Since the arrival of the internet and mobile telephony from the mid-’90s, the world is undergoing a rapid transformation in how businesses operate or so it seems. But in reality, the transformation of businesses and ROI realization through technology is a slow process. From 1994 to 2000, the world witnessed the first wave of technology [...]

Infrastructure is critical to a nation’s growth. The better the infrastructure of a country, the higher gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate is generally. For India to become a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25, infrastructure enabling is a critical piece. The leaders of the country have promised a 1.6 lakh crore investment in infrastructure in [...]

The global construction industry has been growing by leaps and bounds – so much so that by this year, it is expected to hit a whopping value of $20 trillion. India too is no exception. From 2019 to 2024, the Indian construction market is anticipated to register a CAGR of 6%. The current government has [...]

Adoption of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data analytics remains low in the Indian real estate sector as compared to peer sectors like financial services, retail, travel & hospitality, and manufacturing among others. Within real estate, there has been the uptake of analytics on some functions like marketing and sales, [...]

Frequent tremors were felt in the National Capital Region (NCR), Haryana, Rajasthan, and other Northern states of India during April and May. While it stoked fears of a high-intensity earthquake, such tremors also underlined the importance of disaster-resilient constructions. Similarly, given the deteriorating air quality index in major cities of the country during the pre-COVID [...]

Real estate and infrastructure sectors in India have grown exponentially in the past few years. They have grown in size where in real estate owners and capital project developers are embarking on larger and bolder projects. The number of projects is also increasing steadily over the past few years. However, some of the basic issues [...]