New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Notwithstanding US president Donald Trump's punitive tariffs on India, New York-based professional services and consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is betting big on the infrastructure boom in the world's fastest-growing major economy.

The global consultancy is planning to triple its headcount to about 60 people in the country for its infrastructure services practice over the next six months, Marcos Ganut, managing director and global head of infrastructure and capital projects at the firm, said.

Alvarez & Marsal's infrastructure consulting practice, now nearly eight years old, is seeing a rising demand from capital-intensive sectors such as energy, transport, real estate, and digital infrastructure in India. Gan...