India upcoming IPOs this week: dates and price bands

Why IPO calendars are trending this week

Reddit and social media are heavily focused on India’s upcoming IPOs this week. The discussion is being driven by a tight cluster of opening and closing dates in mid-August. Posts also point to a busy listings schedule in the following week. One widely shared line is that around Rs 7,700 crore worth 9 IPOs are set to hit Dalal Street, with 8 new listings expected next week. Another recurring theme is the mix of mainboard and SME issues opening almost back-to-back. Users are circulating simple tables showing price bands, issue sizes, and subscription windows. Many comments track day-by-day subscription progress rather than long-term fundamentals. The result is a calendar-first conversation across platforms.

The mainboard line-up: five names in focus

The most discussed upcoming mainboard IPOs include Dhoot Transmission, Molbio Diagnostics, Milky Mist Dairy Food, Shiprocket, and Behari Lal Engineering. Social posts repeatedly call out these five as opening in the same week beginning August 10. Dhoot Transmission and Molbio Diagnostics are shown opening on August 10 and closing on August 12. Milky Mist Dairy Food is listed as opening on August 11 and closing on August 13. Shiprocket and Behari Lal Engineering are both shown opening on August 12 and closing on August 14. This sequencing is a key reason retail attention is split across multiple books at once. Several posts also highlight that Dhoot Transmission is the biggest among the imminent set.

SME IPOs: Credent and other mid-August opens

Alongside mainboard activity, social feeds are also tracking SME IPOs that open around August 13 and August 14. Credent Connect N Care is repeatedly mentioned as the next opening, with dates shown as 13 August to 17 August on the NSE SME platform. Separate shared tables also list Technocrats Plasma Systems, ENS Enterprises, and Skytech Infinite Platform with subscription windows of 14 August to 18 August. Another active SME being tracked in the same week is Pramodini Medicare, with a 12 August to 14 August window. Fascinate Textiles is also on many trackers, shown as an SME issue open from 11 August to 13 August. Some posts additionally reference other SME names, but the most detailed date and price-band information is centered on these.

Key dates, issue sizes, and price bands (as shared)

The most circulated details are the basic offer parameters, especially for the larger mainboard issues. Dhoot Transmission is listed with an issue size of ₹3,066.89 crore and a price band of ₹829 to ₹871. Molbio Diagnostics is listed with an issue size of ₹939.70 crore and a price band of ₹768 to ₹807. Milky Mist Dairy Food is shown at ₹1,553 crore with a price band of ₹133 to ₹140. Shiprocket is shown at ₹1,617.48 crore with a price band of ₹92 to ₹97. Behari Lal Engineering appears in trackers with an open window of 12 August to 14 August, and a separate table shows it at ₹301.62 crore with a price band of ₹271 to ₹285. For the SME cluster, Credent Connect N Care is listed at ₹93.90 crore with a price band of ₹179 to ₹189.

Live subscription snapshots being posted

A major part of the conversation is simple subscription tracking for active books. The most extreme numbers in the shared snapshot are for Dhoot Transmission and Molbio Diagnostics. Dhoot Transmission is shown with 50.03 times subscription in the “Total Subs” field in one table. Molbio Diagnostics is shown at 43.07 times in the same snapshot. Milky Mist Dairy Food is shown at 1.59 times, and Behari Lal Engineering at 1.35 times. Shiprocket is shown at 0.70 times at the time of that capture. On the SME side, Pramodini Medicare is shown at 0.69 times, while Fascinate Textiles is shown at 0.16 times. These figures are being reposted frequently, often without additional context.

What the bid and offer counts indicate (from the snapshot)

Some social trackers also include offered and bid quantities, which users use to infer demand. For Dhoot Transmission, one table shows offered shares of 2,49,56,363 and bids of 1,24,85,65,935. For Molbio Diagnostics, the same snapshot shows offered shares of 81,58,529 and bids of 35,13,76,254. Milky Mist is shown with offered shares of 8,17,98,244 and bids of 13,00,76,476. Shiprocket is shown with offered shares of 9,44,36,030 and bids of 6,59,22,626. Behari Lal Engineering is shown with offered shares of 74,12,769 and bids of 1,00,27,264. For Fascinate Textiles, offered shares are shown as 42,93,600 and bids as 6,99,200. These are point-in-time numbers that change through the day and near the close.

The next wave after this week: Aug 16 to Aug 20 opens

Beyond the immediate mid-August cluster, social calendars also point to a second wave starting August 16. Horizon Industrial Parks is listed to open on 16 Aug 2026 with a price band of ₹57 to ₹60 and an issue size of ₹2,600 crore. Lalithaa Jewellery Mart is also listed to open on 16 Aug 2026 with a price band of ₹190 to ₹201 and an issue size of ₹1,700 crore. Shankesh Jewellers is listed to open on 17 Aug 2026 with a price band of ₹88 to ₹93 and an issue size of ₹367.18 crore. Sunshine Pictures is listed to open on 17 Aug 2026 with a price band of ₹342 to ₹360 and an issue size of ₹282.14 crore. Another table also mentions Skyways Air with dates of 24 to 26 August and a price band of ₹131 to ₹137, while the issue size is not clearly stated in the shared snippet. Traders are using these dates to plan capital allocation across weeks.

Why investors are comparing mainboard vs SME this time

A repeated discussion thread is how attention is split between mainboard and SME IPOs. Mainboard issues dominate the total rupee size in the shared lists, especially Dhoot Transmission and the other large offers. SME IPOs, meanwhile, are being tracked for their short windows and smaller issue sizes. Credent Connect N Care is a common example because it opens right after multiple mainboard windows overlap. Some users are also sharing SME platform details, such as BSE SME or NSE SME, as a quick filter. Another common comparison is minimum investment, which appears in some trackers for select issues like Shankesh Jewellers and Sunshine Pictures. However, most viral posts stick to dates, price bands, and subscription metrics. The takeaway from the chatter is that investors are prioritising timing and liquidity planning.

What to watch on the calendar over the next few days

Based on what is being circulated, the immediate watchlist is the closing dates for the biggest books. Dhoot Transmission and Molbio Diagnostics are shown closing on August 12, making that a key deadline on many trackers. Milky Mist is shown closing on August 13, overlapping with SME activity. Shiprocket and Behari Lal Engineering run until August 14, extending the mainboard action into the second half of the week. Credent Connect N Care opens on August 13 and runs through August 17, so it spans into the next week’s opens like Horizon Industrial Parks and Lalithaa Jewellery Mart on August 16. SME issues such as Technocrats Plasma Systems, ENS Enterprises, and Skytech Infinite Platform are shown opening on August 14 and closing on August 18. Social threads are likely to stay focused on subscription updates as these dates approach and pass.