BWI: Sparta Strategy in Association with the Financial Times Concludes a Successful Tackling India’s Highway Challenge Conference – India, Featuring Insights from Industry Captains and Regulators

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Source: Sparta Strategy
Thursday, February 10, 2011 10:23 AM IST (04:53 AM GMT)
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Sparta Strategy in Association with the Financial Times Concludes a Successful Tackling India's Highway Challenge Conference - India, Featuring Insights from Industry Captains and Regulators


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, February 10, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Sparta Strategy, India's leading FDI Consulting firm in association with the Financial Times announced the successful conclusion of the Tackling India's Highway Challenge. "CONNECT.INVEST BUILD" conference, held on February 8th at the Westin,Mumbai. With more than 150 attendees from industry leading contractors, private equity, banks, infrastructure focussed funds and management consulting firms, the conference delivered on its theme of "TACKLING INDIA'S HIGHWAY CHALLENGE". The conference brought together key global infrastructure players to highlight the state of the roads & highways sector in India, while also exploring the endless opportunities that the sector presents in the years to come.

Conference Highlights

Key Note address by Mr. James Lamont, South Asia Bureau Chief of Financial Times.

Panel Discussion: Boosting Foreign Infrastructure company participation. The panel moderated by James Lamont included speakers such as Raghav Chandra, Joint Secretary - Ministry of Road Transport, Rajhoo Bbarot, Managing Director - Atlanta Ltd, Forbes Johnston, Principal and Global Practice Manager - Mott Macdonald, Mukund Sapre - Executive Director, IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd, Russel Waugh - Leighton Contractors.

Panel Discussion: Finding and executing Financial Solutions. The panel included Anita George, Director, Infrastructure - IFC; Sanjay Grewal, Group Head & Project Finance - IDFC, Sanjay Palve, President and Managing Director, Corporate Finance - Yes Bank, Saud Siddique, Joint Managing Director - SREI, G Suresh, Chief General Manager, Finance - NHAI, Government of India

Empowered by renewed efforts by the Government of India to accelerate road development, global highway developers and financial institutions globally have shown a definite interest in participating in the world's largest highway development initiative, which reflects the remarkable potential that India's road sector and overall infrastructure sector holds.

At Sparta Strategy, we are continually working to showcase opportunities in the Indian infrastructure ecosystem, and we remain committed to our vision by promoting foreign direct investment and thereby enabling infrastructure development.

Words from Key People:

"The rapid growth in India and the growing infrastructure deficit has presented members of the global infrastructure community with a wide range of business opportunities," Kavan Bhandary, Director - Investment promotion, Sparta Strategy.

About Sparta Strategy

Sparta Strategy advises Governments, Companies and Free Zones on international investment and investment attraction strategies and is a recognised leading Indian advisory firm in overall Economic Development, including Global Location Consulting, Trade promotion and Investment promotion support services.



CONTACT DETAILS
Mr. Kavan Bhandary, Sparta Strategy, +91( 22) 65250250 / 65264123, press@sparta.co.in

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