About this Presentation
This presentation provides an overview of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects, and their structure. It examines the key differences between PPP projects from others, points out the advantages challenges of PPP projects, and shows how PPPs can deliver certain complex projects that other project structures may not.
What Will You Learn
To help you get the most value from this session, we’ve highlighted a few key points. These takeaways capture the main ideas and practical insights from the presentation, making it easier for you to review, reflect, and apply what you’ve learned.
The session reveals why traditional make-or-buy decisions overlook the nuanced differences between contractability and public serviceability, leading to sub-optimal outsourcing outcomes in public-private partnerships.
It shows how aligning incentives, risk sharing, and governance structure early in the partnership creates a shared sense of ownership that reduces friction and improves outcomes.
The presentation illustrates how to design contracts and oversight that protect public value while enabling private partners to innovate—without surrendering accountability or transparency.
It emphasizes that successful public-private partnerships depend on explicit selection criteria, disciplined negotiation, and ongoing performance dialogue, rather than relying on competitive bidding alone.
Instructor(s)
Dr. Ashwin Mahalingam
Dr. Ashwin Mahalingam joined the faculty in the Building Technology and Construction Management division of the Civil engineering department at IIT-Madras in 2006. Ashwin received his B.Tech in Civil engineering from IIT-Madras and then proceeded to Stanford University for a Masters in Construction Engineering and Management. He then helped start up an internet based company in the USA called All Star Fleet, aimed at providing asset management services for construction companies. Following this he returned to Stanford University to pursue a PhD in the area of Infrastructure Project Management. Ashwin’s research interests are in the areas of Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in Infrastructure planning and management, the management and governance of large engineering projects and the use of technology in infrastructure development. Ashwin is also a co-founder of Okapi Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd and serves as a Director on the Board. He is the Editor of the Engineering Project Organization Journal (EPOJ) and has served on many national committees.