Year: 2008

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) played a pivotal role in reforming and shaping the oil and gas regulatory landscape. Bringing in change was, of course, no mean task. As late L. Mansingh, the first chairman of PNGRB, said, “The first regulator always has a difficult time.” In this interview published about a year after PNGRB’s inception, Mansingh talked about the priorities and challenges for PNGRB […]

The IT capital of India got a new international airport in March 2008, following the closure of commercial operations by HAL. The surge in traffic demand led to the development of one of the most modern airport facilities in India at the time. The story of what went into building Bengaluru’s world-class airport, the planning, the costs, the commissioning and, of course, the many challenges associated with it […]