CSTEP, in collaboration with the Next Generation Infrastructures Foundation (NGInfra) of the Technical University of Delft (Netherlands) and with funding from the Jamsetji Tata Trust, has established an interdisciplinary Next Generation Infrastructure Laboratory (NGIL). The NGIL conducts infrastructure systems research, education and training, building on the work done elsewhere and applying it in the India context. If these large technological systems are to be designed to enable sustainable development of the Indian economy and society as a whole, then a coherent perspective of technology and institutions must be embedded in their design.
The NGIL's objectives are to evaluate the applicability of infrastructure systems concepts, models and tools derived from the Next Generation Infrastructure program in the India context, specifically:
- Develop and validate a set of models and tools, especially simulation games and agent-based models, tailored for support of strategic decision-making in an Indian setting.
- Analyze the institutional context of infrastructure and present the analysis in a user-friendly way to participants and stakeholders. The goals here are to improve policy-making and enhance private sector and civil society participation.
- Develop a set of classes tailored to the needs of public and private decision-makers on planning, development, realization, operation and governance of infrastructure systems in the Indian context.
- Demonstrate the value of an infrastructure systems engineering approach in a joint case study of infrastructure planning, implementation and management in India, in collaboration with the local problem owners.
Rising Wisely: NGI Lab blog
Dr. Eswaran Subrahmanian, Distinguished Research Fellow at CSTEP, provides an introduction to modeling, simulation, and gaming for policy.
