Armoured Vehicles Nigam

Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited
Company type	Public sector undertakings in India
Industry	Defence Production
Predecessor	Ordnance Factory Board
Founded	1 October 2021; 2 years ago
Headquarters	Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi, Chennai, India
Key people	A N Srivastava, IOFS ; (Chairman & Managing Director)
Products	Armoured fighting vehicles; Main battle tanks; Military vehicles; Engines;
Owner	Government of India
Divisions	Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi; Engine Factory, Avadi; Ordnance Factory Medak; Vehicle Factory Jabalpur; Machine Tool Prototype Factory, Ambernath;
Website	avnl.co.in

Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI) is an Indian state-owned defence company, headquartered in Avadi, Chennai established in 2021 as part of the restructuring and corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board into seven different Public Sector Undertakings.^[1]^[2]^[3] AVANI primarily manufactures Armoured fighting vehicles, Main battle tanks and their engines for the use of the Indian Armed Forces and foreign militaries. Products of AVANI include Arjun, T-90, BMP-2 Sarath, Vijayanta, Kartik BLT, M-46 Catapult and T-72 Ajeya battle tanks and stallion trucks.

References

^ Roche, Elizabeth (15 October 2021). "New defence PSUs will help India become self-reliant: PM". mint. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
^ "Seven new defence companies, carved out of OFB, dedicated to the Nation on the occasion of Vijayadashami". Ministry of Defence (India). Press Information Bureau. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
^ Pubby, Manu (12 October 2021). "Modi to launch seven new PSUs this week, Defence Ministry approves Rs 65,000-crore orders". The Economic Times. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

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