The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has launched a Data Platform of ‘Integrated Database on Infrastructure Projects’ (IDIP) aimed at enhancing the efficiency of infrastructure development in India and enable effective decision-making among different stakeholders involved in the infrastructure sector.
India’s infrastructure network is among the largest in the world. The Government of India along with different State Governments and Local Agencies has embarked on an ambitious investment-led plan to boost the capacity and quality of infrastructure services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nlaunch of Data Platform: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Data Platform was launched on May 29, 2019 during the fifteenth World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR) conference held at IIT Bombay in a special session on Public-Private Partnership in Indian Transport Sector. The initial focus of IDIP would be on the Road Sector, which\nhas received the highest private investment among all infrastructure sectors.\nThe PPP (Public Private Partnership) programme in the roads sector in India is\nthe largest in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Salient\nfeatures of the IDIP platform include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Data coverage across the project lifecycle comprising\ndevelopment, construction and operation phases close to fifty different\nparameters are tracked for the projects,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Data curated and validated from multiple sources,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Covers almost all the PPP road projects awarded so far,\nincluding those awarded by the state governments. The database would be\nenriched with the NHAI EPC projects shortly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only source that provides the financial performance data\nof the Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs),<\/p>\n\n\n\n Querying, visual analytics and search features of the\nplatform facilitate ease of analysis and decision making<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to roads, other transportation sectors such as\nRailways, Ports, and Airports would also be included in the platform shortly.\nIn the next phase, the coverage of IDIP would also encompass other sectors of\ninfrastructure such as power, transmission, water supply, sanitation and solid\nwaste management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Technical expertise for the development was contributed by\nfaculty members from multiple institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faculty\nmembers involved:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Faculty members who contributed in this effort are Dr Ashwin\nMahalingam, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras,\nDr Akash Deep, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Prof.Venkata Santosh\nKumar Delhi, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, Prof Ganesh Devkar,\nCEPT University. The development partner for the project was Akara Research and\nTechnologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faculty members who contributed in this effort are Dr Ashwin\nMahalingam, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras,\nDr Akash Deep, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Prof.Venkata Santosh\nKumar Delhi, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, Prof Ganesh Devkar,\nCEPT University. The development partner for the project was Akara Research and\nTechnologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About\nIIT Madras<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) was established\nin 1959 by the Government of India as an institute of national importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The activities of the Institute in various fields of\nTechnology and Science are carried out in 16 academic departments and several\nadvanced interdisciplinary Research Academic Centres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has launched a Data Platform of ‘Integrated Database on Infrastructure Projects’ (IDIP) aimed at enhancing the efficiency of infrastructure development in India and enable effective decision-making among different stakeholders involved in the infrastructure sector.India’s infrastructure network is among the largest in the world. 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data platform was released by Prof G Raghuram, Director, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, in the presence of Prof Thillai Rajan A, IIT Madras, and Prof Swapnil Garg, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Indore and Co-ordinator of PPPINDIANET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n