buildingSMART International (bSI) announces The Confederation of Digital Construction Practitioners (CDCPIndia) as buildingSMART India

Hunk Golden and Media
Ljubljana [Slovenia]/ New Delhi [India], June 22: buildingSMART International (bSI) announced that CDCPIndia has been formally approved as a "Developing Chapter" by the bSI Board at the International Council and Chapter Conference hosted in Slovenia, 19-21 June 2023.
The Board's approval follows a highly successful submission and the new Chapter will be established under the Confederation of Digital Construction Practitioners India (CDCPIndia). CDCPIndia's board members, Sunil Joshi and Dr Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi presented the bSI India Chapter's strategic business plan where they emphasised on the ambitious infrastructure development plan of Indian Government and how digitalisation can help in achieving the National Infrastructural Goals. Also, the global participation of the Indian BIM & Digital Engineering community is substantial. India's participation, awareness and adoption of the Open BIM Standards will not only benefit India but will also be reciprocated in India's engagement with the global community. The buildingSMART approval of India chapter serves as an acknowledgement of tremendous potential offered by the country to embark on data democratisation. It marks a momentous occasion in India's participation in adoption of open BIM specifications in its digitalisation journey in the built environment.
Jugal Makwana, Board member of bSI and Advisory Director of CDCPIndia expressed that "buildingSMART India is a dream come true, empowering India through open standards. By democratising data and fostering collaboration, we unlock tremendous value, enabling sustainable projects that shape a brighter future for all."
Clive Billiald, CEO of bSI commented that "adding India as a new Developing Chapter for buildingSMART is another milestone in our history. It shows the importance of standards and services in supporting a rapidly growing economy, allowing the digitalisation of the construction sector and ultimately leading to a more productive, sustainable built environment. Clearly there is a great opportunity to support this journey, with programs such as Professional Certification able to provide education and learning opportunities to the AEC community in India."
Swaraj Datta Gupta, President of CDCPIndia mentioned that "this partnership between bSI and CDCPIndia is a partnership of values, vision and common objectives that resonate in our commitments towards building a global community that will share and collaborate in a democratised data environment. We are very excited about this partnership and look forward to working together."
The Indian team at the bSI International Council and Chapter Conference Council received a very warm welcome from leadership of other existing chapters from various regions which include Europe, North America, South America, Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia.


buildingSMART International is a vendor-neutral and not for profit body that leads the development of open standards that support digital information flows across the built asset industry. Its mission is to proactively engage industry participants who want to develop open standards for planning, design, procurement, assembly and operation of buildings and infrastructure worldwide. It provides the international network plus the necessary technical and process support to develop consensus based open standards. Its members, who range from across the entire built environment spectrum, collaborate under the buildingSMART organization and management. buildingSMART also partners with other international standards bodies such as ISO, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Its core Industry Foundation Class (IFC) standard achieved ISO approval in 2012.


Founded in 2020, The Confederation of Digital Construction Practitioners (CDCPIndia) is an Indian National Society for BIM & Inclusive Digitalization. CDCPIndia is a non-government organization, a not-for-profit, non-commercial and vendor neutral National society registered under The Societies Registration Act, 1860 and The Bombay Public Trust Act 1950. CDCPIndia has been conceived and brought to life by a group of dedicated & experienced professionals from various regions of India in the field of Construction and Infrastructure sector. The primary mission of CDCPIndia is to Inspire, collaborate and advance Digital processes & technologies in the Indian infrastructure and construction sector. CDCPIndia has also evolved a strategic framework for inclusive digitalization - "The INDIA Strategy". The philosophy of "Democratization of Data" and having "Empathy for all implementing Stakeholders" is at the core of "The INDIA strategy" (I-Inspiring Community, N-National Mandate, D-Democratization of Data, I - Incentivize, A - Aid)
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