: WAPCOS Ltd., under Jal Shakti ministry, files for IPO #finance #StockMarketNEWS #Business ​ Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi WAPCOS Ltd, a central public sector enterprise, under the administrative

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New Delhi



WAPCOS Ltd, a central public sector enterprise, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Jal Shakti and engaged in engineering consultancy services and construction in the fields of water, power and infrastructure sectors for businesses and communities in India and overseas, has filed initial papers with the market regulator for its proposed Initial PublicOffering (IPO).



The public issue with a face value of `10 per equity share is a complete offer-for-sale (OFS) of up to 32,500,000 equity shares by the President of India, acting through the Ministry of Jal Shakti (“the selling shareholder�), according to the draft red herring prospectus.



The offer is being made through the book building process, wherein not more than 50 per cent of the offer shall be available for allocation to qualified institutional buyers, not less than 15% of the offer shall be available for allocation to non-institutional bidders, and not more than 35% of the offer shall be available for allocation to retail individual bidders.



In the past five decades, WAPCOS and its subsidiaries have provided engineering consultancy services for projects in the water, power, and infrastructure sectors within India and overseas, particularly South Asia and across Africa in the fields of dam and reservoir engineering, irrigation, flood control, and river morphology, groundwater exploration, agriculture, watershed management, and river basin planning, environmental engineering, hydropower and pump storage, thermal power, renewable energy development, like solar and wind, water supply and sanitation, among others.



From concept to commissioning, the CPSE carries out preliminary investigations and reconnaissance, feasibility studies, planning and project formulation, field surveys and testing design engineering, baseline and socioeconomic surveys, tender engineering, institutional and human resource development, project management and construction supervision, operation and maintenance, engineering procurement consultancy, turnkey and deposit works, besides consulting services for all its clients.



Currently, it has ongoing projects in 30 countries and has been associated with over 455 overseas projects, both completed and ongoing.



In FY22, it was placed first among the top ten international consultancy firms in the water and other urban infrastructure sectors, according to an Asian Development Bank report mentioned in its DRHP. Additionally, it was placed third among the top five Indian corporations for consulting services from 2017 to 2021. Some of the listed peers in the segment are Ircon International, Rites, Engineers India, NBCC, and Va Tech Wabag.
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