Electronics Corporation of India Limited

Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL; Hindi: ईलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स कॉर्पोरेशन ऑफ ईन्डिया लिमिटेड (ईसीआईएल)) is a Miniratna Category-I^[2] public sector enterprise under the Department of Atomic Energy, established on 11 April 1967 by A. S. Rao at Hyderabad, under the Prime Ministership of Smt Indira Gandhi, to create a strong indigenous base in electronics. ECIL is a multi-product, multi-disciplinary organisation with focus on indigenous nuclear energy, space and defence sectors. ECIL also has a strong presence in indigenous electronic security, communications, networking and e-governance domains. ECIL has committed partnerships with nuclear energy establishments of India, particularly Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR). ECIL also actively supports other strategic sectors such as indigenous defence (PSUs, Defence Research and Development Organisation; DRDO), space (Department of Space), civil aviation, information and broadcasting, telecommunications, insurance, banking, police and para-military forces, oil and gas, power, space education, health, agriculture, steel and coal.^[3]

Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL)
ईलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स कॉर्पोरेशन ऑफ ईन्डिया लिमिटेड (ईसीआईएल)

Company type	Nuclear electronics, electronics
Founded	1967; 58 years ago (1967)
Founder	A. S. Rao
Headquarters	Hyderabad , India
Revenue	₹13.08 billion (US$150 million) (2015)[1]
Net income	₹0.52 billion (US$6.2 million) (2015)[1]
Total assets	₹24.08 billion (US$280 million) (2015)[1]
Total equity	₹7.14 billion (US$84 million) (2015)[1]
Website	www.ecil.co.in

ECIL is credited with producing the first indigenous digital computers, TDC 312 and TDC 316, solid state TV, control and instrumentation for nuclear power plants and first earth station antenna of India.^{[citation needed]}

ECIL won Environment Protection Award for the year 2012 in the category "R&D and Other Units Group".^[4]

Products

The present product range of ECIL includes:

• Aviation sector: Troposcatter antennas, Line of Sight (LoS) antennas, Ground/Earth Station Antenna, Provides scanning machines, security systems for airports.^[5]
• Nuclear sector: Control and instrumentation products for nuclear power plants; integrated security systems for nuclear installations; nuclear instrumentation modules like HV and spectroscopy amplifier, module bins and power supplies; radiation detectors like boron lined counters, BF3 counters, high temperature fission counters and ionization chamber; smart radiation monitors; secured network of all Department of Atomic Energy (India) units via satellite.
• Space sector: ECIL manufacturers radio telescopes such as MACE.
• Defence sector: Various types of fuses; V/UHF radio communication equipment; electronic warfare systems and derivatives; thermal batteries and special components for missile projects; precision servo components like gyros; missile support control and command systems; training simulators; stabilised antenna and tracking for light combat aircraft; detection and pre-detonation of explosive devices; jammers with direction finding abilities.
• Medical sector: Medical equipment such as ultrasound scanning machine, autoclave with dressing drum and fetal doppler.^[6]
• Commercial sector: Carrier Ethernet Switch Router (CESR);^[7][8]Electronic voting machines;^[9][10] voter-verified paper audit trail;^[11][12][13] totaliser;^[14] wireless local loop (WLL) systems; antenna products; electronic energy meters or electricity meter; X-ray baggage inspection system for airports; computer hardware, software and services; computer education services.

Human resources

The company has a human resource pool of approximately 1,514 which includes 1176 executives and 338 workmen.^[15]