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3. BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS
INDIAN COMPANIES
S.N NAME INC. OWNER H.O POSITIONS OTHER POINTS
O. YEAR SHIP
GROUP
1 ADANI 1998 Adani Ahmedabad Present Head (MD) - Represents a large network of ports with India’s
PORTS Group , Gujarat, :Gautambhai Shantilal largest SEZ at Mundra.
AND India Adani - APSEZ Port Business is integral to its logistics
SPECIAL Chief Executive business and is India’s largest private port
ECONOMIC Officer : Karan operator with presence across ten locations
ZONE LTD Gautambhai Adani - Operates ports in Mundra, Dahej, Hazira, Dhamra
(APSEZ) Chief Financial and Kattupalli and terminals in Murmugao,
Officer: Ravi Vishakhapatnam, Tuna-Tekra. Ennore Container
Bhamidipaty Terminal and Vizinjham Port are under
construction.
2. ASIAN 1942 Mumbai, Chairman : Ashwin - It is India’s leading and Asia’s fourth largest paint
PAINTS India Choksi company. Today, it is double the size of any other
LTD. Present Head (MD & paint company in India. The nearest rivals or
CEO) : K B S Anand competing firms of the Asian Paints Ltd. are -
Chief Financial Officer Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd., Shalimar Paints Ltd.,
: Jayesh Merchant Jenson & Nicholson (India) Ltd. and Berger
Paints (India) Ltd.
- It was initially set up as a partnership firm by
four friends (Champaklal H. Choksey, Suryakant
C. Dani,_Arvind R. Vakil,_Chimanlal N. Choksi).
- The company has been a market leader in paints
since 1967.
- Asian Paints acquired 51% stake in Sleek group, a
kitchen solutions provider in August 2013.
- In June, 2014, Asian Paints acquired the entire
front and sales business including Brands,
Network and Sales Infrastructure of Ess Ess
Bathroom Products Pvt. Ltd.Ess is a prominent
player in the bath segment in India with high
quality products.
AWARDS
- Top Ranked Indian company in the “Forbes Most
Innovative Company List” in 2016 (Ranked 18th
in the world) and also ranked in top 50
companies in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
- Asian Paints is the winner of the “Golden
Peacock” award in the Paints sector.
- Ranked 20th amongst Best Indian Brands –
“Inter-brand Best Indian Brand Study – 2016”.
3. AXIS BANK 1993 Mumbai, Present Head (MD - Axis Bank is the third largest private sector bank
LIMITED Maharashtr and CEO) : Ms. Shikha in India.
a, India Sharma - The overseas operations of the Bank are spread
Chairman : Mr. Sanjiv over nine international offices with branches at
Misra Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai (at the DIFC),
Chief Financial Officer
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: Jairam Sridharan Colombo and Shanghai; representative offices
at Dhaka, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and an overseas
subsidiary in London, UK.
- Axis Bank is one of the first new generation
private sector banks to have begun operations in
1994.
- The Bank was promoted in 1993, jointly by
Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India
(SUUTI) (then known as Unit Trust of India), Life
Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), General
Insurance Corporation of India (GIC), National
Insurance Company Ltd., The New India
Assurance Company Ltd., The Oriental Insurance
Company Ltd. and United India Insurance
Company Ltd. The shareholding of Unit Trust of
India was subsequently transferred to SUUTI, an
entity established in 2003
AWARDS
- Axis Bank has been adjudged the Runner Up in
the category of the Best Payments Initiatives
amongst Large Banks by the IBA Banking
Technology Awards 2017.
- Axis Bank was recognised as a winner amongst
Large Banks category for excellent performance
in IMPS - National Payments Excellence Awards
2015.
- No. 1 Promising Banking Brand of 2015 -
Economic Times Awards,2015.
- Best Domestic Bank in India –Asiamoney Best
Banks 2015.
4. BAJAJ 1945 Bajaj Pune, Chairman : Mr. Rahul - Bajaj Auto Limited is an Indian two-wheeler,
AUTO Group Maharashtr Bajaj three-wheeler and car manufacturing company.
LIMITED a, India Present Head (MD and - It is one of the world’s top manufacturer of
CEO) : Mr. Rajiv Bajaj motorcycles in India. It is the world’s largest
Chief Financial Officer three-wheeler manufacturer.
: Mr. Kevin P D’sa - Bajaj Auto is India’s largest exporter of
motorcycles and three-wheelers.
- It was founded by Jamnalal Bajaj in Rajasthan in
the 1940s.
- In 1959, it obtained a licence from the
Government of India to manufacture two-
wheelers and three-wheelers and it became a
public limited company in 1960.
PRODUCTS
Motorcycles: Avenger, CT 100, Dominar,
Discover, V 12, V 15, Pulsar, etc.
Three Wheelers :RE Compact, RE Compact 4S, RE
Optima and RE Maxima.
Low Cost Cars :Bajaj Qute, Bajaj RE60, etc.
5. BHARTI 1995 Bharti New Delhi, Chairman : Mr. Sunil - It is the largest mobile network operator in India
AIRTEL Group India Bharti Mittal and the third largest in the world with
LIMITED Present Head (MD and 400million subscribers.
CEO) : Mr. Gopal Vittal HISTORY
- In 1984 Sunil Mittal started assembling push-
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: Mr. Badal Bagri was making fax machines, cordless phones and
other telecom gear. In 1992, he successfully bid
for one of the four mobile phone network
licences auctioned in India. He was one of the
1st Indian entrepreneurs to identify the mobile
telecom business as a major growth area. His
plans were finally approved by the Government
in 1994 and he launched services in Delhi in
1995, when Bharti Cellular Limited (BCL) was
formed to offer cellular services under the
brand name AirTel. Within a few years, Bharti
became the first telecom company to cross the
2-million mobile subscriber mark
IMPORTANT EVENTS
- In 2017, Bharti Airtel to acquire Tikona
Networks’ 4G Business, Bharti Airtel and
Millicom sign agreement
to combine operations in Ghana and Bharti
Airtel to acquire Telenor India.
- In 2015, Airtel announced strategic collaboration
with China Mobile and Airtel launched its first
4G service in Africa.
PRODUCTS/SERVICES
i. Telemedia: Broadband internet access through
DSL, Internet leased lines, MPLS (Multiprotocol
Label Switching) solutions, IPTV and Fixed line
telephone services.
ii. Digital television: Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV
services
iii. Enterprise: End-to-end telecom solutions to
corporate customers and national and
international
long-distance services to telcos through its
nationwide fibre optic backbone, lastmile
connectivity in fixed-line and mobile circles,
VSATs, ISP and international
bandwidth access through the gateways and
landing stations.
iv. Mobile data service: BlackBerry services, USB
Modem, Airtel Datacard, etc.
v. Enterprise business Solutions:
GPRS Based Solutions like mobile applications
tools for enterprise, TrackMate, automatic meter
reading solutions etc. and the other is SMS Based
Solutions like interactive sms, bulk sms, inbound
call centre solutions.
6. BHARAT 1952 Govern Mumbai, Chairman : D Rajkumar - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is
PETROLEUM ment of Maharashtr Present Head (CEO) : S. an Indian state-controlled oil and gas company.
CORPORATI India a, India Varadarajan - The Corporation operates two large refineries of
ON LTD Finance Director (CFO) : P the country located at Mumbai and Kochi.
Balasubramanian - 40% of the international volumes in India are
fueled by BPCL plane services.
- Bharat Petroleum is the only oil company in
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India to have equity stake in the 1st Greenfield
Airport at Cochin International Airport Limited.
HISTORY
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd was
incorporated in 1952 as a private limited
company with the name Burmah Shell
Refineries Ltd.
- The company began its work on the marshland of
Trombay at Bombay.
- In January, 1976 Burmah Shell Group of
Companies was taken over by the Government of
India to form Bharat Refineries Ltd.
- In August, 1977 the company was renamed as
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
- The company was also the first refinery to
process newly found indigenous crude (Bombay
High) in the country.
PRODUCTS/SERVICES
The company business is divided in seven SBUs
(Strategic Business Units), like Retail, Lubricants,
Aviation, Refinery, Gas, I&C and LPG. They have
popular Loyalty Program like Petrocard,
Smartfleet.
Bharat Petroleum operates the following
refineries:
i. Mumbai Refinery: Located near Mumbai,
Maharashtra. It has a capacity of 13 million
metric tonnes per year.
ii. Kochi Refineries: Located near Kochi, Kerala. It
has a capacity of 9.5 million metric tonnes per
year.
iii. Bina Refinery: Located near Bina, Sagar district,
Madhya Pradesh. It has a capacity of 6 million
metric tonnes per year. This refinery is
operated by Bharat Oman Refineries Limited, a
joint venture between Bharat Petroleum
and_Oman Oil Company.
iv. Numaligarh Refinery: Located near
Numaligarh, Golaghat district, Assam. It has a
capacity of 3 million metric tonnes per year.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- The company was ranked 358th on the Fortune
Global 500 list of the world’s biggest
corporations in 2016.
- Petrol and diesel may soon be home delivered as
the oil ministry mulls options of door-to- door
delivery on pre-booking to cut long queues at
petrol pumps.
7. CIPLA 1935 Mumbai, Chairman : Y. K. - Cipla Ltd. is a leading medicine manufacturer in
LIMITED India Hamied India.
Present Head (MD and - Cipla leads the domestic retail pharmaceutical
CEO) : Umang Vohra market.
Chief Financial Officer : HISTORY
Kedar Upadhey - Cipla was founded as The Chemical, Industrial,
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and Pharmaceutical Laboratories by Khwaja
Abdul Hamied in 1935.
- The name of the Company was changed to
‘Cipla Limited’ on 20 July 1984.
- In the year 1985, US FDA approved the
company’s bulk drug manufacturing facilities
SLOGAN: Caring for life.
Achievements
- In 2012, Cipla received the Thomson Reuters India
Innovation Award.
- Meditab Specialities Private Limited, a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company acquired 75%
stake in Mabpharm Private Limited (‘Mabpharm’).
8. COAL 1975 State Kolkata, Present Head (CMD) : - Coal India Limited (CIL) is an Indian state-
INDIA owned India Mr. Sutirth controlled coal mining company.
LIMITED Bhattacharya - It is the largest coal producer company in the
Chief Financial Officer : world. It contributes about 84% of coal
Mr. Chandan Kumar production in India.
Dey - Government of India owns it and controls the
operations through Ministry of Coal. In April
2011, CIL was conferred the Maharatna status
by the Union Government.
- It commands nearly 74% of the Indian coal
market.
- In 2015-16, the revenue of Coal India Ltd. was
807 billion. It employs over 3,33,000 people
SUBSIDIARIES AND JOINT VENTURES
Coal India Limited (CIL) produces coal through
seven of its wholly owned subsidiaries. These
are:
 Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL),
 Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), Central
Coalfields Limited (CCL),
 Western Coalfields Limited (WCL),
 South-Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL),
 Northern Coalfield Limited (NCL), and
 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL).
Its 8th wholly owned subsidiary Central Mine
Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL)
provides exploration, planning and technical
support to all the 7 production subsidiaries.
JOINT VENTURES: CIL has two joint ventures:
 International Coal Ventures Private Limited
(ICVPL) was formed in 2009 for acquisition of
coking coal properties outside India. CIL holds
2/7 th share in paid up capital of ICVPL.
 CIL-NTPC Urja Pvt. Ltd. is a 50:50 JV between
CIL and NTPC, formed in April, 2010 for
acquisition of coal blocks in India and abroad.
9. DR. 1984 Hyderabad, Chairman : Kallam Satish- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories is an Indian
REDDY’S Telangana, Reddy multinational pharmaceutical company.
LABORATO India Present Head (CEO) : G. - It strengthened its Indian manufacturing
RIES LTD. V. Prasad operations by acquiring American Remedies Ltd.
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in 1999. This acquisition made Reddy’s the third
Chief Financial Officer :
Saumen Chakraborty largest pharmaceutical company in India, after
Ranbaxy and Glaxo (I) Ltd., with a full spectrum
of pharmaceutical products, which included bulk
drugs, intermediates, finished dosages, chemical
synthesis, diagnostics and biotechnology.
HISTORY
- Dr. Reddy’s originally launched in 1984 producing
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs).
- In 1986, Reddy’s started operations on branded
formulations. Within a year, it had launched
Norilet, the company’s first recognized brand in
India.
- In 1987, the company started transforming itself
from a supplier of pharmaceutical ingredients to
other manufacturers into a manufacturer of
pharmaceutical products
PRODUCTS
Segments Products Brand
Generic Tablets, Omez
capsules, (Omeprazole), Nise
injectables, (Nimesulide),Ketoro
and topical l (Ketorolac
creams Thromethamine),
Stamlo (Amlodipine
Besylate) and Razo
(Rabeprazole)
Over the Medicines Cetrine, Nise gel,
counter on pain Ibuclin and Novigan.
managemen
t,
dermatolog
y and
allergy
managemen
t areas, and
gynecology.
ACHIEVEMENTS
In 2014, Dr. Reddy Laboratories was listed among
1200 of India’s most trusted brands according to
the Brand Trust Report, 2014.
10. GAIL INDIA 1984 Ministry New Delhi, Chairman : Bhuvan - Gas (India) Limited(GAIL) is the largest state-
LTD. of India Chandra Tripathi owned natural gas processing and distribution
Petrole Present Head (MD and company in India.
um & CEO) : Bhuvan Chandra - It is India’s principal gas transmission and
Natural Tripathi marketing company. It has the following business
Gas Finance Director : segments: natural gas, liquid hydrocarbon,
(MoP& Subir Purkayastha liquefied petroleum gas transmission,
NG) petrochemical, city gas distribution, exploration
and production, GAILTEL and electricity
generation.
- GAIL was conferred with the ‘Maharatna’ status
on 1st February, 2013 by the Government of
India. It has more than 70% market share in both
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gas transmission and marketing.
- GAIL owns the country’s largest pipeline
network, the cross-country 2300_ km Hazira-
Vijaipur-Jagdishpur pipeline with a capacity to
handle 33.4 MMSCMD gas.
HISTORY
GAIL (India) Limited was incorporated in August
1984 as a Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU)
under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. It
was formerly known as Gas Authority India
Limited.
SUBSIDIARIES
 GAIL Gas Limited
 Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer
Limited (BCPL)
 GAIL Global (Singapore) Pte Limited
JOINT VENTURES
 Aavantika Gas Limited (AGL): GAIL has 22.5%
stake in the Company along with HPCL as an
equal partner.
 Bhagyanagar Gas Limited (BGL): GAIL has a
22.5% stake in the company along with HPCL as
an equal partner.
 Central U.P. Gas Limited (CUGL): GAIL has 25%
stake in the Company along with BPCL as an
equal partner. CUGL has connected 200
commercial and industrial units in both the
cities.
 Green Gas Limited (GGL): GAIL has a 22.5%
stake in the company along with IOCL as an
equal partner.
 Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL): GAIL has a
22.5% stake in the company along with BPCL as
an equal partner.
 Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL): GAIL has a
49.75% stake in the company along with British
Gas as an equal partner.
 Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL): GAIL
has a 22.5% stake in the company along with
BPCL as an equal partner.
 Petronet LNG Limited (PLL): GAIL has a 12.5%
equity stake in PLL, along with BPCL, ONGC and
IOCL as equal partners.
 Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt. Ltd. (RGPPL):
GAIL has 32.88% stake in the company along
with NTPC as an equal partner.
 Tripura Natural Gas Company Limited (TNGCL):
GAIL has 29% stake in the company.
 GAIL China Gas Global Energy Holdings Limited:
GAIL has 50% equity interest in the company
along with China Gas as the equal partner.
ACHIEVEMENTS /AWARDS
 GAIL was listed in the 131st position among
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India’s most trusted brands according to the
Brand Trust Report, 2014.
 GAIL won the Prestigious CII-National Water
Awards for Excellence in Water Management-
2016 in “out of fence Category”.
 GAIL (India) Limited, India´s leading natural gas
company received top honours as the “World´s
No. 1 Company in Downstream Operation” for
2011 at the Platts Global Energy Awards held at
New York
11. HDFC Bank 1994 HDFC Mumbai, Chairman : Deepak S. - HDFC Bank Limited is an Indian banking and
Limited Group Maharashtr Parekh financial services company.
a, India Present Head (MD) : - It provides a series of digital offerings like - 10
Aditya Puri second personal loan, Chillr, PayZapp, SME
Chief Financial Officer : Bank, Watch Banking, 30-Minute Auto Loan, 15-
Sashidhar Jagdishan minute Two-Wheeler Loan, e-payment
gateways, Digital Wallet, etc.
- The equity shares of HDFC Bank are listed on
Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock
Exchange of India.
BUSINESSES/PRODUCTS/SERVICES
HDFC Group companies are HDFC Ltd., HDFC
Securities., HDFC Mutual Fund, HDFC Realty,
HDFC Life, HDFC ERGO, HDFC Pension and HDB
Financial Services.
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
 HDFC Bank merged with Times Bank in February,
2000.
 In 2008, Centurion Bank was acquired by HDFC
Bank.
 In 2016, HDFC was awarded “Best Performing
Branch” in microfinance among private sector
banks by NABARD.
12. ICICI BANK 1994 ICICI Mumbai, Chairman : M. K. - ICICI Bank (Industrial Credit and Investment
LIMITED group Maharashtra Sharma Corporation of India) is the largest private sector
, India Present Head (MD and bank and a multinational banking and financial
CEO) : Chanda Kochhar services company.
Chief Financial Officer : - The company’s UK subsidiary has also established
Rakesh Jha branches in Belgium and Germany.
- The equity shares of ICICI Bank are listed on
Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock
Exchange of India.
HISTORY
- ICICI Bank was originally promoted in 1994 by
ICICI Limited, an Indian financial institution, and
was its wholly-owned subsidiary.
- ICICI’s shareholding in ICICI Bank was reduced to
46% through a public offering of shares in India in
fiscal 1998, an equity offering in the form of ADRs
listed on the NYSE in fiscal 2000, ICICI Bank’s
acquisition of Bank of Madura Limited in an all-
stock amalgamation in fiscal 2001, and secondary
market sales by ICICI to institutional investors in
fiscal 2001 and fiscal 2002.
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- ICICI was formed in 1955 at the initiative of the
World Bank, the Government of India and
representatives of Indian industry.
SUBSIDIARIES
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, ICICI
Securities, ICICI Lombard General Insurance
Company, ICICI Prudential AMC & Trust, ICICI
Venture, ICICI Direct, ICICI Foundation and Disha
Financial Counselling.
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
 In 2010, The Bank of Rajasthan (BOR) was
acquired by the ICICI Bank in 2010 forRs.3000
crores.
 ICICI Bank ranked first among private sector
banks in India as per Brand Equity’s ‘Most
Trusted Brands of 2016’ survey.
 ICICI Foundation won the ‘Best CSR &
Sustainability Practices Award for 2016’ at the
4th Asia Business Responsibility Summit.
13 INDIAN OIL 1959 New Delhi, Present Head (CMD) : B - Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOC) is India’s Largest
CORPORAT India Ashok Commercial Enterprise.
ION LTD Director (Refineries) : - Indian Oil accounts for nearly half of India’s
Sanjiv Singh petroleum products market share, 35% national
Chief Financial Officer : refining capacity (together with its subsidiary
A. K. Sharma Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd., or CPCL),
and 71% downstream sector pipelines through
capacity.
HISTORY
- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) was incorporated on
June 30, 1959 as Indian Oil Company.
- The company was renamed as Indian Oil
Corporation on September 1, 1964 following the
merger of Indian Refineries (established 1958)
with it.
ACHIEVEMENTS/REWARD
- Fortune’s prestigious ‘Global 500’ listing of
world’s largest corporates- 161st position in 2016.
- FICCI Chemical and Petrochemical Award 2013.
- Indian Oil’s solar LED lamp wins CII - National
Innovative Product Award 2013.
- SCOPE Meritorious Award for R&D, Technology
Development & Innovation (2013)
BUSINESSES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
- IOC has leading energy brands like
XTRAPREMIUM petrol, XTRAMILE diesel and
PROPEL petrochemicals, IndianOil’s SERVO
lubricants and Indane LPG have earned the
coveted Superbrand status.
- IOC has several Refineries in Guwahati,
Bongaigaon, Barauni, Gujarat, Haldia Refinery,
Mathura, Panipat and Paradip.
Subsidiary Operations
Chennai Petroleum Refining of petroleum
Corporation products
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IndianOil - CREDA Plantation of Jatropha
Biofuels Limited and extraction of oil for
Bio-Diesels
Indian Catalyst Manufacturing of FCC
Private Limited catalyst / additive
Foreign Subs. Operations
IndianOil Terminalling, Retailing
(Mauritius) Ltd. & Aviation refuelling
Mauritius
Lanka IOC PLC,Sri Retailing, Terminalling &
Lanka Bunkering
IOC Middle East Lube blending &
FZE, UAE marketing of lubricants
IOC Sweden AB, Investment company for
Sweden E&P Project in
Venezuela
IOCL (USA) Inc., Participation in Shale
USA Gas Asset Project
Ind Oil Global B.V. Exploration &
Netherlands Production
14 INFOSYS 1981 Bengaluru, Chairman : R. - Infosys Technologies Limited is an Indian
LTD. India Seshasayee multinational corporation that provides business
Present Head (MD and consulting, information technology and
CEO) : Vishal Sikka outsourcing services. It is a global leader in
Chief Financial Officer : technology and consulting services.
M.D. Ranganath - It was founded in 1981 by 7 Engineers N. R.
Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N. S.
Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K.
Dinesh and Ashok Arora after they resigned
from Patni Computer Systems.
- The company was incorporated as “Infosys
Consultants Pvt Ltd.” with a capital of Rs.10,000
in Pune.
- It signed its first client, Data Basics Corporation,
in New York City.
- In 1983, the company’s corporate headquarters
was relocated from Pune to Bengaluru.
- The Company changed its name to “Infosys
Technologies Private Limited” in April 1992 and
to “Infosys Technologies Limited” when it
became a public limited company in June 1992. It
was later renamed to “Infosys Limited” in June
2011.
- One of its known products is ‘Finacle’ which is a
universal banking solution with various modules
for retail and corporate banking.
- Its key products are:
 Mana - Knowledge based AI platform
 Infosys Information Platform (IIP)- Analytics
platform
 EdgeVerve Systems
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 Finacle- Global banking platform by_EdgeVerve
Systems
 Panaya_Cloud Suite
 Skava
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
- In November 2015, Infosys acquired Noah-
Consulting, a provider of information
management consulting services for the oil and
gas industry, based out of Houston, Texas, USA.
- In June 2015, Infosys acquired Skava, a leading
provider of digital experience solutions, including
mobile commerce and in-store shopping
experiences to large retail clients.
- In March 2015, Infosys acquired Panaya, Inc., a
leading provider of automation technology for
large scale enterprise software management.
15 ITC Limited 1910 ITC Kolkata, Chairman : Yogesh - ITC Ltd. is an Indian conglomerate company.
Group India Chander Deveshwar - It has diversified its business in Fast-Moving
Present Head (MD and Consumer Goods (FMCG), Hotels, Paperboards
CEO) : Sanjiv Puri and Packaging, Agri Business and Information
Chief Financial Officer : Technology.
Rajiv Tandon - ITC is rated among the World’s Best Big
Companies, Asia’s ‘Fab 50’ and the World’s
Most Reputable Companies by Forbes magazine
and as ‘India’s Most Admired Company’ in a
survey conducted by Fortune India magazine
and Hay Group.
HISTORY
- It was established as a private company in
August, 1910 as the Imperial Tobacco Company
of India Limited.
- It was converted into a public limited company
in 1954.
- It was further renamed as the Indian Tobacco
Company Limited in 1970 and to ITC Limited in
1974.
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
- In 2014,The Brand Trust Report, published by
Trust Research Advisory, a brand analytics
company, ranked ITC in the 9th position among
India’s most trusted brands in the diversified
sector.
- In 2006, ITC’s e-Choupal program won the
Stockholm Challenge Award 2006 in the
Economic Development category.
- ITC won the Golden Peacock Awards for
‘Corporate Social Responsibility (Asia)’ in 2007,
the Award for ‘CSR in Emerging Economies
2005’ and ‘Excellence in Corporate Governance’
in the same year.
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Segments Products Brand
Fast- Cigarettes Navy Cut, Capstan,
Moving and Berkeley, Bristol,
Consumer Cigars Flake, Silk Cut, Duke
Goods & Royal, Gold Flake,
(FMCG) Scissors, John Player,
etc.
Foods Aashirvaad,
Sunfeast, Bingo!,
Yippee!, Kitchens of
India, B Natural,
mint-o, Candyman
and GumOn.
Personal Essenza Di Wills’,
Care ‘Fiama’, ‘Vivel’,
“Engage” and
‘Superia’
Education Classmate and
and Paperkraft
Stationary
Lifestyle Wills Lifestyle and
Retailing John Players
Safety Aim, I Kno and
Matches Mangaldeep
and
Agarbatti
Hotels Luxury ITC Grand Bharat in
hotels Gurgaon. ITC Grand
and Chola in Chennai, ITC
Welcome Maurya in Delhi, ITC
Hotels Maratha in Mumbai,
ITC Sonar in Kolkata,
ITC Grand Central in
Mumbai, ITC
Windsor & ITC
Gardenia in
Bengaluru, ITC
Kakatiya in
Hyderabad and ITC
Mughal in Agra and
ITC Rajputana in
Jaipur.
Paperboa Papers, Fine papers: Alfa
rds and specialty, Zap, Alfa Plus, Hi
Packaging packaging Brite, Hi Zine, Perma
and White, etc Thin
Graphics Printing papers:
Bible Printing,
Pharma Print,
Superfine Printing,
etc.
Agri Agri- Feed Ingredients -
Business products Soyameal, Food
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Grains - Wheat and
Wheat Flour, Rice,
Pulses, Barley and
Maize, Marine
Products - Shrimps
and Prawns,
Processed Fruits,
Coffee, etc.
Informati Domain- ITC Infotech
on led, Data
Technolo service,
gy Design
expert,
Digital
ready and
Differenti
ated
delivery
16 LARSEN & 1938 L&T Mumbai, Chairman : Anil - Larsen & Toubro is a major technology,
TOUBRO Group Maharashtra Manibhai Naik engineering, construction, manufacturing and
LTD , India Present Head (MD and financial services conglomerate, with global
CEO) : Anil Manibhai operations.
Naik - L&T addresses critical needs in key sectors -
Chief Financial Officer : Hydrocarbon, Infrastructure, Power, Process
Mr. Shankar Raman Industries and Defence - for customers in over 30
countries around the world.
HISTORY
It was founded in 1938 by two Danish engineers
taking refuge in India.
L&T has over 130 subsidiaries and 15 associate
companies. Some segments in which it has
presence are :
Construction and Mining
Electrical and Automation
Heavy Engineering
IT Consulting and Digital Solutions (L&T
INFOTECH.)
Shipbuilding
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS
- In 2014, Larsen & Toubro ranked 500 on Forbes
list of 2000 world’s largest and most powerful
public companies.
- In 2013, L&T Power received ‘Golden Peacock
National Quality Award – 2012’ at the 23rd
World Congress on ‘Leadership & Quality of
Governance’.
- In 2013, the Harvard Business Review named
L&T’s Executive Chairman, A M Naik, as the
32nd Best Performing CEO in the world.
17 NTPC LTD. 1975 Govern New Delhi, Chairman and CEO : - NTPC Ltd. is popularly known as National
ment of India Gurdeep Singh Thermal Power Corporation Limited.
India Director of Finance : - It is a public sector undertaking, engaged in the
Shri Kulamani Biswal business of generation of electricity and allied
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activities.
- It is the top power company of India with a
commissioned capacity of 48,028MW.
- It feeds a fourth of India’s electricity needs or as
we say “NTPC lights up every fourth bulb in the
country”.
HISTORY
- It was founded in 1975 to accelerate power
development in India.
- It started work on its first thermal power
project in 1976 at Shaktinagar (named National
Thermal Power Corporation Private Limited
Singrauli) in Uttar Pradesh.
- NTPC became a Maharatna company in May
2010, one of the only four companies to be
awarded this status.
SUBSIDIARIES
- NTPC Electric Supply Company Ltd. (NESCL)
- NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. (NVVN)
- Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited
- Bharatiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (BRBCL)
- Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (PVUNL)
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
- NTPC was ranked 400 in the ‘2016, Forbes
th
Global 2000’ ranking of the World’s biggest

companies
- NTPC was ranked 2nd among the 250 largest
Power Producers and Energy Traders in the
world by Platts in 2015. On overall basis NTPC
ranked 56th amongst Platts 250 Companies.
- In 2009, it received ICSI National Award for
Excellence in Corporate Governance
18 OIL & 1956 Gover Uttarakhand Present Head (CMD) : - ONGC is a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of
NATURAL nment , India Dinesh K Sarraf the Government of India, under the
GAS of Director Finance (CFO) administrative control of the Ministry of
CORPORAT India : Mr A K Srinivasan Petroleum and Natural Gas.
ION LTD. - It is India’s largest oil and gas exploration and
production company.
- Its international subsidiary ONGC Videsh
currently has projects in 17 countries.
HISTORY
- ONGC was founded on 14 August 1956 by
Government of India, which currently holds a
68.94% equity stake.
- ONGC has discovered 6 of the 7 commercially
producing Indian Basins, in the last 50 years,
adding over 7.1 billion tonnes of In-place Oil &
Gas volume of hydrocarbons in Indian basins.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:
ONGC supplies crude oil, natural gas, and value-
added products to major Indian oil and gas
refining and marketing companies.
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
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- ONGC was ranked as the Most Attractive
Employer in the Energy sector in India, in the
Randstad Awards 2013.
- ONGC was one of 12 winners of the ‘Golden
Peacock Award 2014’ for its corporate social
responsibility practices.
- In April 2013, it was ranked at 155th place in the
Forbes Global 2000 for 2012.
- It was conferred with ‘Maharatna’ status by the
Government of India in November 2010.
19 POWER 1989 Govern Gurugram, Chairman (CMD) : I. S. - Power Grid Corporation is an Indian state-owned
GRID ment of India Jha electric utilities company.
CORPORAT India Director Finance (CFO) : - It transmits about 50% of the total power
ION OF K. Sreekant generated in India on its transmission network.
INDIA LTD - Initially, POWERGRID managed transmission
assets owned by NTPC, NHPC Limited (“NHPC”)
and North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation
Limited.
- In January 1993, the Power Transmission
Systems Act transferred ownership of the three
power companies to POWERGRID. All
employees of the three companies
subsequently became POWERGRID employees
- POWERGRID’s telecom company, POWERTEL,
operates a network of 29,279 Kilometers and
points of presence in 210 locations across India.
HISTORY
- Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
(POWERGRID) was incorporated on October 23,
1989 under the Companies Act, 1956, as a public
limited company, wholly owned by the
Government of India.
- Its original name was the ‘National Power
Transmission Corporation Limited’, and it was
charged with planning, executing, owning,
operating and maintaining high-voltage
transmission systems in the country.
- On 8 November 1990, the National Power
Transmission Corporation received its
Certificate for Commencement of Business.
- Their name was subsequently changed to Power
Grid Corporation of India Limited, which took
effect on October 23, 1992.
JOINT VENTURES
i. Powerlinks Transmission Limited
ii. Torrent POWERGRID Limited
iii. Jaypee POWERGRID Limited
iv. North-East Transmission Company Limited
v. Parbati-Koldam Transmission Company Limited
vi. Teestavalley Power Transmission Limited
vii. National High Power Test Laboratory Pvt.
Limited
viii. Energy Efficiency Services Ltd
ix. Cross Border Power Transmission Company Ltd.
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x. Bihar Grid Company Limited
xi. Kalinga Bidyut Prasaran Nigam Private Limited
xii. Power Transmission Company Nepal Ltd.
(PTCN)
xiii. RINL POWERGRID TLT Private Ltd. (RPTPL)
SUBSIDIARIES
Power System Operation Corporation Limited
(POSOCO)
20 RELIANCE 1966 Reliance Mumbai, Present Head (CMD & - RIL is an Indian conglomerate holding company.
INDUSTRIES Group Maharashtra CEO) : Mukesh Ambani - Its corporate headquarter is in Mumbai.
LIMITED , India Chief Financial Officer : - It is India’s largest private sector company.
[RIL] Alok Kumar Agarwal - Reliance has businesses across India and engaged
in hydrocarbon exploration and production,
energy, petrochemicals, textiles, natural
resources, retail, and telecommunications.
- Ambani family, holds approximately 52% of the
total shares whereas the remaining 48% shares
are held by public shareholders.
HISTORY
- Reliance Industries was founded by Dhirubhai
Hirachand Ambani and his brother Champaklal
Damani in 1960s as Reliance Commercial
Corporation.
- In 1966, Reliance Textiles Industries Pvt. Ltd. was
incorporated in Maharashtra.
- It established a synthetic fabrics mill in the 1966 at
Naroda in Gujarat. In 1975, the company
expanded its business into textiles, with ‘Vimal’
becoming its major textile brand in later years.
- The name of the company was changed from
Reliance Textiles Industries Ltd. to Reliance
Industries Ltd (RIL) in 1985.
RIL has 123 subsidiary companies and 10 associate
companies.
Businesses Particulars
Reliance Popular Brands: Reliance Fresh,
Retail Reliance Footprint, Reliance
Time Out,_Reliance Digital,
Reliance Wellness, Reliance
Trends, Reliance Autozone,
Reliance Super, Reliance Mart,
Reliance iStore, Reliance Home
Kitchens, Reliance Market (Cash
n Carry) and Reliance Jewel.
Reliance Life It works around medical, plant
Sciences and industrial_biotechnology. It
works in products in bio-
pharmaceuticals,_
pharmaceuticals, clinical
research services, regenerative
medicine, molecular medicine,
novel therapeutics,_biofuels,
plant biotechnology,
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and_industrial
biotechnology_sectors of the
medical business industry.
Exploration It is complete chain of activity
and starting from exploration,
Production appraisal, development and
production. Its ventures are in
conventional oil and gas blocks
in Krishna Godavari, Mahanadi,
Cauvery Palar, Gujarat
Saurashtra & Cambay Basin and
two Coal Bed Methane (CBM)
blocks in Sohagpur East and
West in Madhya Pradesh.
Petroleum Products: Liquefied Petroleum
Refining and Gas (LPG), Propylene, Naphtha,
Marketing Gasoline, Jet /Aviation Turbine
Fuel, Kerosene Oil, High-Speed
Diesel, Sulphur, Petroleum Coke,
etc. Brands: R-Care, A1 Plaza,
Quick Mart, GAPCO, Refresh,
RELSTAR, Reliance Aviation,
Reliance Gas, etc.
Reliance Products: Polymers, Polyesters,
Petrochemic Fiber Intermediates, Aromatics
als and Elastomers.
Brands: Recron, Relpet, Repol,
Relena Eva, Relab, Rel_ex, etc
Reliance Jio It is a broadband service
Infocomm provider which
Limited gained_4G_licences for
(RJIL) operating across India. Jio is
capable of o_ering a unique
combination of telecom, high
speed data, digital commerce,
media and payment services.
Reliance Jio has laid more than
2.5 lakh kilometres of _bre-optic
cables, covering 18,000 cities
and over one lakh villages, with
the aim of covering 100% of the
nation’s population by 2018.
Network 18 It is a mass media company. It
has interests in television, digital
platforms, publication, mobile
apps, and _lms. Brands: Viacom
18, History TV18, Viacom, A+E
Networks, _ETV
Network,_Colors TV, CNN
News18, IBN7 and IBN Lokmat.
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Reliance It has a manufacturing facility at
Textiles Naroda. It is one of the largest
and most modern textile
complexes in the world. It
supplies premium finished
fabrics to prestigious brands and
export to over 58 countries.
Brand: Vimal
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
- In May 2014, RIL acquires TV18 Broadcast (TV18)
for Rs. 4,000 crore through its arm Independent
Media Trust (IMT).
- Reliance Jio and Bharti signed agreement under
which Reliance Jio will utilize dedicated fiber pair
on Bharti’s i2i submarine cable that connects India
and Singapore.
- Reliance Jio and Reliance Communications signed
agreement for sharing of RCom’s nationwide
telecom towers infrastructure.
- The company was ranked 215th on the Fortune
Global 500 list of the world’s biggest corporations
of 2016, ranked 121st on the Forbes World’s 2000
largest corporations list of 2016 and ranked 8th
among the Top 250 Global Energy Companies by
Platts as of 2016.
21 STATE 1806 Mumbai, Present Head (CMD) : - SBI has 14 regional hubs and 57 Zonal Offices
BANK OF India Arundhati Bhattacharya that are located at important cities throughout
INDIA Chief Financial Officer : India. It has more than 14,000 branches.
Anshula Kant - State Bank of India is a banking behemoth and
has 20% market share in deposits and loans
among Indian commercial banks.
HISTORY
- The bank traces its ancestry to British India,
through the Imperial Bank of India, to the
founding, in 1806, of the Bank of Calcutta,
making it the oldest commercial bank in the
Indian subcontinent.
- Bank of Madras merged into the other two
“presidency banks” in British India, Bank of
Calcutta and Bank of Bombay, to form the
Imperial Bank of India, which in turn became the
State Bank of India in 1955.
- Government of India owned the Imperial Bank of
India in 1955, with Reserve Bank of India taking
a 60% stake, and renamed it the State Bank of
India.
- In 2008, the government took over the stake
held by the Reserve Bank of India.
VISION OF SBI
- My SBI
- My Customer First
- My SBI-First in customer satisfaction
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SBI’S PORTFOLIO OF BUSINESSES
Subsidiaries Non-banking
Subsidiaries
State Bank of India SBI Capital Markets Ltd
(Mauritius)
SBI Sri Lanka SBI Funds
Management Pvt. Ltd.
Indo–Nigerian SBI Factors &
Merchant Bank Commercial Services
Pvt. Ltd.
SBI Nepal SBI Cards & Payments
Services Pvt. Ltd.
(SBICPSL)
Commercial Bank of SBI DFHI Ltd.
India, Moscow
PT Bank Indo Monex, SBI Life Insurance
Indonesia Company Limited
SBI General Insurance
NEWS/ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
- The 5 associate banks namely State Bank of
Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad,
State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and
State Bank of Travancore, and Bharatiya Mahila
Bank were merged with State Bank of India with
effect from 1 April 2017.
- In January 2016, SBI opened its first branch in
Seoul, South Korea.
- SBI was named the 29th most reputed company in
the world according to Forbes 2009 rankings.
- SBI was 50th Most Trusted brand in India as per
the Brand Trust Report 2013.
- SBI was ranked 232nd on the Fortune Global 500
list of the world’s biggest corporations as of 2016.
22 TATA SONS 1868 Tata Bombay Present Head (CMD) : - Tata Sons Limited is the conglomerate holding
LIMITED Group House, Natrajan company of the Tata Group and holds the bulk of
Mumbai, Chandrasekaran shareholding in these companies.
Maharashtra Chief Operating Officer - It is India’s largest conglomerate. Tata group is a
, India. : Farokh Nariman global enterprise, headquartered in India,
Subedar comprising over 100 independent operating
companies. The group operates in more than 100
countries across six continents.
Tata Sons is the principal investment holding
company and promoter of Tata companies. The
chairman of Tata Sons has traditionally been the
chairman of the Tata Group.
There are 29 publicly-listed Tata enterprises
Sectors Popular Brands
Communicatio Nelco, Tata ClassEdge, Tata
ns and ITeS Communications, Tata
Consultancy Services, Tata
Interactive Systems, Tata
Teleservices, Tatanet, etc
Services Indian Hotels, Roots
Corporation, Taj Air, Tata
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Africa Holdings, Tata
Business Excellence Group,
Tata Limited, Tata SIA
Airlines (Vistara), Tata
Technologies, etc.
Financial Tata AIA Life Insurance, Tata
Services AIG General Insurance, Tata
Asset Management, Tata
Capital, Tata Investment
Corporation
Consumer and Casa Decor, Landmark, Tata
Retail AG, Tata Global Beverages,
Tata Co_ee, Tata Sky, Tata
UniStore, Titan Company,
Trent, etc.
Defence and TAL Manufacturing Services,
Aerospace TASEC, Tata Advanced
Materials, Tata Advanced
Systems, Tata Industrial
Services, Tata Technologies,
etc.
Manufacturing Advinus Therapeutics, Indian
Steel and Wire Products,
Jaguar Land Rover, NatSteel
Holdings Rallis India, Tata
Autocomp Systems, Tata
BlueScope Steel, Tata
Ceramics, Tata Chemicals,
Tata Cummins, Tata Daewoo
Commercial Vehicle
Company, Tata Hitachi, Tata
Metaliks, Tata Motors, Tata
Steel, etc.
Realty and Associated Building
Infrastructure Company, Tata Consulting
Engineers, Tata Housing
Development Company,
Tata Power, Tata Power
Solar, Tata Realty and
Infrastructure, Voltas, etc.
- Tata Power acquired ‘Welspun Renewables
Energy’ in June, 2016, Energy Projects Limited
(IEPL) in December, 2014.
- Tata Steel acquired ‘Corus’ of UK in January,
2007 and ‘Millennium Steel’ of Thailand in
April, 2006.
- Tata Chemicals acquired ‘British Salt’ of UK in
December, 2010.
23 WIPRO 1945 Bengaluru, Chairman : Azim - Wipro Ltd is a global information technology,
LIMITED India Premji consulting and outsourcing company with
Present Head (MD clients in 175+ cities across 6 continents.
and CEO) : Abidali - It has over 55 dedicated emerging
Neemuchwala technologies ‘Centers of Excellence’ that
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Chief Financial Officer enables it to harness the latest technology for
: Jatin Dalal delivering business capability to clients.
HISTORY
- The company was incorporated on 29 December
1945, in Amalner a small town in Jalgaon district
by Mohamed Premji as ‘Western India Palm
Refined Oil Limited’, later abbreviated to ‘Wipro’.
- It was initially set up as a manufacturer of
vegetable and refined oils in Amalner,
Maharashtra, India under the trade names of
Kisan, Sunflower and Camel.
- The year 1980 marked the arrival of Wipro in
the IT domain. In 1982, the name was changed
from Wipro Products Limited to Wipro Limited.
WIPRO GROUP OF COMPANIES
 Western India Products Limited
 Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting
 Wipro Infrastructure Engineering
 Wipro GE Medical Systems

 In March 2017, Wipro was recognized as one of
the world’s most ethical companies by US-
based Ethisphere Institute for the 6th
consecutive year.
 In May 2016, it was ranked 755th on the Forbes
Global 2000 list.
 Wipro has been ranked 1st in the 2010 Asian
Sustainability Rating of Indian companies
 It is a member of the NASDAQ Global
Sustainability Index as well as the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index.
GLOBAL COMPANIES
24 DEUTSCHE 1870 Frankfurt, Chairman : Paul - Deutsche Bank is a German global banking and
BANK Germany Achleitner financial services company.
Present Head (CEO) : - It has operations in more than 70 countries,
John Cryan and has a large presence in Europe, the
Chief Operating Officer : Americas, Asia-Pacific and the emerging
Kim Hammonds markets.
- In 2009, Deutsche Bank was the largest
foreign exchange dealer in the world with a
market share of 21 percent.
- DEUTSCHE BANK IN INDIA: Deutsche Bank
established its first branch in India in 1980.
Currently, it has over 11,000 employees in the
country, operating branches in 16 cities.
HISTORY
- Deutsche Bank was founded in Berlin in 1870
to promote and facilitate trade relations
between Germany and international markets.
- Three of the founders were Georg Siemens
whose father’s cousin had founded Siemens
and Halske, Adelbert Delbrück and L.
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Bamberger.
- In 2012, Deutsche Bank was named Best Global
Investment Bank in the annual Euromoney
Awards for Excellence.
- In December 2012, International Financing
Review (IFR) recognized Deutsche Bank as its
Equity House of the Year and Bond House of
the Year 2012.
- In 2016, it got ‘Best Banking Performer,
Germany’ by Global Brands Magazine Award
25 AMERICAN 1850 New York Present Head - American Express Company is an American
EXPRESS City, US (Chairman and CEO) : multinational financial services corporation.
Kenneth I, Chenault The company is best known for its credit card,
Chief Operating charge card, and traveller’s cheque businesses.
Officer :Jeffery C. - It is the parent organisation of three major
Campbell companies: American Express Travel Related
Services (TRS), The American Express Bank Ltd.
(AEBL) and American Express Financial
Advisors.
AMERICAN EXPRESS IN INDIA: American
Express established its first office in India in
1921 in Kolkata. Since then it has grown to
become the leading travel related services and
banking organisation in the country.
The company has set up global back office
operations to leverage the skilled manpower
available in India:
 American Express (India) Private Ltd.: This
centre handles accounting and financial
processes for American Express’ businesses
around the world.
 American Express Global Service Centre: This
centre provides support to the company’s
card, financial services and travel-related
businesses in the US and other countries.
HISTORY
- American Express was started in 1850 as an
express mail business in New York.
- It was founded as a joint stock corporation
by the merger of the express companies
owned by Henry Wells (Wells & Company),
William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo &
Company), and John Warren Butterfield
(Wells, Butterfield & Company).
- In 2016, Interbrand ranked American Express
as the 25th most valuable brand in the world.
- In 2017, Fortune ranked American Express as
the 17th most admired company worldwide
26 NESTLE 1866 Nestle Vevey, Chairman : Peter - Nestle is a Swiss transnational food and drink
Group Switzerland Brabeck Letmathe company.
Chief Executive Officer - It is the world’s largest food, nutrition, health
: Ulf Mark Schneider and wellness company.
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Chief Financial Officer : - It has been the largest food company in the
François-Xavier Roger world. Nestle serves in 2000 plus brands across
the globe.
- Slogan: Good Food ,Good life
HISTORY
- Nestle was founded 151 years ago as an
Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company by a
Swiss confectioner, Henri Nestle in 1866.
- In August 1867, Charles and George Page
established the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk
Company in_Cham, Switzerland.
- In 1879, Nestle merged with milk chocolate
inventor Daniel Peter.
- In 1905, the companies merged to become the
Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk
Company. Nestle came to India in 1923.
BUSINESS IN NEWS
• Nestle is ranked 66th in Fortune 500
companies list in 2016.
• 33rd in Forbes 2000 companies list in 2016.
Major Joint Ventures by Nestle
• Cereal Partners Worldwide with General
Mills_(50%-50%)
• Beverage Partners Worldwide with Coca-Cola
Company (50%-50%)
• Lactalis Nestle Produits Frais with Lactalis
(40%-60%)
• Nestle Colgate-Palmolive with Colgate-
Palmolive (50%-50%)
Cookie dough, Maggi noodles, Nescafe, Kit Kat,
Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer’s, Vittel, Milkmaid,
Carnation, etc. are one of the most popular
products and brands of Nestle.
Portfolio Of Businesses Include:
Brands Operations Products
Nestle World’s leading It has 52 water
Waters producer of brands which
bottled water, include Acqua
employing more Panna, Aquarel,
than 34,000 staff Buxton, Perrier,
at 100 production Pure Life, San
sites in 35 Pellegrino, Sao
countries globally. Lourenco, and
Vittel.
Cereal It is a joint venture Breakfast cereals
Partners which combines and baby foods.
Worldw the expertise of Cerelac,_ Gerber,
ide two companies: Gerber
(CPW) Nestlé and General Graduates,
Mills. NaturNes,
Nestum,
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Chocapic, Cini
Minis,Cookie
Crisp, Estrelitas,
Fitness, Nesquik
Cereal, etc.
Nestlé It has been Related to the
Health engaged in health areas,
Science advancing the role such as
for nutritional paediatric and
therapy in the acute care,
management of metabolic and
people’s health obesity care,
healthy ageing,
and
gastrointestinal
and brain
health.
Example: Boost,
Meritene,
Nutrin Junio,
Alfameno, etc.
Nestlé It was started in Nescafé,Nescafé
Nespres 1986 to enable 3 in 1,Nescafé
so anyone to create Cappuccino,Nes
the perfect cup of café
espresso coffee. Classic,Nescafé
Decaff,Nescafé
Dolce Gusto,
Nescafé
Gold,Nespresso
Nestlé It aims to develop Purina Pro Plan,
Purina products that Purina ONE,
PetCare deliver Fancy Feast,
comprehensive Friskies, Dog
nutrition to help Chow, Beneful,
ensure the long Alpo, Bakers
healthy lives of Complete, Cat
pets. Chow, Chef
Michael’s
Canine
Creations, Felix,
Gourmet, etc.
Nestlé It works to Cataphil Lotion,
Skin enhance the Daylong,
Health quality of life by Emervel,
delivering science-Mirvaso, etc.
based solutions
for the health of
skin, hair and nails
over the course of
people’s lives
27 MICROSOFT 1975 Washington Chairman : John - Microsoft is an American multinational
CORPORATION , US Thompson technology company.
Present Head (CEO) : - It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports
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Satya Nadella and sells computer software, consumer
Chief Financial Officer electronics and personal computers and
: Amy Hood services.
- Its best known software products are the
Microsoft Windows line of operating systems,
Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet
Explorer and Edge web browsers.
- Microsoft in India: Microsoft Corporation India
is one of the fastest growing subsidiaries of
Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in
software, services, and solutions. The
Microsoft India story began in 1990. Microsoft
runs six major business units representing
entire product cycle to serve customers from
consumers to corporations, gamers to
governments.
i)Microsoft Research India (MSR India)
ii) Microsoft India (R&D) Private Limited
iii) Microsoft IT India
iv) Microsoft Services Global Delivery
v) Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
(MCIPL)
vi) Microsoft India Global Technical Support
Center (IGTSC)
HISTORY
- Microsoft was founded by Paul Allen and Bill
Gates on April 4, 1975 with Gates as the CEO.
- Microsoft entered the OS business in 1980 with
its own version of Unix, called Xenix.
- However, it was MS-DOS that solidified the
company’s dominance.
- It rose to dominate the personal computer
operating system market with MS- DOS in the
mid-1980s, followed by Microsoft Windows.
- Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified
from the operating system market and has
made a number of corporate acquisitions
BUSINESS IN NEWS
• In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype
Technologies for $8.5 billion.
• In 2014, Microsoft acquired the mobile
hardware division of NOKIA.
• In December 2016, it bought LinkedIn for
$26.2 billion.
Segments Products
Software Windows, Office, Free
and Services downloads and security,
Internet explorer, Microsoft
edge and MSN.
Devices All Windows PC and tablets, PC
and Xbox accessories, Xbox and games
For Cloud Platform, Microsoft
Business Azure, MS Dynamic 365,
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Windows for business, Office for
business, Skype for business,
Enterprise solutions and Volume
licensing.
For Microsoft Azure, MSDN,
Developers TechNet and Visual studio.
and IT Pros
For Office for students, Onenote in
Students classroom and Microsoft in
and education.
Educators
28 IBM 1911 New York, Chairman, President - International Business Machines Corporation
CORPORATION US and CEO : Ginni (IBM) is an American multinational technology
Rometty company.It operates in over 170 countries
Chief Financial Officer across the globe.
: Martin Schroeter - It manufactures and markets computer
hardware, middleware and software, and offers
hosting and consulting services in areas ranging
from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.
- It is a major research organization, holding the
record for most patents generated by a
business.
- Inventions by IBM include the automated
teller machine (ATM), the PC, the floppy disk,
the hard disk drive, the magnetic stripe card,
the relational database, the SQL programming
language, the UPC barcode, and dynamic
RANDOM- ACCESS MEMORY_(DRAM).
- IBM IN INDIA: IBM India Private Limited is the
Indian subsidiary of IBM. Vanitha Narayanan is
the Managing Director of IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
IBM entered India in 1992 with a Tata joint-
venture, named Tata Information Systems Ltd.
HISTORY
- The following four historical milestones
contributed in the foundation of IBM:
• Julius E. Pitrat patented the computing scale
in 1885,
• Alexander Dey invented the dial recorder
(1888),
• Herman Hollerith patented the Electric
Tabulating Machine, and
• Willard Bundy invented a time clock to
record a worker’s arrival and departure time
on a paper tape in 1889.
- On June 16, 1911, their four companies were
amalgamated in New York State by Charles
Ranlett Flint forming a fifth company, the
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
(CTR) based in New York.
- IBM was originated in 1911 as the Computing-
Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was
renamed “International Business Machines” in
1924.
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BUSINESS IN NEWS
• IBM received a 2016 Climate Leadership Award
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).
• IBM ranked 82nd in the 2016 list of Fortune
500 global companies.
• In 2009, IBM acquired ‘Lombardi’
• In 2016, It acquired ‘Sanovi Technologies’.
• In 2017, it acquired ‘Agile 3 Solutions’ and Ravy
Technologies.
29 INTEL 1968 California, Chairman : Gordon - Intel Corporation is an American multinational
CORPORATION US Moore and Andy D. corporation and technology company.
Bryant - It is the world’s largest and highest valued
Present Head (CEO) : semiconductor chip makers based on revenue
Brian M. Krzanich and is the inventor of the x86 series of
Chief Financial Officer : microprocessors: the processors found in most
Wendell M. Brooks personal computers (PCs).
- Intel supplies processors for computer system
manufacturers such as Apple, Lenovo, HP, and
Dell
HISTORY
- Intel Corporation was founded on July 18, 1968,
by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and
Gordon Moore, and widely associated with the
executive leadership and vision of Andrew
Grove.
- The company’s name was conceived from the
words ‘integrated’ and ‘electronics’. The fact
that ‘intel’ is the term for intelligence
information also made the name appropriate.
Product Brands
Segments
Devices and 2 in 1 & Ultrabook™, Cable
Systems Modems, Desktops, Drones,
Intel® Compute Card, Intel®
Compute Stick, Intel® NUC,
Laptops, Microservers, Mini PCs,
Servers, Smart Phones, Tablets,
Workstations, etc.
Processors Intel® Core™, Intel® Xeon®,
Intel® Atom™, Pantium,
Celeron®, etc.
Boards & Intel® Curie™ SoC, Intel®
Kits Joule™, Intel® Galileo
Development Board, Intel®
Quark™ D2000 Development
Kit, Intel® Quark™ SE
Microcontroller C1000
Evaluation Kit, Server
Motherboards, etc.
Chipsets Mobile, Desktop, Server and
Embedded
Server Data Center Blocks, Server
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Products Boards, Server Systems, Server
Chassis, Accelerator Cards, RAID
Products and Server
Management.
Networking Ethernet Products and Fabric
and Products.
Communicat
ions
Wireless Cellular Modems
Others Software, Intel Gateways, etc
BUSINESS IN NEWS
• In October 2015, Intel bought cognitive
computing company Saffron Technology for an
undisclosed price.
• In August 2016, Intel purchased deep-learning
startup Nervana Systems for $350 million.
• In March 2017, Intel announced that they had
agreed a US$15.3 billion takeover of Mobileye,
an Israeli developer of “autonomous driving”
systems.
• Intel ranked 46th in “Fortune 500 World’s
Most Admired Companies” list of 2017 and
ranked 60th in Forbe’s List of Global Companies
30 HP 1939 California, Chairman : Dion - Hewlett-Packard (HP) is an American
US Weisler multinational information technology company.
Present Head (CEO) : - It develops and provides a wide variety of
Dion Weisler hardware components as well as software and
Chief Financial Officer : related services to consumers, small- and
Cathie Lesjak medium-sized businesses and large enterprises,
including customers in the government, health
and education sectors
HISTORY
The company was founded in 1939 in a one-car
garage in Palo Alto by William “Bill” Redington
Hewlett and David “Dave” Packard, and initially
produced a line of electronic test equipment.
BUSINESS IN NEWS
- In 2014, Hewlett-Packard announced plans to
split the PC and printers business from its
enterprise products and services business.
- The split closed on November 1, 2015, and
resulted in two publicly traded companies: HP
Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
31 APPLE 1976 California, Present Head (CEO) : - Apple is an American multinational technology
US Tim Cook company.
Chief Financial Officer : - It designs, develops, and sells consumer
Luca Maestri electronics, computer software, and online
services.
- Apple is the world’s largest information
technology company by revenue, the world’s
largest technology company by total assets,
and the world’s second- largest mobile phone
manufacturer, by volume, after Samsung.
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- It operates the online Apple Store and iTunes
Store, the latter of which is the world’s largest
music retailer.
HISTORY
- Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve
Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to
develop and sell personal computers.
- It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. in
January 1977, and was renamed as Apple Inc.
in January 2007 to reflect its shifted focus
toward consumer electronics.
Product Brands
Segments
Mac MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook
Pro, iMac, Mac Pro, Mac mini,
macOS Sierra and Compare
iPad iPad Pro, iPad, iPad mini 4, iOS
10, etc.
iPhone iPhone 7, iPhone 6s, iPhone SE,
etc.
Watch Apple Watch Series 2, Apple
Watch Nike+, Apple Watch
Hermès, Apple Watch Edition,
Apple Watch Series 1 and
watchOS
TV Apple TV
Music Apple Music, iTunes and iPod
BUSINESS IN NEWS
 Apple’s largest acquisition was that of Beats
Electronics in August 2014 for US$3 billion.
 Apple ranked 9th on Fortune 500 Global
Companies list of 2016.
 Apple ranked 8th on Forbes World’s Biggest
Public Companies list of 2016.
32 WALMART 1962 Arkansas, Chairman : Greg Penner - Walmart, is an American multinational
US Present Head (CEO) : retailing corporation that operates as a chain of
Dough McMillon hypermarkets, discount department stores,
Chief Financial Officer : grocery stores and online store.
Bret Biggs - It is world’s leading retailer renowned for its
efficiency and expertise in logistics, supply chain
management and sourcing.
- Walmart is the world’s largest company by
revenue.
- Walmart in India: Wal-Mart India owns and
operates 21 Best Price Modern Wholesale
stores offering nearly 5,000 items in a Cash and
Carry wholesale format in 9 States across India.
The first store opened in Amritsar in May 2009.
Krish Iyer is President and CEO, Walmart India.
HISTORY
- It was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and
incorporated on October 31, 1969.
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- The company was listed on the New York Stock
Exchange in 1972.
- Walmart sells a wide range of fresh, frozen and
chilled foods, fruits and vegetables, dry
groceries, personal and home care, hotel and
restaurant suppliers, clothing, office supplies
and other general merchandise items.
- Walmart’s operations are organized into four
divisions: Walmart U.S., Walmart
International, Sam’s Club and Global
eCommerce.
BUSINESS IN NEWS
• In 2017, Walmart acquired Moosejaw and
Bonobos for approximately $351 million.
• In 2016, Walmart acquired jet.com for
approximately $565 million.
• Walmart was no.1 on the Fortune Global 500
Companies list and no. 15 on the Forbes
Global 2000 list of 2016.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Who is the present chairman of HDFC bank?
(a) Deepak S Parekh
(b) M.K. Sharma
(c) Sanjiv Singh
(d) Chandan Kumar Dey
2. When was Reliance Industries Ltd. incorporated?
(a) 1965
(b) 1966
(a) 1978
(b) 1959
3. Which pharmaceutical company has the slogan ‘caring for life’?
a) Dr. Reddy’s
b) Lupin Ltd.
c) Cipla Ltd.
d) Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
4. Which gas company owns India’s largest pipeline network?
a) Gail (India) Ltd.
b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
c) Reliance Industries Ltd.
d) ONGC
5. Where are the Headquarters of ITC Limited?
a) Kolkata
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b) Mumbai
c) Delhi
d) Bengaluru
6. State Bank of India was formerly known as:

a) Bank of Madras
b) Bank of Calcutta
c) Imperial Bank
d) Indian Bank
7. Jayesh Merchant is the CFO of which company?
a) Asian Paints Ltd.
b) Ambuja cements Ltd.
c) Bosch Ltd.
d) Ultratech cement Ltd.
8. Which industrial category does Wipro Ltd. come under?

a. Pharmaceuticals & Drugs
b. Diversified
c. Media
d. IT- Software
9. Which of the following IT companies is not based in the US?
a. Microsoft Corporation
b. Intel Corporation
c. HCL Technologies Ltd.
d. IBM Corporation
10. NESTLE is a beverage partner with which of the following companies?
a. Coca-Cola India
b. Pepsico India Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
c. Red Bull India Pvt. Ltd
d. Dabur India Ltd
11. Where are the headquarters of Walmart?
a. Arkansas, US
b. California, US
c. Newyork, US
d. None of the above
12. Who founded Wipro Limited?
a. Azim Premji
b. Mohamed Premji
c. Champaklal H. Choksi
d. Chimanlal N. Choksi
13. The major textile brand ‘Vimal’ was introduced in which year?
a. 1975
b. 1965
c. 1985
d. 1986
14. Who is the present CEO of Microsoft Corporation?
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a. Satya Nadella
b. Amy Hood
c. Brain M. Krzanich
d. Tim Cook
15. Which IT company acquired Beats Electronics in 2014?
a. Microsoft Corporation
b. Apple
c. Intel Corporation
d. IBM Corporation
16. Which Bank provides the digital service PayZapp?

a. Axis Bank Limited
b. HDFC Bank Limited
c. ICICI Bank Limited
d. SBI
17. Who is the present chairman of Bajaj Auto Ltd.?
a. Mr. Rahul Bajaj
b. Mr. Rajiv Bajaj
c. Jamnalal Bajaj
d. Kevin P D’sa
18. Which of the following is not a product of Bajaj Auto Limited?
a. Avenger
b. Discover
c. Splendor
d. CT 100
19. Which of the following is a subsidiary of Gail India Limited?
a. Central Coalfields Limited
b. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
c. Western Coalfields Limited
d. Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited
20. Which company is ranked 33rd in Forbes 2000 companies in 2016?
(a) Nestle
(b) Walmart
(c) IBM Corporation
(d) RIL
21. Who is the present CFO of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.?
(a) Ravi Bhamidipaty
(b) Karan Gautambhai Adani
(c) Alok kumar Agarwal
(d) Farokh Nariman Subedar
22. Deutsche Bank was founded in Berlin in which year?
(a) 1970
(b) 1870
(c) 1890
(d) 1980
23. American Express was ranked the 17th most admired company by Fortune in which year?
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(a) 2014
(b) 2015
(c) 2016
(d) 2017
24. The mission of which transnational company is ‘Good Food, Good Life’?
a. Tata Group
b. Reliance fresh
c. Nestle
d. Starbucks
25. When did Microsoft begin its business in India?
a. 1990
b. 1991
c. 1995
d. 1989
26. What is Intel’s rank in the “Fortune 500 World’s Most Admired Companies” in 2017?
a. 48th
b. 46th
c. 45th
d. 38th
27. Who was the founder of Walmart?
a) Sam Watson
b) Bret Biggs
c) Greg Penner
d) Luca Maestri
28. What was the initial name of Apple Inc.?
a. Apple corporation
b. Apple Computer Inc.
c. Apple IT solutions
d. Apple Mac Inc.
29. What was ICICI Bank’s rank among private sector banks in India as per Brand Equity’s ‘Most
Trusted Brands of 2016’ survey?
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 3rd
d. 4th
30. Indane LPG is the product of which corporation in India?
a. IOCL
b. NTPC
c. ONGC
d. PGCIL
31. By what name are the Education and Stationary products by ITC known in India?
a. Camel
b. Apsara
c. Natraj
d. Classmate
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32. Where are the headquarters of L&T?
a. Bengaluru
b. Delhi
c. Mumbai
d. Chennai
33. Who is the CMD of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.?
a. I.S. Jha
b. K Sreekant
c. Vishal Sikka
d. M. D. Ranganath
34. Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO) is a subsidiary of:
a. IOCL
b. NTPC
c. ONGC
d. PGCIL
35. ‘My customer First’ is the Vision of which Bank?
a. SBI
b. Axis Bank
c. HDFC Bank
d. Bank of Baroda
36. What is the Global banking platform by Edge Verve Systems (Infosys) called?
a. Mana
b. Finacle
c. Skava
d. Panaya Cloud Suite
37. Which of the following is not a subsidiary of NTPC?
a. Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited
b. Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited
c. Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited
d. Kalinga Bidyut Prasaran Nigam Private Limited
Answer Keys
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