NIT Puducherry

National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal (NITPY), is an autonomous public engineering institute nestled in the scenes of Karaikal, a coastal enclave in the basin of river Kaveri in the Union Territory of Puducherry. It is one among the 31 National Institutes of Technology of India, and is declared as an institute of national importance by the Government of India, under NIT Act, 2007. The institute was established in 2010, starting its intake in the academic year 2010-11. NIT Puducherry is having a campus spread around 258 acres in the village Poovam and Thiruvettakudy of Karaikal. The institution is at a constant attempt of making endeavours to scale new heights by developing a synergy between studies, research, consulting/training activities, and placements. The institute is ranked at 136 under the category of “India Rankings 2022 - Engineering” of the 2022 NIRF rankings, released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. 

Cauvery Asset, ONGC Karaikal

Energy Maharatna ONGC is the largest crude oil and natural gas Company in India. This National Oil Company of India produces over 1.26 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, contributing around 75% of India's domestic production. Over three-fourth of its crude oil produce is Light & Sweet, attracting a premium in the market. Discovering 6 out of the 7 oil and gas producing basins in India, ONGC has singlehandedly scripted India's hydrocarbon saga. It is the only fully–integrated oil and gas company in India, operating along the entire hydrocarbon value chain. With its subsidiaries HPCL and MRPL, ONGC possesses about 15 per cent of the total Indian refining capacity. ONGC owns and operates more than 25,500 kilometers of pipelines in India, including sub-sea pipelines. No other company in India operates even 50 per cent of this route length. ONGC is ranked as the Number One E&P Company in the world, as per Platts Top 250 listing; it is ranked 11th among global energy majors (Platts) and 160th in the latest Fortune listing. It is ranked 220th in the Forbes Global 2000 list. ONGC is the only public sector Indian company to feature in Fortune’s ‘Most Admired Energy Companies’ list. Acclaimed for its Corporate Governance practices, ONGC has been ranked 26th among the biggest publicly traded global giants by Transparency International. It is one of the most valued listed corporations in India and one of the highest profit-making and dividend-paying enterprises. ONGC has a unique distinction of being a company with in-house service capabilities in all areas of Exploration and Production of oil & gas and related oil-field services. Winner of the Best Employer award and certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’, this public sector enterprise has a dedicated team of over 30,000 professionals who toil round the clock in challenging locations. ONGC has implemented globally recognized QHSE management systems conforming to requirements of ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 at ONGC facilities and certified by reputed certification agencies at all its operational units. ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and is India’s largest international oil and gas Company. ONGC Videsh has participation in 39 projects in 19 countries.