Tamil Nadu Industrial Explosives Limited (TEL) is a state-government undertaking of Government of Tamil Nadu located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] It is Industrial Explosives manufacturer.^[2]

The Industrial Explosives project is located in the Panamadangi Reserve Forest, Vandaranthangal / Dharapadavedu Villages, Katpadi, Vellore-59. Tamil Nadu Industrial Explosives Limited (TEL) Board is headed by a senior IAS officer.

The manufacturing facilities are house in 700 acres of Forest Land which is 7 km north of Katpadi Railway Station on the Vellore-Chittoor Highway.

TEL Products

• Detators
• Detonating Fuse
• Emulsion Explosives
• Slurry Explosives
• MMAN Based Explosives
• 2EHN

Major Clients

• Coal India and its subsidiaries (CIL)
• Singareni Collieries Co. Limited (SCCL)
• Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC)
• Director General of Border Roads (DGBR)
• Electricity Boards (Hydro Electric Projects)
• Irrigation Projects
• Mineral Development Corporations.
• Railway Tunneling
• Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC)
• State Public Works Departments.
• Cement Factories.
• Water Source Development and Quarrying

Heads

• Mr. Chandrasekhar
• Mr. R P Sinha
• Mr. Sikandar Basha
• Mr. Murugan