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Tata Projects

Indian engineering, procurement and construction company

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ121283248
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Tata Projects is an Indian engineering, procurement and construction company. It is a part of Tata Group.

History

The company was founded in 1979 by J. R. D. Tata to create a complete consortium to take on engineering, procurement, and construction projects. It specializes in industrial and urban infrastructure projects and is currently headquartered in Powai, Mumbai.

Operations

Advanced technology facilities

The company undertakes construction projects for data centers, manufacturing units, and life science facilities. It also constructed 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

Tata Projects was engaged in the construction of structures for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) awarded the company a $321 million contract, marking its third contract in the nuclear power industry. It was also responsible for building the Trisonic Wind Tunnel at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

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The public source identifies “Tata Projects” as indian engineering, procurement and construction company. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tata, Projects and Indian.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Tata, Projects and Indian providing the first useful test.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q121283248. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1979.

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