Founding Edition 2026

The A-band organisations in India's Most Loved 250 Workplaces 2026

91 of the 250 organisations in India's Most Loved 250 Workplaces 2026 fall in this group. Their average composite score is 81.2, against 69.2 for the full ranking. The strongest pillar is Equitable Opportunity (86.5) and the weakest is Psychological Safety (76.3).

Organisations: 91
Average score: 81.2
Highest score: 96
Lowest score: 74

The ranking, the A-band organisations

Position is the organisation's rank among all 250. Pillar columns show the five pillar scores on a scale of 0 to 100.

Position	Organisation	Score	Band	P.Safety	Rep & Inc	Eq.Opp	Transparency	Trust
1	Tata Consultancy Services	96	A1 Equity Vanguard	89	100	100	95	89
2	HDFC Bank	91	A1 Equity Vanguard	80	89	95	97	94
3	Hindustan Unilever	90	A1 Equity Vanguard	90	99	92	87	100
4	Larsen & Toubro	89	A2 Culture Champion	76	80	95	82	94
5	Mahindra & Mahindra	89	A2 Culture Champion	80	85	95	84	92
6	Kotak Mahindra Bank	88	A2 Culture Champion	77	86	92	94	91
7	ITC Limited	88	A2 Culture Champion	88	97	90	85	98
8	Apollo Hospitals Enterprise	87	A2 Culture Champion	85	91	89	84	86
9	ICICI Bank	87	A2 Culture Champion	76	85	91	93	90
10	Bajaj Auto	86	A2 Culture Champion	77	82	92	81	89
11	Infosys	93	A1 Equity Vanguard	86	98	100	92	87
12	Accenture India	91	A1 Equity Vanguard	94	100	100	100	82
13	Procter & Gamble India	88	A2 Culture Champion	88	99	91	90	93
14	Wipro	87	A2 Culture Champion	81	91	96	86	81
15	Microsoft India	90	A1 Equity Vanguard	92	99	100	99	81
16	HCL Technologies	87	A2 Culture Champion	81	91	96	86	81
17	Google India (Alphabet)	90	A1 Equity Vanguard	92	99	100	99	81
18	Bajaj Finserv	83	A2 Culture Champion	74	79	85	84	93
19	McKinsey & Company India	88	A2 Culture Champion	88	99	91	90	93
20	Titan Company	82	A2 Culture Champion	82	90	84	79	92
21	Boston Consulting Group India	87	A2 Culture Champion	87	98	90	89	92
22	IBM India	85	A2 Culture Champion	87	94	98	94	76
23	Bain & Company India	85	A2 Culture Champion	85	96	88	87	90
24	Deloitte India	85	A2 Culture Champion	73	91	100	97	66
25	Axis Bank	83	A2 Culture Champion	73	81	87	88	86
26	SAP India	84	A2 Culture Champion	82	86	87	86	82
27	Cognizant India	82	A2 Culture Champion	76	88	92	86	72
28	Asian Paints	82	A2 Culture Champion	82	90	84	79	92
29	Fidelity Investments India	83	A2 Culture Champion	73	83	88	93	81
30	Tech Mahindra	82	A2 Culture Champion	76	86	91	81	77
31	Nestle India	82	A2 Culture Champion	82	92	85	84	87
32	Tata Motors	81	A3 Trusted Employer	73	77	87	76	84
33	Wells Fargo India	84	A2 Culture Champion	74	84	89	94	82
34	Dabur India	80	A3 Trusted Employer	80	88	82	77	89
35	Capgemini India	80	A3 Trusted Employer	74	86	89	84	70
36	Reliance Industries	80	A3 Trusted Employer	76	80	78	73	93
37	NVIDIA India	83	A2 Culture Champion	81	85	86	85	81
38	Persistent Systems	80	A3 Trusted Employer	74	84	88	79	75
39	HSBC India	83	A2 Culture Champion	73	83	88	93	81
40	Godrej Consumer Products	79	A3 Trusted Employer	79	87	81	76	88
41	Eli Lilly India	84	A2 Culture Champion	80	89	87	82	85
42	Tata Consumer Products	79	A3 Trusted Employer	79	87	81	76	88
43	Amazon India	88	A2 Culture Champion	84	90	87	86	97
44	Mphasis	79	A3 Trusted Employer	73	83	87	78	74
45	EY India	87	A2 Culture Champion	75	93	100	99	68
46	Eicher Motors (Royal Enfield)	78	A3 Trusted Employer	70	74	84	73	81
47	Bank of America India	82	A2 Culture Champion	72	82	87	92	80
48	Coforge	78	A3 Trusted Employer	72	82	86	77	73
49	Morgan Stanley India	81	A3 Trusted Employer	71	81	86	91	79
50	Hexaware Technologies	77	A3 Trusted Employer	71	81	85	76	72
51	KPMG India	81	A3 Trusted Employer	69	87	96	93	63
52	Maruti Suzuki India	82	A2 Culture Champion	73	80	89	82	80
53	PwC India	81	A3 Trusted Employer	69	87	96	93	63
54	Lupin	77	A3 Trusted Employer	73	79	79	70	83
55	HP India	81	A3 Trusted Employer	83	89	94	89	73
56	Dr. Reddy's Laboratories	77	A3 Trusted Employer	73	79	79	70	83
57	Siemens India	81	A3 Trusted Employer	71	73	88	83	81
58	Cipla	76	A3 Trusted Employer	72	78	78	69	82
59	ABB India	80	A3 Trusted Employer	70	72	87	82	80
60	Polycab India	76	A3 Trusted Employer	74	76	78	73	79
61	Sun Pharmaceuticals	83	A2 Culture Champion	79	85	85	76	89
62	Havells India	76	A3 Trusted Employer	74	76	78	73	79
63	Colgate-Palmolive India	80	A3 Trusted Employer	80	90	83	82	84
64	Hero MotoCorp	75	A3 Trusted Employer	67	71	81	70	78
65	Stryker India	81	A3 Trusted Employer	79	87	84	83	75
66	Marico	75	A3 Trusted Employer	74	82	77	72	84
67	ServiceNow India	80	A3 Trusted Employer	74	86	89	84	70
68	Torrent Pharmaceuticals	75	A3 Trusted Employer	72	77	77	68	81
69	Salesforce India	79	A3 Trusted Employer	73	85	88	83	69
70	HDFC Life Insurance	74	A3 Trusted Employer	66	70	76	75	83
71	Adobe India	79	A3 Trusted Employer	77	81	82	81	77
72	Birlasoft	74	A3 Trusted Employer	68	78	82	72	70
73	Oracle India	78	A3 Trusted Employer	76	80	81	80	76
74	Tata Communications	74	A3 Trusted Employer	65	70	76	71	81
75	Honeywell India	78	A3 Trusted Employer	80	86	90	86	70
76	Interglobe Aviation (IndiGo)	74	A3 Trusted Employer	66	68	75	67	79
77	Dell Technologies India	77	A3 Trusted Employer	79	85	89	85	69
78	Dixon Technologies	74	A3 Trusted Employer	72	74	76	71	77
79	3M India	77	A3 Trusted Employer	67	70	84	79	77
80	Varun Beverages	74	A3 Trusted Employer	73	81	76	71	83
81	Cisco Systems India	77	A3 Trusted Employer	79	85	89	85	69
82	Britannia Industries	74	A3 Trusted Employer	73	81	76	71	83
83	Johnson & Johnson India	76	A3 Trusted Employer	72	80	79	74	77
84	Hyundai Motor India	75	A3 Trusted Employer	67	73	82	76	73
85	Tata Power Company	74	A3 Trusted Employer	63	65	76	67	84
86	Bosch India	77	A3 Trusted Employer	69	75	84	77	75
88	Pfizer India	74	A3 Trusted Employer	71	78	77	72	75
90	Samsung India Electronics	75	A3 Trusted Employer	73	77	78	77	73
92	Cummins India	77	A3 Trusted Employer	67	70	84	79	77
94	Mondelez India	75	A3 Trusted Employer	74	84	78	77	79
100	CBRE India	74	A3 Trusted Employer	65	69	76	70	79

Source: India's Most Loved 250 Workplaces 2026, a secondary-research ranking. Organisation names link to each organisation's own website. How the ranking was built.

Questions about this group

How many the A-band organisations are in India's Most Loved 250 Workplaces 2026?

91 of the 250 organisations in the ranking: 45 Indian companies and 46 multinationals' India operations.

Which the A-band organisations ranks highest?

Tata Consultancy Services, at position 1 overall with a composite score of 96 (A1, Equity Vanguard).

How do the A-band organisations compare with the full ranking?

Their average composite score is 81.2, which is 12 points above the 69.2 average for all 250 organisations. Scores in this group run from 74 to 96.

Which pillar is strongest and which is weakest for the A-band organisations?

Equitable Opportunity is the strongest pillar, with an average of 86.5. Psychological Safety is the weakest, at 76.3.

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