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Smart Factories in India: Why Intelligence, Not Automation, Is the Differentiator

Data Centre Uptime in India: Why Commissioning Decides It

How War-Risk Insurance Has Restructured India's Landed Costs

Editor's five

Smart Factories in India: Why Intelligence, Not Automation, Is the DifferentiatorLalita Subrahmanyam · 28 September 2026

Data Centre Uptime in India: Why Commissioning Decides ItDivya Dawar · 2 September 2026

How War-Risk Insurance Has Restructured India's Landed CostsLalita Subrahmanyam · 24 July 2026

Fast Charging, Slow Execution: India's EV Infrastructure GapLalita Subrahmanyam · 24 June 2026

India's Bioenergy Sector Has the Ambition. It Needs the Architecture.Lalita Subrahmanyam · 27 May 2026

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Top story · The Operator

Grade-A or Left Behind: The Warehouse Divide Reshaping Indian Logistics

Warehouses that are unfit for modern supply chains could cost India its emerging logistics edge.

The OperatorThe StrategistLalita Subrahmanyam · 15 May 2026

The Series

Series across TNF India

Live · Part 2 published

BRICS Market Compass

Financial Services · 15 parts

Decoding deals, developments, regulations, and government directives shaping cross-border business between India and BRICS partners.

Live · Part 1 published

The Trust Layer

Financial Services · 6 parts

Who India's financial system trusts, and on what evidence.

Live · Part 1 published

The As-Built

Construction and Infrastructure · 8 parts

What an owner should receive at handover, and what actually arrives.

Analysis

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The Spaghetti Trap For Smart Models: Don’t let GenAI Break The Legacy LedgerVarad Diwate · 12 May 2026

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Modular Construction Is Building India's Hospitals Faster Than EverPriya Dialani · 12 May 2026

Data Stack Global India. The execution gap: infrastructure does not behave like a building. Construction and Infrastructure, 16 February 2027, Nagpur. Register interest.

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Live

Data Stack Global India: Construction & Infrastructure

Date: 16 February 2027
Venue: Nagpur, Maharashtra

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Confirmed speakers

Koustuv ChoudhuriTechnical Director, AECOM
Sabyasachi NayakVice President & Head, Design & Engineering Centre, RBF SBG, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Transport Infrastructure IC
Vinod Kumar AgrawalDirector (Systems & Operations), Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd

On the agenda

10:50 amOpening discussionFrom break-fix to predicted: what changes when the asset tells you firstWho is accountable for the sensors after the contractor has gone?
11:30 amPanel oneStructure before software: getting your data ready before you buy anythingWho owns the schema when six contractors each brought their own?
12:50 pmWalkthroughCarbon data, from certificate to pourWhere does the carbon claim stop matching the pour?

Live

Clean Stack Forum India: Transport & Logistics

Date: 17 February 2027
Venue: Nagpur, Maharashtra

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On the agenda

11:00 amPractitioner briefingThe Scope 3 mandate: what your customer now requiresWhat do I need to do to stay on the tender list?
11:30 amPanel oneBuilding the backbone: ports, airports, rail and road in a multimodal MaharashtraShould my routing already have changed?
12:45 pmInteractive sessionSustainability scorecard: benchmarking your own carbon and cost footprintWhat is my number, and how does it compare?

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Editor's five

Grade-A or Left Behind: The Warehouse Divide Reshaping Indian Logistics