New Delhi, Oct 19: US-based software company Bentley Systems is eyeing major contracts in railways, roads, telecom, electricity, gas and water following government decision to invest over Rs 60,000 crore in the infrastructure sector. The company is talking to Indian Railways, National Highways Authority of India, MTNL, BSES, ONGC, Cairns and various other government departments for Geospatial Software Systems, Bentley Systems India Managing Director Sandeep Srivastava told reporters today.
The it company is also assisting the defence sector in updating maps on strategic positions and survey of India in updating and conserving maps in digital form, he said.
"The infrastructure sector is poised for an accelerated growth in the coming years. Many of the infrastructure projects are already using our software. We expect phenomenal growth in this segment in the years to come," he said.
Citing CMIE research data, Srivastava said infrastructure would require Rs 85,000 crore to maintain the 5.5 per cent GDP growth. Additional Rs 2,50,000 crore has to be made for accelerating growth to 8.0 per cent.
"As already proven globally, such dramatic investment requires new software technology to design, create, build and maintain the assets. Bentley is well poised to deliver the software to Indian companies," he said.
Currently, NHAI and the Ministry of Roads have used Bentley's 'Mxroad' software for about 90 per cent of the Golden Quadrilateral and highway projects.
Bureau Report