A diversified Technical Consultancy Organisation with morethan four Decades of experience APITCO Limited is a Technical Consultancy Organisation incorporated in the year 1976 to provide services to the Entrepreneurs and be a catalyst for the economic growth of the Country. All India financial institutions, nationalized commercial banks, state level industrial development bodies & financial institutions and employees are the shareholders of the organisation. The services provided include but not limited to the domains of Project Report Preparation, Techno Economic Studies, Feasibility Studies, Micro Enterprise Development, Skill Development, Project Management Consulting, Industrial Cluster Development, Environmental Management Consulting, Energy Management consulting, Market & Social Research and Asset Reconstruction Management Services. The registered corporate office is in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, with a wide spread network of offices set up in all the districts of the State. APITCO also has offices in Orissa, Chattisgarh, Kerala, West Bengal and Karnataka and has provided its consulting services across the Country. The Organisation has also handled International Assignments in Middle East, South Africa and South Asia Brief History of TCOs The concept of Technical Consultancy Organisations is based on a World Bank recommendation to Government of India, to create appropriate structures and systems to extend dependable and affordable professional consulting services to Indian SMEs. With this background, Government of India has initiated and proposed setting up of the TCOs. IDBI pioneered the effort to set up the first TCO in Kerala [1972] jointly with IFCI, ICICI, Government of Kerala and four leading Commercial Banks. APITCO was established in the year 1976 with IDBI as the lead promoter. The shareholding of IDBI was subsequently transferred to SIDBI. APITCO is one of the 18 TCOs formed by the key national level financial institutions in association with state level institutions and banks. APITCO is a self sustaining Organisation and does not get any financial support from Government