“IT” of the IT company refers to Information Technology. An IT company deals with various software and hardware services, and they offer their services to organisations that belong to various industries. Be it a fashion and beauty company, or heavy industry, sports, art, food, retail, freight, consultancy-they cater to them all. IT companies also work with anything related to the transmitter of information or the system that makes the communication easy.
They offer services such as
- Hardware
- Networking
- Software Development
- Mobile Computing
- Business Management
- Customer Relationship Management
- Sales and Marketing
And a lot more.
We can see IT in many fields such as online education, social networks, smartphones, agriculture, entertainment, job creation etc. IT companies play important roles in diverse sectors and industries. IT companies also make great efforts to simplify things in the manufacturing sectors. Any industry that strives to automate things for the benefit of humankind, IT helps to make the manufacturers process more convenient and automated.
There are a number of IT companies in India. Here’s the list of top 10 IT companies in India:
TCS (TATA Consultancy Services)
TATA Consultancy Services Ltd. was founded on 1st April in the year 1968 by F. C. Kohli, J. R. D. Tata and Tata Sons. TCS provides a wide range of IT-related products and services such as application development, hardware sizing, enterprise software, software management, consulting, technology education services etc.
- Headquarters: Mumbai
- Present CEO: Rajesh Gopinath
- Subsidiaries: CMC, TCS China, Computational Research Laboratories
- Website link: https://www.tcs.com
Infosys
Infosys was founded on 7th July 1981. Initially, it was founded in Pune. The company was founded by N. R. Narayana Murthy. Infosys provides many IT related services like software development and maintenance, business consulting, outsourcing services etc.
- Headquarters: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Present CEO: Salil Parekh
- Subsidiaries: Infosys BPO Limited, Panaya, Lodestone Management Consultants, Infosys China, Infosys Australia
- Website link: https://www.infosys.com
Wipro
In the year 1945 M. H. Hasham Premji founded a company named Western India Palm Refined Oil limited. Later it was abbreviated as Wipro. Wipro. Until 2013 Wipro used to manufacture and sell products from cooking oil, soap to healthcare instruments. After 2013, Wipro was separated from non-IT businesses and formed the privately-owned Wipro enterprise.
- Headquarters: Bangalore
- Present CEO: Thierry Delaporte
- Subsidiaries: Topcoder, Appirio, Designit, Wipro Digital, Healthplan Holdings inc. etc.
- Website link: https://www.wipro.com/en-IN
Mphasis
Mphasis was founded in the year 2000 by Jerry Rao and Jeroen Tas. The company delivers infrastructure, applications outsourcing as well as architecture guidance, application development and management services.
- Headquarters: Bangalore
- Present CEO: Nithin Rakesh
- Subsidiaries: Mphasis digital risk Maitland corp, Mphasis Australia pty. ltd., Mphasis Consulting Ltd, MphasiS Deutschland GmbH etc.
- Website link: https://www.mphasis.com
Tech Mahindra
Tech Mahindra was founded on 24th October 1986 by Anand Mahindra. Tech Mahindra provides many IT related services like data analytic, cybersecurity, testing services, telecom product engineering etc.
- Headquarters: Pune, Maharashtra
- Present CEO: C. P. Gurnani
- Subsidiaries: Mahindra Comviva, Cerium System (P) Ltd., Satyam Venture Engineering, Tech Mahindra Business Services etc.
- Website link: https://www.techmahindra.com
Larsen and Toubro Ltd. (L&T)
Larsen and Toubro ltd., commonly known as L&T, founded on 7th February 1997 by Henning Holck-Larsen and Soren Kristian Toubro. The services offered by L&T are digital and automated solutions, IT services management, IT consulting, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services etc.
- Headquarters: Mumbai
- Present CEO: S. M.Subramanyam
- Subsidiaries: LTI, L&T Technology Services, L&T Finance Holdings, L&T Mutual Fund, L&T Realty etc.
- Website link: https://www.larsentoubro.com
Oracle Financial Services Software
Oracle financial services software is a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation. It was founded in the year 1990 by Rajesh Hukku. The IT service company provides IT solutions to the banks.
- Headquarters: Goregaon (East), Mumbai
- Present CEO: Chaitanya M. Kamat
- Subsidiaries: Oracle Financial Services Software Pvt. Ltd, Oracle Processing Services Limited, Mantas India Private Ltd, ISP Internet Mauritius Co etc.
- Website link: https://www.oracle.com/in/industries/financial-services
HCL Technologies
HCL, Hindustan Computer Limited, founded 44 years ago on 11th August 1976 by Shiv Nadar. HCL provides IT related services such as outsourcing, business consulting, managed services etc.
- Headquarters: Noida, Uttarpradesh
- Present CEO: C. Vijayakumar
- Subsidiaries: HCL America, HCL Axon, Geometric limited, Acitan, HCL EAI Services limited etc.
Website link: https://www.hcltech.com
Hexaware Technologies
Hexaware was founded as an IT company in the year 1990. Hexaware provides various services such as digital assurance, business process services, business intelligence and analytics, management services, enterprise solutions, infrastructure management services etc.
- Headquarters: Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Present CEO: R. Srikrishna
- Subsidiaries: Hexaware Technologies Gmbh, Mobiquity Softech Pvt. Ltd, Hexaware Technologies Asia-Pacific Pvt Ltd etc.
- Website link: https://hexaware.com
Mindtree Limited
Mindtree was founded on 18th August 1999 by Subroto Bagchi, Krishnakumar Natarajan, Ashok Soota, Anjan Lahiri and Rostow Ravanan. It deals in data analytics, computing and enterprise resource planning, outsourcing, consulting etc.
- Headquarters: Bangalore
- Present CEO: Debashsis Chatterjee
- Subsidiaries: Magnet 360, LLC, Bluefin, Discoverture Solutions etc.
- Website link: https://www.mindtree.com
There are many other notable Indian IT companies including Webclue Infotech, Appentus, Trigent, Endive Software, Wildnet Technologies etc. In recent years, Indian IT has become among one of the top destinations for IT-related services not only for local clients but reaching out worldwide.