Pawan Kant, CEO, Interise tells CW about the entity’s evaluation, plans, USP, risks and much more.

Interise is focused on the growth story of Indian infrastructure, identified by the Indian Government as the key enabler of Indian GDP growth. It is anticipated that about Rs 200,000 crore worth of highway assets are likely to come up for monetisation over the next few years.

From the current portfolio size of 17 highway projects spanning 7,300 lane km, Interise plans to scale the portfolio multi-fold in the near term through a renewed focus on organic and inorganic modes of acquisitions by participating in monetisation programs of operational highway projects with an established tolling history and focusing on secondary acquisitions of projects awarded on a PPP basis under BOT (toll and annuity) or HAM models...