Tata Projects is an Indian
engineering, procurement and construction company. It is a part of
Tata Group
The Tata Group () is an Indian multinational conglomerate group of companies headquartered in Mumbai. Established in 1868, it is India's largest business conglomerate, with products and services in over 160 countries, and operations in 100 c ...
.
History
The company was founded by
J. R. D. Tata
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993) was a French born Indian industrialist, philanthropist, aviator and former chairman of Tata Group.
Born into the Tata family of India, he was the son of noted businessman Rat ...
to create a complete consortium that would take on projects, Division of Tata Sons for engineering procurement and construction projects.
Founded in 1979, the company carries out industrial and urban infrastructure projects.
The company is headquartered in
Powai
Powai (Pronunciation: əʋəiː is a residential suburb located in central Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is situated on the banks of Powai Lake, and is bound by the hills of Vikhroli Parksite to the south-east, Chandivali to the south-west ...
,
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
.
Operations
Advanced Technology Facilities
Construction of
Data Centres, Manufacturing units, and Life Sciences Facilities adhering to GMP/FDA standards from conception to completion. India's first Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility for Micron at Sanand, Gujarat. It secured the Nitric Acid Expansion Project at Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.'s (DFPCL) Dahej plant in Gujarat.
Space and nuclear
For the
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL),
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), and
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), it constructs complicated structures and assists on-site integration services. A $321 million order from the
Nuclear Power Corporation of India
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is an Indian public sector undertaking based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is wholly owned by the Government of India and is responsible for the generation of electricity from nuclear power. N ...
(NPCIL) was given to the corporation, marking its third contract in the nuclear power industry. Built Trisonic Wind Tunnel at the
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is a major space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram, in the India ...
(VSSC) in
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...
Power sector

It supports gas-based combined-cycle power plants and balance of plants on an EPC basis for
coal-based power plants that are operating at supercritical and subcritical temperatures. Tata Projects built 400 KV double circuit transmission line This transmission line shall result in expansion of high voltage transmission infrastructure in the northern parts of
Bangladesh
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. Also, executes transmission line project of 500kV in
Thailand
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Built
NTPC Ramagundam project in
Telangana
Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...
and 1X800 MW
Krishnapatnam Thermal Power Project
Transportation

Its focus areas are airports, niche road projects including expressways and railway infrastructure including mass rapid transit systems and automobile sector.

The company carries out transport and urban development projects for
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is a body of the Government of Maharashtra that is responsible for preparation oRegional Plan for MMRand the infrastructure development of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The MMRDA w ...
(MMRDA).
The new terminal at
Prayagraj Airport was constructed in a record time of 11 months. Tata Projects building the
Dedicated Freight Corridor Project, focusing on both the
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor or Eastern DFC is a broad gauge freight corridor in India. The railway line runs between Ludhiana in Punjab and Dankuni (near Kolkata) in West Bengal via Meerut and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. This railway lin ...
and
Western Dedicated Freight Corridor project. The company is also undertaking various underground and elevated metro projects in cities such as
Lucknow
Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ...
,
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
,
Pune
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,
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
,
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ), also spelled Amdavad (), is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 ...
, and
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
. The
Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, a 21.8 km road bridge, is India's longest sea bridge, connecting
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
with
Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai (; also known as New Bombay, its official name until 1995) is a large city next to Mumbai, located in the Konkan division of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, on the mainland of India. Navi Mumbai is situated in Thane distr ...
. Additionally, Tata Projects is working on the
Noida International Airport, which is planned to be the largest airport in India and Asia, focusing on the development of the passenger terminal,
runway
In aviation, a runway is an elongated, rectangular surface designed for the landing and takeoff of an aircraft. Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt concrete, asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (sod, ...
, and other airport infrastructure.
Urban infrastructure
In 1990, Tata Projects constructed an international-class hotel in
Tashkent
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,
Uzbekistan
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, highlighting its international expertise in the hospitality sector. Within India, the Bharat Net Project in Chhattisgarh involves laying an extensive optical fibre network to enhance digital connectivity across the region.
The construction of the new
Ginger hotel in Santacruz, Mumbai, was notable for its all-women engineering team. The
National Maritime Heritage Complex is another key project, designed to celebrate India's rich maritime history with a museum, artificial water body, jetty, and a replica of the ancient
Lothal
Lothal () was one of the southernmost sites of the ancient Indus Valley civilization, Indus Valley civilisation, located in the Bhal region of the Indian state of Gujarat. Construction of the city is believed to have begun around 2200 BCE.
Di ...
town. The redevelopment of the BDD Chawls in Mumbai focuses on urban renewal and providing improved living conditions.
Additionally, the Shree Mandira Parikrama Prakalpa in Puri aims to enhance the pilgrimage experience with seamless connectivity and modern amenities. A landmark project, Tata Projects built
New Parliament House, New Delhi, lotus, peacock, and banyan tree are three national emblems that are incorporated into the interior design.
Oil and gas
In 2020, The company received orders of Rs 6,000 crore in oil and gas refinery industry from two state-run businesses. Tata Project built the ONGC Bokaro project in
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
. The U-Field project by
ONGC
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is an Indian central public sector undertaking which is the largest government-owned oil and gas explorer and producer in the country. It accounts for around 70 percent of India's domestic pro ...
Kakinada in the deepwater Krishna-Godavari basin has reached mechanical completion, boosting offshore energy production.
Metals and minerals
Tata Projects operates iron and steel in different countries and it is capable of building beneficiation plants,
sinter plant
Sinter plants agglomerate iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty r ...
s, pellet plants,
blast furnace
A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper. ''Blast'' refers to the combustion air being supplied above atmospheric pressure.
In a ...
s, casters and rolling mills on an EPC basis. Built state-of-the-art
Rourkela Steel Plant
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), is a public sector, integrated steel plant in Rourkela, Odisha state, India. It was established on 3 February 1959 with the help of West German industrial corporations on approximately 19,000 acres of land acquired ...
in
Odisha
Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...
Water
In 2017, Tata Projects and
Watergen of Israel began initiatives that aim to extract drinking water from the atmosphere. In
Connaught Place in New Delhi, Watergen installed a GEN-350G pilot where 2,000 people received drinking water from the air each day. The Dravyavati River Rejuvenation Project involved revitalizing the Dravyavati River by recharging it with treated sewage water. The project included landscaping the slopes on both banks and creating parks and social spaces.
Awards and recognition
* ENR Award – New Parliament Building Project has been recognized with the ENR 2023 Global Best Projects Award (Government Building).
* ET Infrafocus Awards 2023 awarded Most Admired Company in Urban Infrastructure.
* ET Infrafocus Awards 2023 awarded Best Construction & Infrastructure Brand in Civil Construction.
* Construction Contractor of the year 2023 by Construction Week India.
* CW Awards 2023: Green Project of the Year for New Parliament Building Project.
* NSCI Safety Awards 2022 - SARVASHRESHTHA SURAKSHA PURASKAR (Golden Trophy) for New Parliament Building Project.
* The Institution of Engineers (India) Industry Excellence Award 2022 for Outstanding Performance with A High Order Of Business Excellence.
* Tata Projects Ltd recognised as one of the most admired construction brands at The 20th Global Construction World Awards 2022.
* 13th CIDC Vishwakarma Awards 2022 - Achievement Award for Construction Health, Safety & Environment.
* International Safety Award 2022 by British Safety Council.
* The Economic Times recognises Tata Projects Ltd As The Best Infrastructure Brand 2020-21.
* Best EPC Company Award at 11th EPC World Awards 2025
References
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Tata Group
Indian companies established in 1979
Privately held companies of India
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