ECI Engineering & Construction

What ECI Engineering & Construction does

ECI Engineering & Construction is a private, India-based Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services company serving the energy and infrastructure sectors. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Hyderabad, the firm is led by founder and chairman K. Venkat Rao and operates with a headcount band of 251-500 employees. Its core offering, as captured in firmographic data, is engineering and construction services for industrial applications, consistent with the EPC delivery model typically covering design, procurement, fabrication/construction, and commissioning for energy and infrastructure assets.

The company's revenue mechanics, customer segments, pricing model, and go-to-market approach are not publicly disclosed; no named customers, contract values, or segment-mix data are available in the input. The firm has raised capital at least once, with a disclosed $25,018,019 round in April 2008 from Sabre Partners, and the underlying source explicitly states that revenue, ownership structure, governance, and operating-geography details are not determinable from the source material. A research collaboration referenced in the input (dated 2026-03-26) places ECI alongside Los Alamos National Laboratory, Williams, and the U.S. Department of Energy in a study on integrating wastewater treatment with hydrocarbon reforming for hydrogen production, but the same source flags material ambiguity about whether the named collaborator is ECI Engineering & Construction or an unrelated 'Engineering Procurement & Construction Inc.'

The firm's own web presence is a notable signal: eciecc.com and its related domain variants (eciecc.co.in, eciecc.in, eciecc.net, eciinfra.com) display only default directory index listings and a cPanel redirect rather than substantive corporate content, with the most recent directory-level modification timestamps in mid-2026. This, combined with the absence of recent funding activity, product launches, leadership disclosures beyond the founder, or third-party validation, constrains the available evidence base for assessing the firm's current operating scale and momentum.

Name

ECI Engineering & Construction

Website

https://eciecc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

ECI Engineering & Construction is a Hyderabad, India-based private EPC firm founded in 1969 that delivers engineering and construction services for industrial applications in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering & Construction Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Engineering Services (54133), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Power Plant Electrical Systems EPC (Switchyard, Transformers, Protection & Controls) (EUAEAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Transmission line EPC & construction (overhead) (EUADAKAA)

Keywords

• Engineering procurement construction
• Industrial construction services
• Energy infrastructure projects
• EPC project delivery
• Heavy civil construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Hyderabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Core offering

ECI Engineering & Construction is a private EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) company operating in the energy and infrastructure sectors. It delivers engineering and construction services for industrial applications, headquartered in Hyderabad, India, with a workforce of 251-500 employees. The firm was founded in 1969 and operates across energy and infrastructure project domains.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) Services — Energy Sector
• Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) Services — Infrastructure Sector
• Research Collaboration on Hydrogen Production from Wastewater

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Los Alamos National LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 March 2026Los Alamos National Laboratory collaborated on a research study with UW researchers and ECI Engineering & Construction, examining the integration of wastewater treatment with hydrocarbon reforming for hydrogen production. The laboratory provided technical expertise and research capabilities for this comprehensive review.
• WilliamscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 March 2026Williams participated in the collaborative research study with UW School of Energy Resources, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and ECI Engineering & Construction. The company contributed industry expertise to the hydrogen production research examining wastewater integration with hydrocarbon reforming.

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Punj Lloyd: Indian EPC with hydrocarbon, power, and infrastructure exposure. Comparable to ECI on energy-sector EPC, though historically larger; useful as a stressed/distressed analog for legacy Indian EPC economics.
• Sterling and Wilson: Indian EPC focused on electrical, MEP, and renewable energy balance-of-plant. Overlaps with ECI on power plant electrical systems and on emerging energy-transition scopes.
• Afcons Infrastructure: Shapoorji Pallonji group EPC firm executing infrastructure, energy, and industrial projects in India and overseas. Comparable mid-tier scale and energy/infrastructure mix to ECI.
• NCC Limited (Nagarjuna Construction): Diversified Indian EPC with strong presence in power, electrical T&D, and industrial buildings. Comparable to ECI in project mix and customer base within state utilities and industrial clients.
• Kalpataru Projects International: Mid-cap Indian EPC firm executing power transmission, oil & gas, and infrastructure projects. Highly comparable in scale and EPC service mix to ECI Engineering & Construction.
• KEC International: RPG Group EPC company specializing in power transmission and distribution EPC, including substations, switchyards, and electrical systems — the closest functional overlap with ECI's energy EPC positioning.
• Hindustan Construction Company: Long-established Indian EPC with energy and infrastructure focus, similar vintage to ECI. Comparable in heritage and execution profile, though larger in hydroelectric and tunneling.

Broad incumbents

• Larsen & Toubro: India's largest EPC conglomerate with end-to-end energy, infrastructure, and electrical systems execution. Comparable to ECI as the dominant incumbent mid-cap ECI competes against for industrial and power EPC scopes.
• Shapoorji Pallonji Engineering & Construction: Large diversified Indian EPC covering industrial, energy, and infrastructure. Overlaps with ECI on industrial and infrastructure scopes, but at materially greater scale.
• Tata Projects: Tata Group's EPC arm covering power, transmission, and industrial construction across India. Directly comparable to ECI in energy/infrastructure EPC and as a competitor for the same mid-tier project sizes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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