Escorts securities limited (ESL), was created under the pedigree of the Escorts Group, the Indian multinational conglomerate that operates in the agrimachinery, construction, material handling and railway equipments. With opening up of Indian economy in 1991-92 and consequently a vast array of opportunities was offered to domestic industry. Realizing huge potential economic growth that opening up of economy would unleash, finance and financial services would be the centre of all economic activities. ESL was created in 1996 to fill the vacuum of a credible and trustworthy provider of financial services and particularly in securities market. ESL offers an entire gamut of financial services relating to equities and debt investment, depository, futures and options, advisory services, fund raising and syndication, IPOs, FPOs, bonds and Mutual funds. The company is a member of the National stock exchange of India Ltd. (NSE) in Cash as well as Futures & Options (F&O) segments; it has memberships of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), National Securities Depository Ltd. (NSDL) and is a category I Merchant Banker. ESL is also a SEBI registered Portfolio Manager offering complete range of portfolio management and advisory services to their clients.