What seemed like a B School ideal at that time, however is today fast turning into reality. Nagpur is all set to become India's gateway to the world. Already invest
ments worth several millions (if not billions) are pouring into the city. At the center of this transformation is the upcoming MIHAN or Multi-Modal International Hub Airport. This Hub is expected to make Nagpur the center of all domestic as well as international cargo movements. This airport of international standards will be supplemented by a road and rail terminal coming up right next door. The investor confidence on the city's potential is also tremendous. Boeing has already committed to building a $ 100 million Maintainence, Repair and Operational (MRO) hub in Nagpur. That the civil aviation minister, Praful Patel as well as Mahrashtras CM VilasRao Deshmukh are both from Nagpur, should have probably helped in no small measure though. Domestic investors seem to be bullish too, with SICAL Logistics leading a consortium to setup the rail terminal as well as a world class warehousing facility.Nagpur already is a center of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) with four lane highways connecting it to delhi and Bangalore. A host of companies have already set up shop here, with a new IT park proposed to be built by Shapoorji Pallonji also expected to come up soon. With so much of activity Nagpur is surely set to scale new heights to truly become the Hub of the country. However what gives the most of the most confidence is that MIHAN is being led by R C Sinha, presumably one of the most hard working and sincere beuracrats in the country today. Another Sreedharan in the making? Only time will tell.
