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Damodar Valley Corporation
Company typeStatutory Body [1]
IndustryUtilities (energy)
Founded7 July 1948; 75 years ago (1948-07-07)
HeadquartersKolkata, West Bengal, India
Key people
Shri S.Suresh Kumar IAS
(Chairman)
ProductsElectricity
ServicesElectricity generation and Transmission, distribution, production, Soil conservation Flood Moderation
Number of employees
5467 (December 2023)
Websitewww.dvc.gov.in

Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a central power generating organisation 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. Indian Astrophysicist Meghnad Saha, the former chief architect of river planning in India, prepared the original plan for the Damodar Valley Project. It 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 city of West Bengal, India.[2]

  1. ^ "Statutory Bodies of Ministry of Power". Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ "DVC". Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2006.

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