PROSPECTUS

Dated: September 12, 2023

(This Prospectus will be updated

upon filing with the RoC)

Please read Section 26 and 32 of the

Companies Act, 2013

(Please scan this QR Code to view the Prospectus)

Fixed Price Issue

TECHKNOWGREEN SOLUTIONS LIMITED

CIN: U90000PN2023PLC217501

Registered Office

Contact Person

Email and Telephone

Website

Flat-202, Hem Opal Apartment, Plot No. 26, Ekta

Vinayak Chindak,

Email Id:cs@techknowgreen.com

www.techkno

Park Society, Wakdewadi Pune - 411003,

Company Secretary and

Tel no: +91 9607002553

wgreen.com

Maharashtra, India.

Compliance Officer

PROMOTER OF THE COMPANY: AJAY RAMAKANT OJHA AND PRASAD RANGRAO PAWAR

DETAILS OF THE ISSUE

Type

Fresh Issue Size

Offer For

Total Issue Size

Eligibility

(In Lakh)

Sale Size

(In Lakh)

(In Lakh)

Fresh

19,44,000 Equity Shares

Nil

₹ 1,671.84 Lakh

The Issue is being made pursuant to Regulation 229(1) of

Issue

amounting to ₹ 1,671.84 Lakh

SEBI ICDR Regulations. As the Company's post issue face

value capital does not exceed ₹10.00 Crore.

DETAILS OF OFFER FOR SALE, SELLING SHAREHOLDERS AND THEIR WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF ACQUISITION:

Not Applicable as the entire Issue constitutes Fresh Issue of Equity Shares

RISK IN RELATION TO THE FIRST ISSUE

This being the first public issue of our Company, there has been no formal market for the Equity Shares. The face value of the Equity Shares is ₹

10.00 each and the Issue Price is 8.6 times of the face value of the Equity Shares. The Issue Price (determined and justified by our Company in consultation with the Lead Manager as stated in "Basis for Issue Price" on page 82 of this Prospectus) should not be taken to be indicative of the market price of the Equity Shares after the Equity Shares are listed. No assurance can be given regarding an active or sustained trading in the Equity Shares or regarding the price at which the Equity Shares will be traded after listing.

GENERAL RISKS

Investments in Equity and Equity-related securities involve a degree of risk and investors should not invest any funds in this Issue unless they can afford to take the risk of losing their entire investment. Investors are advised to read the risk factors carefully before taking an investment decision in the Issue. For taking an investment decision, investors must rely on their own examination of our Company and the Issue including the risks involved. The Equity Shares issued in the Issue have not been recommended or approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI"), nor does SEBI guarantee the accuracy or adequacy of the Prospectus. Specific attention of the investors is invited to the section "Risk Factors" beginning on page 23 of this Prospectus.

ISSUER'S ABSOLUTE RESPONSIBILITY

Our Company, having made all reasonable inquiries, accepts responsibility for and confirms that this Prospectus contains all information with regard to our Company and the Issue, which is material in the context of the Issue, that the information contained in this Prospectus is true and correct in all material aspects and is not misleading in any material respect, that opinions and intentions expressed herein are honestly held and that there are no other facts, the omission of which makes this Prospectus as a whole or any of such information or the expression of any such opinions or intentions misleading in any material respect.

LISTING

The Equity Shares issued through the Prospectus are proposed to be listed on the SME Platform of BSE Limited in terms of the Chapter IX of the SEBI (ICDR) Regulations, 2018 as amended from time to time. Our Company has received 'in-principle' approvals from BSE for the listing of the Equity Shares pursuant to letters dated September 11, 2023. For the purposes of the Issue, the Designated Stock Exchange shall be BSE Limited.

LEAD MANAGER TO THE ISSUE

Contact Person

Email & Telephone

Ivor Anil Misquith

Email: compliance-ifsl@indorient.in

Tel No.: +91 79772 12186

INDORIENT FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

REGISTRAR TO THE ISSUE

Contact Person

Email & Telephone

Sagar Pathare

Email: ipo@bigshareonline.com

Tel: +91 22 6263 8200

BIGSHARE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

ISSUE PROGRAMME

ISSUE OPENS ON: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

ISSUE CLOSES ON: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

PROSPECTUS

Dated: September 12, 2023

(This Prospectus will be updated

upon filing with the RoC)

Please read Section 26 and 32 of the

Companies Act, 2013

(Please scan this QR Code to view the Prospectus)

Fixed Price Issue

TECHKNOWGREEN SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Our Company was originally formed as a Partnership Firm pursuant to Deed of Partnership dated April 05, 2001 in the name and style of "TECHNO GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS", thereafter the firm got registered under the Partnership Act, 1932 ("Partnership Act") having Firm Registration Number BA- 81287 in the name and style of "TECHNOGREEN ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS" dated September 17, 2001. The firm was thereafter converted from Partnership Firm to a Public Limited Company under Part I of Chapter XXI of the Companies Act, 2013 with the name and style of "TECHKNOWGREEN SOLUTIONS LIMITED" and received a Certificate of Incorporation from the Registrar of Companies, Central Registration Centre dated January 02, 2023. The Company's Corporate Identity Number is U90000PN2023PLC217501. For further details, pertaining to change of name and registered office of our Company, please refer the chapter titled "Our History and Certain Corporate Matters" beginning on page 122 of this Prospectus.

Registered Office: Flat-202, Hem Opal Apartment, Plot No. 26, Ekta Park Society, Wakdewadi Pune - 411003, Maharashtra, India.

Contact Person: Vinayak Chindak, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer

Tel: +91 9607002553; E-mail:cs@techknowgreen.com;Website:www.techknowgreen.com

Our Promoter: Ajay Ramakant Ojha and Prasad Rangrao Pawar

THE ISSUE

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF 19,44,000 EQUITY SHARES OF FACE VALUE OF ₹ 10.00 EACH ("EQUITY SHARES") OF TECHKNOWGREEN SOLUTIONS LIMITED ("TSL" OR "COMPANY" OR "ISSUER") FOR CASH AT A PRICE OF ₹ 86.00 PER EQUITY SHARE INCLUDING A SHARE PREMIUM OF ₹ 76.00 PER EQUITY SHARE (THE "ISSUE PRICE") AGGREGATING UPTO ₹ 1,671.84 LAKH ("THE ISSUE") OF WHICH 97,600 EQUITY SHARES OF FACE VALUE OF ₹ 10.00 EACH FOR CASH AT A PRICE OF ₹ 86.00 PER EQUITY SHARE INCLUDING A SHARE PREMIUM OF ₹ 76.00 PER EQUITY SHARE AGGREGATING TO ₹ 83.94 LAKH WILL BE RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIPTION BY MARKET MAKER TO THE ISSUE (THE "MARKET MAKER RESERVATION PORTION"). THE ISSUE LESS THE MARKET MAKER RESERVATION PORTION I.E. NET ISSUE OF 18,46,400 EQUITY SHARES OF FACE VALUE OF ₹ 10.00 EACH AT A PRICE OF ₹ 86.00 PER EQUITY SHARE INCLUDING A SHARE PREMIUM OF ₹ 76.00 PER EQUITY SHARE AGGREGATING TO ₹ 1,587.90 LAKH (THE "NET ISSUE"). THE ISSUE AND THE NET ISSUE WILL CONSTITUTE 26.33% AND 25.01% RESPECTIVELY OF THE POST ISSUE PAID UP EQUITY SHARE CAPITAL OF OUR COMPANY.

THE FACE VALUE OF THE EQUITY SHARE IS ₹ 10.00 AND THE ISSUE PRICE IS 8.6 TIMES OF THE FACE VALUE OF THE EQUITY SHARES

In terms of Rule 19(2)(b)(i) of the SCRR this Issue is being made for at least 25% of the post-issuepaid-up Equity Share capital of our Company. This issue is being made through Fixed Price process in accordance and compliance with Chapter IX and other applicable provisions of SEBI ICDR Regulations wherein a minimum 50% of the Net Issue is allocated for Retail Individual Investors and the balance shall be offered to individual applicants other than Retail Individual Investors and other investors including corporate bodies or institutions, QIBs and Non-Institutional Investors. However, if the aggregate demand from the Retail Individual Investors is less than 50%, then the balance Equity Shares in that portion will be added to the non-retail portion offered to the remaining investors including QIBs and NIIs and vice-versa subject to valid applications being received from them at or above the Issue Price. Additionally, if the Retail Individual Investors category is entitled to more than 50% on proportionate basis, the Retail Individual Investors shall be allocated that higher percentage. All potential investors shall participate in the Issue only through an Application Supported by Blocked Amount ("ASBA") process including through UPI mode (as applicable) by providing details of the respective bank accounts and / or UPI IDs, in case of RIIs, if applicable, which will be blocked by the Self Certified Syndicate Banks ("SCSBs") for the same. For details in this regard, specific attention is invited to "Issue Procedure" beginning on page 220 of this Prospectus. A copy of Prospectus will be filed with the Registrar of Companies as required under Section 26 and Section 32 of the Companies Act, 2013.

RISK IN RELATION TO THE FIRST ISSUE

This being the first public issue of our Company, there has been no formal market for the Equity Shares. The face value of the Equity Shares is ₹ 10.00 each and the Issue Price is 8.6 times of the face value of the Equity Shares. The Issue Price (determined and justified by our Company in consultation with the Lead Manager as stated in "Basis for Issue Price" on page 82 of this Prospectus) should not be taken to be indicative of the market price of the Equity Shares after the Equity Shares are listed. No assurance can be given regarding an active or sustained trading in the Equity Shares or regarding the price at which the Equity Shares will be traded after listing.

GENERAL RISKS

Investments in Equity and Equity-related securities involve a degree of risk and investors should not invest any funds in this Issue unless they can afford to take the risk of losing their entire investment. Investors are advised to read the risk factors carefully before taking an investment decision in the Issue. For taking an investment decision, investors must rely on their own examination of our Company and the Issue including the risks involved. The Equity Shares issued in the Issue have not been recommended or approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI"), nor does SEBI guarantee the accuracy or adequacy of the Prospectus. Specific attention of the investors is invited to the section "Risk Factors" beginning on page 23 of this Prospectus.

ISSUER'S ABSOLUTE RESPONSIBILITY

Our Company, having made all reasonable inquiries, accepts responsibility for and confirms that this Prospectus contains all information with regard to our Company and the Issue, which is material in the context of the Issue, that the information contained in this Prospectus is true and correct in all material aspects and is not misleading in any material respect, that opinions and intentions expressed herein are honestly held and that there are no other facts, the omission of which makes this Prospectus as a whole or any of such information or the expression of any such opinions or intentions misleading in any material respect.

LISTING

The Equity Shares issued through the Prospectus are proposed to be listed on the SME Platform of BSE Limited in terms of the Chapter IX of the SEBI (ICDR) Regulations, 2018 as amended from time to time. Our Company has received 'in-principle' approvals from BSE for the listing of the Equity Shares pursuant to letters dated September 11, 2023. For the purposes of the Issue, the Designated Stock Exchange shall be BSE Limited.

LEAD MANAGER TO THE ISSUE

REGISTRAR TO THE ISSUE

INDORIENT FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

BIGSHARE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Office No. S6-2, 6th Pinnacle Business Park, Mahakali Caves Road, next to

A/501, Rustomjee Central Park, Executive Spaces, Andheri Kurla Road,

Ahura Centre, Andheri East, Mumbai- 400093, Maharashtra, India

Chakala, Mumbai - 400093, Maharashtra, India

Tel No.: +91 - 22 - 6263 8200; Fax No.: +91 - 22 - 6263 8299

Tel No.: +91 79772 12186

E-mail: ipo@bigshareonline.com

Email: compliance-ifsl@indorient.in

Investor Grievance E-mail:investor@bigshareonline.com

Website: www.indorient.in

Website: www.bigshareonline.com

Contact Person: Ivor Anil Misquith

Contact Person: Sagar Pathare

SEBI Registration No: INM000012661

SEBI Registration No.: INR000001385

CIN: U67190DL1993PLC052085

CIN: U99999MH1994PTC076534

ISSUE PROGRAMME

ISSUE OPENS ON: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

ISSUE CLOSES ON: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

CONTENTS

SECTION I: GENERAL

1

DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

1

CERTAIN CONVENTIONS, USE OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND MARKET DATA AND

CURRENCY OF FINANCIAL PRESENTATION

15

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

17

SECTION II: SUMMARY OF PROSPECTUS

18

SECTION III: RISK FACTORS

23

SECTION IV: INTRODUCTION

46

THE ISSUE

46

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

48

SECTION V: GENERAL INFORMATION

51

SECTION VI: CAPITAL STRUCTURE

60

SECTION VII: PARTICULARS OF THE ISSUE

70

OBJECTS OF THE ISSUE

70

BASIS FOR ISSUE PRICE

82

STATEMENT OF SPECIAL TAX BENEFITS

86

SECTION VIII: ABOUT THE COMPANY

89

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

89

OUR BUSINESS

106

KEY INDUSTRY REGULATIONS AND POLICIES

114

OUR HISTORY AND CERTAIN CORPORATE MATTERS

122

OUR MANAGEMENT

126

OUR PROMOTERS AND PROMOTER GROUP

144

OUR GROUP COMPANIES

149

DIVIDEND POLICY

151

SECTION IX: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

152

RESTATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

152

OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION

179

CAPITALISATION STATEMENT

180

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULT OF

OPERATIONS

181

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL INDEBTEDNESS

189

SECTION X: LEGAL AND OTHER INFORMATION

191

OUTSTANDING LITIGATION AND MATERIAL DEVELOPMENTS

191

GOVERNMENT AND OTHER STATUTORY APPROVALS

195

OTHER REGULATORY AND STATUTORY DISCLOSURES

198

SECTION XI: ISSUE RELATED INFORMATION

210

TERMS OF THE ISSUE

210

ISSUE STRUCTURE

217

ISSUE PROCEDURE

220

RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF INDIAN SECURITIES

244

SECTION XII: MAIN PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

247

SECTION XIII: OTHER INFORMATION

264

MATERIAL CONTRACTS AND DOCUMENTS FOR INSPECTION

264

DECLARATION

266

SECTION I: GENERAL

DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

This Prospectus uses certain definitions and abbreviations which, unless the context otherwise indicates or implies, shall have the meaning as provided below. References to any legislation, act, regulation, rules, guidelines or policies shall be to such legislation, act, regulation, rules, guidelines or policies, as amended, supplemented or re-enacted from time to time and any reference to a statutory provision shall include any subordinate legislation made from time to time under that provision.

The words and expressions used in this Prospectus but not defined herein shall have, to the extent applicable, the meaning ascribed to such terms under the Companies Act, the SEBI (ICDR) Regulations, the SCRA, the Listing Regulations, the Depositories Act or the Rules and Regulations made thereunder.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, terms used in of the sections "Statement of Special Tax Benefits", "Restated Financial Statements", "Main Provisions of Articles of Association", "Industry Overview", "Our Business", "Basis for Issue Price", "Our History and Certain Corporate Matters", "Key Industry Regulations and Policies", "Other Regulatory and Statutory Disclosures" and "Outstanding Litigations and Material Developments" on pages 86, 152, 247, 89, 106, 82, 122, 114, 191 and 191 respectively, shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the relevant section.

GENERAL TERMS

Term

Description

"TECHKNOWGREEN

Unless the context otherwise indicates or implies, refers to Techknowgreen Solutions

SOLUTIONS

LIMITED",

Limited, a Public Limited Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013

"TKGREEN", "TSL", "We"

having its registered office at Flat-202, Hem Opal Apartment, Plot No. 26, Ekta Park

or "us" or "Our Company" or

Society, Wakdewadi, Pune - 411003, Maharashtra, India.

"the Issuer"

Our Company was originally formed as a partnership firm under the Partnership Act,

1932 in the name and style of "M/s Techno Green Environmental Solutions", pursuant

to a deed of partnership dated April 05, 2001 and got registered under the Partnership

Act, 1932 dated September 17, 2001. "M/s. Technogreen Environmental Solutions"

was thereafter converted from a partnership firm to a public limited company under

Part I Chapter XXI of the Companies Act, 2013 in the name of "Techknowgreen

Solutions Limited"

You or Your or Yours

Prospective Investors in this Issue.

COMPANY RELATED TERMS

Term

Description

AOA / Articles / Articles of

The Articles of Association of our Company, as amended from time to time.

Association

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee of our Company constituted in accordance Section 177 of the

Companies Act, 2013 and as described in the section titled "Our Management"

beginning on page 126 of this Prospectus.

Auditor of our Company /

The Statutory Auditors of our Company, being Vishwas & Associates, Chartered

Statutory Auditor

Accountants at Unit No. 5B, Laxmi Plaza, Laxmi Industrial Estate, New Link Road,

Andheri (W), Mumbai - 400053, Maharashtra, India, holding a valid peer review

certificate as mentioned in the section titled "General Information" beginning on page

51 of this Prospectus.

Banker to our Company

ICICI Bank, Shivaji Nagar Branch, Pune as disclosed in the section titled "General

Information" beginning on page 51 of this Prospectus.

Board / Board of Directors /

The Board of Directors of our Company, including all duly constituted Committees

Our Board

thereof. For further details of our directors, please refer to section titled "Our

Management" beginning on page 126 of this Prospectus.

CIN / Corporate Identification

U90000PN2023PLC217501

Number

Chief Financial Officer / CFO

The Chief Financial Officer of our Company as mentioned in the section titled

"General Information" beginning on page 51 of this Prospectus.

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Term

Description

Company Secretary &

The Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of our Company as mentioned in the

Compliance Officer

section titled "General Information" beginning on page 51 of this Prospectus.

Director(s) / our Directors

Director(s) of our company unless otherwise specified

Depositories Act

The Depositories Act, 1996, as amended from time to time

Depositories

National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services

(India) Limited (CDSL).

Erstwhile Partnership Firm

M/s Technogreen Environmental Solutions

Equity Shares / Shares

The equity shares of our Company of face value of ₹10.00 each unless otherwise

specified in the context thereof.

Equity

Shareholders

/

Persons / Entities holding Equity Shares of the Company

Shareholders

Executive Directors

An Executive Directors are the Managing Director & Whole Time Directors of our

Company, as appointed from time to time

Restated Financial Statements

The financial information of the Company which comprises of the Restated Statement

of Assets and Liabilities for the Financial Years ended on March 31, 2023; 2022 and

2021, the Restated Statement of Profit and Loss and the Restated Cash Flow Statement

for the Financial Years ended March 31, 2023; 2022 and 2021, and the related notes,

schedules and annexures thereto included in this Prospectus, which have been

prepared in accordance with the Companies Act, Indian GAAP, and restated in

accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations.

Fugitive economic offender

Shall mean an individual who is declared a fugitive economic offender under section

12 of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 (17 of 2018)

Group Companies / Entities

Such companies / entities as covered under the applicable accounting standards and

such other companies as considered material by the Board. For details of our Group

Companies / entities, please refer "Our Group Companies" on page 149 of this

Prospectus.

Independent Directors

Independent directors on the Board, and eligible to be appointed as an independent

director under the provisions of Companies Act and SEBI Listing Regulations. For

details of the Independent Directors, please refer section titled "Our Management"

beginning on page 126 of this Prospectus.

"INDORIENT"

Indorient Financial Services Limited

ISIN

International Securities Identification Number, in this case being INE0P4P01011

JV/ Joint Venture

A commercial enterprise undertaken jointly by two or more parties which otherwise

retain their distinct identities.

Key Management Personnel /

Key Managerial Personnel of our Company in terms of the Companies Act, 2013 and

KMP

Regulation 2(1) (bb) of the SEBI (ICDR) Regulations 2018 and Section 2(51) of the

Companies Act, 2013. For details, see section entitled "Our Management" beginning

on page 126 of this Prospectus.

MD or Managing Director

The Managing Director of our Company is Ajay Ramakant Ojha

Materiality Policy

The policy on identification of Group Companies, Material Creditors and Material

Litigation, adopted by our Board on May 08, 2023 in accordance with the

requirements of the SEBI (ICDR) Regulations.

MoA

/

Memorandum

The Memorandum of Association of our Company, as amended from time to time

of Association

Non-Executive Director

A Director not being an Executive Director or is an Independent Director

NRIs/ Non-Resident Indians

A person resident outside India, as defined under Foreign Exchange Management Act

1999 and who is a citizen of India or a Person of Indian Origin under Foreign

Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside

India) Regulations, 2000.

Nomination

& Remuneration

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of our Company constituted in

Committee

accordance with Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013, as disclosed in the section

titled "Our Management" beginning on page 126 of this Prospectus.

Promoter(s) /Core Promoter

The promoters of our Company being Ajay Ramakant Ojha and Prasad Rangrao

Pawar. For further details, please refer to section titled "Our Promoters and Promoter

Group" on page 144 of this Prospectus.

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