Indian developers-businesses seek greater reliability, quality and sustainable benefits, says the new MD
Kansas City-headquartered Black & Veatch says Ruturaj Govilkar as Country Manager and Managing Director for India will deploy new energy soluitions as it participate in the Government announced Rs.100 trillion (US$1.35 billion) infrastructure development plan over the next 25 years.
With more than 800 in-country professionals based in Mumbai and Pune, he will lead the team and draw on the company’s full portfolio of global engineering and construction experience delivering localised and integrated solutions for Indian clients.
“From deploying new energy solutions to designing and building data centres and other industrial and processing facilities, there is a new generation of Indian developers and businesses seeking greater reliability, quality and sustainable benefits from their investments in infrastructure,” said Govilkar.
“Tapping into Black & Veatch’s advanced global standards and technologies, clients have an opportunity to lower operational costs, improve reliability and resilience as well as meet new expectations for better environmental outcomes,” he said on 1 Nov 2022 on being given the charge of the Indian market.
Black & Veatch’s India operations provides a full range of infrastructure solutions for clients in India as well as proficient and high-quality engineering resources for Black & Veatch projects delivered throughout the world. It has been supporting communities in India since 1969.
“Ruturaj brings a wealth of experience from international projects in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia and from across multiple industries such as oil, gas, water and power,” said Hoe Wai Cheong, President, Asia-Pacific and India, Black & Veatch.
“He is ideally positioned to guide our Indian clients who are navigating opportunities resulting from global megatrends such as electrification, clean fuels, decarbonisation, digitisation and resilience.”
Govilkar has served multiple functional roles at Black & Veatch since joining in 2010. He has more than 30 years of experience in the global engineering and construction industry and graduated in Chemical Engineering from Nagpur University. fiinews.com
