IIT Madras has launched a new Data platform for Integrated Database on Infrastructure Projects which will keep its focus on compiling all the data related to the infrastructure projects that have been undertaken till now. The step has been taken to improve the efficiency in this area.
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The infrastructure in India is among the largest infrastructure networks in the world. To improve the quality of the Indian infrastructure network, the Government of India has aligned itself with the state governments as well as different local agencies. To help the government in the venture, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has introduced a Data Platform of Integrated Database on Infrastructure Projects (IDIP). The launch of the data platform is done so as to direct the resources towards boosting the development of infrastructure as well as imbibe efficient decision-making skills between the various stakeholders in the sector of infrastructure.
The programme had been launched during the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR) which had been held on 29th May 2019. The conference, 15th edition of its kind, had been held in the premises of IIM Bombay. The session had been focused on the Public-Private Partnership in the Transport Sector of India.
The data platform on the Integrated Database on Infrastructure Projects had been launched in the presence of various prominent members of the family of Indian Institutes of Technology such as the Director of IIM Bangalore , Prof G Raghuram as well as a faculty from IIT Madras like Prof Thillai Rajan A and Prof Swapnil Garg who is an associate professor at the Indian Institute Management Indore . Prof Garg is also the Co-ordinator of PPPINDIANET.
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With the launch of IDIP, they plan to focus on the development of infrastructure in the sector of Road. Sources state that the sector has been the recipient of the highest investment among the rest of the sectors of Infrastructure. Speaking on the launch of the data platform, Prof Raghuram stated that the implementation of the platform will help various stakeholders in the various sectors, to understand the different issues as well as get an idea of the performance of the various projects in existence so as to provide them with the correct information that will, in turn, help them devise their investment strategies as well.
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Sources state that the data platform will be responsible for going through almost 50 different parameters that have been set to determine the real facts of the infrastructure projects that have been undertaken in the country so far, including the development, construction and many other factors. Sources also state that along with studying the infrastructure development in the Road Sector, infrastructures in the sectors of Rail, Ports, as well as Airports will also be added to the Data platform of IDIP. The Data Platform also plans to include the different infrastructure sectors of Transmission, power, water supply, solid waste management as well as sanitation.