Central Electronics Limited is a Govt. of India Enterprise under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology. It was established in 1974, with an objective to commercially exploit indigenous technologies developed by National Laboratories and R&D Institutions in the country.

CEL has developed a number of products for the first time in the country through its own R&D efforts and in close association with the premier National & International Laboratories including Defense Laboratories. In recognition of all these efforts, CEL has been awarded a number of times with prestigious awards including “National Award for R&D by DSIR”.

CEL is pioneer in the country in the field of Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) and it has developed the technology with its own R&D efforts. Its solar products have been qualified to International Standards IEC 61215/61730.

CEL has also developed axle counter systems that are being used in Railway signaling system for safe running of trains. Railway products include Single Section Digital Axle Counters (SSDAC), High Availability SSDAC (HA-SSDAC), Multi-section Digital Axle Counter (MSDAC) & Block Proving by Axle Counter (BPAC) using Universal Fail Safe Block Interface (UFSBI). These products have been designed and developed in accordance with CENELEC standards. 

CEL has developed a number of critical components for strategic applications and is supplying these items to Defence.

Apart from Railways and Solar Division Projects, to execute Turnkey Projects in various other fields, CEL established a dedicated Division, Integrated Solutions Division (ISD) in the year 2015. Since then, the Division has made steady progress and have been able to clock a remarkable 75% y-o-y growth for the last 2 years and contribute 100 Cr+ to CEL revenues with healthy order book to sustain growth in future.

The Project Portfolio of the Division is truly varied and spread all over India. Major Projects executed by ISD includes CCTV, Access Control System, PIDS, Biometric Attendance System, Computer Based Test (CBT), e-learning, SCADA, e-tendering, IoT based water management systems for major Government enterprises, State Governments and Central ministries.

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