Essar Constructions India Limited (ECIL) sponsors Kalinga Literary Festival

Essar Constructions India Limited (ECIL) – the Indian arm of Essar Projects Limited – recently sponsored the Annual Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) and Kalinga Art Festival organized by the Odisha Media Info Service Pvt. Ltd. and Odisha Diary Foundation.

This was the 8th Edition of the Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF), held in Bhubaneshwar and aimed at celebrating the creative spirit of the Temple City and commemorating the literary diversity it offers, bringing it in conversation with the stalwarts from the world of literature within and outside Odisha and India. Academics, authors, political and social activists, law makers, government officials, corporate leaders, students and people from different walks of life participated in the festival and exchanged opinions on their favourite authors and works.

Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon. Minister of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India was the Chief Guest; while Dr. Amar Patnaik, Hon. Member of Rajyasabha and Shri Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Hon. Minister of Tourism, Govt. of Odisha were the Guests of Honour. The festival was also supported by Embassy of Nepal.

Essar Constructions India Limited is pursuing a number of opportunities in the state of Odisha. There are projects under execution for JSPL at Angul. A number of opportunities are forthcoming in the region with various clients in the steel sector. With these steadfast efforts towards redeveloping the client base in the region, sponsoring the Kalinga Literary Festival was a step to register our presence amidst the socio-economic-politico fabric of Odisha.

As sponsors, ECIL Team also felicitated the Indian Hockey team Champions Mr. Dilip Tirkey (former Defender) and Mr. P.R. Srijeesh (Goal Keeper) at one of the Sessions which deliberated on way forward for revival of Indian Hockey.

About Essar Projects & ECIL:

Essar Projects is part of the infrastructure portfolio of Essar Capital Limited, which is the investment manager of Essar Global Fund Limited (EGFL). Headquartered in Dubai, it offers unique collaborative end-to-end project development and delivery models for major projects. Essar Projects has over five decades experience of executing mega scale projects in varied industry segments, like Energy, Minerals & Metals, Offshore and Infrastructure. It’s footprint spreads across India, Middle East, Europe, Americas and the challenging geographies of Africa and Australasia.

Essar Constructions India Limited (ECIL) is the Indian arm of Essar Projects, that focusses on India and the Sub-continent. It also has a multidisciplinary skilled and experienced Engineering & PMC division which provides a comprehensive array of value added technical engineering services, in a structured manner, across diverse sectors. It is fully geared to service global clients by providing end-to-end engineering solutions from feasibility studies and scope documents to design conceptualization, FEED, detailed design, PMC, field engineering, commissioning and start-up assistance and also debottlenecking for efficient plant operations.