India has a bright and exciting future. As India ploughs ahead with economic growth, much of it’s economic future is dependent on how it responds to its challenges related to infrastructure. The development of infrastructure remains the priority of Governments – both at national and state levels. The focus, and the ensuing response from the industry has resulted in significant progress made in developing some world-class infrastructure in many areas. It is reflective in several achievements that dot the horizon. From World Class Airports in major cities, National Highways, Ports, power plants and world-class hospitals, India has shown just a few initial examples of its capability and will to transform
The inspiring words of Honorable Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi outlines the approach that India wishes to take on infrastructure development:
‘In order to satisfy the aspirations and long felt needs of people, it is necessary to bring in qualitative change and a comprehensive, integrated approach in developing infrastructure in the country’
Notwithstanding the challenges of the global economic meltdown, India has demonstrated it’s ability to keep on track of its transformation agenda and deliver to be the world’s fastest-growing large economy. Promise of an attractive long-term future, fueled largely by a burgeoning and aggressively consuming middle class will be driven by India’s transformation of its massively unmet need for basic infrastructure services, such as transportation, housing, water and sanitation, energy and health care. The government has begun to address many of these challenges, and the pace of change is visible as many such initiatives gain scale. Realizing India’s infrastructure promise will require to adopt new approaches that delivers large sustainable projects completed time and within budgets. Rethinking infrastructure in terms of effective delivery requires collaborative response between corporates and governments, deep technical skills and capabilities, efficient project management, active adoption of digital technology for automated and efficient processes, use of big data and advanced analytics. At InfraConclave, we call it actionable intelligence! An inclusive thought-sharing and dialogue platform, InfraConclave seeks to partner with Government, industry and civil society to deliver actionable intelligence that can act as a catalyst to India’s sustainable infrastructure future
