Understanding the challenges the Indian infrastructure industry struggles with, and the value proposition it can derive from using digital twin technologies, Geospatial World, with its founding partner Autodesk, has established the Non-Executive Think Tank on Digital Twin Strategy for Indian Infrastructure from 2021-2025 to harness the true potential of Digital Twin in construction workflow processes through policy and strategy advocacy. The Think Tank membership is voluntarily for executives from the value chain of the AEC industry, including public policy agencies, infrastructure owners, technology providers, construction firms, system integrators, civil society organizations, and academia and research organizations.
Think Tank: Ecosystem and ObjectiveThink Tank
Digital Twin Strategy for Indian Infrastructure
OVERVIEW
At the helm of an enormous socio-economic transformation typified by rapid investments and growth in the infrastructure sector, the Indian economy is at the helm of a massive socio-economic transformation typified by rapid investments and growth. For India to sustain its transformation and its relative growth, the Government of India, under the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), has made significant investments to build national infrastructure assets such as roads & highways, railways, airports, water infrastructure, etc. However, timely execution of projects within projected costs and desired quality continues to be a challenge in the country.
Challenges in Indian AEC industry
Source: Geospatial World Analysis
The harsh reality of the Indian infrastructure industry is that the value of core construction technologies – such as BIM and digital twin, is still highly under projected and marketed, especially by owners and constructions enterprises. While the value of BIM is quite well recognized in the planning and design phases, its true potential remains under harnessed in the construction and operational phase. This conundrum makes it necessary for project owners, technology providers, and the AEC ecosystem to collaborate and raise awareness and showcase the value proposition of Digital Twin technologies in the sub-continent.
Non-Executive Think Tank on
Digital Twin Strategy for Indian Infrastructure
PURPOSE
The Think Tank’s penultimate goal is to develop a comprehensive, cohesive, coordinated, and conducive Digital Twin Strategy for Indian Infrastructure. The strategy will encompass a shared vision and values of public authorities, private sector enterprises, academic institutions, and users, laying the foundation for the technology-driven infrastructure industry.
- Raise awareness and adoption of digital twin technologies
- Policy advocacy and market development
- Strengthening engagement and collaborative partnerships with stakeholders and user communities
- Publication of annual National Digital Twin Market Outlook for India; and
- Organize executive round tables and social events for stimulating public debate for the digital transformation of the Indian infrastructure industry
The Think Tank is an integrated multi-stakeholder engagement program supplemented by media outreach and thought leadership activities. The objective is to increase awareness of digital twin technologies in the Indian infrastructure industry, facilitate a mind-shift of the policymakers, and create a favourable discourse for enhanced technology adoption in India.
Chairs
Member
Space Commision, Government of India
Former Advisor
National Highway Authority of India, MoRTH
Surveyor General of India
Survey of India
CEO
Geospatial World
Members
Executive Director, Finance
Ministry of Railways
President
ITS India
Director
National Geo-spatial Data Registry & Unified Geospatial Interface Directorate
Survey of India
Joint Director General
Military Engineer Services
Ministry of Defence
Advisor
Government of Haryana
Deputy Secretary
DPIIT
Former Director General
Border Roads Organization (BRO)
Former Chief General Manager
Varanasi Smart City
Engineer in Chief
Jal Shakti Vibhag, Government of Himachal Pradesh
Executive Director
Border Roads Organisation
Regional Chief of Staff, APAC
Bentley Systems
Managing Director
Esri India
Chief Executive Officer
Amberg Infocon
Former Advisor - Technical
MORTH
Vice President & Managing Director - India
KBR
Founder and Director
Techture
Head - Green Energy Mobility, South Asia
Hitachi Rail India
AVP Middle East & India Operations
Pinnacle Infotech
Professor
IIT Kanpur
Dy. Chief Architect
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Chief Executive Officer
ITS Planners and Engineers Private Limited
Head of Design
Noida International Airport
Advisor - Transport Sector
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
Vice President
Simplex Infrastructure
Dean Academics and Professor
NICMAR
Executive Director - Gati Shakti
Ministry of Railways
Assistant Professor
IIT Kanpur
Partner
AEON Consultants
Co-Founder & CEO
Arth
Head - Hydraulics and Hydrology
Larsen and Toubro
Former Additional Surveyor General
Survey Of India
Chief Advisor
NIUA
Director
Xebec Design
Director
Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC)
Chief Project Director (CPD), Track Management System (TMS)
Northern Railways
VP-Commercial Consulting
Geospatial World
Founded by
Principal Partners
Knowledge Partners
For more details on the Think Tank write to:
Ankur Vyas
Industry Manager – AEC
Geospatial World
[email protected]
Abhishek Verma
Industry Manager – AEC
Geospatial World
[email protected]