List of CEOs of major Indian Companies

Many a times we want to know CEO/Chairman of some major Indian company. I have compiled a list that
would be lot helpful. Let me know if there is any correction or if I missed anything.
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Company CEO/Chairman
ADAE Anil Ambani
Air Deccan GR Gopinath
Apollo Tyres Neeraj Kanwar
Ashok Leyland R Seshasayee
Asian Paints Ashwin Dani
AV Birla Group Kumar Mangalam Birla
AZB Partners Zia Mody
Bajaj Auto Rahul Bajaj
Bank of Baroda MD Mallya
Bharat Forge BN Kalyani
Bharat Petroleum Ashok Sinha
Bharti Enterprises Sunil Mittal
Biocon Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Birla Corp RS Lodha
Bombay Dyeing Jeh & Ness Wadia
Britannia Vinita Bali
BSNL AK Sinha
Cadbury India Bharat Puri
Cipla YK Hamied
Cromptom Greaves Gautam Thapar
Dabur VC Burman
Dr. Reddy's Labs K Anji Reddy (Chairman)
Dr. Reddy's Labs GV Prasad (CEO)
EID Parry SM Datta
Essar Group Shashi Ruia
GAIL UD Choubey
Godrej Group Adi Godrej
Gujarat Ambuja Cement NS Sekhsaria, Suresh Neotia
HCL Technologies Shiv Nadar (Chairman), Vineet Nayar (CEO)
HDFC Deepak Parekh
Hero Group Brij Mohal Lall Munjal
Hinduja Group SP Hinduja
Hindustan Petroleum Arun Balakrishnan
HSBC India Naina Lal Kidwai
Hyundai India BVR Subbu
ICICI Bank Chanda Kochar
ICICI Prudential Shikha Sharma
ICICI Ventures Renuka Ramnath
Infosys Technologies Nandan Nilekani * Narayan Murthy (co founder and chairman), Kris
GopalKrishnan (CEO)
IOC Sarthak Behuria
Ispat Industries VK Mittal
ITC Yogesh C Deveshwar
Jet Airways Naresh Goyal
Kotak Mahindra Bank Uday Kotak
Larsen & Toubro AM Naik
Mahindra & Mahindra Keshub Mahindra, Anand Mahindra
Maruti Udyog RC Bhargava
Microsoft India Ravi Venkatesan
Motorola India FV Vandrewala
Nicholas Piramal Ajay Piramal
Nirma Karsanbhai Patel
ONGC R.S. Sharma
Pantaloon Retail Kishore Biyani
Pepsi Co. Rajeev Bakshi
Ranbaxy Malvinder Singh Mohan
Raymond Gautam Singhania
Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani
Reserve Bank of India Subbarao
RPG Group Harsh Goenka
SAIL SK Roongta
Satyam Computers Kiran Karnik(Chairman), A.S. Murthy (CEO)
SEBI Bhave
Shoppers' Stop BS Nagesh
Standard Chartered Jaspal Bindra
Star TV India Peter Mukerjea
State Bank of India OP Bhatt
Tata Group Ratan Tata
Tata Steel B Muthuraman
TCS S Ramadorai
UB Group Vijay Mallya
Videocon Industries Venugopal Dhoot
Wipro Azim Premji (Chairman), Girish Paranjpe & Suresh Vaswani (joint CEOs)
Yes Bank Rana Kapoor
Zee Telefilms Subhash Chandra
Hindalco Industries Kumar Mangalam Birla
NTPC R.S. Sharma
Oracle Financial Services Software (i-flex) Rajesh Hukku
SpicejetSanjay Aggarwal

Top IT Companies

IT, in terms of production and exports, is still the fastest growing segment in India. Due to easy availability
of highly skilled professionals, India has been one of the major hubs of software developments across the
world. The total software exports from the country reached US$ 47 billion in FY2009. There are a number
of top IT companies running their operations in India. Many of those are from the country, while the others
are multinational companies having their operations in various countries across the world. Following are
some of the top IT companies in India:
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Wipro Limited
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
HCL Technologies
Tech Mahindra
Patni Computer Systems
i-flex Solutions
MphasiS
L&T Infotech
IBM India
Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS)

Top BPO Companies

BPO or Business Process Outsourcing is one of the biggest sectors in Indian business. It is also one of
the fastest growing sectors in Indian economy. According to the prediction of the World Bank and
Goldman Sachs, India, by the year 2020, is going to attract almost 80% of the BPO industry in the world.
Following are some of the top BPO companies in India:
TCS BPO
Infosys BPO Ltd.
Wipro BPO Solutions
Cognizant
HCL BPO
HP India
MphasiS BPO
Intelenet
IBM Daksh
Genpact
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Aegis Ltd.
WNS Global Services (P) Ltd.
Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
CSC India Pvt. Ltd.
Hinduja Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Convergys India Services
Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd.
Firstsource Solutions Ltd.
L&T Infotech Ltd.
Top Multinational Companies
Due to its huge market potential, India has attracted a number of top multinational companies. Though the
majority of the multinational companies operating in the country are from the U.S., however, a growing
number of MNCs from other parts of the world are also coming to India. Following are the top
multinational companies in India:
IBM
Microsoft
Coke
Pepsi Co
Pfizer
Aventis
Novartis
Procter and Gamble
Siemens
Nestle
Cadbury
Nokia Communication
Samsung
LG
British Petroleum
Vodafone
Reebok
Top Pharma Companies
India has a strong pharmaceutical market, which results in the existence of a number of top bracket
pharma companies. Despite the great recession, the sales in the Indian pharma industry went up by
18.4% in March 2009. According to the recent McKinsey report (November 30, 2009), the industry will
touch $40 billion mark by 2015. Following are the top pharma companies in India:
Ranbaxy
Dr Reddy's Laboratories
Cipla
Sun Pharma Industries
Lupin Labs
Aurobindo Pharma
GlaxoSmithKline Pharma
Cadila Healthcare
Aventis Pharma
Ipca Laboratories
Top Aviation Companies
Aviation sector is also a lucrative segment in Indian business. As world's top aviation companies like
Airbus and Boeing are eyeing to leverage this country as their hub for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul
(MRO), the next 10 years would see the presence of a number of top airlines companies in India at a
large number. It's also expected to generate over 6,00,000 jobs in the same time period. Following are
some of the top airlines companies in India:
Jet Airways
Jet Lite
Kingfisher Airlines
Air India
Indian
IndiGo
SpiceJet
GoAir
Paramount Airways
Top Biotech Companies
Since the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) was set up in 1986 by the Government of India, the Indian
biotech industry got a huge thrust. Utilizing the initiatives taken by DBT, the biotech industry in India came
up a long way to become one of the leading biotech hubs in the world in a very short frame of time. A
number of top biotech companies have come into the market as there is no dearth of sound knowledge
base and skilled manpower in the country. Currently there are around 325 biotech companies in India.
Among them, the top biotech companies in India can be listed as below:
Biocon
Panacea Botec
Serum Institute of India
Nicholas Piramal
GlaxoSmithKline
Wockhardt Limited
Krebs Biochemicals and Industries Limited
Indian Immunologicals
Bharat Serum
Zydus Cadila
Top Manufacturing Companies
India is emerging as one of the manufacturing hubs in the world, thanks to its high skills in product,
process and capital engineering. The availability of cheap and skilled manpower in abundance has also
attracted several top manufacturing companies in this country. According to the CII survey, most of the top
Indian manufacturing companies have also recorded positive trends in the first quarter of 2009-2010.
Following are the top manufacturing companies in India:
Tata Steel
Jindal Steel
Larsen & Toubro
Apollo Tyres
Videocon
Haldia Petrochemicals
Godrej & Boyce
Top Financial Companies
The financial market in India is flooded with a number of top players, which play major roles in the
economy of the country. The financial reform, which was an integral part of the overall Indian policy,
attracted many financial companies to run their operations in India. Over the past 15 years, the financial
system of India has continuously been deregulated. It is also exposed to international financial markets.
As a result, a number of new instruments and products are coming up from the top players regularly.
Following are some of the top financial companies in India:
Bajaj Capital Limited
ICICI
HDFC
Birla Global Finance Limited
ING Vysya
Kotak Mahindra
Tata AIG
Max New York
MetLife India
LIC