Company of The Year award in the category - Infrastructure Development - Power

Project of the Year award for our landmark 220 kV Srinagar-Leh Transmission System project, which involved the construction of four substations and a Transmission Line in the Leh-Ladakh region

KEC’s Vadodara team in collaboration with RPG Foundation has won the Diamond award for Par Excellence Performance at the 2nd HR and CSR Convention organised by Quality Circle Forum Of India - Vadodara Chapter

KEC wins the award for Significant Contribution to Innovation in India at the 15th Indo-American Corporate Excellence Awards

KEC wins the prestigious award for leveraging Autonomous Drones, Computer Vision and Machine Learning in construction projects

Civil business wins the HSE Excellence & Sustainability Leadership Award by OHSSAI Foundation

Award recognising our exemplary performance in the Manufacturing industry

Best Executed Landmark Project Award for 132 kV Kohalpur-Mahendranagar Transmission Line at Nepal Infrastructure & Construction Excellence Awards 2019

Program of the Year Award at Skillsoft Perspectives India 2019 for ‘Digital Learning Championship (DLC)’ programme

Excellence in Infrastructure Award at the Rail & Metro Award 2019

EY-Mint Digital Innovation Award for implementation of Artificial Intelligence for project execution

Excellence in Performance and Quality Awards from Saudi Electricity Company

Best Safety Practices in Transmission Line Construction Award – Northern Region from Power Grid for 765 kV Chittorgarh-Banaskantha Transmission Line

HSE Appreciation from Oman Electricity Transmission Company for 400 kV OHL and 132 kV UGC Sohar Free Zone to Shinas Grid Station 1

Environmental Impact Assessment Compliance Award at Sarawak Energy Berhad Contractor’s EIA Compliance Award 2018

Gold Award in Construction for Civil business at 17th Annual Greentech Safety Awards 2018

Gold Award – Engineering Category for Jaipur Manufacturing plant at the SEEM National Energy Management Awards (SNEMA) 2017

Silver Award – Engineering Category for Jabalpur Manufacturing plant at the SEEM National Energy Management Awards (SNEMA) 2017

Diamond Award for Vadodara Manufacturing plant at Quality Circle Forum of India’s 1st HR Convention

Outstanding Performance in CSR – Excellence Trophy 2017 for Jaipur Manufacturing plant by Employer Association of Rajasthan

Productivity Excellence Award 2016-17 to Jaipur Manufacturing plant from Rajasthan State Productivity Council

Gold Award for KEC’s Cables Vadodara team at the International Convention on Quality Control Circles

Gold Award for KEC’s Transmission & Distribution business at the 17th Annual Greentech Awards 2018 for outstanding achievements in Safety Management in Power Transmission

KEC’s Jabalpur Manufacturing Plant wins the Service Excellence Award by the Federation of Madhya Pradesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry

KEC wins Excellence in Cost Management for Manufacturing (Private – Mega) at the 15th National Awards for Excellence in Cost Management

KEC wins the Excellence in Construction for Infrastructure Development (Power) at the Dun & Bradstreet Infra Awards 2018

KEC wins the Best CSR Activity of the Year 2018 for “Pehlay Akshar” at the Construction Times Awards 2018

KEC wins the Excellence in Manufacturing Award (Indian company in the US) by Indo American Chamber of Commerce.

KEC’s Jaipur plant awarded GOLD and Jabalpur plant awarded the SILVER Award for the category, ‘Industries & Facilities – Engineering’ at SEEM National Energy Management Awards 2017.

Early Completion Award for 765 kV Jabalpur Gadarwara Transmission Line from PGCIL.

Best Performance for Safety Transmission Line from PGCIL .

Award for Volume of Work in Transmission Line Construction from PGCIL.

Award for Maximum Capitalisation in Transmission Line Construction from PGCIL.

We are delighted to share that Butibori plant has won Frost & Sullivan’s India Manufacturing Excellence – Gold Award 2017. Jabalpur and Jaipur plants have been conferred with Gold Certificates of Merit.

KEC receives the “Special Trophy - Excellence in Engineering Process Outsourcing Services” at EEPC India’s Western Regional Awards for 2015-16

KEC receives the “Excellence in Safety” award by National Grid of Saudi Arabia for all its Overhead Transmission Line & telecommunication projects in the southern region of Saudi Arabia

KEC’s Jaipur plant receives an award for its CSR initiatives in the state by the Employer Association of Rajasthan at its 53rd foundation ceremony

KEC has been awarded the “Innovative Schemes for Implementation of Covered Conductor” Award by Shri Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister of Karnataka, at the Power Awards 2017, organized by the Energy Ministry of Karnataka

KEC’s Butibori team wins Gold Trophy & Morarjee Rolling Trophy at the 28th Nagpur Chapter of CCQC

All three manufacturing plants, ie., Jaipur, Butibori & Jabalpur have been awarded with TPM Significant Achievement Certificate by CII at the Annual TPM Club of India Award 2017

KEC Vadodara wins Two Gold Awards & One Silver Award at VCCQC 2017 (Vadodara Chapter Convention on Quality Concept), organized by the Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI) – Vadodara Chapter.

KEC received HSE award from Oman Electricity Transmission Company for “Exceptional HSE Performance” and achieving 3 million safe man-hours.

KEC received the Rising Star Solar PV EPC Company Award in the category, Utility scale >100 MW at the SolarQuarter India Solar Week Awards 2017.

KEC wins the Skoch Order of Merit for its Innovation & Design Excellence, at the Skoch BSE Awards for Corporate Excellence.

KEC wins the Skoch Order of Merit for its Indo-Bangladesh Cross Border Interconnection, at the Skoch BSE Awards for Corporate Excellence.

KEC wins the Skoch Order of Merit for its CSR initiatives, at the Skoch BSE Awards for Corporate Excellence.

Received the India Innovation Award for our Digital Learning Championship initiative at the 2017 Skillsoft India Perspectives.

KEC Cables’ Mysore Unit has been awarded the ”Collaborative Supplier Award” 2016-17 from ABB-Singapore at the Indian Supplier Meet, 2017.

Mr. Vimal Kejriwal, MD & CEO, KEC International, was appreciated for his contribution towards the Power Sector at the Economic Times 4^thAnnual Power Focus Summit.

KEC International was felicitated for its commendable work in the Power Sector at the Economic Times 4^th Annual Power Focus Summit.

Received two awards from National Grid of Saudi Arabia for ‘Quality’ and for ‘Excellence’ in the field of achievement.

KEC International won “Outstanding Performance as a Strategic Partner (Product)” at the ZTE Indian Partners Meet 2016.

KEC International receives Industry Honour for “Outstanding Contribution in Power EPC” at the 6th EPC World Awards. The awards honour and recognise companies/individuals broadly covering the entire Infrastructure, EPC & Construction industry on the basis of their qualitative & quantitative performance.

KEC wins Best Performing Contractor 2016 Award for its 132kV Kohalpur-Mahendranagar TL for Nepal Electricity Authority, from the Asian Development Bank & Ministry of Finance, Nepal.

KEC Vadodara Plant has won the “Gold Award” in the Environment category at the 17th Annual Greentech Awards.

KEC won the Star Performer Award for the year 2014-15 in the product group - Other fabricated metal products excluding machinery and equipment, Large Enterprise, at the 47th EEPC India National Award for Engineering Export Excellence for the year 2014-15

KEC’s Butibori plant receives “Gold Award”, in the Engineering Segment at the India Manufacturing Excellence Award 2016 by Frost & Sullivan. The Jabalpur & Jaipur plants received a “Gold Certificate of Merit”. The awards acknowledge the best facilities in India that have achieved and sustained manufacturing excellence.

It's a matter of great appreciation that KEC international Limited has done an excellent job with successful completion & commissioning of the above mentioned project countering all the challenges faced during execution especially the 6.05 km of river crossing works involved in this contract.

We appreciate your team's sincere effort and professionalism exhibited during execution of this project and we hope that the same shall be continuing in all the other projects too.

We thank KEC International Limited and wish them all the very best for the coming years in execution of other projects in Bangladesh.

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Kudos! KEC International receives a Special Mention at the Dun & Bradstreet Infra Awards 2016 for its 400kV D/C Surjyamaninagar-Indo-Bangladesh Border line project.

In a great moment of pride and achievement for all of us, KEC was recognized internationally for its best practices in quality systems and approach asthe KEC-Cables, Vadodara team won the ‘Gold Award’ @ ICQCC 2016 (International Convention on Quality Control Circles) held at Bangkok, Thailand. As a pre-requisite, only those case studies which were adjudged as ‘par excellence and excellent presentation’ in the National Conventions could participate in this prestigious International Convention. With over 230 teams participating from 12 countries (India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, China, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Indonesia, Bangladesh & Taiwan), KEC-Cables Vadodara emerged winners and took home the Gold.

Other participating companies include Aditya Birla Group, BHEL, Bosch, JCB India, Tata Steel, Tata Power, TVS Motors, Toyota Motors, Honda Motors, Apollo Tyres, Kirloskar, Mahindra & Mahindra, NTPC, SAIL, Sundaram Clayton, Haier Electronics, Adanietc., apart from various Power Generating companies, Hospitals and Universities from different companies across the world.

About ICQCC:

The Association of QC Headquarters of Thailand (QCHQ) and Department of Industrial Promotion, Ministry of Industry, jointly organized ICQCC 2016 at Bangkok between August 23-26, 2016. The event provided a platform for quality experts, practitioners and enthusiasts from all over the world to share their knowledge, experiences and exchange ideas of successful practices on global quality management.

The aim of the convention was to promote conventional thoughts, contemporary models, cutting edge trends, experiences and practices related to the application of Productivity Improvement, TQM, Lean Manufacturing, Quality Control Circles, Small Group Activities, Six Sigma, Process Management and associated Quality Management Aspects.The convention comprised of keynote speakers, paper presentations, quality control circle presentations and industrial visits.Thetheme thisyear was “Enhancing Workforce and Organizational Performance”.

KEC International receives Appreciation from Sterlite Power for its 400kV Jalandhar-Samba line.

Sterlite Power Grid Ventures appreciated KEC for accelerated delivery of a Jalandhar – Samba Transmission Line 3 Months ahead of scheduled completion time.

For the third consecutive year, PGCIL appreciated KEC’s work by conferring three of its most coveted awards to KEC. KEC once again bagged the highest honor, the “Best Transmission Line Contractors award” in the category of contractors who are executing more than 15 projects. Apart from this, KEC won an award for “Safety” for institutionalizing best safety practices in the Company and a runners up trophy for admirable “overall performance demonstrated”

Dun & Bradstreet recognized KEC International as ‘The Leading Infrastructure Company in Power Sector’ at D&B’s Infra Awards 2015 held in Delhi in October 2015.

KEC International Ltd, Jaipur plant received “Best Employer Award – 2014” from Employer Association of Rajasthan in the Large Scale Industries (Engineering/other Group) category. It is the 4th time in a row that KEC Jaipur plant won this prestigious Award among various renowned organizations. Head of plant operations Jaipur, Mr. Rohit Jhalani & team received the award from Technical & higher education Minister Mr. Kali Charan Saraf, in the gracious presence of honorable Mayor of Jaipur Mr. Nirmal Nahata, president Employer Association Mr. Narendra Kumar Jain & other distinguished members of industry, on the occasion of 52nd foundation year celebration of Employer Association of Rajasthan. Proud moment for KEC Jaipur team.

KEC has been bestowed with the ‘Indiafrica ChampioninBiz Award 2015’ by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) for our achievement in the Power & Renewable energy space in Africa. This coveted award presented by ASSOCHAM recognizes Indian Excellence in Africa. Of over 60 Companies from across Industries which participated, KEC is one of the few companies to have actually won this award.The award was presented by Shri. Suresh Prabhu, Hon'ble Minister for Railways, Government of India to Kaushal Kodesia, Senior Vice President, T&D, South Asia on behalf of KEC.

For the third time KEC has been recognized as the Star Performer by EEPC India in the Large Enterprise category for the financial year 2013-14.

Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Hon'ble Minister for Railways, Government of India presenting the award to Mr. J. K. Gupta, Senior Vice President – T&D International

The Indo-American Corporate Excellence Award in Manufacturing was conferred to KEC, acknowledging the Company’s growth, expansion and leadership position in Power Transmission Tower Manufacturing in the Americas. This coveted award, bestowed upon us twice over a period of three years, is given out annually by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce to a select few companies who have significantly contributed to the promotion of Indo-U.S. trade.

K.V. Chowdary, Chief Vigilance Commissioner presenting the award to Mr. Anand Kulkarni, Senior Vice President – Business Operations

KEC has been acknowledged by DATAQUEST Magazine with their prestigious “Business Technology Award 2015”

This eminent award is conferred annually by DATAQUEST magazine and its publisher CyberMedia group to Corporates who exude excellence in implementation and use of technology for business benefits.

KEC has won this award in the 'Enterprise Application' category for its Bid Management System using Oracle Cloud software.

Our BMS delivery team comprising of IT, Business, Eagle Academy and IT Service partners were present to accept the award.

KEC has won two “Greentech Safety Awards 2015” which will be given to us at a felicitation ceremony to be held on July 24th, 2015.

These coveted awards conferred by the Greentech Foundation, uniquely benchmark the stringent Safety standards & credibility and honor the proactive practices of Corporates. Renowned companies like Areva T&D, Alstom, ABB, L&T, Thermax, Cummins, Vedanta , Tata Power, Aditya Birla UltraTech, JSW, Afcons , Suzuki, Mahindra, Essar , Reliance, ONGC, Coal India, Castrol, HPCL, BPCL,OIL , HUL and GE to name a few, have been former winners of this prestigious award.

From over 100+ companies across sectors which participated, we are one of the few companies to have won two awards:

1) ‘Platinum Greentech Safety Award’ (Highest Honor) under Power T&D sector category

2) In addition, at project level, our 765 KV S/C Jaipur – Bhiwani Package 1 - Transmission Line project bagged the ‘Gold Greentech Safety Award’ under Infrastructure/ Project category

The Best Safety Practices award given by the National Safety Council in cooperation with the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, Maharashtra is conferred to Corporates who follow best safety practices and whose leadership is committed towards implementation of these practices thereby leading to awareness & extensive participation by its workmen.

Of over 40 companies like Mahindra & Mahindra, Reliance (Cement & Power), Ultratech, Ambuja, ACC, NTPC, Indorama, Grindwill Norton, Adani Power, HUL etc. which participated, it is a matter of pride that KEC successfully bagged the first position.

In addition, crucial EHS management processes implemented at KEC like “Emergency Response Plan with Roadmap”, “Life after accident training” and “Deployment of winch machine under engineering control” were lauded as one the best practices.

We are pleased to inform that PGCIL via a letter dated 16th May 2015 has appreciated KEC for doing an excellent job in completing the offload portion of the 400 kV D/C Silchar-Imphal transmission line despite all odds including difficult hilly terrain, harsh weather and insurgency prone areas.

In the same letter, PGCIL has also applauded KEC for supporting them in completing the 400 kV D/C (Quad) Nalbari Bongaigaon transmission line by executing the offload works despite facing difficulties which included unprecedented rains, floods and acute ROW problem.

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KEC Tower Test Station and Material (Quality) Testing Laboratories of Butibori, Jabalpur and Jaipur plants have received the prestigious ISO 17025:2005 accreditation certificate from National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories (NABL)

NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories) maintains linkages with the international bodies like International Laboratory Accreditation Co-operation (ILAC) and Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Co-operation (APLAC). NABL is a full time member of ILAC and APLAC.

KEC International Limited Jabalpur unit was awarded with the ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ in recognition of excellence in export in large enterprise category during the second outstanding achievement award 2014 function organized by Federation of Madhya Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Bhopal (FMPCCI, Bhopal) on 21st March’2015 This award is presented on behalf of the Federation of Madhya Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FMPCCI) by Guest of Honour Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, honorable Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

Leadership Team Receiving Award from Honorable Chief Minister of M.P.

KEC International Ltd. Jaipur unit won Best Employer-2013 Award under category of Large Scale Industries for the unit’s incredible performance in maintaining excellence in ‘Employer – Employee Relations’, Productivity & Corporate Social Responsibility and Golden Jubilee Trophy for incredible contribution in Socio – Economic Growth of Rajasthan over the last 50 years.

This award is presented on behalf of The Employer Association of Rajasthan by Guest of Honour Shri. Gajendra Singh Khimsar, honorable Minister of Industries, Govt. of Rajasthan on 13th March 2015.

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Golden Jubilee Trophy

KEC International Ltd. has won 'The SKOCH Golden Award' for its Haldia River Crossing Project on 21st November 2014.

This award was presented by Shri Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Urban Development to Mr. Randeep Narang, Executive Director, South Asia T&D on behalf of KEC.

The SKOCH Awards are the benchmark of best practices in India.

The SKOCH award is conferred upon corporates which demonstrate outstanding business leadership while simultaneously contributing to India’s socio-economic growth. It recognizes top performing State owned, Private, Public and Multinational corporations, in India, which create a significant regional, national or international impact with their business practices.

KEC’s River Crossing Project in Haldia is a REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT which has given a new spark to the economy.

This project powered by IMMENSE technical capability and SUPERB execution, established an electric transmission line across the Hooghly River, a vital trade and commerce passage of east India. The project involved supply, erection and stringing of the river crossing section of the 400 kV transmission line between Haldia Power Generation Plant and the Subhashgram Sub-station grid. The height of individual river crossing tower is 775 feet which is about 75% height of Eiffel Tower. It is a one of its kind project and has contributed to the transformation of commerce, communication and transportation activities in the region.

Pic caption: Smt Anandiben Patel, Hon’ble chief Minister of Gujarat presenting the award to Mr. Randeep Narang, Executive Director – South Asia T&D, KEC International Ltd.

Dun & Bradstreet recognized KEC International as ‘The Leading Infrastructure Company in Power Sector’ at D&B’s Infra Awards 2014 held in Mumbai in November 2014.

Utkrishta Puraskarand Sahbhagita Puraskar, hosted by PGCIL recognizes best performance by any contractor in Indian Transmission line Business. These coveted awards are given out annually to the best company who has significantly contributed to Indian Transmission Line Industry.

Utkrishta Puraskar has been conferred to KEC International in Best Transmission Line contractor category award, acknowledging the Company’s contribution to Indian Transmission Line Industry. KEC is the only company to have received this award in the Big Contractor Category. The award was presented by Mr. R. N. Nayak, Chairman PGCIL to Mr. Ramesh Chandak, MD & CEO, KEC International at the CEO's meet in Delhi in the presence of 25 other company CEO's from Transmission/Distribution and Global Suppliers on Friday 11th April 2014.

Sahbhagita Puraskar has been conferred to KEC International for its support to PGCIL in difficult projects “which is in difficult terrain and requires urgent completion etc.” i.e. offloaded Transmission Line projects. This award was also presented by Mr. R.N Nayak, Chairman PGCIL to Mr. Ramesh Chandak at the CEO's meet in Delhi.

KEC has been conferred with the prestigious “Best Employer Award, 2013” by Aon Hewitt. This award is a National recognition for the efforts that we have put in to our people practices. We have always kept our employees as a key focus and this award is a reinforcement of this firm belief on our employees. Best Employers in India represent organizations that have done an outstanding job of aligning people strategy with articulated business strategy. The Best have been able to offer a compelling career proposition to their employees in a high performing work environment.

The criteria for selecting best employers is based on four elements identified as being consistent to Aon Hewitt's Best Employers history of more than a decade:

• Employee engagement
• A compelling employer brand
• Effective leadership
• A high performance culture

KEC’s Jaipur tower manufacturing unit won the "Best Employer Award 2012" among large scale industries, conferred by ‘The Employer Association of Rajasthan’. KEC received this award for the second consecutive year for its sterling performance in strengthening Employer-Employee Relations, Productivity and Corporate Social Responsibility.

The Indo-American Corporate Excellence Awards, hosted by the Indo-American Chambers of Commerce, recognizes the best Indian companies operating in US and vice-versa. These coveted awards are given out annually to a select few companies who have significantly contributed to the promotion of Indo-U.S. trade, financial excellence and led the development of human capital. The Indo-American Corporate Excellence Awards in its 9th edition was conferred to KEC International in the Manufacturing category acknowledging the Company’s growth, expansion and leadership position in Power Transmission Tower Manufacturing in America.

The BML Munjal award is conferred to Companies that have consistently used training, learning and development to their competitive advantage and emerged as a vital differentiator in productivity, safety, quality, performance and competitiveness. The award acknowledged KEC’s innovative initiatives in learning and development, excelling in areas of skill and human capital development.

KEC was among the top five companies who won the prestigious National Award for 'Innovative Talent Development Practices'. This award was conferred by the Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD) which is the premier National institution devoted to the cause of Human Resource Development through training, having international affiliations.

KEC’s Nagpur tower manufacturing facility won the 'Certificate of Merit' in Silver Category at the 'India Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2012'. This award was conferred by The Economic Times, in partnership with Frost & Sullivan, to recognise India’s best manufacturing facilities.

a) Top Exporter Award - National level - KEC received this prestigious award from Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) for export excellence. The Company received the Gold Trophy in the 'Merchant Exporter' category which is the highest recognition bestowed to India's largest exporter of engineering goods. The Company received this award four times in the last five years – FY08, FY09, FY11 and FY12.

b) Top Exporter Award - Regional level - KEC received EEPC award for export excellence in the 'Merchant Exporter' category in the year FY07 at regional level.

c) Certificate of Export Recognition - Maharashtra State - KEC received this recognition in appreciation of export excellence in 'Merchant House' Category. It received this award for the year FY 07 and FY 08 from the Government of Maharashtra.