BHEL to hire about 4,000 people annually
As part of expansion plans and embarking on certain new joint ventures, public sector BHEL is to recruit about 4,000 persons, including executive engineers annually, at least for the next three years, a top company official said.
At present, there are 45,000 plus employees in various BHEL units and the company plans to enhance it to 52,000-55,000 by the end of 2012, said B Prasada Rao, Chairman and Managing Director of the unit. The company had also plans to start industrial training institutes as a solution to overcome the difficulty in getting artisans to BHEL's sub-contractors, he said.
The public sector enterprise had forwarded a proposal to the Railway Ministry, enabling them to be a partner with Indian Railways to install a manufacturing unit at the campus of Railway Workshop in Kalcharapar in West Bengal, reports PTI.
The proposed joint venture would enable BHEL produce self propulsion vehicles along with delicate components for the Railways on an assured off-take. He said they have received a fresh order worth about Rs. 990 crore from Railways to supply about 150 electric locomotives. BHEL unit at Jhansi would manufacture and supply the engines.
BHEL would also invest Rs. 235 crore on its Vishakapatnam plant to enable it produce power plant equipment and components, Rao said. Of the 78,000 megawatts capacity addition in the current Five Year Plan period, BHEL had bagged orders for 44,000 MW or equivalent to 55 percent of the quantity.
At present, there are 45,000 plus employees in various BHEL units and the company plans to enhance it to 52,000-55,000 by the end of 2012, said B Prasada Rao, Chairman and Managing Director of the unit. The company had also plans to start industrial training institutes as a solution to overcome the difficulty in getting artisans to BHEL's sub-contractors, he said.
The public sector enterprise had forwarded a proposal to the Railway Ministry, enabling them to be a partner with Indian Railways to install a manufacturing unit at the campus of Railway Workshop in Kalcharapar in West Bengal, reports PTI.
The proposed joint venture would enable BHEL produce self propulsion vehicles along with delicate components for the Railways on an assured off-take. He said they have received a fresh order worth about Rs. 990 crore from Railways to supply about 150 electric locomotives. BHEL unit at Jhansi would manufacture and supply the engines.
BHEL would also invest Rs. 235 crore on its Vishakapatnam plant to enable it produce power plant equipment and components, Rao said. Of the 78,000 megawatts capacity addition in the current Five Year Plan period, BHEL had bagged orders for 44,000 MW or equivalent to 55 percent of the quantity.
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