Electronics Corporation of India Limited

ECIL Office Complex Building

ECIL Office Complex Building was an architectural masterpiece. Vikram Sarabhai had requested Charles Correa to design the ECIL Office Complex in 1965. The request included to design the building so as to eliminate the need for mechanical air conditioning devices. To minimise heat input, shade was provided by a large overhanging roof that consisted of a slatted pergola and thin membrane of water to reflect the sunlight back into the sky. This was for the first time the concept of a pergola was ever used in Hyderabad. However some portions of the office building were provided with air conditioning for additional comfort and prestige. The office complex was built in 1968 and was one of the seminal works of Charles Correa. Various modifications were later made on this masterpiece building by Administrators of ECIL who were ignorant about its significance.

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.
• 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.
• Commercial sector: Carrier Ethernet Switch Router (CESR);Electronic voting machines; voter-verified paper audit trail; totaliser; 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.

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