For Guillaume Dourdin, taking over as the India head of the world’s largest water management company wasn’t easy. He had to expand the legacy of his predecessor, the legendary Patrick Rousseau, whose contributions ranged from direct-to-tap services to environmental solutions and boosting India-France economic ties. Three years since taking charge in December 2022, the CEO...
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Infra investment: The key to unlock India’s potential
Infrastructure is the bedrock of progress and is pivotal in India’s growth The path to India’s transition from a developing economy to a developed one during the “Amrit Kaal” is intrinsically tied to robust infrastructure development. In this article, Revati Kasture, Executive Director, CareEdge Ratings, outlines what is needed to foster investment in the infrastructure segment. Infrastructure...
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India’s infra evolution paves the way for economic growth
A robust and sustainable infrastructure is a pre-condition for its growth. After years of a weak investment cycle, a sharp pickup in infrastructure investments in India is imminent. While infrastructure creation is necessary, it needs to be sustainable as well, writes Abhinav Sharma, Fund Manager, Tata Asset Management. Today, India stands at a pivotal juncture in...
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Invest in infrastructure, Gadkari exhorts industry
As highway InvITs perform well and numerous digital and technology innovations push the infrastructure sector, Private sector participation in the PPP mode can push for fast-track growth of the Indian economy, says Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways in India. The dream of the Prime Minister is to make the Indian economy $5...
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Bentley Systems announces the finalists Going Digital Awards in infrastructure
The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software. Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced the finalists for the 2021 Going Digital Awards in infrastructure. The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. A 16 independent jury...
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Importance of Mega Projects
In order to consolidate and accommodate this mass migration, the Government of India has undertaken several initiatives which have given a way to the mega projects, nucleated around the development of industrial clusters, connectivity and increasing India's exports.
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AIIB to invest Rs 127 billion in India’ infrastructure sector
Considering, India's substantial infrastructure requirement, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has plans to invest around Rs 127 billion in projects including transport (metro), rural (road upgradation), energy (renewables) and water and waste management.
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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.
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CanadaÂ’s leading urban infrastructure companies to visit India
Twenty leading Canadian urban infrastructure companies will be visiting India from 15 – 20 May to explore collaboration opportunities with Indian business in the infrastructure sector. The delegation will visit the cities of Mumbai, Vijaywada and Hyderabad to engage with business and government leaders, and will also participate in Municipalika 2017, where Canada is the partner country. This visit has been co-organised by the Government of Canada and the province of Ontario.
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Water Relief!
India is urbanising at, what a Union Minister has termed, a very 'dramatic' clip. It today has 50 cities with a population of over one million. As per the 2011 Census, the total number of cities and towns in the country had increased to 7,936 from 5,161 in 2001.