NSE: BEL | Founded | Bengaluru, India (1954) | Headquarters | Bengaluru, India | Number of locations | 9 factories | Key people | Mr. Anil Kumar (Chairman) | Revenue | 5,404.7 crore (US$983.66 million)(2011))[1] | Net income | 737.3 crore (US$134.19 million)(2011))[1] | Employees | 11,961 (March 2009)[1] | Website | www.bel-india.com | ABOUT THE COMPANY
Bharat Electronics Limited is a state- owned Electronics Company with about nine factories, and a few regional offices in India. Its Corporate Head Office is in Bangalore, India. It is owned by the Indian Government & primarily manufactures advanced electronic products for the Indian Armed Forces. BEL is 76 per cent owned by the Indian Government and 24 per cent owned by financial sectors through the Indian stock exchange. BEL is one of the eight PSUs under Ministry of Defence, Government of India. BEL became a Mini Ratna Category I in February 2002. Subsequently BEL has been got Navratna status in June 2007.BEL has more than 360 products in its range from small components costing a rupee to a huge equipment costing about Rs. 60 crore. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) IS AN Indian based multi-product company. The company is engaged in manufacturing and supplying of electronic products primarily to defence and system/turnkey solutions. Defence division offers products in various areas, such as communications, radars, naval systems, opto-electronics, electronic welfare system, tank electronic and stimulators. Non Defence division offers products in various areas, such as switching equipment, television and broadcast, direct to home (DTH), telecom, imputer, electronic voting machine and electronic components. System/Turkey solutions division offers various services, such as command, control,