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 Nanda, was first converted through a remarkable manoeuvre to one where profits were not taboo (in 2000), and then converted into a limited liability company, a part of which is now proposed to be sold to the Merlion India fund for Rs 65 crore.

 Since the Delhi-based EHIRC was registered as a non-profit society, a society with exactly the same name (but with some vital clauses like the non-profit one removed) was registered in Chandigarh, the two were then merged, and in one stroke, it was possible to convert this merged entity into a company which could then be sold off a profit which could be distributed to its shareholders.

 Co-ordination between various departments of the government being what it is, no one was able to detect the infringement until the second of H.P. Nanda

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First Published: Sep 09 2003 | 12:00 AM IST

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