As Indiaâs infrastructure sector braces for a wave of technological disruption, Cummins is repositioning itself for the future. Long synonymous with diesel engines, the company now sees its identity shifting toward being a technologyâagnostic solutions provider. From powering data centres and AIâdriven nodes to advancing batteries, fuel cells and electrolysers, Cummins is broadening its scope...
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The Techno-Structure Imperative
Technology is making Indiaâs infrastructure smarter, safer, and more resilient, while forcing a fundamental rethink of how projects are planned, built, and managed, writes Manish Pant. On August 26, Indiaâs northeastern neighbour Nepal was wracked by flash floods triggered by a glacier collapse and iceârock avalanche in the ecologically fragile Himalayas near the Langtang range....
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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 Todayâs Manish Pant as part of Suzlonâs 2.0 vision. The Puneâheadquartered conglomerate seeks to evolve from a pure wind turbine manufacturer into a windâfirst, fullâstack renewable energy solutions partner, integrating wind,...
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Weâre unlocking new capital to finance municipal bonds
As Indiaâs newest development financing institution (DFI), the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) is targeting Rs.1.2 trillion in loan sanctions for this fiscal year. Samuel Joseph Jebaraj, Deputy Managing Director, tells INFRASTRUCTURE TODAYâs Manish Pant that while deepening its presence in renewables and roads, the DFI is also underwriting municipal bonds and...
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Resolving Indias NPA issue with the right mindset
Indias attempts at resolution and recovery of non-performing assets (NPA) must be viewed as an extension of the federal governments Clean India Programme, albeit with the difference that it involved the cleansing of the financial system, opined a panel of experts at a discussion on Managing NPAs: Resolution and Recovery at the Fourth Global Exhibition on Services (GES) on Thursday.
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Funding Not a Constraint for Road Building Programmes
In an exclusive interview to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Debjani Chakrabarti, Director Highways, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) elucidates some of the key funding strategies being utilised by India as a part of the country's ambitious Rs 7 trillion roads building programme.
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India represents a $3.1 trillion climate investment opportunity
At the outset, Aditi Maheshwari, Climate Change Policy Specialist at the Washington DC-based International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group might appear to be demure, even reticent.
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We will require 80,000 direct and 1.25 lakh indirect skilled workforce
For instance, out of the 111 identified National Waterways, 106 were conceived in 2016 alone. An assertive Nutan Guha Biswas, Chairperson, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is confident that the statutory agency will continue to exceed its performance in 2018.
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EESL has perhaps prompted the biggest ‘Make in India’ story by far
In an exclusive interaction with INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY's Pratap Padode and Manish Pant, Kumar outlines the broad strategy that they, as providers of diversified energy-efficiency services, are implementing to radically alter the way energy is consumed in India and globally.
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Digitisation will bring down O&M cost
Prakash Kumar Chandraker, Vice President & Managing Director, Energy Business, Schneider Electric, says that expansion of digitalisation in the metro rail space will benefit their customer as it would substantially reduce their operation and maintenance (O&M) costs in terms of the quantum of support they need.