About Us

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Yutaka Kubota was born on April 27, 1890 in Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan.

He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University Department of Civil Engineering in 1914. After serving at the Department of the Interior, he joined Japan Nitrogenous Fertilizer Company Ltd. From 1924 through 1945 when WWII ended, he directed its power supply projects for its chemical plant in Korea under the company’s president, Shitagau Noguchi. During this period, power plants generating 2 million combined kilowatts were completed. The largest of these was the Supung Dam on the Yalu River which was designed as the largest hydraulic power unit in the world when construction started in 1937. It was completed in 1944.

In 1946, Kubota established his own business, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. The word “koei” is derived from the Chinese characters for “technology” and “management” since he planned the company to combine technology and management. The company has lived up to its name by taking responsibility for many large-scale projects around the world from the planning and design stages right through to managing the construction.

Initially the company participated in hydraulic power development projects in Southeast Asian countries including Burma (now Myanmar) and Vietnam. Kubota’s excellent engineering drew attention internationally as it was evaluated to be higher than that of European countries on similar projects in the area at the time. He was then designated by the United Nations to be a member of several survey missions for the Mekong River development project. His role was again highly appraised, and he became known as “General Mekong” throughout the UN and the World Bank.

Kubota further contributed to the industrialization of developing countries, continuing this work until he was 90 years old. He directed different development projects in many parts of the world, including the Asahan Hydropower Project in Indonesia. Additionally, he performed public service at many organizations for enhancing international relations. Kubota was the Chairman of Engineering Consulting Firms Association that he himself established in 1964.

In 1984, he raised 200 million yen from his personal savings to establish the Kubota Fund. This Fund aimed to provide financial support to engineers from developing countries working in Japan as trainees or researchers.

In 1985, for these contributions, he was awarded the Decoration of the First Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government, the highest royal award given to a civilian. He also received many medals of merit from other Asian Countries for his great achievements. He passed away on September 9, 1986, at the age of 96. The government posthumously awarded him the rank of Third Grade, Senior of the Court.

Nippon Koei India Pvt. Ltd. (NK India) is an ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 & 45001:2018 certified company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrated Design & Engineering Holdings Co., Ltd. of Japan (ID&E). NK India, headquartered in New Delhi, focuses on projects in India and other developing countries. Formed in 2008, it is managed and staffed with highly experienced Professionals with significant overseas consulting experience. NK India has more than 800 employees and most of our resource personnel are with post-graduation, technically qualified, trained and self-driven in completing our projects across India.

Background

NK India is a part of the ID&E Group (formerly known as Nippon Koei Group) worldwide. NIPPON KOEI, since its foundation in 1946 as the first Japanese independent consulting engineering company, it has built up worldwide reputation for the quality and reliability of its services. For over 75 years Nippon Koei has been entrusted with the planning, design, construction supervision and project management of major infrastructure projects in almost all the sectors of development in over 100 countries worldwide. It has extensive experience in working for International Funding Agencies such as JBIC, JICA, World Bank, Asian Development Bank etc. In the month of July 2023, the ID&E was established and became a pure holding company for the entire Nippon Koei Group. For more details, please refer to https://www.id-and-e-hd.co.jp/english/aboutus/group/

NK India offers a total consulting service by providing the highest quality services to cover all stages from preliminary investigation, master planning and feasibility study through to detailed design, construction supervision and project management.

We are following the Motto “To make things happen and get things done” and committed to achieve the long-term vision of the company:

To become first ranked Engineering Consulting Company in India.
To serve as Independent Second Head Quarter of Consulting Operations.

Our

Our Purpose

Nippon Koei India is a part of ID&E Holdings, Inc. headquartered in Tokyo which mainly focuses on project in India and Southeast Asia. Incorporated in 2008, Nippon Koei India’s vision is to become a comprehensive Infrastructure Management Company by establishing a local implementation system and developing services to solve problems around the world through engineering and technology. Our strength which defines our values and aspire our leadership to achieve the management goal consist of: