Damodar Valley Corporation

<p>Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a <a href="/facts/Statutory_corporation/m1PDUvmp">statutory corporation</a> which operates in the <a href="/facts/Damodar_River/L6H2dGgf">Damodar River</a> area of <a href="/facts/West_Bengal/0B5bxvbW">West Bengal</a> and <a href="/facts/Jharkhand/eYFQURjk">Jharkhand</a> states of <a href="/facts/India/QW4TV4sy">India</a> to handle the Damodar Valley Project, the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India. <a href="/facts/Astrophysicist/krFPRWLA">Astrophysicist</a> <a href="/facts/Meghnad_Saha/uJDVzRVo">Meghnad Saha</a> played a pioneering role in conceptualizing and advocating for the Damodar Valley Project. DVC operates both <a href="/facts/Thermal_power_station/CmdLdGNt">thermal power stations</a> and <a href="/facts/Hydropower/Adx1E5ha">hydel power</a> <a href="/facts/Dam/9GuSN9HB">stations</a> under the <a href="/facts/Ownership/dI4oAYoD">ownership</a> of <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Power_(India)/avLwKzWd">Ministry of Power</a>, <a href="/facts/Government_of_India/BIpETqjv">Government of India</a>. DVC is headquartered in the <a href="/facts/Kolkata/k0HVgEYm">Kolkata</a>, West Bengal, India.
</p><p>DVC is currently undergoing corporatization and restructuring to explore the possibility of an IPO to raise funds for expansion.
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Damodar Valley Corporation