The initial public offering of Vikran Engineering, an infrastructure EPC company, garnered 2.38 times subscription on the first day of bidding on Tuesday. The initial share sale received bids for 13,97,19,696 shares against 5,87,39,128 shares on offer, according to data available with the NSE. Non-institutional investors part attracted 5.15 times subscription, while the quota for retail individual investors got subscribed 2.32 times. Qualified institutional buyers part fetched 41 per cent subscription. Vikran Engineering on Monday mobilised Rs 231.6 crore from anchor investors. The Rs 772-crore initial public offering (IPO) will open for subscription on August 26 and will conclude on August 29. The price band has been set at Rs 92-97 per share. The IPO is a mix of fresh issue of shares of about Rs 721 crore and an offer-for-sale portion worth Rs 51 crore by the promoter. The Mumbai-based company intends to utilise proceeds from the fresh issue to the tune of Rs 541 crore for fund