High on the highway!

Official estimates put the figure at $320 billion to be spent over next 5 years. And considering that infrastructure remains one of the major roadblocks to Indian economy’s gravity defying potential, the future will see the sector attract significant investments.

Good for India’s presently insufficient infrastructure set-up; and better for entities intending to cash on the impending boom. A leading national infrastructure equipment finance and infrastructure project finance company, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SREI) is amongst the largest NBFIs in India, having asset base of over $900 million and infrastructure sector being its principal growth area. Its business model revolves around financing infrastructure, construction and mining equipment, infrastructure projects and renewable energy systems.

The only Indian infrastructure financing firm to get listed on London Stock Exchange (LSE), SREI has ambitions to plug-in the missing link – infrastructure - in India’s northward growth charts, in the process creating value for its stakeholders. In a tête-à-tête with 4Ps B&M, Hemant Kanoria, MD, SREI, shares the opportunities in infrastructure sector and SREI’s model for success. Excerpts from the interview.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2008
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