Infrastructure Planning and Management

Faculty Coordinator(s)

Prof. A. Veeraragavan

Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai - 600 036
Email : av@iitm.ac.in
Telephone : (91-44) 22574272 (Office)



Detailed Syllabus:

Module 1: An Overview of Basic Concepts Related to Infrastructure.
Class 1 : Introduction to Infrastructure
Class 2 : An overview of the Power Sector in India
Class 3 : An overview of the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in India
Class 4 : An overview of the Road, Rail, Air, and Port Transportation Sectors
in India
Class 5 : An overview of the Telecommunications Sector in India
Class 6 : An overview of Urban Infrastructure in India
Class 7 : An overview of Rural Infrastructure in India
Class 8: An introduction to Special Economic Zones
Class 9 : Organizations and Players in the field of Infrastructure
Class 10: The Stages of an Infrastructure Project Lifecycle
Class 11: An overview of Infrastructure Project Finance - I
Class 12: An overview of Infrastructure Project Finance II

Module 2: Private Involvement in Infrastructure
Class 13: A Historical Overview of Infrastructure Privatization
Class 14: The benefits of Infrastructure privatization
Class 15: Problems with Infrastructure privatization
Class 16: Challenges in privatization of Water Supply: a Case Study of
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Class 17: Challenges in privatization of Power: Case Stury from the
Philippines
Class 18: Privatization of Infrastructure in India: Case Study of the Tirupur
Water Supply project
Class 19: Privatization of Road Transportation Infrastructure in India

Module 3: Challenges to Successful Infrastructure Planning and
Implementation
Class 20: Mapping and facing the Landscape of Risks in Infrastructure
Projects
Class 21: Economic and Demand Risks: The Case of the Vadodhara-Halol
Expressway
Class 22: Political Risks I: The Case of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline
Class 23: Political Risks II: The Dabhol Power plant case study
Class 24: Socio-Environmental Risks - I: The case of the Bujagali Dam in
Uganda Class 25: Socio-Environmental Risks - II: The Case of Conocos oil
exploration in S. America
Class 26: Cultural Risks in International infrastructure projects
Class 27: Legal and Contractual Issues in Infrastructure
Class 28: Challenges in Construction and Maintenance of Infrastructure

Module 4: Strategies for Successful Infrastructure Project Implementation
Class 29: Risk Management framework for Infrastructure Projects
Class 30: Shaping the planning phase of infrastructure projects to mitigate
risks Class 31: Designing Sustainable Contracts
Class 32: Introduction to Fair Process and Negotiation
Class 33: Negotiating with multiple Stakeholders on infrastructure projects
Class 34: Sustainable Development of Infrastructure
Class 35: Information Technology and Systems for successful infrastructure
management
Class 36: Innovative design and Maintenance of Infrastructure facilities
Class 37: Performance Modelling and Life Cycle Analysis techniques
Class 38: Capacity Building and Improving the Governments role in
infrastructure implementation
Class 39: An integrated framework for successful Infrastructure Planning
and Management Infrastructure Management Systems and Future
Directions
Class 40: Course Wrap-up