The initiative aims to strengthen industry-academia linkages and support innovative research with direct relevance to India’s infrastructure development. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, The Infravision Foundation (TIF) has announced the launch of an award to recognise and celebrate outstanding doctoral research that can advance India’s vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047 in the infrastructure domain. Titled...
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Building the Blocks
The importance of quality infrastructure and the development of an economy have an umbilical cord binding them and can never be seen in isolation. Broadly, infrastructure is the network of power, telecom, ports, airports, roads, civil aviation, railways, and transportation in a country and is the lifeline of the economy of a country.
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GIS for Smart Cities
A centralised information system based on GIS (Geographical Information System) provides an IT framework which integrates not only every stakeholder but also every aspect of smart city processes - starting from conceptualisation, planning, and development to maintenance.
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New age leader
Siddharth Vasudevan, Executive Director Corporate Affairs, Vascon Engineers Ltd. is a strong source of inspiration as an emerging entrepreneur for new age business leaders of the company.
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Caution! Danger ahead
Despite efforts to ensure road safety, road deaths and accidents continue to climb creating a question mark on the efforts being put in ensuring safe road infrastructure. Infrastructure Today looks to understand the constraints in ensuring safe road infrastructure.
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Paradigm shift in procurement process
The Indian aviation market has been witnessing significant growth in the last few years. Currently the ninth largest aviation market, handling 121 million domestic and 41 million international passengers,
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BWNC meet in Sept to settle port & dock workers wage issue
The Union government-owned major ports' management representatives have taken rigid stand over consolidation of pension consequent upon the revision of wages w.e.f January first 2012 & fixation of pay on promotion including in case of financial up-gradation under MACP Scheme.
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What lies beneath…
Indian tunnelling has gained sufficient experience in tunnelling, and as new infrastructure projects in rail, metro rail, water and hydro electric projects promise momentum underground, technology and management will be critical,
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Port asked to revive operation in container terminal
Trade unions at Cochin Port in Kerala urged the port management to revive operations at the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal and retaining of cargo handling at Cochin port itself. The coordination committee of various trade unions at the Cochin Port took out a protest march to the Port Trust office raising various demands. The unions organised a dharna in front of the port office
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Govt begins trial run on STP at Muttathara
Reports indicate that the government began trial runs on the sewage treatment plant (STP) at Muttathara in Thiruvananthapuram. The government would conduct the trial run for the first three months, reports indicate. The original capacity of the plant is 107 million litre per day, but only 42 mn ld sewage reach the STP from the core areas of the city
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