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Indian public sector engineering company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Engineers India Limited (EIL) is an Indian public sector industrial technology, engineering consultancy and technology licensing company.[3][5] It was set up in 1965 with the mandate of providing indigenous technology solutions across hydrocarbon projects.[6] Over the years, it has also diversified into synergic sectors like non-ferrous metallurgy, infrastructure, water and wastewater management and fertilizers.
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EIL is headquartered at Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi. EIL also has an R&D complex at Gurgaon, a branch office in Mumbai, regional offices at Kolkata, Chennai, Vadodara, inspection offices at all major equipment manufacturing locations in India and overseas offices in London (England), Milan (Italy), Shanghai (China), Abu Dhabi (UAE).[7]
EIL has a wholly owned subsidiary Certification Engineers International Limited (CEIL). It has set up a joint venture company namely Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (RFCL) for enhancing the presence in fertilizers sector.
As of March 2021, EIL has more than 2400 engineers & professionals in its employee base of over 2800 employees.
Navratna status was accorded by the Government of India in 2014.[8]
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History
EIL was incorporated on March 15, 1965, as a private limited company under the name Engineers India Private Limited pursuant to a memorandum of agreement dated June 27, 1964 between the Government of India and Bechtel International Corporation. In May 1967, EIL became a wholly owned Government of India (GoI) enterprise.[9]
EIL has also ventured into various unconventional energy resource projects like solar, 2G ethanol, bio-fuel etc.[10]
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Research and development
The company's research and development center in Gurugram is undertaking technology development both in-house and in collaboration with other organizations like IOCL-R&D, BPCL-R&D, IIP, CHT, HPCL, CPCL, NRL etc.[11]
EIL has developed more than 35 process technologies and the technology portfolio consists of various technologies for petroleum refining, gasification, fracking, oil and gas processing and aromatics. The Company holds 35 live patents and has 32 pending patent applications relating to various process technologies.[11]
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Green Energy Business
EIL is undertaking projects in the green energy segment with focus on green hydrogen, biofuels and offshore wind. [12] It is involved in the implementation of biorefinery projects in India, in addition to providing services for the development of green hydrogen production facilities and Bio-ATF (Aviation Turbine Fuel) plants.[12][13]
The company is providing its services in the implementation of one of the largest capacities biorefinery projects in India for Assam Biorefinery Private Limited (ABRPL) in Numaligarh, Assam.[12]
It is also engaged in setting up bio-ATF plants in India in collaboration with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) and has already developed a Basic Engineering and Design Package (BEDP) for a similar facility in Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) [12]
Besides, the company has delivered Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) services to GAIL (India) for the Balance of Plant (BoP), and related facilities, for a 10 MW green hydrogen production facility in Uttar Pradesh’s Vijaipur [13]
Infrastructure
EIL also undertakes various urban development projects such as airports, data centres, international market places, institutional campuses and restoration of heritage sites. It has its footprints in major infrastructure projects such as the Jewar International Airport in Noida, Leh Airport, Mopa Airport, Data Centres for State Bank of India (SBI) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI), IIM Nagpur campus and restoration of heritage sites like Khajuraho and Sun temple of Konark in Odisha.[14]
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