BHEL, India based public sector company, has planned to recruit about 4,000 persons annually as an part of expansion plans and embarking on certain new joint ventures, in the next three years.

BHEL has more than 45,000 employees working in the various units of the company and the company has planned to add more employees to enhance the number to
52,000 to 55,000 by the end of the year 2012. The company has also planned to start industrial training institutes in order to overcome the problem in getting artisans for the BHEL's sub-contractors.

The PSU has also proposed to the railway ministry, for installing a manufacturing unit at the campus of railway workshop, in partnership with railway, in Kalcharapar in West Bengal. Under this JV, BHEL will produce self propulsion vehicles along with delicate components for the Railways.

The Chairman and managing director of BHEL, Mr. B. Prasada Rao informed that the company has received a fresh order of worth Rs 990 crore from Railways for supplying about 150 electric locomotives. BHEL unit at Jhansi would manufacture and supply the engines.

Mr. Rao further has added that works on the JV projects for additional power generation of 2x800 MW and 3x800 MWs each in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka respectively has been expected to be completed within the next two months.

BHEL has a capacity addition plan of 78,000 MW for the next five year period. Till now the company has got orders for 44,000 MW or 55% of the quantity.

The company has been able to maintain a growth of 21% in the revenues.