India's Best Firms for IT and ITeS Sectors

4. Cognizant:

Cognizant is an American multinational firm that provides its services in IT, BPO and consulting services. It is headquartered at New Jersey, United States. The Cognizant India is one of the most essential worldwide delivery centers of Cognizant Technology Solutions, says Pritika Ghura.It was started as an in-house technology unit of Dun and Bradstreet in the year 1994 and the company started serving external clients in the year 1996. Its IPO was launched in the year 1998 after a series of corporate splits and reforms of its parent company. The company saw a fast growth during 2000s by becoming a part of Fortune 500 Company in 2011. The Fortune Magazine has also named Cognizant as the third most admired IT service firm after Accenture and IBM. As of 2012 the company has 140,500 employees in it.

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5. Genpact:

Genpact is a worldwide supplier of business process and technology management services. The company is based in Gurgaon, India and was founded in the year 1997. It was earlier owned by GE Capital International Services. The company operates from India, China, Hungary, Mexico, Poland and other countries. At Present, Tiger Tyagarajan is serving as its President and CEO and he was recently in news for being the highest paying CEO in India. 55,400 employees are working for Genpact as of 2012.