Established on April 26, 1974, by the Ministry of Railways, Government of India, RITES Limited (originally Rail India Technical and Economic Service) is a leading multidisciplinary engineering and transport infrastructure enterprise. Conferred with prestigious Navratna status by the Government of India and publicly listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE: RITES) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE: 541556), RITES employs over 1,800 dedicated engineers, transport planners, and technical specialists across India and overseas offices.

RITES provides full lifecycle solutions spanning feasibility studies, Detailed Project Reports (DPR), permanent way engineering, railway electrification (25 kV AC OHE), bridge and tunnel design, third-party quality inspection, and project management consultancy (PMC). The company is deeply integrated into India’s flagship rail infrastructure mega-programs, including the Western and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC), major doubling and gauge conversion schemes, high-speed rail feasibility corridors, and comprehensive metro rail design across major metropolitan centers (including Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Patna, and Nagpur).

Beyond domestic consultancy, RITES acts as the dedicated export arm of Indian Railways for locomotives, passenger coaches, trainsets, and railway equipment, having supplied rolling stock to international clients in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Mozambique, Senegal, and Angola. RITES also maintains a fleet of locomotives leased under long-term operational and maintenance (wet leasing) contracts for in-plant rail and shunting logistics across major power plants, steel complexes, and seaports. In international transit, RITES served as the Project Management Consultant for the turnkey delivery of the Mauritius Metro Express light rail system.