V B Desai Financial Services (VBDFS) promoted by V B Desai, I R Shroff and M Dhupelia, was incorporated in Sep.'85. The company is engaged in funding and non-funding activities. It offers a wide range of financial services under one roof which includes merchant banking services, corporate financing and debt placement services. It is also engaged in leasing, hire purchase, investment and consultancy. During 1993-94, VBDFS became a member of the NSE and the OTCEI and has started trading on these exchanges. The company came out with a rights issue at a premium of Rs 15 in Aug.'94. With the issue of equity shares on a rights basis and a preferential basis and on account of conversion of non-convertible debentures into equity shares, the company hopes to achieve new heights in profitability in the coming years.