 INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS & THE WORLD BANK Workshop on “Indian Road Construction Industry – Capacity Issues, Constraints & Recommendations” Date: Monday, 5th October, 2009 Venue: Gulmohar, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi The Construction Industry will play a key role in delivering India’s ambitious highway development program. The World Bank, at the request of the Government of India, conducted a study in 2007/08 on the capacity issues and constraints in the Indian Road Construction Industry and recommended a time bound action plan to remove those constraints. The Indian Roads Congress in collaboration with the World Bank are jointly organizing a Workshop to disseminate the findings and recommendations of the Study. The study analyses the demand-supply gap in the construction industry, the magnitude of investments required and the key constraints related to delays in construction and cost overruns.
PROGRAMME
09.00 – 10.00 - Registration 10.00 – 10.45 - Inauguration : Address by Shri Kamal Nath, Hon'ble Minister for Road Transport & Highways & Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud, Operation Advisor, World Bank 11.00 – 11.45 - Introduction of the Construction Industry Study Arnab Bandyopadhyay, World Bank 11.45 – 12.15 - Skills Challenge in the Construction Industry Way Forward D P Gupta 12.15 – 13.00 - Project Readiness issues affecting the Construction Industry and Way Forward A K Swaminathan, World Bank 13.00 – 13.30 - Open House 13.30 – 14.30 - Lunch 14.30 – 15.30 - Investment Climate issues (Enforcement of Contract and Dispute Resolution) constraining Contractor Capacity and Way Forward Rohit Modi, Gammon India Limited 15.45 – 16.45 - Investment Climate issues (Regulatory, Legal and financing) Constraining contractor capacity and Way Forward K Ramchand, IL&FS 16.45 – 17.30 - Open House/Concluding Session ***************************** For more information please contact: Nandita Roy at nroy@worldbank.org |
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