The mission statement of the newspaper states – India’s first newspaper on Projects! – and that is precisely what the newspaper is all about! It is India’s first and only newspaper that is wholly dedicated and devoted to projects. It is all about, for and of projects, for all people involved with various facets of a project: of men, material and money that projects depend on. It is a medium that will disseminate vital news, pertinent views and crucial information that can make a difference to the timely and profitable completion and running of the projects.

Projectmonitor will empower the various stakeholders including project managers, consultants, planners, financiers, equipment manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, vendors of material, services and policy makers setting up projects across the country - and elsewhere in the world where Indian business houses could become partners of progress.

Projectmonitor will update the readers on projects in the country, educate project managers on the latest developments in technology and material, inform manufacturers and vendors on the needs of the industry. It will reach out to policy makers and review and suggest the best alternatives for better projects: it will talk to funding managers on the viability of projects, update them on the status of various projects… carry tenders and notifications. In as much as it will reach out to all relevant people across the country, it will also be targeted at an audience spread across the globe whose interests are intertwined with the nation’s destiny.

At present the content covers:

Among others it will also feature events, incisive analysis of trends, interviews with leading project managers, industrialists, profiles of companies, thought-provoking articles and raise issues of primary importance to the project managers and policy framers.

About ECONOMIC RESEARCH INDIA LIMITED

Projectmonitor is a weekly newspaper from the Publication Division of the Mumbai-based Economic Research India Limited (ERIL). Part of the well-known Adfactors Group, which has a major presence in financial advertising & communication, public relations and brand building, ERIL is promoted and headed by a team of experienced professionals from the field of economic research, business journalism and other media.

In a short span of one year ERIL has launched one of the nation’s largest projects monitoring division – Projects Today, which has a whopping database of 6,500 live projects entailing investments exceeding over Rs 15 trillion. (Rs 15,000,000,000,000). The division publishes monthly and quarterly reviews of projects across the country. It also has a highly interactive and user-friendly portal, ProjectsToday.com, a subscription-based “opportunity identifier” for people in the industry. Its growing subscriber base is an indicator of its vast utility to the industry.

A multifunctional group dedicated to surveying, monitoring and compiling economic factors and trends, ERIL aims to become a one-stop research organisation that can fulfill the needs of people who want the right information at the right time. Information dissemination is being done via traditional and the new media utilizing the technologies of the modern era. Hence, the presence of the publication division as a separate entity.

A brief profile of the key people is given below:

1. Madan Bahal, a communications professional with 20 years experience in managing communications for the financial and infrastructure sectors. He has handled large campaigns for organisations such as Konkan Railway, Industrial Development Bank of India, Reserve Bank of India, Unit Trust of India, Noida Toll Bridge, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

2. Dr. M S Kapadia, a senior economist who was with Reserve Bank of India, Commerce Research Bureau and one of the founder members of Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Mumbai. He was at CMIE for over 25 years. He is also a permanent invitee to the executive committee of the Indian Association for Research in National Income & Wealth.

3. Harish Rao, a chartered accountant and an investment analyst. He was earlier the head of Dalal Street Intelligence Unit, the equity research division of Dalal Street.

4. Shashikant Hegde, CEO of ProjectsToday, was earlier heading the CapEx division at the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Mumbai. He was with CMIE for the last 20 years.