Complimenting the Modi administration, AECOM Chairman Michael S Burke said, there has been a "remarkable" improvement in business environment.
"Political stability is noticeable and as a result, India has been the highest recipient of FDI," said Burke, who is part of a business delegation with the visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry.
"We clocked a growth rate of 25 per cent (in India) during 2016 and it will accelerate further in 2017 to 30 per cent," he said.
It is working on more than half of Modi's visionary projects, he said, adding that the same includes 9 major metro systems, 6,000 km of road projects, 3,500 km of rail line and 10 ports.
Also Read
"Our vision is closely aligned with PM Modi's vision and we are very well positioned to execute the projects," he said.
It has bagged Smart City projects of Ludhiana and Vizag and is participating in other projects as well.
"We not only want to develop smart city, but also safe city," he asserted.
The company is in the process of ramping up of its headcount.
Asked about challenges on infrastructure development, Burke said, "It has to be on the financing side... The challenge is... Money. There is never going to be enough public money to satisfy all transportation and infrastructure challenges."
Some of the public-private partnerships (PPP) did well, some did not, he noted.
"We need to learn from the process. PPP in other countries are fully supported by municipal bonds. Changing financial structure will accelerate pace of PPP so that we can bring in more private sector money from both inside and outside the country," he added.
Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content