Damodar Valley Corporation

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Damodar Valley Corporation
Other forms of name
DVC (Damodar Valley Corporation)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 122700926
Wikidata: Q3346347
Library of congress: no 92019113
Sources of Information
  • Its 15 years of, 1964:t.p. (Damodar Valley Corporation; DVC) foreword, etc. (est. in 1948, in Calcutta)
  • LC in OCLC, 8/24/92 (hdg.: Damodar Valley Corporation)

Wikipedia description:

Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a statutory corporation which operates in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India to handle the Damodar Valley Project, the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India. Astrophysicist Meghnad Saha played a pioneering role in conceptualizing and advocating for the Damodar Valley Project. DVC operates both thermal power stations and hydel power stations under the ownership of Ministry of Power, Government of India. DVC is headquartered in the Kolkata, West Bengal, India. DVC is currently undergoing corporatization and restructuring to explore the possibility of an IPO to raise funds for expansion.

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