MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

18.11.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

POWER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

No.5, 11th Cross, West of Chord Road, 2nd Stage, Bangalore – 560 086, Karnataka

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2011

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.04.1994

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

08-15487

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.2.073 millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U72200KA1994PTC015487

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Providing Power System Consulting, Custom Software Development and Engineering Simulation Software Development.

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 


 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba (45)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 220000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually Correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an established company having satisfactory track. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be usually correct and as per commitments.

 

The company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30, 2011

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2011)

Current Rating

(30.09.2011)

India

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office / Head Office :

No.5, 11th Cross, West of Chord Road, 2nd Stage, Bangalore – 560 086, Karnataka, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-42455555 / 23192209

Fax No.:

91-80-42455556 / 23192210

E-Mail :

prdc@vsnl.com

trskumar2@dataone.in

Website :

http://www.prdcinfotech.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 30.09.2011

 

Name :

Mr. Ramappa Nagaraja

Designation :

Managing Director

Address :

No.146, Krishna Krupa, VHBCS Layout, West of Chord Road, 2nd Stage, Rajajinagar, Bangalore – 560 086, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

01.06.1963

Date of Appointment :

09.04.1994

DIN No.:

00371601

 

 

Name :

Mr. Parthasarathy Mukund

Designation :

Director

Address :

No.46, Shrinivasa, 2nd Main Road, Hanumanth Nagar, Bangalore – 560 019, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

21.11.1974

Date of Appointment :

09.04.1994

DIN No.:

00117058

Other Directorship

 

S.No.

CIN

Name of the Company

Current designation of the director

Date of appointment at current designation

Original date of appointment

Date of cessation

Company Status

Defaulting status

1

U72200KA1994PTC015487

Power Research and Developement Consultants Private Limited

Director

09-04-94

09-04-94

-

Active

NO

2

U74900TN2009PTC073863

Vaageesh Technical Consultants Private Limited

Director

10-12-09

10-12-09

16-12-09

Active

NO

 

 

Name :

Mamatha Hegde

Designation :

Director

Address :

No.146, Krishna Krupa, VHBCS Layout, West of Chord Road, 2nd Stage, Rajajinagar, Bangalore – 560 086, Karnataka, India

Date of Birth/Age :

01.06.1973

Date of Appointment :

02.02.2000

DIN No.:

01710190

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 30.09.2011

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Ramappa Nagaraja

 

15288

Parthasarathy Mukund

 

4325

B R Manjappa

 

38

K Parthasarathy

 

188

Mamatha Hegde

 

375

K R Rajarama

 

13

P. S. Jagannath Gupta 

 

97

B. R. Lakshmikantha

 

405

Total

 

20729

 

As on 30.09.2011

 

Equity Share Breakup

 

Percentage of Holding

Category

 

 

Directors or relatives of directors

 

100.00

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Providing Power System Consulting, Custom Software Development and Engineering Simulation Software Development.

 

 

Services :

Power Research and Consultants

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

·         Abhijeet Group of Industries Limited, Nagpur

·         Asea Brown Boveri Limited (ABB), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

·         Adhunik Metalics Limited, Rurkela

·         Aditya Aluminium, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

·         Ahmedabad Electricity Board Ahmedabad, India

·         Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited

·         Hindalco Industries Limited

·         SMEC International Pty. Limited

·         The Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO)

·         Orissa State Hydro Power Corporation Limited

·         Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB)

·         Electrowatt Econo, U.K.

·         Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

·         Deprocon Engineering Private Limited Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

 

Bankers :

·         Canara Bank

181, West of Chord Road, Mahalakshmi Layout, Bangalore – 560 086, Karnataka, India

 

·         Standard Chartered Bank

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loans

As on 31.03.2011

Rs. in millions

As on 31.03.2010

Rs. in millions

Canara Bank Term Loan

3.946

5.571

Total

3.946

5.571

 

Unsecured Loans

As on 31.03.2011

Rs. in millions

As on 31.03.2010

Rs. in millions

From Directors and Shareholders

 

 

B. R. Manjappa

0.131

0.131

Professor Parthasarathy

0.221

0.221

Lakshmikantha B R

5.049

5.049

Mamatha Hegde

2.292

2.255

P S J Guptha

1.212

1.212

Dr. R Nagaraja

2.854

2.693

Deepak Cables (India) Limited

20.119

17.598

Total

31.878

29.159

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Ravindra and Prabhakara

Chartered Accountants

Address :

No. 3438/1, 1st Floor, Maruthi Apartments, 7th Main, Service Road of Chord Road, Vijaynagar 2nd Stage, Bangalore – 560 040, Karnataka, India  

Tel. No.:

91-80-23390044 / 23392299 / 23392277

PAN No.:

AEDPB6656G

 


 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 30.09.2011

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

25000

Equity Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.2.500 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

20729

Equity Shares

Rs.100/- each

Rs.2.073 millions

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

2.073

2.073

2.073

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

52.051

37.519

19.153

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

54.124

39.592

21.226

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

3.946

5.571

6.464

2] Unsecured Loans

31.878

29.159

10.794

TOTAL BORROWING

35.824

34.730

17.258

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.593

0.711

0.723

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

90.541

75.033

39.207

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

18.005

18.656

16.967

Capital work-in-progress

9.000

8.925

6.022

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

0.000

0.000

0.000

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

92.477

64.333

34.820

 

Cash & Bank Balances

0.151

0.222

0.343

 

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

30.878

30.726

23.588

Total Current Assets

123.506

95.281

58.751

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

28.235

28.377

23.438

 

Other Current Liabilities

31.735

19.452

19.095

 

Provisions

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total Current Liabilities

59.970

47.829

42.533

Net Current Assets

63.536

47.452

16.218

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

90.541

75.033

39.207

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

169.199

138.998

86.616

 

 

Other Income and Other Adjustments

 

4.981

5.973

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

169.199

143.979

92.589

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Managerial Remuneration

6.520

5.400

5.900

 

 

Expenses

124.954

95.961

71.832

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

131.474

101.361

77.732

 

 

 

 

 

Less

PROFIT/LOSS BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (A-B)      (C)

37.725

42.618

14.857

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCE CHARGES                                         (D)

10.291

9.098

3.302

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/LOSS BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (C-D)                               (E)

27.434

33.520

11.555

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

4.938

4.298

3.133

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/LOSS BEFORE TAX (E-F)                     (G)

22.496

29.222

8.422

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

7.965

10.856

3.446

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT/LOSS AFTER TAX (G-H)                      (I)

14.531

18.366

4.976

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

40.301

53.774

7.233

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

700.99

886.01

240.05

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

31.03.2009

PAT / Total Income

(%)

8.59

12.76

5.37

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

NA

21.02

9.72

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

15.90

25.65

11.12

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.42

0.74

0.40

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

1.77

2.09

2.82

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

2.06

1.99

1.38

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

NOTE

 

The Registered Office address of the company has been shifted from No.4, 1-B Main, Ist N Block, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore – 560 010, Karnataka, India to the present address w.e.f. 08.01.2007. 

 

FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

The Company is having good number of orders on hand and is expecting a better performance in the years to come.

 

FORM  8

 

Corporate identity number of the company

U72200KA1994PTC015487

Name of the company

POWER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPEMENT CONSULTANTS PRIVATE LIMITED

Address of the registered office or of the principal place of  business in India of the company

No.5, 11th Cross, West of Chord Road, 2nd Stage, Bangalore – 560 086, Karnataka, India

This form is for

Modification of charge

Charge identification (ID) number of the charge to be modified

90198327

Type of charge

·         Book debts

·         Movable property (not being pledge)

·         Floating charge

Particular of charge holder

Canara Bank

181, West of Chord Road, Mahalakshmi Layout, Bangalore – 560 086, Karnataka, India

Nature of instrument creating charge

Supplemental Common Hypothecation Agreement

Date of instrument Creating the charge

01.02.2011

Amount secured by the charge

Rs.47.500 millions

Brief of the principal terms an conditions and extent and operation of the charge

Rate of Interest

OCC/ODBD - @ Base Rate + 4% presently 13% p.a.

TL - As per existing terms

 

Terms of Repayment

OCC/ODBD - Running account repayable on demand

BG -  2 years excluding claim period of 3 months

TL - As per existing terms

 

Margin

OCC/ODBD - 30%

BG - 25%

TL - As per existing terms

 

Extent and Operation of the charge

The charge shall operate to the extent of the loan amount plus interest commission costs expenses and other charges thereon

 

Others

The said amount of Rs.47.500 millions comprises OCC/ODBD Rs.30.000 millions (enhanced from Rs.25.000 millions), Bank Guarantee Rs.10.000 millions and Term Loan Rs.7.500 millions continued at existing level

Short particulars of the property or asset(s) charged (including complete address and location of the property)

First charge by way of hypothecation of book debts, computers and accessories, office equipments, plant, machineries, air conditioners, furnitures and fixtures and other fixed assets both present and future stored/installed at company premises at No.5, 11th Cross, 2nd Stage, West of Chord Road, Bangalore 560086 or at any other place

Particulars of the present modification

By the above, the amount secured by charge stands enhanced from Rs.42.500 millions to Rs.47.500 millions

(all other terms and conditions remain unchanged)

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

·         Computers and Accessories

·         Office Equipments

·         Plant and Machinery

·         Motor Car

·         Cycles

·         Air Conditioners

·         Furniture and Fixtures 

 

WEB DETAILS

 

COMPANY PROFILE

Subject owns several products used by many power utility companies including many state electricity boards and academic institutions across the country. All the products were indigenously designed and developed by subject. The most prominent products are MiPower, PowerDSM, MiPADAM, PowerEMS, SCADA-EMS and GIS-MiPower for power utilities. Subject is specialized in developing custom solutions for automation and simulation of manufacturing process. It has developed custom applications for the requirements of Maruthi Udyog Limited (India's leading Car manufacturer), Hero Honda Motors Limited (India's largest bike manufacturer), Bradma of India Limited (Leading Automation product suppliers), TISCO, CPRI, etc. PRDC is also involved in the development of real-time embedded systems. It has lent its services to ALIND and Prok Devices Private Limited. Microprocessor based distance relay involving DSP was developed for ALIND. Overcurrent and Earth fault Relay (OCEF Relay) was developed indigenously right from preliminary design to prototype and the total technology is transferred to Prok Devices Private Limited.

Subject is a pioneer in lending its services to power sector in the form of system planning and operational studies. The ranges of services cater to the gamut of software related activities exclusively for power sector. They deal with feasibility studies, requirement specifications, hardware configuration and identification, project management, business process, reengineering, energy auditing and accounting, power system tools, custom application development and real-time embedded systems development.

PRESS RELEASES

GIS for OPTCL

Bubaneswar – Monday May 09, 2011 - OPTCL is one among the country’s largest and power rich transmission utility having transformation capacity of about 10,100 MW. IT department, OPTCL headed by Mr. Anant Rao, CGM – IT is striving hard to bring in best of the breed IT technologies and applications to aid smooth and better management of the utility. Several initiatives have been made in the recent past. Vision to have a GIS system in place is the latest addition to this agenda. As a first step towards it, OPTCL has appointed M/s. Power Research and Development Consultants Private Limited (PRDC) for providing consultancy services that includes studying the state-of-the-art GIS technologies that is most suitable to OPTCL, to prepare a road map for implementation of GIS in OPTCL and extend necessary support in inviting tenders, identifying the right agencies for GIS implementation. PRDC is a Bangalore based pioneering consulting company specialized in providing consultancy services to Indian utilities and is among the largest power system consulting houses in whole of south Asia. PRDC is also listed in the India’s who is who in the Power Sector published by India core

Today PRDC had arranged an one day orientation cum brain storming workshop at Hotel MAYFAIR Lagoon. Workshop was well represented by the top management including all directors of OPTCL and most of the heads of the department of OPTCL. Senior officials of OERC, SLDC and CESU were among the special invitees. This is evident of the seriousness and commitment towards IT implementations by the top management under the ablest leadership of Sri. Hemant Sharma, IAS, MD OPTCL. Workshop was inaugurated by Sri. Hemant Sharma, IAS – Managing Director of OPTCL. He aptly addressed M/s. PRDC as the knowledge bank of the country and expressed his confidence in the team to come up with the road map for coming 3 to 5 years down the lane. Welcome address was made by Dr. R Nagaraja, Managing Director, PRDC. Sri. BK Mishra, Commissioner OERC, a veteran and guest of honor, spoke on the occasion and expressed his deep concern over IT implementations being neglected in the industry. He was very glad that OPTCL is taking step in the right direction. While addressing the gathering, Mr. K. K. Nath, Director Engineering, OPTCL stressed on maintenance and operational matters to be addressed

International and national GIS state of affairs and bird’s eye view of the road map to the implementation of GIS was presented by Dr. R. Nagaraja, Managing Director, PRDC, Subject experts Mr. MS Raju, Mr. Rajaseker Reddy and Mr. Ritesh Robin Stanley delivered technical presentations with good interactions. Workshop ended after panel discussion post lunch.

 

 


 

CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                              None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 


 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.50.72

UK Pound

1

Rs.79.87

Euro

1

Rs.68.46

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

5

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

5

--LEVERAGE

1~10

5

--RESERVES

1~10

5

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

45

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

-

NB

                                       New Business

-

 

 

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