By 2030, we anticipate a fourfold growth

07 Apr 2025 CW Team

Amara Raja Infra is a leading infrastructure company, with diverse expertise spanning power, industrial, commercial and residential projects. Nageshwar SV, Associate Vice President and Business Head, discusses the company’s venture into commercial infrastructure projects and the strategies behind this diversification.

Please tell us about the company and how it has expanded over the years.

The company started in 2008, initially focusing on providing solutions for our group’s expansions. In the first few years, we were mainly handling end-to-end projects for our group companies, from design to construction and commissioning. Around 2014-2015, we started branching out into external projects and building our client base. Post-COVID, we realised that with the expertise we had developed over the years and the skilled teams we had built, we could contribute significantly to a growing and challenging market. We uniquely position ourselves with knowledge of process integration, civil execution, and design management—capabilities that are rare to find in firms in India today...

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