Rajat Gosain

Rajat Gosain has over 24 years of professional experience in the field of planning and monitoring of infrastructure projects. He is presently working as Group General Manager/Planning & Chief Risk Officer in National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), India, and looking after project planning & monitoring, overall programme management, risk & compliance, along with additional charge of Strategic Planning function. He specialises in construction project management and digitalisation of processes in various organisations in India and abroad.

ADBI Policy Maker E-Training Course on Frontiers in High-Speed Rail Development

High-Speed Rail (HSR) development has been an important driver of economic growth in Asia and Europe. To expand HSR’s benefits in developing Asia and beyond, policy makers and experts must address complex challenges such as project appraisal and economic and quality-of-life impact analyses. Exploring international experiences and lessons learned within the sector can help them to do so effectively.

Dennie Mamonto

Dennie Mamonto has been working with the ADB - Indonesia Resident Mission as an environmental safeguard officer since 2019. He is actively involved in developing project environmental safeguards documents for various ADB-funded project, including public infrastructure, energy, transport, flood management, education, urban sanitation, health, water resources management, and private sector development projects.

Yidan Luo

Yidan Luo has over ten years of professional experience in infrastructure development. She joined ADB as a Young Professional (YP) in July 2020, initially with the transport sector in the Southeast Asia Regional Department. In 2022, Yidan moved to OPPP, where she works as a YP focused on the transport, urban, and energy sectors.

Before joining ADB, Yidan worked as a consultant for both the public and private sectors and was involved in various infrastructure projects (urban, transport, and water) in Hong Kong, China, and Southeast Asia.  

Webinar on Digital Technology and Data in the Transport Infrastructure of India

Rapid urbanization, high population density, and chronic traffic congestion have increased the importance of transport infrastructure development in Asia’s cities, with new opportunities to adopt digital tools such as cloud technology, artificial intelligence, and GPS systems that can streamline logistics processes, including administrative and regulatory requirements.

Masahiro Nishimura

Masahiro Nishimura is Unit Head, Project Administration in the Transport Sector Office of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is responsible for administering transport projects and programs in the Central and East Asia Regions. Dr. Nishimura previously worked with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the Government of Japan. He obtained a PhD in international studies from the University of Tokyo, the Master in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master of Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan.

Farshad Ibrahimi

Farshad has 20+ years of public and private sector Asset Management (AM), globally, across Water, Transport and Energy. He is a thought leader, and a high profile and well recognised AM specialist, with track record in utility business transformation, benchmarking, digital transformation, systems integrations and strategic AM. He has held Global Service Line Leadership roles in AM with international consultancies, as well as significant utility AM experience.

Economic Impacts of Urban Transit Infrastructure Upgrading

Mass transit infrastructure can have a wide range of development benefits—many of which are not captured in traditional cost-benefit analysis. Beyond shorter commuting times and improved traffic, these investments can alter the economic landscape of a metropolis as firms and families relocate. And with proper land-use planning and development policies, these benefits can be amplified.