History of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

- Comp. was set up at Bhopal in the name of M/s Heavy electrical [Indias] limited in collaboration with AEI, UK. Subsequently, three more plants were set up at Hyderabad, Hardwar & Trichy. The Bhopal Unit was controlled by company, the other three were under the control of Bharat Hevey Electricals Ltd.

- The Company object is to manufacture of heavy electrical equipments.

1972

- In July the Operations of all the four plants were integrated.

1974

- In January Heavy electrical [Indias] Ltd was merged with BHEL.

- For the manufacture of wide variety of products, the Comp. has developed technological infrastructure, skills & quality to meet the stringent requirements of power plants, transportation, petro chemicals, oil etc.

- BHEL has entered into collaboration which are technical in nature. Under these agreements, the collaborators have transferred, furnished the information, documentation, including know-how relating to design, engineering, manufacturing assembly etc.

1982

- BHEL also entered into power equipments, to reduce its dependence on the power sector. So, it developed the capability to produce a variety of electrical, electronic & mechanical equipments for all sectors, including transmission, transportation, oil & gas & other allied industries. 1991

- On 24th December converted into a public Limited company.

- As per resolution passed on 23rd Dec. 1991, existing shares of Rs.1000 each was subdivided into equity shares of Rs.10 each. 2447,60,000 No. of equity shares of Rs.10 each allotted for consideration other than cash.

1992

- Between January to February the Comp. disinvested 489,52,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each. - During the year, 10 thermal sets, 2 gas sets & 11 hydro sets were commissioned.

- During the year, first commercial HUDC transmission line in the country between Rihand and Delhi rated for transmitting power at 500 KV at 1500 MW was respectively completed. Also, the Comp. completed prestigious contracts in Malta & Cyprus through supply & erection of 2 sets of 60 MW thermal sets each.

1994

- The Comp. commissioned two sets of 250 MW at Maharashtra & one 500 MW once-throug tower type boiler at Orissa.

- During the year the Comp. established Asia largest fuel evaluation test facility at Tiruchi

- The Comp. commissioned ten industrial power plants resulting in power generating capacity addition of 293 KW.

- The Comp. undertook the development of photovoltaic power systems for grid assisted operation, solar power refreigerator useful for vaccine & medical storage & demonstration of 2X5 KW phosphoric acid fuel cell module at a Chlor Alkali plant.

1995

- The country premier state owned undertaking, BHEL, has commissioned India first 250 mw capacity thermal generating unit at Dahanu power station in Maharashtra. BHEL won this world bank contract against competition from multinationals.

1996

- This year Comp. handed over 100th Electric Locomotive to Indian Railway. And 250th Hydro set installed at Dhupdal-1, successfully syncronised & handed over the 30 MW Fr.6 Gas turbine at Wadi Al Jizzi, Oman.

- The Comp. signed an agreement with Indian Railways for building and leasing 53 nos. AC/DC locos of 5,000/4,600 HP.

- During the year Comp. undertook Indira Sugar Project of Narmada Valley Development Authority in M.P., Kurichu Project from NHPC in Bhutaan, Ghanvi project & Gumma Project both from HPSEB, H.P., 8*16 MW Diesel Generating sets for Kerala State Electricity Boards DG Power plant at Kozhikode, 4 numbers 125 TPM HRSGs, 18 MW Steam Turbine Generator for Mysore Paper Mills, 9 numbers 400KV 102 MWA single phase generator transformers for 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri HEP, 6 nos.3950 KW 18 pole synchronous motors & 6 nos. 3950 KW 6 pole squirrel cage induction motors for ONGC Santhal Project.

1997

- In May a joint venture Comp. named Bhe-Ge Gas Turbine Services private limited was incorporated with General Electric to carryout after sales repair & servicing of GE designed heavy duty gas turbines installed in India & certain other countries abroad.

- Another joint venture Comp. with Siemens AG was incorporated under the name `Powerplant Performance Improvement Private Ltd.' to carry out plant performance Improvement to old fossil fuel power plants in India and abroad.

- The public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has won the national best exporter award for 1995-96, instituted by Engineering Export Promotion Council, of eighth consecutive year, from Madurai.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has ruled a joint venture with Czech republic-based Skoda for manufacturing electric trolley buses, but is ready for import of technology.

- The Comp. has successfully commissioned a frame-6 gas turbine at Wadi Al Jizzi, Sultanate of Oman, for a power station & has supplied a prototype of 14-MW marine turbine to the Navy at Machinery Test Centre, Visakhapatnam.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs], the engineering & power equipment navaratna, has joined hands with two global majors, General Electric [GEs] of US & Siemens AG of Germany, to set up two separate joint venture companies in India on a 50:50 equity partnership basis.

- The joint venture between BHEL & GE, set up with an authorised capital of Rs.7 crores, has been named BHEL-GE Gas Turbine Services Private Ltd.

- With Siemens AG, BHEL technical tie-up is for manufacture of steam turbines & generators.

- The Comp. undertook supply of 36 MW STG for RIL Sancoale-Goa 2X4 MW & 2 and 4.5 MW Generators for Hemavati and Harangi HEP in Karnataka etc.

1998

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [Bhels] has successfully commissioned the fifth unit [210 mws] of Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station, the first project undertaken by Gujarat State Electricity Corporation limited

- The public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has entered into an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation [ISROs] for manufacture & supply of solar panels for upcoming Indian Satellites.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [BHELs] has successfully commissioned the maiden unit of Kodasalli Hydro-Electric Project [HEPs] in Karnataka.

- In Karnataka, BHEL has recently supplied & commissioned hydro-generating equipment for Chunchunakatte HEP [2 x 9 MWs] & Bhadra HEP [1 x 6 MWs]. Hydro-generating equipment for Narayanpur HEP [2 x 5 MWs] has already been supplied & is being installed.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has commissioned the country's new rating thermal power generating set of 250 MW capacity at Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board Kothagudem thermal power station in record time.

- Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd [Bhels] has commissioned the first grid interactive solar photovoltaic power plant at its Bangalore division. The plant which has a capacity of 30 kw will use solar energy to generate power.

1999

- Bharat Heavy Electrical have achieved yet another milestones by synchronising the fifth unit of 210 MW capacity at the Richur Thermal Power Station in Karnataka, much ahead of schedule, in just 29 months. With this, BHEL has set a new benchmark in the commissioning of future generating sets in the country, in the shortest possible time.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has commissioned a desalination plant on turnkey basis in the Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has entered into a technical collaboration agreement with Babcock Borsig Power GmbH of Germany for the manufacture of `once through boilers'.

2000

- The Comp. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bhakra Beas Management Board to renovate, modernise & upgrade its old hydroelectric power stations.

- The Comp. has enter the infotech sector & setting up a dotcom company with will provide B2B service in the area of electrical engineering & power sector.

- The Comp. is setting up a portal for providing back-to-back solutions for electrical engineering & power industry segments.

- The Comp. will be manufacturing the country biggest eco-friendly atmospheric fluidised bed combustion [AFBCs] boilers for supply to Raigarh-based Jindal Steel & Power Plant.

- The Comp. has won the top exporters award among the public and private sector companies in India for 11th Consecutive year.

- The Comp. is considering a proposal to launch a voluntary retirement scheme [VRSs] to 'select' employees who have been underperforming & not managed any promotions or those who have consistently taken leave or anyother proficiency related criteria.

- In a bid to capture new markets, the Comp. would invade east Europe and Africa besides becoming global vendor for international electrical majors.

- The Comp. has bagged the `Samman Patra' award from the Finance Ministry for its unblemished track record with Airport Customs in regard to payment of customs duties.

- The electronics division of public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals limited has been given the ISO 140001 certification by Det Norske Veritas.

- The Comp. has bagged a Rs. 295-crore contract to supply Advance Class Gas Turbine for a power project in Tamil Nadu. - The Comp. has set a new benchmark in the commissioning of power projects in the country with the completion of National Thermal Power Corporation 430 mw Faridabad combined cycle power project on turnkey basis in a record time 30 months.

- The Comp. has won the `Best Productivity Performance Award' in the heavy engineering industries category for year 1997-98.

- The Comp. has commissioned the first 150 MW hydro generating unit at the Ranjit Sagar Hydro Electric project in Punjab.

- The Comp. has bagged yet another order from Indian Oil Corporation for setting up an energy-efficient & environment-friendly co-generation power plant for Haldia refinery in West Bengal.

- The Comp. has emerged as a major sourcing centre for foreign companies & Original Equipment Manufacturers for meeting their requirement of power & industrial equipment.

- The High Pressure Boiler Plant of public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals limited has won the Indian National Suggestion Schemes Association award for third successive time for its oustanding contribution towards development, implementation & promotion of employees oriented schemes.

- The Karnataka Power Corporation has awarded BHEL a Rs 365 crore contract to set up another 210 mw unit at the Raichur Thermal power station.

- The Comp. has become the first Comp. capable of offering indigenously - developed ceramic disc insulators for 500 KV & above high voltage direct current applications.

- BHEL Tiruchi has bagged the Handa Rolling Trophy & Golden Key Award for the year 2000-2001, consequently for second time.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, the Rs 7,000-crore public sector power equipment manufacturer, is open to the idea of picking up equity stakes in power projects on the lines of multinational EPC & O&M contractors.

- The Haridwar Complex of Bharat Heavy Electricals limited was awarded the Neyveli Lignite Corporation rolling trophy for promoting `Quality Circles 2000'.

2001

- Bharat Heavy Electricals limited has bagged the prestigious 'Golden peacock' national quality award for second consecutive year for achieving excellence in quality conforming to global standards.

- India state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals won an order to set up a fifth 250 megawatt [mws] unit at Suratgarh thermal power station in the western state of Rajasthan.

- BHEL-GE Gas Turbin Services limited the joint venture Comp. promoted by BHEL & GE, has commissioned its gas turbine component refurbishment centre in the city.

- The R&D division of Bharat Heavy Electricals limited has developed a 50-KW phosphoric acid fuel cell power pack as a joint venture of BHEL, the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources & Shree Rayalaseema Alkalies & Allied Chemicals Ltd.

- The Comp. has bagged the `Golden Trading House' status for attaining excellence in global export operations.

- The Comp. has commissioned first of four hydro-power generating units at Kurichu Hydro Electric Project in Bhutan.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] is set to commission the first 500 MW unit of National Thermal Power Corporation [NTPCs] Simhadri power project three months ahead of schedule in March, 2002.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals has been awarded the electro-mechanical equipment supply order at a cost of Rs 540 crore for Maheshwar hydel project in Madhya Pradesh.

2002

-Awarded the top exporters' award by Engineering Export Promotion Council for year 1999-2000

-BHEL & PFC tie up for joint bids of projects

-Ties up with US-based Metso Automation Max Control Systems Inc to establish a diagnostic & monitoring center to identify faults in power plants with maxDNA control systems

-Receives Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd [CPCLs] contract worth Rs 174 crore for a 40 mw gas based co-generation power plant for its refinery project at Chennai

-BHEL in association with IIT-Madras launches IT school in Tiruchi

-Strikes Rs 51cr order to provide transformers to the Tala Hydro Electric Power Project in Bhutan

-Bags an export order worth Rs 50 crore in Kazaksthan

-Bags order from Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd [RVUNLs] for 195 mw at Kota tps & 75 mw Ramgarh extension project

-Commences research on IGCC technology

-BHEL unit Power Sector Northerrn Region bags OHSAS-18001& ISO-14001 certification

-Signs MoU with ONGC for providing, upgrading & refurbishment of oil-field equipments to its onshore & offshore applications

-Bags generator order from Sirupur Paper Mills limited [SPMLs]

-Gets Rs 267-cr Oman order

-Signs a technical collaboration agreement with Turbo Luftechnik GmbH [TLTs] of Germany to acquire technology to design & manufacture high-efficiency fans used in 660 MW super-critical power plants

-BHEL Tiruchi unit gets best employer-employee award

-BHEL launches Vendor information system

-BHEL clinches ONGC order worth Rs 230 crore

-BHEL gets Rs 63 cr contract from NTPC

-Gets Rs 35-cr grid substation project from Rajasthan Electricity Board

-Ties up with Shree Industries for solar water heaters

-Launches 4th solar power plant in Lakshadweep

-Power generating sets built by BHEL get the award for excellent performance from Union Government

-Electronics Division secures an export contract for supply of advanced automation systems for Indo-Bharat Rayons in Indonesia

-BHEL Electroporcelains Division receives the OHSAS-18001 certification for its occupational health & safety management system

-Launches its first-ever Vessel Traffic Management System [VTMSs] at the New Mangalore port

-BHEL gets Rs 41 cr order from Nuclear Power Corporation [NPCs]

-Announces completion of 1000 mw Simhadri thermal power station

-Commissions a 50-kilo watt peak solar photovoltaic grid interactive power plant at Neil Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

-Gets Rs 80 cr contract from Hindalco

-Launches web pages for development & expansion of vendor base for components required for energy meters

-Five employees of BHEL Tiruchi have been conferred with the Viswakarma Rastriya Puraskar for their suggestion, which contributed to productivity & efficiency at the plant

-Bags Rs 1,425 cr order to set up two 210 MW sets in UP

-Receives Rs 25-crore contract from PowerGrid Corporation of India Ltd [PGCILs] to commission a 400-kv grid sub-station at Baripada in Orissa

-Bags Rs 15.5 crore order for a steam turbine generator [STGs] for a sugar co-generation power plant in Karnataka

-Receives order from Uttaranchal Power Corporation to set up new grid station project

-Receives award from Confederation of Indian Industry [CIIs] becoming the first PSU to win this honour

-Gets order from Sterlite Group for steam generator

-Bags order from Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam limited to set up the 304 MW Maneri Bhali Hydro Electric project Stage-II in the state

-Bhel obtains order from NHPC to set up 800 mw Parbati hydro electric project

2003

-Forays into Operations and Maintenance [O&Ms] of power plants

-First indigenously manufactured advance class gas turbine manufactured by BHEL, Ramachandrapuram unit flagged off to Gujarat State Electricity Corporation [GSECs]

-BHEL & Skokdaexport tie-up for overseas projects

-Receives order for steam turbine generator from Chincholi Sugar Mills [CSMs] in Gulbarga district of Karnataka

-Forges alliance with Anna University, Chennai, for co-operation in research, technology development & training

-Commissions solar photovoltaic systems for use in rural telephone systems in Gujarat

-Bags 20 mw power plant order from Indian Oil Corporation Mathura Refinery

-Bags Rs 1,589-crore order from Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board [MPSEBs] to set up a 600 MW thermal unit at Barsinghpur

-BHEL & TCS tie-up to develop IT-based solutions for power sector

-Teams up with Alstom to bid for National Thermal Power Corporation [NTPCs] Rs 9,000-crore 2,000 MW Sipat thermal project in Chattisgarh

-BHEL develops Automated Storage & Retrieval System

-Exports advance class gas turbine to Oman

-Executes turnkey contract of Damodar Valley Corporation [DVCs]

-Announces the successful deployment of its solar panels on the recently launched satellites Insat 3A & GSAT 2 by Indian Space Research Organisation [ISROs]

-Secures order from Jindal Steel & Power Ltd [JSPLs] worth Rs. 40 crore for supply of equipments at its Raigarh integrated steel plant at Chhattisgarh

-Bags order from Delhi Transco limited to set up 220 KV grid substation in East Delhi

-Gets order worth Rs 475-cr from Indian Oil Corporation

-Signs MoU with National Thermal Power Corporation [NTPCs] for running & maintenance of power plants, engineering, procurement & construction [EPCs]

-Achieves another milestone by putting a 250-MW unit on full generation in a record time of just 12 hours of its synchronisation with the transmission grid in Rajasthan, resulting in substantial savings to the utility

-Develops High Velocity Oxy Fuel [HVOFs] spray technique to curb silt erosion

-Bags order for supply of hydro turbine generator to Taiwan

-Awarded ISO 14001 & OHSA 18001 certifications by Det Norske Veritas, Netherlands. The Comp. bags the award for implementing an integrated management system, HSE Health, Safety & Environment Management System.

-Bags order worth $4.5m from Gujarat Ambuja Cements limited [GACLs] to supply a 30-MW steam turbine generator

-Gets Rs 36.30 crore contract for sewage treatment plant from Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board

-Wins Hind Zinc contract for 154-MW power plant

-Gets Rs 188-cr order from Tata Power

-Signs MoU with NTPC for engineering service venture

-Obtains a mega contract of worth Rs 1,412 crore for setting up the 1000 MW [stage IIs] Kahalgaon super thermal power project [STPPs] in Bihar, which is being implemented by National Thermal Power Corporation [NTPCs]

-Forged alliance with Netherlands-based Nordex for a pilot project in wind energy

-Bags Rs 1,700 crore Engineering, Procurement & Construction [EPCs] contract for 500 MW power project at Korba [Easts] in Chhatisgarh

-Receives orders worth Rs 16-cr from Tisco

- The Comp. has bagged the award for excellence in Electronics

-The comapany gets hydro power order worth of $22 mn order to set up a 12 megawatt hydroelectric power project in India eastern Mizoram state.

-BHEL sets up centre for excellence

-BHEL wins contract from Ambuja Cement

-BHEL gets Rs 2,700 cr orders from NTPC

-Bhel acquires order worth of Rs 21-cr from Navy

-Dr Hari Shankar Jain, Additional General Manager, heading the gas insulated power equipment & switchgear laboratory at Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] Corporate R&D division, has won the National Design Award 2003

2004

-BHEL gets compressor & drive turbine package contract worth of Rs 20-cr

-Bhel bags Rs 599 Cr order to set up 250 MW power project in Maharashtra state

-A Centre of Excellence [CoEs] for simulators set up with an investment of Rs 3.8 crore was been declared operational at the corporate R&D unit of BHEL.

-Bhel bags Rs 197 cr power order from Gujarat Electricity Board.

-BHEL bags Rs 36 cr order from Bhushan Steel

-BHEL gets order for hydro electric project in Chhattisgarh

-With Indian Oil Corporation [IOCs] opting to source equipment from Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs], the power utility on Feb 20 delivered two sets of gas turbines & generators out of Rs 475-crore order, under which it has to provide a total of four sets

-Gets Rs 333-cr order to set up 112 MW plant in Gujarat - Changes in the Company Directorate as on March 1, 2004 as follows: 1. Shri H W Bhatnagar - Director [IS&Ps] Chairman and Managing Director [From February 12, 2004s] 2. Shri R C Aggarwal - Director [Powers] 3. Shri C Srinivasan - Director [Finances] 4. Shri Ramji Rai - Director [ER&Ds] 5. Shri Ishan Shankar - Director [HRs] upto February 28, 2004 6. Shri SK Jain - Director [HRs] 7. Shri A Didar Singh, IAS - Director, Joint Secretary to the Govt of India 8. Shri A C Wadhawan - Director 9. Dr Anand Patkar - Director 10. Shri G P Gupta - Director 11. Shri Sharad Upasani - Director 12. AH Jung - Director [From March 1, 2004s] 13. Sudhir Sridhar Supe - Director [From March 1, 2004s] 14. Ranjan Pant - Director [From March 1, 2004s] 15. Vineet Nayyar - Director [From March 1, 2004s].

-Gets Rs 160 crore three year order to supply oil exploration equipment to state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp

-Bhushan Steel & Strips Limited had placed Rs 36 cr orders to BHEL for one unit of 30.75 mw STG set along with WHRB of 57.5 tonne capacity for upcoming captive power plant at its Angul steel plant in Orissa.

- Achieves a new milestone in the overseas markets with the commissioning of its first new 70 MW `Advanced Class' gas turbine-based generating unit in the Sultanate of Oman for Petroleum Development Oman [PDOs] a joint venture of Government of Oman, Shell International, Total & Partex is located at its Qarn Alam project, about 400 km from Muscat.

-Tata Consultancy Services [TCSs] & Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] on April 2 announced the release of PowerPac-G, a software product that addresses decision support & integrated asset management needs of power generation plants. TCS & BHEL will jointly market the product in the Indian & global markets, & initial orders have been firmed up.

2004

-Mr Bollepalli Ramachandra Rao has been appointed Executive Director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHEL - Hyderabads].

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has bagged a Rs 94-crore contract from Steel Authority of India Ltd [SAILs] to set up a compressor package unit for SAIL Rourkela steel plant

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has secured a contract worth Rs 647 crore from Maharashtra State Electricity Board [MSEBs] to set up a 250 MW power unit

-BHEL inks MoU with Oil India for land rigs upgradation

-Bharat Heavy Electricals [BHELs] has bagged a Rs 80 crore export order from Petroleum Development Oman

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [Bhels] has bagged a Rs 70-crore order from Punjab State Electricity Board to set up a hydro-electric project

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has bagged a Rs 142 crore contract for a 120 mw plant in Jammu & Kashmir being set up National hydroelectric power corporation

-The Bangalore-based electronics division of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has bagged an order for supplying solar photovoltaic cells to S.E. Projects, Italy

-Bhel Ramachandrapuram has bagged a Rs 80-crore order from the Petroleum Development Corporation [PDOs], Lekhwair, Oman for supply of latest centrifugal gas compressor

-The Electronics Division of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has won a contract to set up five stand-alone solar power plants in the Islands of Sunderbans, West Bengal

-Bhel has joined hands with a UN body 'Global Compact' to share experiences with global corporate houses for greater focus on corporate social responsibility

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has bagged a Rs 65 crore order from national transmission utility Power Grid Corporation for setting up a 400/220 kV grid sub-station in Bihar on turnkey basis

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has secured an order for installation of 40 MW steam turbine generator set along with associated auxiliaries, valued at Rs 21 crore, at the captive power plant of Shriram Vinyl And Chemicals Ltd, Kota, Rajasthan, belonging to the DCM Shriram Consolidation

-Power plant equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals limited said it had won an order worth about Rs 2 crore [$432,000s] to supply disc insulators to British firm Tyco Electronics

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has bagged an order from Steel Authority of India Ltd [SAILs] for setting up a 15-MW captive power plant at its steel complex in Bhilai

-Appoints AK Puri as the chairman & managing director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [Bhels].

-Engineering giant Bhel has bagged a Rs 550 crore order for setting up a 330 MW gas-based power plant in Rajasthan

-Bhel join hands with NTPC for 100 mw power plant in Hardwar

2005

-Delists equity shares from the Madras Stock Exchange Ltd [MSEs] w.e.f. January 19, 2005.

- Delists equity shares of Comp. voluntary from The Stock Exchange, Ahmedabad [ASEs] with effect from January 28, 2005.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] & Rural Electrification Corporation [RECs] have entered into a memorandum of understanding to work jointly in offering solutions along with financial packages in the power generation sector, covering both new power generation projects & renovation & modernisation of existing power plants

-BHEL, TCS jointly working on marketing initiative 'Power Pack'

-BHEL has bagged its largest-ever commercial order of Rs 90.58 crore for supply of automated storage & retrieval system [ASRSs] against stiff national & international competition

-Appoints Dr V. Gopalakrishnan as Chief of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd at Tiruchi

- Bharat Heavy Electricals [BHELs] teams up with National Thermal Power Corporation [NTPCs] for promoting a 100 mw IGCC [integrated gassification & combined cycles] power project.

-Bhel gets two export orders from Oman

-Bhel Trichy, Bangalore plants win five National Safety Awards

-BHEL opens 2nd unit at NTPC Rihand station

-Bhel signs technology transfer agreement with Alstom

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has entered into a technology transfer agreement with French power major Alstom

2006

-BHEL inks agreement with IIT Madras for new courses

-Bechtel signs Dabhol agreement with BHEL

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Tiruchirapalli on May 31 signed a MoU with National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli to recognize & strengthen institute-industry interaction.

-BHEL targets $1.7 bn contract in B'desh

-BHEL has got a Rs 165 crore order from IOC for establishing a power plant at the oil major Haldia refinery in West Bengal.

2007

-BHEL & French Comp. Alstom will together produce 1,50,000MW of power over the next ten years.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has appointed Shri. N Gokulram as Part-time Official Director on the Board of Comp. w.e.f. January 25, 2007.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has informed that Shri. Vineet Nayyar, Part-time, Non-Official [Independents] Director, has ceased to be on the Board of Comp. with effect from February 28, 2007 on Acc. of expiry of tenure.

- BHEL has raised its research and development spend to Rs 238 crore during fiscal 2006-07, up from Rs 152 crore last year.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [BHELs] has won orders for supply & installation of main plant package at the upcoming Jhajjar Super Thermal Power Project in Haryana. Valued at over Rs 2,900 Crore, the orders have been placed by Aravali Power Comp. Private Limited [APCPLs], a joint venture Comp. of NTPC, IPGPL & HPGCL.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] & NTPC Ltd have singed a Memorandum of Understanding [MOUs] to form a Joint Venture Comp. with the propose to work jointly to complement their respective strength & to carry out engineering procurement & construction [EPCs] activities in the power sector.

- BHEL, NTPC ink MoU for power projects.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [BHELs] has won a turnkey order for setting up a captive power plant at a steel plant in West Bengal.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs]has informed that a Joint Venture agreement between the Comp. & NTPC Ltd has been singed on December 17, 2007 for Establishment & Operation of Joint Venture Comp. for taking up EPC business.

2008

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [BHELs], Trichy, has secured orders worth Rs 15,000 crore, its all-time high. BHEL, said the recent MoU with the TNEB for setting up two 800 Mw thermal power stations near Chennai had resulted in the power plant major bagging orders.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has informed that pursuant to order dated March 04, 2008 issued by Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Department of Heavy Industry, Shri. K Ravi Kumar Director [Powers]/BHEL has been entrusted with additional charge of post of Chairman & Managing Director/BHEL w.e.f. March 01, 2008.

- BHEL ties up with AP Genco for Vizag unit.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has secured the Engineering Export Promotion Council top export award for 18th successive year. Conferred on BHEL in the category 'Star Performer in 2006-07: Project Exports - Large Enterprise', the award was presented by Minister for External Affairs, Mr Pranab Mukherjee. It has identified overseas business as a major thrust area as part of its 'Strategic Plan 2012'.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] declared on Aug 26 it had secured a contract for export of two gas turbine generating units worth Rs 140 crore in the United Arab Emirates.

2007

-The Comp. has issued Bonus Shares in the Ratio of 1:1. xxbottomxx

History of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

- Comp. was set up at Bhopal in the name of M/s Heavy electrical [Indias] limited in collaboration with AEI, UK. Subsequently, three more plants were set up at Hyderabad, Hardwar & Trichy. The Bhopal Unit was controlled by company, the other three were under the control of Bharat Hevey Electricals Ltd.

- The Company object is to manufacture of heavy electrical equipments.

1972

- In July the Operations of all the four plants were integrated.

1974

- In January Heavy electrical [Indias] Ltd was merged with BHEL.

- For the manufacture of wide variety of products, the Comp. has developed technological infrastructure, skills & quality to meet the stringent requirements of power plants, transportation, petro chemicals, oil etc.

- BHEL has entered into collaboration which are technical in nature. Under these agreements, the collaborators have transferred, furnished the information, documentation, including know-how relating to design, engineering, manufacturing assembly etc.

1982

- BHEL also entered into power equipments, to reduce its dependence on the power sector. So, it developed the capability to produce a variety of electrical, electronic & mechanical equipments for all sectors, including transmission, transportation, oil & gas & other allied industries. 1991

- On 24th December converted into a public Limited company.

- As per resolution passed on 23rd Dec. 1991, existing shares of Rs.1000 each was subdivided into equity shares of Rs.10 each. 2447,60,000 No. of equity shares of Rs.10 each allotted for consideration other than cash.

1992

- Between January to February the Comp. disinvested 489,52,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each. - During the year, 10 thermal sets, 2 gas sets & 11 hydro sets were commissioned.

- During the year, first commercial HUDC transmission line in the country between Rihand and Delhi rated for transmitting power at 500 KV at 1500 MW was respectively completed. Also, the Comp. completed prestigious contracts in Malta & Cyprus through supply & erection of 2 sets of 60 MW thermal sets each.

1994

- The Comp. commissioned two sets of 250 MW at Maharashtra & one 500 MW once-throug tower type boiler at Orissa.

- During the year the Comp. established Asia largest fuel evaluation test facility at Tiruchi

- The Comp. commissioned ten industrial power plants resulting in power generating capacity addition of 293 KW.

- The Comp. undertook the development of photovoltaic power systems for grid assisted operation, solar power refreigerator useful for vaccine & medical storage & demonstration of 2X5 KW phosphoric acid fuel cell module at a Chlor Alkali plant.

1995

- The country premier state owned undertaking, BHEL, has commissioned India first 250 mw capacity thermal generating unit at Dahanu power station in Maharashtra. BHEL won this world bank contract against competition from multinationals.

1996

- This year Comp. handed over 100th Electric Locomotive to Indian Railway. And 250th Hydro set installed at Dhupdal-1, successfully syncronised & handed over the 30 MW Fr.6 Gas turbine at Wadi Al Jizzi, Oman.

- The Comp. signed an agreement with Indian Railways for building and leasing 53 nos. AC/DC locos of 5,000/4,600 HP.

- During the year Comp. undertook Indira Sugar Project of Narmada Valley Development Authority in M.P., Kurichu Project from NHPC in Bhutaan, Ghanvi project & Gumma Project both from HPSEB, H.P., 8*16 MW Diesel Generating sets for Kerala State Electricity Boards DG Power plant at Kozhikode, 4 numbers 125 TPM HRSGs, 18 MW Steam Turbine Generator for Mysore Paper Mills, 9 numbers 400KV 102 MWA single phase generator transformers for 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri HEP, 6 nos.3950 KW 18 pole synchronous motors & 6 nos. 3950 KW 6 pole squirrel cage induction motors for ONGC Santhal Project.

1997

- In May a joint venture Comp. named Bhe-Ge Gas Turbine Services private limited was incorporated with General Electric to carryout after sales repair & servicing of GE designed heavy duty gas turbines installed in India & certain other countries abroad.

- Another joint venture Comp. with Siemens AG was incorporated under the name `Powerplant Performance Improvement Private Ltd.' to carry out plant performance Improvement to old fossil fuel power plants in India and abroad.

- The public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has won the national best exporter award for 1995-96, instituted by Engineering Export Promotion Council, of eighth consecutive year, from Madurai.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has ruled a joint venture with Czech republic-based Skoda for manufacturing electric trolley buses, but is ready for import of technology.

- The Comp. has successfully commissioned a frame-6 gas turbine at Wadi Al Jizzi, Sultanate of Oman, for a power station & has supplied a prototype of 14-MW marine turbine to the Navy at Machinery Test Centre, Visakhapatnam.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs], the engineering & power equipment navaratna, has joined hands with two global majors, General Electric [GEs] of US & Siemens AG of Germany, to set up two separate joint venture companies in India on a 50:50 equity partnership basis.

- The joint venture between BHEL & GE, set up with an authorised capital of Rs.7 crores, has been named BHEL-GE Gas Turbine Services Private Ltd.

- With Siemens AG, BHEL technical tie-up is for manufacture of steam turbines & generators.

- The Comp. undertook supply of 36 MW STG for RIL Sancoale-Goa 2X4 MW & 2 and 4.5 MW Generators for Hemavati and Harangi HEP in Karnataka etc.

1998

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [Bhels] has successfully commissioned the fifth unit [210 mws] of Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station, the first project undertaken by Gujarat State Electricity Corporation limited

- The public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has entered into an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation [ISROs] for manufacture & supply of solar panels for upcoming Indian Satellites.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [BHELs] has successfully commissioned the maiden unit of Kodasalli Hydro-Electric Project [HEPs] in Karnataka.

- In Karnataka, BHEL has recently supplied & commissioned hydro-generating equipment for Chunchunakatte HEP [2 x 9 MWs] & Bhadra HEP [1 x 6 MWs]. Hydro-generating equipment for Narayanpur HEP [2 x 5 MWs] has already been supplied & is being installed.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has commissioned the country's new rating thermal power generating set of 250 MW capacity at Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board Kothagudem thermal power station in record time.

- Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd [Bhels] has commissioned the first grid interactive solar photovoltaic power plant at its Bangalore division. The plant which has a capacity of 30 kw will use solar energy to generate power.

1999

- Bharat Heavy Electrical have achieved yet another milestones by synchronising the fifth unit of 210 MW capacity at the Richur Thermal Power Station in Karnataka, much ahead of schedule, in just 29 months. With this, BHEL has set a new benchmark in the commissioning of future generating sets in the country, in the shortest possible time.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has commissioned a desalination plant on turnkey basis in the Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has entered into a technical collaboration agreement with Babcock Borsig Power GmbH of Germany for the manufacture of `once through boilers'.

2000

- The Comp. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bhakra Beas Management Board to renovate, modernise & upgrade its old hydroelectric power stations.

- The Comp. has enter the infotech sector & setting up a dotcom company with will provide B2B service in the area of electrical engineering & power sector.

- The Comp. is setting up a portal for providing back-to-back solutions for electrical engineering & power industry segments.

- The Comp. will be manufacturing the country biggest eco-friendly atmospheric fluidised bed combustion [AFBCs] boilers for supply to Raigarh-based Jindal Steel & Power Plant.

- The Comp. has won the top exporters award among the public and private sector companies in India for 11th Consecutive year.

- The Comp. is considering a proposal to launch a voluntary retirement scheme [VRSs] to 'select' employees who have been underperforming & not managed any promotions or those who have consistently taken leave or anyother proficiency related criteria.

- In a bid to capture new markets, the Comp. would invade east Europe and Africa besides becoming global vendor for international electrical majors.

- The Comp. has bagged the `Samman Patra' award from the Finance Ministry for its unblemished track record with Airport Customs in regard to payment of customs duties.

- The electronics division of public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals limited has been given the ISO 140001 certification by Det Norske Veritas.

- The Comp. has bagged a Rs. 295-crore contract to supply Advance Class Gas Turbine for a power project in Tamil Nadu. - The Comp. has set a new benchmark in the commissioning of power projects in the country with the completion of National Thermal Power Corporation 430 mw Faridabad combined cycle power project on turnkey basis in a record time 30 months.

- The Comp. has won the `Best Productivity Performance Award' in the heavy engineering industries category for year 1997-98.

- The Comp. has commissioned the first 150 MW hydro generating unit at the Ranjit Sagar Hydro Electric project in Punjab.

- The Comp. has bagged yet another order from Indian Oil Corporation for setting up an energy-efficient & environment-friendly co-generation power plant for Haldia refinery in West Bengal.

- The Comp. has emerged as a major sourcing centre for foreign companies & Original Equipment Manufacturers for meeting their requirement of power & industrial equipment.

- The High Pressure Boiler Plant of public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals limited has won the Indian National Suggestion Schemes Association award for third successive time for its oustanding contribution towards development, implementation & promotion of employees oriented schemes.

- The Karnataka Power Corporation has awarded BHEL a Rs 365 crore contract to set up another 210 mw unit at the Raichur Thermal power station.

- The Comp. has become the first Comp. capable of offering indigenously - developed ceramic disc insulators for 500 KV & above high voltage direct current applications.

- BHEL Tiruchi has bagged the Handa Rolling Trophy & Golden Key Award for the year 2000-2001, consequently for second time.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, the Rs 7,000-crore public sector power equipment manufacturer, is open to the idea of picking up equity stakes in power projects on the lines of multinational EPC & O&M contractors.

- The Haridwar Complex of Bharat Heavy Electricals limited was awarded the Neyveli Lignite Corporation rolling trophy for promoting `Quality Circles 2000'.

2001

- Bharat Heavy Electricals limited has bagged the prestigious 'Golden peacock' national quality award for second consecutive year for achieving excellence in quality conforming to global standards.

- India state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals won an order to set up a fifth 250 megawatt [mws] unit at Suratgarh thermal power station in the western state of Rajasthan.

- BHEL-GE Gas Turbin Services limited the joint venture Comp. promoted by BHEL & GE, has commissioned its gas turbine component refurbishment centre in the city.

- The R&D division of Bharat Heavy Electricals limited has developed a 50-KW phosphoric acid fuel cell power pack as a joint venture of BHEL, the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources & Shree Rayalaseema Alkalies & Allied Chemicals Ltd.

- The Comp. has bagged the `Golden Trading House' status for attaining excellence in global export operations.

- The Comp. has commissioned first of four hydro-power generating units at Kurichu Hydro Electric Project in Bhutan.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] is set to commission the first 500 MW unit of National Thermal Power Corporation [NTPCs] Simhadri power project three months ahead of schedule in March, 2002.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals has been awarded the electro-mechanical equipment supply order at a cost of Rs 540 crore for Maheshwar hydel project in Madhya Pradesh.

2002

-Awarded the top exporters' award by Engineering Export Promotion Council for year 1999-2000

-BHEL & PFC tie up for joint bids of projects

-Ties up with US-based Metso Automation Max Control Systems Inc to establish a diagnostic & monitoring center to identify faults in power plants with maxDNA control systems

-Receives Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd [CPCLs] contract worth Rs 174 crore for a 40 mw gas based co-generation power plant for its refinery project at Chennai

-BHEL in association with IIT-Madras launches IT school in Tiruchi

-Strikes Rs 51cr order to provide transformers to the Tala Hydro Electric Power Project in Bhutan

-Bags an export order worth Rs 50 crore in Kazaksthan

-Bags order from Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd [RVUNLs] for 195 mw at Kota tps & 75 mw Ramgarh extension project

-Commences research on IGCC technology

-BHEL unit Power Sector Northerrn Region bags OHSAS-18001& ISO-14001 certification

-Signs MoU with ONGC for providing, upgrading & refurbishment of oil-field equipments to its onshore & offshore applications

-Bags generator order from Sirupur Paper Mills limited [SPMLs]

-Gets Rs 267-cr Oman order

-Signs a technical collaboration agreement with Turbo Luftechnik GmbH [TLTs] of Germany to acquire technology to design & manufacture high-efficiency fans used in 660 MW super-critical power plants

-BHEL Tiruchi unit gets best employer-employee award

-BHEL launches Vendor information system

-BHEL clinches ONGC order worth Rs 230 crore

-BHEL gets Rs 63 cr contract from NTPC

-Gets Rs 35-cr grid substation project from Rajasthan Electricity Board

-Ties up with Shree Industries for solar water heaters

-Launches 4th solar power plant in Lakshadweep

-Power generating sets built by BHEL get the award for excellent performance from Union Government

-Electronics Division secures an export contract for supply of advanced automation systems for Indo-Bharat Rayons in Indonesia

-BHEL Electroporcelains Division receives the OHSAS-18001 certification for its occupational health & safety management system

-Launches its first-ever Vessel Traffic Management System [VTMSs] at the New Mangalore port

-BHEL gets Rs 41 cr order from Nuclear Power Corporation [NPCs]

-Announces completion of 1000 mw Simhadri thermal power station

-Commissions a 50-kilo watt peak solar photovoltaic grid interactive power plant at Neil Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

-Gets Rs 80 cr contract from Hindalco

-Launches web pages for development & expansion of vendor base for components required for energy meters

-Five employees of BHEL Tiruchi have been conferred with the Viswakarma Rastriya Puraskar for their suggestion, which contributed to productivity & efficiency at the plant

-Bags Rs 1,425 cr order to set up two 210 MW sets in UP

-Receives Rs 25-crore contract from PowerGrid Corporation of India Ltd [PGCILs] to commission a 400-kv grid sub-station at Baripada in Orissa

-Bags Rs 15.5 crore order for a steam turbine generator [STGs] for a sugar co-generation power plant in Karnataka

-Receives order from Uttaranchal Power Corporation to set up new grid station project

-Receives award from Confederation of Indian Industry [CIIs] becoming the first PSU to win this honour

-Gets order from Sterlite Group for steam generator

-Bags order from Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam limited to set up the 304 MW Maneri Bhali Hydro Electric project Stage-II in the state

-Bhel obtains order from NHPC to set up 800 mw Parbati hydro electric project

2003

-Forays into Operations and Maintenance [O&Ms] of power plants

-First indigenously manufactured advance class gas turbine manufactured by BHEL, Ramachandrapuram unit flagged off to Gujarat State Electricity Corporation [GSECs]

-BHEL & Skokdaexport tie-up for overseas projects

-Receives order for steam turbine generator from Chincholi Sugar Mills [CSMs] in Gulbarga district of Karnataka

-Forges alliance with Anna University, Chennai, for co-operation in research, technology development & training

-Commissions solar photovoltaic systems for use in rural telephone systems in Gujarat

-Bags 20 mw power plant order from Indian Oil Corporation Mathura Refinery

-Bags Rs 1,589-crore order from Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board [MPSEBs] to set up a 600 MW thermal unit at Barsinghpur

-BHEL & TCS tie-up to develop IT-based solutions for power sector

-Teams up with Alstom to bid for National Thermal Power Corporation [NTPCs] Rs 9,000-crore 2,000 MW Sipat thermal project in Chattisgarh

-BHEL develops Automated Storage & Retrieval System

-Exports advance class gas turbine to Oman

-Executes turnkey contract of Damodar Valley Corporation [DVCs]

-Announces the successful deployment of its solar panels on the recently launched satellites Insat 3A & GSAT 2 by Indian Space Research Organisation [ISROs]

-Secures order from Jindal Steel & Power Ltd [JSPLs] worth Rs. 40 crore for supply of equipments at its Raigarh integrated steel plant at Chhattisgarh

-Bags order from Delhi Transco limited to set up 220 KV grid substation in East Delhi

-Gets order worth Rs 475-cr from Indian Oil Corporation

-Signs MoU with National Thermal Power Corporation [NTPCs] for running & maintenance of power plants, engineering, procurement & construction [EPCs]

-Achieves another milestone by putting a 250-MW unit on full generation in a record time of just 12 hours of its synchronisation with the transmission grid in Rajasthan, resulting in substantial savings to the utility

-Develops High Velocity Oxy Fuel [HVOFs] spray technique to curb silt erosion

-Bags order for supply of hydro turbine generator to Taiwan

-Awarded ISO 14001 & OHSA 18001 certifications by Det Norske Veritas, Netherlands. The Comp. bags the award for implementing an integrated management system, HSE Health, Safety & Environment Management System.

-Bags order worth $4.5m from Gujarat Ambuja Cements limited [GACLs] to supply a 30-MW steam turbine generator

-Gets Rs 36.30 crore contract for sewage treatment plant from Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board

-Wins Hind Zinc contract for 154-MW power plant

-Gets Rs 188-cr order from Tata Power

-Signs MoU with NTPC for engineering service venture

-Obtains a mega contract of worth Rs 1,412 crore for setting up the 1000 MW [stage IIs] Kahalgaon super thermal power project [STPPs] in Bihar, which is being implemented by National Thermal Power Corporation [NTPCs]

-Forged alliance with Netherlands-based Nordex for a pilot project in wind energy

-Bags Rs 1,700 crore Engineering, Procurement & Construction [EPCs] contract for 500 MW power project at Korba [Easts] in Chhatisgarh

-Receives orders worth Rs 16-cr from Tisco

- The Comp. has bagged the award for excellence in Electronics

-The comapany gets hydro power order worth of $22 mn order to set up a 12 megawatt hydroelectric power project in India eastern Mizoram state.

-BHEL sets up centre for excellence

-BHEL wins contract from Ambuja Cement

-BHEL gets Rs 2,700 cr orders from NTPC

-Bhel acquires order worth of Rs 21-cr from Navy

-Dr Hari Shankar Jain, Additional General Manager, heading the gas insulated power equipment & switchgear laboratory at Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] Corporate R&D division, has won the National Design Award 2003

2004

-BHEL gets compressor & drive turbine package contract worth of Rs 20-cr

-Bhel bags Rs 599 Cr order to set up 250 MW power project in Maharashtra state

-A Centre of Excellence [CoEs] for simulators set up with an investment of Rs 3.8 crore was been declared operational at the corporate R&D unit of BHEL.

-Bhel bags Rs 197 cr power order from Gujarat Electricity Board.

-BHEL bags Rs 36 cr order from Bhushan Steel

-BHEL gets order for hydro electric project in Chhattisgarh

-With Indian Oil Corporation [IOCs] opting to source equipment from Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs], the power utility on Feb 20 delivered two sets of gas turbines & generators out of Rs 475-crore order, under which it has to provide a total of four sets

-Gets Rs 333-cr order to set up 112 MW plant in Gujarat - Changes in the Company Directorate as on March 1, 2004 as follows: 1. Shri H W Bhatnagar - Director [IS&Ps] Chairman and Managing Director [From February 12, 2004s] 2. Shri R C Aggarwal - Director [Powers] 3. Shri C Srinivasan - Director [Finances] 4. Shri Ramji Rai - Director [ER&Ds] 5. Shri Ishan Shankar - Director [HRs] upto February 28, 2004 6. Shri SK Jain - Director [HRs] 7. Shri A Didar Singh, IAS - Director, Joint Secretary to the Govt of India 8. Shri A C Wadhawan - Director 9. Dr Anand Patkar - Director 10. Shri G P Gupta - Director 11. Shri Sharad Upasani - Director 12. AH Jung - Director [From March 1, 2004s] 13. Sudhir Sridhar Supe - Director [From March 1, 2004s] 14. Ranjan Pant - Director [From March 1, 2004s] 15. Vineet Nayyar - Director [From March 1, 2004s].

-Gets Rs 160 crore three year order to supply oil exploration equipment to state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp

-Bhushan Steel & Strips Limited had placed Rs 36 cr orders to BHEL for one unit of 30.75 mw STG set along with WHRB of 57.5 tonne capacity for upcoming captive power plant at its Angul steel plant in Orissa.

- Achieves a new milestone in the overseas markets with the commissioning of its first new 70 MW `Advanced Class' gas turbine-based generating unit in the Sultanate of Oman for Petroleum Development Oman [PDOs] a joint venture of Government of Oman, Shell International, Total & Partex is located at its Qarn Alam project, about 400 km from Muscat.

-Tata Consultancy Services [TCSs] & Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] on April 2 announced the release of PowerPac-G, a software product that addresses decision support & integrated asset management needs of power generation plants. TCS & BHEL will jointly market the product in the Indian & global markets, & initial orders have been firmed up.

2004

-Mr Bollepalli Ramachandra Rao has been appointed Executive Director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHEL - Hyderabads].

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has bagged a Rs 94-crore contract from Steel Authority of India Ltd [SAILs] to set up a compressor package unit for SAIL Rourkela steel plant

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has secured a contract worth Rs 647 crore from Maharashtra State Electricity Board [MSEBs] to set up a 250 MW power unit

-BHEL inks MoU with Oil India for land rigs upgradation

-Bharat Heavy Electricals [BHELs] has bagged a Rs 80 crore export order from Petroleum Development Oman

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [Bhels] has bagged a Rs 70-crore order from Punjab State Electricity Board to set up a hydro-electric project

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has bagged a Rs 142 crore contract for a 120 mw plant in Jammu & Kashmir being set up National hydroelectric power corporation

-The Bangalore-based electronics division of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has bagged an order for supplying solar photovoltaic cells to S.E. Projects, Italy

-Bhel Ramachandrapuram has bagged a Rs 80-crore order from the Petroleum Development Corporation [PDOs], Lekhwair, Oman for supply of latest centrifugal gas compressor

-The Electronics Division of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has won a contract to set up five stand-alone solar power plants in the Islands of Sunderbans, West Bengal

-Bhel has joined hands with a UN body 'Global Compact' to share experiences with global corporate houses for greater focus on corporate social responsibility

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has bagged a Rs 65 crore order from national transmission utility Power Grid Corporation for setting up a 400/220 kV grid sub-station in Bihar on turnkey basis

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has secured an order for installation of 40 MW steam turbine generator set along with associated auxiliaries, valued at Rs 21 crore, at the captive power plant of Shriram Vinyl And Chemicals Ltd, Kota, Rajasthan, belonging to the DCM Shriram Consolidation

-Power plant equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals limited said it had won an order worth about Rs 2 crore [$432,000s] to supply disc insulators to British firm Tyco Electronics

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has bagged an order from Steel Authority of India Ltd [SAILs] for setting up a 15-MW captive power plant at its steel complex in Bhilai

-Appoints AK Puri as the chairman & managing director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [Bhels].

-Engineering giant Bhel has bagged a Rs 550 crore order for setting up a 330 MW gas-based power plant in Rajasthan

-Bhel join hands with NTPC for 100 mw power plant in Hardwar

2005

-Delists equity shares from the Madras Stock Exchange Ltd [MSEs] w.e.f. January 19, 2005.

- Delists equity shares of Comp. voluntary from The Stock Exchange, Ahmedabad [ASEs] with effect from January 28, 2005.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] & Rural Electrification Corporation [RECs] have entered into a memorandum of understanding to work jointly in offering solutions along with financial packages in the power generation sector, covering both new power generation projects & renovation & modernisation of existing power plants

-BHEL, TCS jointly working on marketing initiative 'Power Pack'

-BHEL has bagged its largest-ever commercial order of Rs 90.58 crore for supply of automated storage & retrieval system [ASRSs] against stiff national & international competition

-Appoints Dr V. Gopalakrishnan as Chief of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd at Tiruchi

- Bharat Heavy Electricals [BHELs] teams up with National Thermal Power Corporation [NTPCs] for promoting a 100 mw IGCC [integrated gassification & combined cycles] power project.

-Bhel gets two export orders from Oman

-Bhel Trichy, Bangalore plants win five National Safety Awards

-BHEL opens 2nd unit at NTPC Rihand station

-Bhel signs technology transfer agreement with Alstom

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has entered into a technology transfer agreement with French power major Alstom

2006

-BHEL inks agreement with IIT Madras for new courses

-Bechtel signs Dabhol agreement with BHEL

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Tiruchirapalli on May 31 signed a MoU with National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli to recognize & strengthen institute-industry interaction.

-BHEL targets $1.7 bn contract in B'desh

-BHEL has got a Rs 165 crore order from IOC for establishing a power plant at the oil major Haldia refinery in West Bengal.

2007

-BHEL & French Comp. Alstom will together produce 1,50,000MW of power over the next ten years.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has appointed Shri. N Gokulram as Part-time Official Director on the Board of Comp. w.e.f. January 25, 2007.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has informed that Shri. Vineet Nayyar, Part-time, Non-Official [Independents] Director, has ceased to be on the Board of Comp. with effect from February 28, 2007 on Acc. of expiry of tenure.

- BHEL has raised its research and development spend to Rs 238 crore during fiscal 2006-07, up from Rs 152 crore last year.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [BHELs] has won orders for supply & installation of main plant package at the upcoming Jhajjar Super Thermal Power Project in Haryana. Valued at over Rs 2,900 Crore, the orders have been placed by Aravali Power Comp. Private Limited [APCPLs], a joint venture Comp. of NTPC, IPGPL & HPGCL.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] & NTPC Ltd have singed a Memorandum of Understanding [MOUs] to form a Joint Venture Comp. with the propose to work jointly to complement their respective strength & to carry out engineering procurement & construction [EPCs] activities in the power sector.

- BHEL, NTPC ink MoU for power projects.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [BHELs] has won a turnkey order for setting up a captive power plant at a steel plant in West Bengal.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs]has informed that a Joint Venture agreement between the Comp. & NTPC Ltd has been singed on December 17, 2007 for Establishment & Operation of Joint Venture Comp. for taking up EPC business.

2008

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited [BHELs], Trichy, has secured orders worth Rs 15,000 crore, its all-time high. BHEL, said the recent MoU with the TNEB for setting up two 800 Mw thermal power stations near Chennai had resulted in the power plant major bagging orders.

-Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] has informed that pursuant to order dated March 04, 2008 issued by Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Department of Heavy Industry, Shri. K Ravi Kumar Director [Powers]/BHEL has been entrusted with additional charge of post of Chairman & Managing Director/BHEL w.e.f. March 01, 2008.

- BHEL ties up with AP Genco for Vizag unit.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has secured the Engineering Export Promotion Council top export award for 18th successive year. Conferred on BHEL in the category 'Star Performer in 2006-07: Project Exports - Large Enterprise', the award was presented by Minister for External Affairs, Mr Pranab Mukherjee. It has identified overseas business as a major thrust area as part of its 'Strategic Plan 2012'.

- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd [BHELs] declared on Aug 26 it had secured a contract for export of two gas turbine generating units worth Rs 140 crore in the United Arab Emirates.

2007

-The Comp. has issued Bonus Shares in the Ratio of 1:1.

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