sector is entering a decisive phase – one where ambition is no longer defined by the number of airports being announced but by the system’s ability to deliver, sustain and monetise them. At the Infrastructure Today Airports Conclave held on March 12, 2026, at...