Projects
DISCOVERY IQ
Location: Bangalore,
Karnataka
Budget: US$15
million
Schedule:
2011-March 2014
Project: The Discovery
IQ molecular imaging system designed by GE
Healthcare (part of U.S.-based General Electric Co.)
was aimed at providing healthcare providers with the ability to diagnose cancer earlier. The three-year system development project
required close collaboration between Indian nuclear medicine physicians
and oncologists.
PUNJAB BROADBAND SERVICE EXTENSION
Location: Punjab (statewide)
Budget: INR40 billion
Schedule: 2013-2018
Project: Bharti Airtel’s plan to lay 10,000 kilometers ( 6,214 miles) of fiber-optic cables and extend its 4G LTE network throughout Punjab is the first
attempt in India to establish high-speed coverage across an entire state—
including rural areas traditionally seen as not economically viable.
INDIA POST IT MODERNIZATION PROJECT
Location: Nationwide (155,000 post office locations)
Budget: INR49 billion
Schedule: 2012-2015
Project: The Department of Posts has taken on the
herculean task of overhauling the country’s entire
postal system. The project includes implementing
new financial services technology, computerizing
all post offices and deploying new handheld devices
so postmen can deliver banking products directly
to consumers anywhere. Bangalore-based IT giant
Infosys won the INR7 billion contract to develop
software for the new mobile service.
EASTERN
FREEWAY
Location: Mumbai,
Maharashtra
Budget: INR12.5 billion
Schedule: 2008-
May 2014
Project: The nearly
17-kilometer ( 10.5-mile)
road offers a direct route
downtown from Mumbai’s suburbs. Mumbai
Metropolitan Region
Development Authority
project managers saw
delays throughout the
course of the project,
due to problems related
to property acquisition
and relocating more
than 5,000 structures.
