TCS, Infy, Wipro top employers in IT-ITeS

NEW DELHI: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys Technologies and Wipro Technologies have emerged the top IT and ITeS employers in Nasscom’s top 20 employer rankings for financial year 2006-07 .

The top 20 companies collectively employ over 0.5 million people — or just over 31% — of the 1.6 million employed directly in the industry. The rankings are based on the India headcount of firms with IT-ITeS operations in India, as reported to Nasscom in its annual survey. Other companies to figure in the top ten, in the order they’re ranked, are HCL Technologies, Cognizant, Satyam, HP, Genpact, Oracle and Intelenet Global Services .

The IT-ITeS industry, the country’s largest employment generator in the organised sector, is projected to employ over 10 million people directly and indirectly by 2010, from over 7.5 million currently, according to Nasscom. The industry body has attributed the growth in employee base to factors like healthy growth environment, attractive remuneration, various employment opportunities based on varying skill sets, and availability of talent. “What we do need to work on is the quality factor to ensure we remain the highest employment generator and maintain our share of the global offshore IT and ITeS industry ,” said Nasscom president Kiran Karnik.