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Area served
  
Worldwide

Website
  
www.rites.com

Number of employees
  
2,000

Type of business
  
Public-sector undertaking

Operating income
  
12.46 billion INR (2014)

Products
  
Infrastructure

Headquarters
  
Gurgaon

Founded
  
1974

Net income
  
2.64 billion INR (2014)

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Industry
  
Engineering, procurement and construction

Key people
  
Rajiv Mehrotra , Chairman

Subsidiaries
  
Tanzania Railways Limited

RITES Limited (Hindi: राइट्स लिमिटेड) (earlier known as Rail India Technical and Economic Service) is an engineering consultancy company, specializing in the field of transport infrastructure. Established in 1974 by the Government of India, the company's initial charter was to provide consultancy services in rail transport management to operators in India and abroad. RITES has since diversified into planning and consulting services for other infrastructure, including airports, ports, highways and urban planning. Recently on-shore WDS6 Diesel Loco Leasing service has been introduced. It has been awarded the status of MINIRATNA in 2002.

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It has executed projects in over 62 countries on every major continent. As of 2011, it was executing projects in over 30 countries.

Rites ltd civil engineering professional vacancies aug 2013


Railway projects

Major railway companies that have or had projects with Rites include:

  • SNTF, Algeria, consulting
  • Luanda Railway (CFL), Angola, feasibility study for rehabilitation
  • Bangladesh Railways, Bangladesh, consultation
  • Botswana Railways, Botswana, management support and consultation
  • Cambodian Railways, Cambodia, rehabilitation
  • Red Atlantic Railway Network, Colombia, equity partner, technical and managerial support
  • Ghana Railway Corporation, Ghana, consultation
  • Iran Railways, Iran, planning
  • Iraqi Republic Railway Establishment, Iraq, operation and maintenance of Baghdad - Al Qaim - Akashat section.
  • Kenya Railways, Kenya, locomotive operation, restructuring, planning
  • Central East African Railways, Malawi, management services.
  • Beira Railroad Corporation (CFM Central), Mozambique, rehabilitation and management
  • Nigerian Railways, Nigeria, complete management (3 years), revitalization, planning
  • Sri Lanka Railways, Sri Lanka, consulting and management assistance
  • Sudan Railways, Sudan, consulting
  • Tanzania Railway Corporation, Tanzania, general management
  • Uzbek Railways, Uzbekistan, Expert based consultancy for Elastic Fasteners and Accounting System project
  • Zambian Railways, Zambia, improvement project
  • National Railways of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, investment plan
  • Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation, As a lead partner to General Consultants.
  • Designer Support for first fully welded 5 km long Bogibeel Bridge at Dibrugarh, as Design Consultants.
  • Patna Metro,for preparing its DPR(Detailed Project Report).
  • Railways of Jamaica

    • References

    RITES Wikipedia
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