India's 20 best IT employers

The annual IT Best Employers Survey 2011 finds out the best IT companies to work for in India.

The survey consists of two parts: HR round and employee satisfaction. In the HR round, companies are given scores based on their HR practices.

The final score is a combination of HR score (20 per cent weightage) and employee satisfaction or E-SAT score (80 per cent weightage).

Companies have started hiring as business environment improved in FY 2010-11, finds the survey.

This led to a significant jump in attrition, from 13 per cent in 2009-10 to 19 per cent this year (2010-11), one of the biggest jumps recorded in one year over two decades.

Here's a look at the top 20 IT employers according to a survey by Dataquest, in association with CyberMedia Research (CMR):

1. HCL Infosystems

HCL Infosystems has emerged as the best employer among IT companies in India.

HCL Infosys' 'Employee First' philosophy along with other highly rated parameters like work culture, appraisals, job content, salary, training and managing slowdown won it the numero uno position, says the survey.

Leadership change at the top and middle level in sync with employee engagement initiatives like Empowered People Action Teams (EPATs) infused higher levels of energy across the organisation.

HCL Infosystems, the flagship company of the HCL enterprise has a turnover of Rs 12,137 crore ($2.6 billion) today.

It has been ranked as a great place to work year after year.

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2. Rolta India

Rolta India's employee friendly HR policies have finally paid dividend this year.

Gender inclusivity and employee communication initiatives have ensured its second rank with job satisfaction and work culture. Flexibility has led to employee satisfaction and productivity.

Rolta is a global market leader and provider of solutions based upon innovative information technology solutions, services and software.

Over the years, Rolta has successfully executed multi-million dollar contracts across a broad spectrum of industries in over 40 countries.

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3.  iGATE Patni

Securing top slot for the new merged identity, iGate Patni, was a challenge but its proactive HR approach and upgraded policies helped retain its position at number 3.

The appraisal of entire workforce and timely HR interventions through delivery management, people management and financial compliance gave a new perspective and perception to employees, which reflects in the rating given by them for the company's image and culture.

It offers a whole range of consulting, technology and business process outsourcing, and product engineering services.

4. SAP Labs India

SAP Labs India has made a surprising entry in Dataquest--CyberMedia Research's Best Employers survey.

Innovation in ideology and in practices – idea management, flexi-work culture, gender inclusivity and leadership development -- have made it among Top 5 best employers in India.

Healthy compensation to employees and plans for investment on infrastructure attracted quality employees from the market.

SAP Labs India is SAP's second largest research and development and global services and support centre in the world.

Founded in November 1998, SAP Labs India is one of the four global development hubs of SAP.

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5. Tavant Technologies

Tavant Technologies took the biggest jump in the survey from No. 11 in 2009-10 to No. 5 in 2010-11.

High employee satisfaction score owing to initiatives like MTeam, Tavanat Rookie Induction Program (TRIP) and intelligent use of social networking, has not only compensated for low its HR score but also for its ambiguous appraisal system and training and development parameter.

Its employees continually interact to provide a superior outsourcing experience to customers.

6. Mahindra Satyam

A part of the $12.5 billion Mahindra Group, Mahindra Satyam performed well on HR measures and employee satisfaction.

Mahindra Satyam offers business consulting, information technology and communication services.

It has a pool of talented IT and consulting professionals with development and delivery centres in the US, Canada, Brazil, the UK, Hungary, Egypt, UAE, India, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia serving several Fortune 500 companies.

7. Tulip Telecom

Tulip Telecom is India's leading enterprise communications service provider.

The company's data network has the largest reach of over 2,000 locations globally. With over 3,350 employees and more than 2,200 customers, it has a global presence.

Tulip designs, implements and manages communication networks of large enterprises on long term contracts to include enterprise communications connectivity, network integration, managed and value added services.

8. Capgemini India

Capgemini India scored high on human resources. Capgemini won the award for operational excellence and quality in BPO, and award for innovation in recruitment at the 2nd Asia's Best Employer Brand Awards 2011.

Capgemini India is a division of Capgemini which is a premier consulting, technology, and outsourcing company, headquartered in Paris, with an employee count of 75,000 and operations in more than 30 countries.

9. Virtusa India

A culture of providing opportunities for fast track growth for employees has enhanced its value.

Virtusa says it has a rich engineering heritage, strong values and a people oriented culture.

Virtusa Corporation is a global information technology (IT) services company providing IT consulting, technology and outsourcing services.

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Massachusetts, the company has offices and technology centers throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

10. Nagarro Software

Nagarro specialises in high-quality business-critical software and IT projects for major corporations.

Headquartered in the US, it has subsidiaries in India, Germany, Sweden and Mexico, and sales offices in the UK and Denmark.

In India, the Nagarro Development Center attracts, hires and retains the country's best engineers.
Nagarro India has been ranked among the Top 5 'Exciting emerging companies to work for' by Nasscom.

11. Synechron Technologies

Synechron offers a good number of onsite opportunities to employees across levels and functions, good compensation packages, a robust appraisal structure, a healthy level of gender inclusivity and a transparent culture.

Synechron holds the unique distinction of being one of the very few companies across the industry to feature amongst the list of Top 10 Best employers for four consecutive years.

Synechron scored high on human resources aspect. Synechron is a global IT provider of customised, high-end business-technology solutions and services.

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12. L&T Infotech

Professionalism and meritocracy are the highlights at L& T Infotech. The company says it allows employees to learn and hone skills in both business and technology.

It also promises an environment that is stimulating and on par with the best in the world. Team mates and seniors contribute to employees' growth.

L&T Infotech is a global IT services and solutions provider. Its parent company is Larsen & Toubro, a technology, engineering, manufacturing and construction conglomerate, with global operations.

13. NIIT Technologies

NIIT Technologies scores high on human resources.

"With stability, career development and work-life balance emerging as the main attributes for a job, the outlook towards a job is maturing," said Ibrahim Ahmad, Group Editor, CyberMedia.
"The fact that job stability features on top even after the recovery shows that in India, the HR rules have to be very, very different in the long run," he added.

NIIT Technologies is a leading IT solutions organisation, servicing customers in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia.

14. ADP

Automatic Data Processing, Inc is a global provider of integrated computing and business outsourcing.

ADP has nearly $10 billion in revenues and approximately 570,000 clients. ADP offers a range of HR, payroll, tax and benefits administration. ADP is headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey.

 

15. SAS Institute, India

SAS has been in India since 1997 with a strong team of over 500 highly-qualified technology and domain experts helping customers address their business challenges through effective use of business intelligence.

SAS Institute India (Pvt.) Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAS. SAS India operations are headquartered in Mumbai with regional offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and Pune.

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16. Pitney Bowes Software, India

Pitney Bowes India says it offers good opportunities for employees to grow.

The company has good rewards and recognition programs. It has flexibility in working hours.

Apart from flexible work-hours, Pitney Bowes paternity leave, work from home, workshops on balancing 'multiple roles', to its employees to help them maintain their work-life balance.

Pitney Bowes India Pvt Ltd (PBIPL) was incorporated as a subsidiary of Pitney Bowes in 2004 with headquarters based at Delhi.

Pitney Bowes India has 17 offices, with more than 180 employees in India with its headquarters and National Logistics Center based in New Dehli.

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17. Sify Technologies

The survey considered the company's image, culture, training, job content, appraisal system, salary, growth opportunities and strengths.

Sify is one of India's leading integrated information communications technology companies.

Commercial operations were launched in April 1998. Sify launched corporate connectivity services over India's first TCP/IP backbone telecom network infrastructure.

This enables connecting multi-location offices seamlessly, across multiple platforms and applications.

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18. Citrix India

Citrix Systems, Inc has a state-of-the art research and development centre in Bangalore.

The company claims it is the best for technology and innovation come together to do cutting edge work, everyday.

The teams here interact closely with Citrix's other R&D facilities in the U.S. East and West coasts and other offices across the globe, to deliver products to over 180,000 customers.

The development centre has engineers and innovators from some of the best schools in India with an excellent technology background.

The company's motto is to 'work hard, play hard, get results and have fun doing it'.

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19. Dimension Data (Datacraft) India

Asia's leading IT services and solutions provider reinforces its global presence and combined expertise under a single brand as parent company Datacraft.

According to the company, the role of the HR would continue to become more critical as organisations strive for better performance.

Dimension Data systems integration business now operates under one brand across 49 countries, simplifying support for its clients and accelerating its ability to serve businesses in a more consistent way.

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20. Sybase Software India

Sybase is a great place to work. The 25-year old company offers many employee benefits, including highly competitive pay, education plans and career development.

Sybase, an SAP company, is an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software to manage, analyse and mobilise information.