"India's best 25 employers"

1)

Name: HCL Technologies

Rank: 1

Market cap: Rs 7,465.86 crore (Rs 74.66 billion)

Chairman and chief strategy officer: Shiv Nadar

What it does: HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company. It offers an integrated portfolio of services, including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO.

2)

Name: Hindustan Zinc Limited

Rank: 2

Market cap: Rs 20,406.75 crore (Rs 204.07 billion)

Chairman: Agnivesh Agrawal

What it does: Hindustan Zinc is a vertically integrated company with mining and smelting operations located mainly in Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the world's largest integrated zinc and lead producers.


3)

Name: Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces

Rank: 3

Market cap: Rs 312.25 crore (Rs 3.12 billion)

Managing director and CEO: Raymond Bickson

What it does: Recognised as one of Asia's largest and finest hotel company, Taj Hotels Resort and Palaces comprises more than 60 hotels in 45 locations across India with an additional 15 international hotels in the Malaysia, United Kingdom, United States of America, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Africa, the Middle East and Australia.

Last year, the group's heritage hotel in Mumbai faced a terrible terrorist attack. During this crisis, its staff won accolades for putting their guests' safety and comfort first, at times even at the cost of their own lives.

4)

Name: Cisco Systems

Rank: 4

Revenue, as of 2008 : $39 billion

Chairman and CEO: John T Chambers

What it does: Cisco hardware, software and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that make networks possible. It was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University.

Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol-based networking technologies. Today, it has more than 67,647 employees worldwide.


5)

Name: ITC -- Welcomgroup

Rank: 5

Worth: Rs 2,300 crore (Rs 23 billion)

CEO: Nakul Anand

What it does: ITC entered the hotels business in 1975 with the acquisition of a hotel in Chennai, which was rechristened ITC Chola. Today, ITC-Welcomgroup has over 90 hotels in 77 destinations.

Despite the downturn, the company isn't lowering growth projections or reducing its workforce. In fact, it plans to double the number of rooms in its luxury hotels to 5,000 in the next three years.

6)

Name: Intuit Technology Services Pvt Ltd

Rank: 6

Revenue for 2008: $3.07 billion

CEO: Brad Smith; India MD: Umang Bedi

What it does: Intuit provides business and financial management solutions for small and medium sized businesses, financial institutions, consumers and accounting professionals in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Intuit India is a fully owned subsidiary of Intuit Inc USA. Located in Bangalore, it was started in April 2005. It is one of the two development centres of Intuit outside the USA, along with Intuit Canada.

7)

Name: Eureka Forbes Limited

Rank: 7

Worth: Rs 10 billion

Vice chairman and MD: S L Goklaney

What it does: Eureka Forbes, which is part of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, are leaders in domestic and industrial water purification systems, vacuum cleaners, air purifiers and security solutions. They are Asia's largest direct sales organisation; 6,000 of its 7,000-odd employees are part of its direct sales force.

8)

Name: L G Electronics India Pvt Ltd

Rank: 8

Turnover in 2008: Rs 10,700 crore (Rs 107 billion)

Managing director: Moon B Shin

What it does: In India for a decade now, L G is a leading brand when it comes to consumer durables. It is also recognised as a technology innovator in the information technology and mobile communications business. It has a large and varied portfolio of consumer electronics, home appliances, GSM mobile phones and IT products.

9)

Name: Domino's Pizza India Ltd

Rank: 9

Worth: Domino's claims to have a 42 per cent market share in India's Rs 350 crore (Rs 3.5 billion) organised pizza market.

CEO: Ajay Kaul

What it does: Domino's Pizza India Ltd, which was incorporated in March 1995, is one of the largest and fastest growing international food chains in South Asia. The first Domino's Pizza store in India opened in January 1996 in New Delhi.

Today, Domino's Pizza India has grown into a countrywide network around 250 outlets in 49 cities, delivering over 2 crore (20 million) pizzas annually.

10)

Name: Marriott Hotels India Pvt Ltd

Rank: 10

Worth: In fiscal year 2008, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of nearly $13 billion.

Chairman and CEO: J W Marriott, Jr; Area vice-president, (India, Pakistan, Maldives, Malaysia): Rajeev Menon

What it does: Marriott International, Inc, is a leading lodging company with more than 3,100 lodging properties in 66 countries and territories. The company is headquartered in the US and had approximately 146,000 employees at the end of 2008. It is ranked as the lodging industry's most admired company and one of the best companies to work for by business magazine Fortune.

11)

Name: Godrej Consumer Products Ltd

Rank: 11

Market cap: Rs 3,303.68 crore (Rs 33.04 billion)

Chairman and managing director: Adi Godrej

What it does: Started in 1897 as a locks manufacturing company, the Godrej Group today is a leading manufacturer of goods and provider of services in a multitude of categories: home appliances, consumer durables, consumer products, industrial products and agri products to name a few.

A recent estimate suggested that 350 million people across India use Godrej products. The group has recently entered the real estate and information technology sectors.

12)

Name: Becton Dickinson India Pvt. Ltd

Rank: 12

Revenue: Revenues rose to $7.156 billion for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. BD generates over 50 percent of its revenues outside the United States.

Chairman and CEO: Edward J Ludwig; India managing director: Ram Sharma

What it does: Becton Dickinson India is a medical technology company that serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public. It manufactures and sells a broad range of medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products.

BD has a highly automated manufacturing facility in Haryana that makes products recognised around the world, including disposable needles, syringes and catheters.

13)

Name: Stryker Global Technology Center Pvt Ltd

Rank: 13

Revenue (2008): Stryker has reported eight consecutive years of double-digit sales growth. In 2008, Company sales reached $ 6.7 billion, 12.0% more than the total for the previous year.

President and CEO: Stephen P MacMillan

What it does: Stryker is a broadly based, global leader in medical technology and is one of the largest players in the $35.6 billion worldwide orthopaedic market. Company products are marketed in over 120 countries.

Through top quality products, simplified surgical techniques and improved hospital efficiencies, Stryker helps reduce health-care costs throughout the world and enables surgeons and medical professionals to help their patients lead more active and fulfilling lives.

14)

Name: NetApp India Private Limited

Rank: 14

Revenue (2008): $3.3 billion. NetApp's India revenue has risen by about 40 percent a year since it started operations in 2000.

Chairman and CEO: Dan Warmenhoven; India managing director: George Thomas

What it does: NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that helps accelerate business breakthroughs and achieve cost efficiency. It is one of the fastest-growing storage and data management providers today. It has nearly 8,000 employees and over 130 offices worldwide.

15)

Name: The Oberoi Group

Rank: 15

Chairman and CEO: P R S Oberoi

What it does: Founded in 1934, the group operates in 27 hotels and three cruisers in five countries under the luxury 'Oberoi' and five-star 'Trident' brands. It is also engaged in flight catering, airport restaurants, travel and tour services, car rentals, project management and corporate air charters.

It established The Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development for training in hospitality management in 1966.

The Trident and Oberoi hotels in south Mumbai were subject to dastardly terrorist attacks last year, but are now up and running again.

16)

Name: vCustomer Corporation

Rank: 16

CEO and founder: Sanjay Kumar

What it does: Established in 1999 and privately held, US-based vCustomer is a leading provider of customer care contact centre solutions and services. It provides industry expertise in banking and finance, communications and telecom, travel and hospitality, retail and consumer technology and government.

Its services include inbound/outbound call centre, technical support, back-office, loyalty program management, pre-sales support and up-sell/cross-sell, CRM and analytics. With state-of-the-art facilities in the United States, India, Philippines and the United Kingdom, it employs more than 4,000 professionals globally.

17)

Name: Paypal India Private Limited

Rank: 17

Revenues for Q4 2008: $623 million, up 11 percent year-over-year

President: Scott Thompson; Head, Asia-Pacific: Farhad Irani

What it does: PayPal is a global leader in online payment solutions with more than 153 million accounts worldwide. Available in 190 markets and 18 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce by making payments possible across different locations, currencies, and languages.

The service allows anyone to pay in any way they prefer, including through credit cards, bank accounts, buyer credit or account balances, without sharing financial information. Located in the US, PayPal was founded in 1998 and was acquired by eBay in 2002.

18)

Name: Accenture Services Pvt Ltd

Rank: 18

Net revenue (2008): $23.39 billion

Chairman and CEO: William D Green; Chairman and geography managing director, India: Harsh Manglik

What it does: Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Using a combination of experience, capabilities across all industries and business functions and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.

19)

Name: Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited

Rank: 19

Market cap: Rs 12,247.19 crore (Rs 122.47 billion)

Executive vice chairman and managing director: Uday Kotak

What it does: Kotak Mahindra offers a wide range of financial services for both individuals and corporates, including commercial banking, stock broking, mutual funds, life insurance and investment banking. It has a net worth of over Rs 6,327 crore (Rs 63.27 billion) and around 5.9 million customer accounts.

It has a distribution network of more than 1,300 branches, franchisees, representative offices and satellite offices across cities and towns in India and offices in New York, London, San Francisco, Dubai, Mauritius and Singapore.

20)

Name: Whirlpool Of India Limited

Rank: 20

Market cap: Rs 403.54 crore (Rs 4.04 billion)

Managing director: Arvind Uppal

What it does: Whirlpool, which is headquartered in the US, began in 1911 as a commercial manufacturer of motorised washers, Today, with a presence in over 170 countries, it is the world's number one manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances.

It is holds a 25 per cent market share in India and owns three state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities at Faridabad, Pondicherry and Pune. According to IMRB surveys, Whirlpool is the single largest refrigerator and second largest washing machine brand in India.

In the year ending in March '06, the annual turnover of the company for its Indian enterprise was Rs 1,375 crore (Rs 13.75 billion).

21)

Name: Intelenet Global Services

Rank: 21

Worth: By September 2008, it had grown 128.1 percent to Rs.6.57 billion up from Rs.2.88 billion last fiscal.

CEO and managing director: Susir Kumar

What it does: Intelenet is a leading global third party BPO Company that delivers Business Process Outsourcing services to Fortune 500 companies in the UK, USA, Australia and India.

Its solutions extend across all strata of BPO, technology and consulting and can be applied across diverse industries spanning banking & finance, insurance, retail, telecom, information technology, travel and hospitality.

22)

Name: The Hong Kong And Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

Rank: 22

Worth: HSBC India posted a 50 percent increase in total income and 41 percent in net profit for the year ended March 31, 2008. Total income rose to Rs 70.96 billion from Rs 47.20 billion in 2006-07. During the same period, net profit rose to Rs 11.92 billion from Rs 8.46 billion.

Group general manager and country head: Naina Lal Kidwai

What it does: HSBC's origins in India date back to 1853, when the Mercantile Bank of India was established in Mumbai with an authorised capital of Rs 5 million. It was acquired in 1959 by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

Today, in India, the bank offers a comprehensive suite of products and services to its corporate and commercial banking clients as also personal banking customers. In fact, it gave India its first ATM in 1987.

23)

Name: Hewlett-Packard India Sales Pvt Ltd

Rank: 23

Revenue (2007-08): Rs 15,454 crore (Rs 154.54 billion)

Managing director, HP India: Neelam Dhawan

What it does: HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing for consumers, enterprises and small and medium businesses.

24)

Name: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

Rank: 24

Market cap: Rs 50,068.88 crore (Rs 500.69 billion)

Chairman: Sarthak Behuria

What it does: The 18th largest petroleum company in the world, Indian Oil is currently India's largest company by sales, with a turnover of $59.22 billion and profit of $1.67 billion for fiscal 2007. It is also the highest ranked Indian company in business magazine Fortune's Global 500 list.

The Indian Oil group of companies owns and operates 10 of India's 19 refineries with a combined refining capacity of 60.2 million metric tonnes per annum (ie 1.2 million barrels per day).

25)

Name: Ford India Pvt Ltd

Rank: 25

Worth: Ford India had an accumulated loss of Rs 819.64 crore (Rs 8.20 billion) in 2007-2008. It registered a 35 per cent growth in month-on-month sales in February 2009 and posted an 8 per cent growth in year-on-year growth compared to February last year.

President and managing director: Michael Boneham

What it does: Established in 1995, Ford India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader. Ford India manufactures and distributes automobiles made at its modern integrated manufacturing facility at Maraimalai Nagar, near Chennai.

With over 2,100 employees, the company's models include the Ikon, Fusion, Endeavour and the Fiesta. Ford India is in its twelfth year of operations in the country.