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Engineers India Limited
Company type Public
BSE:  532178
NSE:  ENGINERSIN
Industry Engineering consulting
EPC
Founded1965
Headquarters
India  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Key people
Vartika Shukla (Chairman & MD)
RevenueIncrease2.svg3,104.69 crore (US$370 million) (2021) [1]
Increase2.svg350.57 crore (US$41 million) (2021) [1]
Increase2.svg259.50 crore (US$31 million) (2021) [1]
Total assets Increase2.svg4,378.23 crore (US$520 million) (2021) [2]
Total equity Increase2.svg1,700 crore (US$200 million) (2021) [2]
Owner Government of India (51.32%) [3]
Number of employees
2,814 (March 2021) [4]
Website engineersindia.com
MRPL Refinery Phase-III expansion Project, a major oil refinery project undertaken by EIL MRPL Refinery.jpg
MRPL Refinery Phase-III expansion Project, a major oil refinery project undertaken by EIL

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]

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]

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]

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]

See also

Jakson Group

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Financial Results 31.03.2021 Data from BSE Site".
  2. 1 2 "Balance Sheet 31.03.2021" Archived 9 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine .
  3. 1 2 "Engineers India inks MoA with NRL for collaborative technology development". Business Standard India. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. https://engineersindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/FY2020-21-EIL-Annual-Presentation.pdf Archived 9 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]
  5. "Engineers India Limited June 24, 2014 Press Release: Enhanced autonomy for EIL with navratna status". 24 June 2014.
  6. "Engineers India wins $139 mn Nigerian contract". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. "Profile | Engineers India Ltd". Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  8. PTI (24 June 2014). "Engineers India gets Navratna status". mint. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  9. "Engineers India History | Engineers India Information". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  10. Service, Tribune News. "HPCL to set up Rs 600-crore bio-ethanol unit in Bathinda". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  11. 1 2 "Technologies | Engineers India Ltd" . Retrieved 7 December 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  12. 1 2 3 4 "State-run EIL's order book grows to Rs 11,350 crore so far this fiscal". Financialexpress. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  13. 1 2 Baruah, Rituraj (11 September 2024). "EIL advances green energy plans, including offshore wind and biofuels | Mint". mint. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  14. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/engineers-india-eyes-non-fossil-fuel-business-overseas-for-new-phase-of-growth/articleshow/100566339.cms?from=mdr [ bare URL ]