Construction 4.0 - Cloud-Based Collaboration and Project Management
Listen to this episode, part of our "Construction 4.0" series, with Kalyan Vaidyanathan and Ganesh Devkar on the topic of Cloud-Based Collaboration and Project Management. Ganesh Devkar is currently working as Associate Professor in the Faculty of Technology, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He completed his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India, and his doctoral thesis focuses on identifying the competencies necessary for effective implementing Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure service delivery and developing a framework that allows urban local bodies to assess their capability to successfully deliver projects through PPPs. His research interests are in the areas of lean construction, PPPs, and urban infrastructure development. Kalyan Vaidyanathan is co-founder CEO of Nadhi Information Technologies Pvt Ltd, incubated out of IIT Madras research park. He has nearly 20 years’ experience in managing construction projects and enterprise software development. He has won many awards, including the 2015 Technologist Innovator award: Construction Industry Development Council, Government of India. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 by CII, Chennai. He has published widely on modern construction technology and lean construction both nationally and internationally. “Overview of IT Applications in the Construction Supply Chain” was his chapter in the Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook.