Major Landmarks in the History of PDIL:

In 1951, PDIL was established as a Technology wing of Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited, with an objective to obtain Technological Self reliance. In 1961, PDIL's activities were enlarged and it became P&D, Planning & Development Division of FCI Ltd In 1978, FCI & NFL group of companies were reorganized and P&D Division of FCI Ltd. became Independent Public Sector Undertaking called Fertiliser (Planning & Development) India Limited (FPDIL). In 1981, FPDIL became Projects & Development India Limited. (PDIL) with an objective to diversify in the areas beyond fertilizer & chemicals   Since, its formation, PDIL has been involved in the design, engineering and construction of almost all the major grass-root fertilizer projects in India. At present, India is ranked fourth in the world in terms of installed capacity and consumption of nitrogenous fertilizers, a vital economical input for the agricultural sector. Over two-third of the installed capacity of nitrogenous fertilizers in India is produced in plants, engineered and constructed by PDIL

PDIL's Chief Executives
Name		From	To
Shri Paul Pothen	(Chairman)	17-07-1978	31-12-1979
Shri K.S. Sarma	C&MD	01-01-1980	31-12-1982
Dr. B.K. Bhattacharya	C&MD	21-02-1983	20-07-1985
Shri V.P. Saluja	C&MD(Actg.)	21-07-1985	13-10-1985
Shri V.R. Johrapurkar	C&MD	14-10-1985	28-11-1989
Shri V.P. Saluja	C&MD(Actg.)	29-11-1989	06-03-1991
Shri S.P. Sharma	C&MD	07-03-1991	25-03-1993
Dr. K.S. Mukharya	C&MD	26-03-1993	17-10-1994
Shri O.N. Kapoor	C&MD	18-10-1994	17-08-2000
Shri A.C.Saini	C&MD(Actg.)	18-08-2000	25-04-2002
Shri K.K. Roy	C&MD	26-04-2002	31-10-2006
Shri K.C. Katta	C&MD(Actg.)	08-11-2006	07-01-2007
Shri R.G.Rajan	C&MD	08-01-2007	02-11-2010
Shri K.C. Katta	C&MD(Actg.)	03-11-2010	31-07-2011
Shri S.C. Gupta, IAS	C&MD (Addl. charge)	01-08-2011	31-08-2011