Top Software and IT Companies In India

Below are the top 21 IT Companies operating in India-

 Microsoft
One of the largest companies in the world, Microsoft tops the list of almost every IT companies rankings made. Its headquarters are in Redmond, Washington (USA) and it provides employment to over 1.6 lakh people all over the world, more than 50% of which are US citizens. The firm was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. Its products, especially the Microsoft Office, the operating system Windows, and the search window, Internet Explorer have been used at least once by each and every professional in the world.

TATA Consultancy Services
TCS was founded in 1968 under the name Tata Computer Systems by the Tata Group. It is the highest Indian company ranked at 64th in Forbes World’s Most Innovative Company ranking. Headquartered in Mumbai, it employs its largest workforce at its Chenna campus which is also its largest campus in India. It employs a whopping number of almost 5 lakh people all over the world, the biggest chunk being Indian citizens. The company offers services like IT consulting and IT services.
Cognizant
Cognizant is one of the main IT services organizations which is assisting clients with changing their current business, working, and technology models with the everchanging advanced technologies. It was established in the year 1994 by Kumar Mahadeva and Francisco D’Souza and is headquartered in New Jersey, USA. It offers services like outsourcing, information technology, and business consulting to its clients. It employs around 2.9 lakh people all over the world.
Google
Google was founded in the year 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Binn and is headquartered in California, USA. It offers services and products like online advertising, search engine (google.com), a plethora of software, cloud computing, and numerous hardware among others. Over the years, it has acquired several companies and corporations and is now among the Big 5 Tech companies, comprising Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple. It employs around 1.4 Lakh people at its offices all over the world.
Cisco Systems Inc.
Cisco Systems is a multinational technology corporation founded in 1984 by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner and is headquartered in the centre of Silicon Valley in California, USA. It offers high technology services and products like networking software and hardware, and telecommunication equipment among others. It employs around 80 thousand people all over the world. With a market capitalization of USD 194.94 Billion, Cisco is the largest company in the networking and communication devices industry in the world.
Accenture
Accenture is an Irish MNC founded by Clarence DeLany in 1989 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. It began its journey as a technology and business consulting division of an accounting company and was called Andersen Consulting until 2000. The firm offers business processes and consulting services. It is a Fortune 500 company and has clients who incorporate 91 of the Fortune Global 100. Accenture has a headcount of over 5.3 Lakhs employees worldwide, out of which 1.5 Lakh are employed in India.
IBM
International Business Machine (IBM) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in New York. The company has a diverse portfolio of IT services and software products and are constantly expanding to meet the needs of its current and potential clients. It was founded in 1911 as Computing Tabulating Recording Company by Charles Ranlett Flint, and now has operations in over 170 countries. IBM has the largest workforce, employing over 3.45 Lakhs people worldwide.
Capgemini
Capgemini, a French company headquartered in Paris, is one of the leading IT companies in the world and has a strong global presence with operations in over 50 countries. It was founded in 1967 in Grenoble, France by Serge Kampf. The firm offers a plethora of IT services including consulting, outsourcing, and professional services among others. The company is driven by 2.7 Lakh employees worldwide.
Oracle
Oracle is a computer technology firm located in Austin, Texas. It was previously headquartered in California. It was founded in 1977 by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates in Santa Clara, California. The firm offers database technology, software, cloud-engineered systems, applications, databases, and clouds. The company employs over 1.35 Lakhs people worldwide.
Deloitte
Deloitte is the biggest of the Big Four, comprising the world’s biggest accounting firms namely EY, PwC and KPMG. Deloitte in India offers IT consulting services, as two entities Deloitte India and Deloitte US- India (USI), mainly to bifurcate the clients in India and the United States. The company as a whole employs over 3.3 Lakh people globally. Founded in the year 1845 in London, Deloitte now has operations in more than 100 locations all over the world.