SRG Infotech (SRGL) was incorporated in Feb.'84 under the name Fairdeal Leasing Finance and Investment Company to carry out various financial activities. Its name was changed to the present one in Jan.'95 because of the shift in its thrust on information technology. SRGL was promoted by Siddharth Jain. _x000D_ _x000D_ The company made a rights issue of 39.90 lac zero-interest FCDs of Rs 100 aggregating Rs 39.9 cr in Dec.'95. The issue was to finance the capital cost of carrying on the activities in software development and exports, computer education, multimedia, registrar and share transfer business, etc. _x000D_ _x000D_ In 1998-99, the company has acquired the running business of Silison Valley Information Technology Corporation. It has also entered into an understanding with Datapro whereby it purchased a part of the running business of SRGL._x000D_ _x000D_ In the year 2000, the company has picked up substantial equity stakes in two Infotech companies - VSoft Services and EL Net-3L. The acquisition of VSoft will provide the company a substantial market share in multi-lingual products and solutions market. The strategic alliance with EL Net-3L is expected to prove a better resource for its expert manpower requirement._x000D_