India has expanded water infrastructure at an unprecedented scale, but delivering reliable, continuous service will depend on smarter operations, real-time data and a workforce equipped to turn information into action, writes Dr Sanjay Dahasahasra. India has dramatically expanded access to drinking water through flagship programmes such as the Jal Jeevan Mission and AMRUT 2.0, adding...
Category: ECONOMY & POLICY
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Urban Planners & City Architects Seek Mumbai DCPR 2034 Reexamination
Dr Niranjan Hiranandani, Ghulam Zia and industry experts call for stronger resident safeguards, affordable housing and better urban planning. Urban Planners & Architects sought an urgent relook at DCPR 2034 at 3rd Mumbai Redevelopment Summit Mumbai, November 5, 2026: Mumbai’s redevelopment must move beyond rebuilding individual buildings to creating sustainable, well-planned neighbourhoods supported by adequate...
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Why Break Bulk Logistics Will Power India’s Next Infrastructure Wave
As infrastructure and industrial investments gather pace, break bulk logistics is becoming an increasingly important component of project execution across India, writes Rushi Parekh India’s infrastructure story is no longer confined to highways, metro projects and urban development. Investments in renewable energy, steel, power transmission, ports, refineries and heavy manufacturing are creating demand for a...
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India’s Next Connectivity Frontier Lies Inside Buildings, Not Just Across Cities
Indoor connectivity must be planned during the design and construction phase rather than after occupants begin reporting network issues, Rajarshi Roy argues. India’s cities are getting better connected, but there is a difference between bringing a network to a building and ensuring it works seamlessly throughout the property. Anyone who has struggled to make a...
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The Great Office Reset
GCCs are increasingly being built around product development, engineering, R&D, platforms and AI to expand their footprint, even as the work, teams and operating models that will occupy that footprint continue to evolve, write Nitika Goel and Saurabh Mehta. India’s global capability centres (GCCs) are taking more office space than ever before. In the first...
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Intelligence for Infrastructure
India’s challenge has shifted from building more infrastructure to making project execution predictable, Varghese Daniel asserts. India’s infrastructure build‑out is taking place at a scale that makes project execution increasingly complex. Public capital expenditure has risen from about `2 trillion in FY2014‑15 to `12.2 trillion in FY2026‑27, underlining the sustained focus on infrastructure‑led growth. The...
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UAVs: Governance from Above
Drones are fast becoming the operational backbone of a new governance model that observes more, responds faster, and leaves a verifiable record, Pradeep Pandurangi notes. Every monsoon, millions of pilgrims descend on Haridwar for the Kanwar Yatra, and the city buckles. Sanitation systems strain, crowds surge through narrow ghats, and municipal staff scramble to stay...
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Reshaping Global Logistics
India’s FTAs are diversifying exports, drawing manufacturing investment, and weaving supply chains into global value chains, writes Vikash Khatri. Global trade is governed by a multi-layered system of international rules, national laws and commercial practices. International rules, mostly defined by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), provide only a baseline, covering discriminatory practices, subsidies, tariffs and...
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Digital Oilfield’s Network Frontier
The network is no longer a utility to be procured cheaply; it is a strategic asset demanding the same rigour as any critical system, argues Pankaj Pareek. The energy industry is in the midst of its most consequential transformation since the discovery of offshore drilling. With autonomous sensors, AI‑driven predictive maintenance, remote operations centres, and...
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Capital Pathways to Infrastructure
As India unlocks diverse capital pathways to fuel infrastructure growth, broaden investor participation, and strengthen the foundations of its next economic phase, the financial sector must match this mission, Arka Mookerjee and Soumitra Majumdar affirm. Finance is the fuel for growth. As India seeks to sustain high levels of sustainable economic growth and infrastructure development,...