Saturday, April 11, 2009
47 Indian companes find place in Forbes global 2000 list.
In Ambani Bros , big brother leads India with Reliance getting 121st Rank and also makes it to the list of top 200 companies with two other Indian entities, State Bank of India (150) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (152), in the list compiled by the US business magazine.
However, five Indian companies - scam-hit IT firm Satyam, realty firm Unitech, Suzlon Energy and two Anil Ambani group firms - Reliance Power and Reliance Capital - have been dropped from the Forbes 'Global 2000 List' this year.
Four Indian companies - Hero Honda Motors, Sun Pharma, Indian Bank and Jindal Steel and Power Ltd - are the new entrants to the list.
The top 10 Indian companies are: Reliance Industries (121), State Bank of India Group (150) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (152) Indian Oil Corporation (207) NTPC (317), ICICI Bank (329), Tata Steel (463), Bharti Airtel (508), Steel Authority of India (582) and Reliance Communications (689).
This year, China has 91 members, south Korea 61, and India 47. Even Kazakhstan is now a Global 2000 member. Also gaining a significant presence on the Forbes list are corporations from Arab countries: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates each have at least 10 entries on this year's list.
In total, the Global 2000 companies now account for $32 trillion in revenues, $1.6 trillion in profits, $125 trillion in assets and $20 trillion in market value. Source.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
India's 25 best employers
The Hewitt Best Employers study examines people management practices in India's leading organisations. It provides insights into how organisations can achieve a real competitive advantage through their people, explores what makes an organisation a good place to work and identifies a shortlist of the best employers.
Their research shows that Hewitt Best Employers excel at making employees feel connected to the business. They communicate with employees about the organisation's goals. They align people with the business through performance management and aggressive career development. And they link pay with performance of the individual and the company.
Note: If you do not find a particular company listed in this Hewitt study, it could also be because it did not participate in the study.
| Rank | Company |
| 1 | HCL Technology |
| 2 | Hindustan Zinc Ltd |
| 3 | Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces |
| 4 | Cisco Systems |
| 5 | ITC -- Welcomgroup |
| 6 | Intuit Technology Services Pvt Ltd |
| 7 | Eureka Forbes Limited |
| 8 | LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd |
| 9 | Domino's Pizza India Ltd |
| 10 | Marriott Hotels India Pvt Ltd |
| 11 | Godrej Consumer Products Ltd |
| 12 | Becton Dickinson India Pvt. Ltd |
| 13 | Stryker Global Technology Center Pvt Ltd |
| 14 | NetApp India Private Limited |
| 15 | The Oberoi Group |
| 16 | vCustomer Corporation |
| 17 | Paypal India Private Limited |
| 18 | Accenture Services Pvt Ltd |
| 19 | Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited |
| 20 | Whirlpool Of India Limited |
| 21 | Intelenet Global Services |
| 22 | HSBC |
| 23 | Hewlett-Packard India Sales Pvt Ltd |
| 24 | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd |
| 25 | Ford India Pvt Lt |
Sunday, March 15, 2009
10 Most trustworthy companies in India
10 Most trustworthy companies in India :
- Tata group
- Infosys
- HDFC Group
- L&T
- Aditya Birla Group
- Bharti Airtel
- Sundaram/TVS Group
- ICICI Bank
- Mukesh Ambani Group
- Anil Ambani group (via)