Native name
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भारत इलेक्ट्रॉनिक लिमिटेड |
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State-owned enterprise | |
Traded as | : : BEL |
Industry | Aerospace and defence |
Founded | Bangalore, Karnataka, India in (1954) |
Headquarters | Bengaluru, Karanataka, India |
Key people
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M V Gowtama (Chairman and CEO) |
Products | Avionics, radars, weapon systems, C4I systems, electronic voting machines, etc. |
Revenue | ₹70.93 billion (US$1.1 billion) (2015) |
₹15.15 billion (US$230 million) (2015) | |
₹11.97 billion (US$190 million) (2015) | |
Total assets | ₹152 billion (US$2.4 billion) (2015) |
Total equity | ₹78.85 billion (US$1.2 billion) (2015) |
Owner | Government of India |
Number of employees
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9952 (March 2014) |
Website | www.bel-india.com |
Bharat Electronics Limited (Hindi: भारत इलेक्ट्रॉनिक लिमिटेड; IAST: Bhārat ilekṭrawnik limiṭeḍ) (BEL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company with about nine factories, and few regional offices in India.
It is owned by the Indian Government and primarily manufactures advanced electronic products for the Indian Armed Forces. BEL is one of nine PSUs under the Ministry of Defence of India. It has been accorded Navratna status by the Government of India.
On 1 April 2016, BEL's order book was estimated to be around ₹300 billions.
BEL designs, develops and manufactures products in the fields of:
Some products are manufactured by Bharat Electronics Ltd. with help of ToT (Transfer of Technology).
Units of Bharat Electronics Limited are in the following cities of India:
BEL Optronic Devices Ltd. is a subsidiary company of BEL and is a public sector undertaking (PSU) of the Government of India. It was founded in 1990 with the aim of conducting research, development and manufacture of image intensifier tubes and associated high voltage power supply units for use in military, security and commercial systems. The company is headquartered in Pune and earned aggregated revenue of ₹516 million (US$8.0 million) during the fiscal year 2007.
BEL Thales Limited
BEL Thales Limited was set up in 2015.
GE-BE Pvt Limited was set up in 1997 as a joint venture between Bharat Electronics Limited and General Electric Medical System. The facility based at Whitefield, Bangalore, manufactures X-ray tubes for RAD & F and CT systems, as well as components such as high voltage tanks and detector modules for CT systems. The products are exported worldwide and meet the safety and regulatory standards specified by FDA, CE, MHW, AERB and the facility has been accredited with ISO-9001; ISO-13485 and ISO-14001 certifications. GE-BEL also markets the conventional X-ray tubes made at the Pune unit of BEL. The turnover of GE-BEL during 2004–2005 was over ₹4.50 billion (US$97 million) including an export of over ₹4.30 billion (US$92 million). The company has been recognised for its outstanding export performance since 1998 by the Export Promotion Councils.