About VA Tech Wabag Limited

 

VA Tech Wabag Limited (WABAG) is a pure-play water technology Indian multinational specialising in the design, construction, and operation of water and wastewater treatment infrastructure for municipalities and industries. Its principal activities include design, supply, installation, construction, and operation & maintenance of drinking water, wastewater, industrial water and desalination plants, along with energy-from-biogas and sludge management solutions. The Company is listed on BSE and NSE and is domiciled in India with its registered office in Chennai. It operates across 25+ countries through subsidiaries, joint ventures, associates, branch offices and permanent establishments, and owns over 125 IP Rights, supported by R&D centres in Europe and India.

 

WABAG traces its roots to 1924, marking a century of innovation in water. It is recognised among the World’s top three private water operators and ranked 3rd among the world’s largest desalination plant suppliers in Global Water Intelligence’s annual survey, as cited by the Company. The Group comprises twelve subsidiaries  . Its portfolio spans the full water cycle, including EPC, Design-Build-Operate and BOOT models, lifecycle services, and plant modernisation and upgrades. The Company reports delivery experience across 497 sewage treatment plants, 73 recycle & reuse plants and 77 sludge treatment plants, underscoring its execution track record.

 

VA Tech Wabag Limited Business Segments

• Revenue mix by vertical: Municipal–Industrial at 75%:25%. O&M contributed 18% of total revenue in FY 2024–25. 
• By geography, nearly 50% of FY 2024–25 revenue came from international markets.

 

VA Tech Wabag Limited Key Management

• Rajiv Mittal – Chairman & Managing Director
• S. Varadarajan – Whole Time Director & Chief Growth Officer
• Skandaprasad Seetharaman – Chief Financial Officer
• Anup Kumar Samal – Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

 

Latest Updates on VA Tech Wabag Limited

 

• Strategic partnerships and innovation: WABAG partnered with Peak Sustainability Ventures to set up 100 Bio-CNG plants across India, the GCC, Africa and European countries (business potential of approximately USD 200 million). It also partnered with Pani Energy to deploy AI/ML-based operational intelligence, with the Koyambedu TTRO plant already enabled and further roll-outs under evaluation. The Company launched BLUE SEED to support water-tech start-ups, with initiatives such as the WASH Accelerator, Pitch to Win (with IIT Madras Incubation Cell and PEAK Ventures) and a pitch session with Startup Nation Central to foster innovation and collaboration .
• Significant orders in FY 2024–25: 200 MLD Al Haer ISTP in Saudi Arabia (EPC); 100 MLD Indosol desalination in Andhra Pradesh (DBO); 73 MLD wastewater treatment for Lusaka, Zambia (DBO); 110 MLD Nemmeli desalination O&M, Chennai; EP orders from Reliance; ETP/WWTP/ZLD for GAIL, Pata; CPCL desalination pipeline; and O&M for BAPCO Refining, Bahrain.

 

• Middle East milestones: Class A Contractor Certification in Saudi Arabia; regional headquarters established in Riyadh; enhanced ICV score in Qatar; 29 new client registrations; entry into CIS markets (Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan); and a six-fold growth in order inflow versus last year. The Company also recorded its first industrial client in Bahrain through an IWTP O&M engagement with BAPCO.

 

• Africa expansion: Entered Zambia with a landmark sanitation project for Lusaka Water Supply and Sanitation Company to design, build and operate two large wastewater plants, financed by the European Investment Bank and KfW.

 

• Strategy and platforms: Advanced its “Glocal” expansion across the GCC, Africa, Central Asia, CIS and Southeast Asia, and launched a USD 100 million (Rs 825 crore) equity investment platform with global investors to scale PPP-led municipal projects while remaining asset-light.