Cover Story Jan 01, 2018 India shall rise with digitalisation's growing tide Raman Roy is widely referred to as the father of India's BPO revolution. In 2000, his firm Spectramind (sold to Wipro in 2002) was one of the first in the country to get into third-party contracts.
Cover Story Jan 01, 2018 Decoding Digital India In what should have been a major story that was buried under other headlines, India achieved a significant milestone in its Digital India programme when 100,000-gram panchayats, or village councils, across the country were connected through a high-speed optical fibre network called BharatNet.
Cover Story Nov 01, 2017 Infrastructure assets provide better risk returns If the Indian economy needs to sustain its growth momentum in the coming decade, developing world-class infrastructure facilities is of paramount importance. Traditionally in India, a significant portion of debt requirement for financing infrastructure has been met by borrowing from domestic banks.
Cover Story Nov 01, 2017 We need global capital for India's infrastructure projects Until recently, we used to talk about the cost of funds being too high and, as you are aware, some infrastructure projects have a long gestation period. There is a period of construction and then there are cost overruns and delays.
Cover Story Nov 01, 2017 Where is the Money? Policy actions to revive stalled projects, expedite approvals, introduce hybrid annuity and toll-operate-transfer (TOT) models in highways, and sustain rapid growth in renewable capacity augur well for the infrastructure financing landscape.
Cover Story Sep 01, 2017 Companies with large debt face risk of default The preliminary challenge in investing in companies already under insolvency proceedings is - reversal of the order by appellate authority viz. NCLAT or the Supreme Court, explains Ashish Parwani, Partner, Rajani Associates.
Cover Story Sep 01, 2017 OPERATION IN(FRA)SOLVENCY With over Rs11 lakh crore debt, project investments worth Rs.32.7 lakh crore and cost overrun of Rs14.35 lakh crore is at stake, the current Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 is a sigh of relief for India's financial institutions.
Cover Story Jul 01, 2017 BIG Data The New Oil The ability to harness and store large volumes of data to enable future services and add extensions to current services to improve can only be achieved with big data.
Cover Story Jul 01, 2017 Big Data Deployment is a Critical Infrastructure Component Big data will be the thread that binds together all the diverse elements deployed in a smart city. It would be inconceivable to have any kind of meaningful smart city application layer without leveraging on big data. The Internet of Things (IoT) layer of big data sensors will generate an avalanche of data.