With India’s supply chain undergoing a sweeping transformation, driven by high‑capacity railway mega‑projects like the Dedicated Freight Corridors, stakeholders must ensure the right people, in the right places, with the right skills to sustain synchronised operations, cautions Deepesh Gupta. India’s supply chain ecosystem is entering one of its most transformative phases. Sustained investment in infrastructure,...
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Powering Freight Growth
Energy supply unpredictability makes large‑scale green trucking essential to insulate the Indian economy from fossil fuel dependence, notes Anand Mimani. India’s infrastructure story is expanding at a remarkable pace. Highways are expanding, ports are being modernised, and new logistics corridors are changing the way goods move across the country. As this network grows, there is...
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Beyond Climate, Water Stress is an Infrastructure Challenge
India’s water deficit is fundamentally tied to storage and infrastructure gaps that must be bridged through modern reservoirs, efficient rainwater harvesting, and restoration of traditional water bodies to ensure year‑round water security, writes Siddharth Bansal. The increasing water problem in India is frequently perceived through the prism of climate change—the unpredictability of the monsoons, the...
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The Next Logistics Advantage
The next phase of India’s logistics transformation will be determined by how well infrastructure assets are utilised, alongside a broader industry effort involving manufacturers, logistics providers, warehouse operators, technology partners and policymakers, declares Samarnath Jha. India has made substantial investments in highways, dedicated freight corridors, ports and multimodal connectivity. The challenge today is to improve...
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High-Speed Rail: A Network Vision
As India adopts the Mumbai‑Ahmedabad High Speed Rail model as the national template, lessons from it must be institutionalised to ensure seamless rollout of future corridors, notes Lalit Chandra Trivedi. In May this year, I spent several days riding China’s high-speed rail (HSR) network. Beijing to Shanghai at 350 kmph, provincial connections timed to the...
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Our goal is long‑term value in India’s infrastructure
Together with Indian Railways, entities like Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) are also transitioning. From executingc alone, it is now expanding across India’s fast‑growing infrastructure domain to become a major construction player. Speaking to Infrastructure Today’s Manish Pant, Saleem Ahmad, Chairman & Managing Director—with additional charge as CMD, IRCON International—said RVNL is leveraging its engineering...
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The East-West Freight Corridor will be built faster and smarter
How are the Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs)—among the most ambitious railway projects executed globally, with a combined investment of `1.24 trillion—transforming India’s freight landscape? Few are better placed to answer than Praveen Kumar, Managing Director, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp. of India Ltd (DFCCIL), who is often referred to as the ‘Freight Man of India’. Taking...
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Wind First, Full Stack Renewables in Sight
Ajay Kapur carries tremendous clarity of vision. As Global CEO of the $1.75 billion Suzlon Group, he recently outlined their future strategy to Infrastructure Today’s Manish Pant as part of Suzlon’s 2.0 vision. The Pune‑headquartered conglomerate seeks to evolve from a pure wind turbine manufacturer into a wind‑first, full‑stack renewable energy solutions partner, integrating wind,...
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GIS is for engagement, planning, and sustainability
From social welfare schemes to energy, defence and conservation, Esri India has established itself as a leading brand in geographic information system (GIS) software over three decades. In an interaction with Infrastructure Today’s Manish Pant, Agendra Kumar, Managing Director, notes that recent policy reforms have fast‑tracked GIS adoption by private sector entities. Looking ahead, he...
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AI Data Centre Leaders Chart India’s Infrastructure Roadmap
Industry experts deliberated on AI-ready infrastructure, sustainability and investment at the AI-Powered Data Centre Conference 2026 in Mumbai. As artificial intelligence reshapes global digital infrastructure, industry leaders gathered in Mumbai on July 22 at the AI-Powered Data Centre Conference 2026 to discuss how India can build the capacity, technology and ecosystem required to emerge as...