Projects and Development India Limited

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Projects and Development India Limited
Type Central Public Sector Undertaking
Industry Chemicals, fertilizer, oil and gas, pipelines and refinery
Founded1978
Headquarters Noida, India
Key people
Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, Chairman and MD
Owner Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India
Website pdilin.com

Projects and Development India Limited (PDIL) [1] is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India.

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History

PDIL started as the technology wing of Fertilizer Corporation of India in 1951, emerged as a separate entity named FPDIL in 1978 after the restructuring of Fertilizer Corporation of India and was renamed PDIL in 1981 with a head office in Sindri, Jharkhand.[ citation needed ] It is a project management and engineering consultancy providing services from concept to commissioning for fertilizer and allied chemical, oil and gas industries. [2]

PDIL has helped develop catalysts and operate the world's only public sector catalyst manufacturing plant at Sindri. [3]

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References

  1. Tripathi, Anuj. "PDIL" . Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. B.L. Mathur (2001), Towards economic development, Discovery Publishing House, p. 4, ISBN   978-81-7141-592-2
  3. Chourasia, Namita (1 June 2005). "Appeal to CM for Sindri plant survival". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 12 July 2011.