Bharat Electronics Ltd.

Bharat Electronics (BEL) has the successful completed manufacturing 30,000 numbers of ICU Ventilators in a 'record time' to help the government in its efforts in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare placed an order for these 30,000 ICU Ventilators in April 2020 to meet the healthcare infrastructure requirements of the nation, seeing the rise in COVID cases.

BEL has manufactured the ICU Ventilator, Model CV 200, based on licensing agreement with Skanray Technologies, Mysuru, and design support from DRDO. After receiving the order, based on its 'Agile Production System Capability', within two weeks BEL established the manufacturing line to produce 500 to 1,000 Ventilators per day. Manufacturing of these ventilators was undertaken during severe lockdown period and BEL received immense support from various government agencies to resolve the supply chain disruptions.

BEL is a multi-product, multi-technology, multi-unit conglomerate with over 350 products in the areas of military communication, radars, naval systems, C4I systems, weapon systems, homeland security, telecom & broadcast systems, electronic warfare, tank electronics, electro-optics, professional electronic components and solar photovoltaic systems.