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The Real Estate and Infrastructure Club at the ISB in partnership with Ernst & Young, hosted the ISB Infrastructure Summit on September 16, 2008. The aim of the Summit was to bring key industry leaders from both the public and the private sector together to share their views on the current trends and challenges faced by the Indian Infrastructure industry. The theme of the summit was “Indian Infrastructure – Status, Trends, Issues, and Challenges”.
India has made rapid progress in the Infrastructure sector in the last few years with the private sector playing an increasingly important role. Over the next five years, the Indian Government has forecast a total infrastructure spending of USD 600 billion of which 30% is predicted to come from the private sector. While the sector offers immense opportunities, there are several hurdles and issues that need to be addressed if these goals are to be met.
The Infrastructure Summit was one of several key initiatives that the Real Estate and Infrastructure Club at the ISB plans to undertake in the course of the year. A tremendous amount of emphasis has been put on infrastructure development for sustaining the Indian Economy’s phenomenal growth. The role of excellent management talent in the Indian Infrastructure industry is becoming increasingly crucial with the infrastructure sector becoming more organised, increasing competition with growing private sector, innovative partnership models including public, private, and foreign players, and complex financial structuring of infrastructure projects. The Infrastructure Summit was aimed to showcase the ISB as leading the push for infrastructure development in India by training future leaders for the industry. The event served as a platform for industry leaders to interact with the premier management talent of the country and share the opportunities available in this dynamic industry.
The event involved an inaugural session and three panel discussions:
Inaugural Session :
Panel Discussions:
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