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NECCON Power & Infra Limited (known previously as North Eastern Cables and Conductors Pvt. Ltd.) is an Indian power, infrastructure and water pipeline company based in Jorhat, Assam. The entity deals in turnkey solutions for the construction of industrial power transmission and distribution lines, gas-powered sub-stations and manufactures overhead conductors, ground wires and GI wires.

Neccon mainly operates in Power transmission sector along with a host of allied services. Mr. Murlidhar Khetan, the Chairman and Whole-time director of the company, hails from Assam, India and has been instrumental in setting up key services for rural and urban electrification of the remote North-East of India.

It has worked extensively in North East India for various Govt. projects (won by way of & tenders) Contributing to electrification and infrastructural development and thus awarded by MSME, Govt. of India for North eastern region. Neccon was also conferred by the National Award for outstanding Entrepreneurship in MSME, by the Ministry of Industry, Govt. of India in 2015.

The company also planned to bring IPO for further diversification and offering value added services in the North Eastern region of India. This plan has been deferred now.

HISTORY
In 1959, Murlidhar Khetan, founding promoter of the company and multiple entrepreneurial award winner from Govt. of India, first ventured into the power sector with High-Tension Electricals, a firm dealing in electrical goods. In 1984, Khetan recognized a growing market for electrification in the North-Eastern region of India, and founded NECCON Power and Infra Private Limited for manufacturing overhead transmission conductors, with the first unit established in Jorhat, Assam. By 1990, the company had further expanded to manufacturing L.T. PVC cables of the voltage grade 1.1kV/3.3kV.