Here’s a challenge. Using the five clues below, identify the company that is being talked about here.

1 I got incorporated 30 years ago as a subsidiary of one of India’s largest companies of 1990s.

2 My group had business interests in several businesses and was one of the top 3 national leaders in a couple of them in the past.

3 My founder graduated from a college that subsequently became an IIT and in later years became Chairman of the board of governors of the same IIT.

4 I am one of the very few stocks trading currently at a single-digit PE multiple even after rising more than 10 times since Covid-lows, among billion-dollar market-capitalisation companies.

5 I have more than two million public shareholders owning more than half of my equity.

Last week’s stock: Kirloskar Ferrous Industries

Last week’s winner: Praveen Hegde

Published on March 29, 2025