Projects and Development India Limited | |
Type: | Central Public Sector Undertaking |
Foundation: | 1978 |
Location: | Noida, India |
Key People: | Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, Chairman and MD |
Industry: | Chemicals, fertilizer, oil and gas, pipelines and refinery |
Owner: | Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India |
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.
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. It is a project management and engineering consultancy providing services from concept to commissioning for fertilizer and allied chemical, oil and gas industries.
PDIL has helped develop catalysts and operate the world's only public sector catalyst manufacturing plant at Sindri.[2]