Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda district. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, 227 km (141 mi) west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth largest city of Punjab. It is the second cleanest city in Punjab after Mohali.
Engineers India Limited (EIL) is an Indian public sector industrial technology, engineering consultancy and technology licensing company. It was set up in 1965 with the mandate of providing indigenous technology solutions across hydrocarbon projects. Over the years, it has also diversified into synergic sectors like non-ferrous metallurgy, infrastructure, water and wastewater management and fertilizers.
The Takht Sri Darbar Sahib Damdama Sahib, is one of the five takhts or Seat of Temporal Authority of Sikhism, located in Talwandi Sabo, near the city of Bathinda in Bathinda district of Punjab, India. At this place Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, prepared the full version of the Sikh scriptures called Sri Guru Granth Sahib in 1705. The other four Takhts are the Akal Takht, Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, Takht Sri Patna Sahib and Takht Sri Hazur Sahib.
Talwandi Sabo is a town and Municipal Council, in Bathinda District, Punjab, India. It is famous for being the town in which one of the five Takhts of Sikhism where Takht Sri Damdama Sahib. It is also famous for its Baisakhi, which is celebrated on the 13th of April every year. It is a major cultural, transportation and agricultural centre, located in the Malwa region of Punjab. It is near the Punjab-Haryana border.
Kotkapura is a historic city in Faridkot district, Punjab, India. some 15 km from Faridkot City, 50 km from Bathinda, 40 km from Moga and 30 km from Muktsar in the state of Punjab, India. It is the largest city in the Faridkot District and has a large cotton market. It takes around 15 minutes by bus from Faridkot, 4 hours by road from Chandigarh and 2 hours from Ludhiana, and 8 hours from New Delhi by train to reach the city. It is a central city on route to Ganganagar, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Firozpur, etc. KotkKapura takes its name from its founder, Nawab Kapur Singh, and the word 'Kot', meaning a small fort – literally the 'Fort of Kapura'. The city is known for its "Dhodha Sweet" and "Atta Chicken" both of which are exported outside India.
Giddarbaha is a town and a municipal council in Muktsar district, in the Indian state of Punjab. It is 19 kilometres (12 mi) from the city of Malout, 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the city of Bathinda and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the city of Muktsar. It lies on NH-7, which connects Fazilka (Punjab) to Mana (Uttarakhand) in India.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is an Indian central public sector undertaking which is the largest government-owned oil and gas explorer and producer in the country. It accounts for around 70 percent of India's domestic production of crude oil and around 84 percent of natural gas. Headquartered in Delhi, ONGC is under the ownership of the Government of India and administration of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It was founded on 14 August 1956 by the Government of India. In November 2010, the Government of India conferred the Maharatna status to ONGC.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is an Indian public sector oil and gas company, headquartered in Mumbai. It is India's second-largest government-owned downstream oil producer, whose operations are overseen by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It operates three refineries in Bina, Kochi and Mumbai. BPCL was ranked 309th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations in 2020, and 1052nd on Forbes Global 2000 in 2023.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is an Indian public sector undertaking in petroleum and natural gas industry, headquartered in Mumbai. It is a subsidiary of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), which is owned by the Government of India and under the administration of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP&NG) is a ministry of the Government of India responsible for the exploration, production, refining, distribution, marketing, import, export, and conservation of petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas in the country. The ministry is headed by Cabinet minister Hardeep Singh Puri, while its secretary is Pankaj Jain, a 1990-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Dharmendra Pradhan, who served from 26 May 2014 to 7 July 2021, is its longest serving minister till date.
Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd (GSPCL) is a state government-owned group of oil and gas exploration, production and distribution companies based in Gujarat, India. It is India's only state government-owned oil and gas company under the ownership of Department of Energy and Petrochemicals, Government of Gujarat. GSPC was incorporated in 1979 as a petrochemical company.
Raman is a Suburb town of Bathinda City and a municipal council in Bathinda district in the Indian state of Punjab. It has one of the biggest refineries of India. Huge transformation is going to happen here in near future due to industrial growth in this area. Soon it will become the backbone of its district Bathinda. Tapacharya Shri Hem Kunwar Jain is main college for girl's education in the town which provide graduate and post graduate courses in the field of Arts, Information Technology and Commerce. Raman is connected to district Bathinda and national capital New Delhi with Railways. Bathinda Airport is nearest airport at distance of 57 km from Raman from which flights are available to Punjab and New Delhi.
Essar Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, founded by Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia in 1969. The company, known as Essar Global Fund Limited (EGFL), owns a variety of assets in the core sectors of energy, infrastructure & logistics, metals & mining, technology, and retail. EGFL holds a nearly 100% stake in all its investments.
Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Ghanauli near Ropar in Punjab. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of PSPCL.
Balotra Refinery is an upcoming public sector refinery and petrochemical complex in the Pachpadra of Rajasthan, India. It is owned by HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL), a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and the Government of Rajasthan. This refinery will be connected with Jamnagar Refinery and Bathinda Refinery through Amritsar Jamnagar Expressway.
Punjabi University Guru Kashi Campus (PUGKC) is a regional centre of Punjabi University, located at Talwandi Sabo, India. Its main constituents are Yadavindra College of Engineering, University School of Business Studies and Punjabi University Guru Kashi College.
HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) is an Indian integrated refining and petrochemical company, with operations spanning crude oil refining and petrochemical manufacturing. It is a public-private partnership between fortune 500 company, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Mittal Energy Investments Pte Limited (MEIL), a part of the Lakshmi N. Mittal Group. It is headquartered at Noida, Uttar Pradesh and operates the 11.3 MMTPA Guru Gobind Singh Refinery (GGSR) at Bathinda, Punjab.
