In India, Information Technology is an industry consisting of two main elements: IT services and BPO which is Outsourcing of Business Processes. The sector's aggregate revenue of US$ 180 billion in 2019, with export revenue of US$ 99 billion and domestic revenue of US$ 48 billion, according to NASSCOM, increased by more than 13 percent. India's IT population accounts for 4.36 million jobs as of 2020.
It contributed less than 5 percent to the country's GDP until 10 years ago; today, it contributes nearly twice as much. On a comparative basis, about 8 percent of the country's GDP is contributed by the automotive industry.
Even during the ongoing pandemic, the IT sector showed resilience and held its ground.
Here is a list of the top IT companies of India in 2020, however they are in no particular order.
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) is a support and consulting firm for multinational information technology (IT). In India, it the largest of the top IT businesses. The headquarters of the company are in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a Tata Group subsidiary and operates across 46 nations in 149 locations. Worldwide, it offers IT, business consulting, and outsourcing services. It is an Indian MNC company that is a Tata Group subsidiary. The company was founded in 1968 being the first IT company in India.
Infosys Ltd
Infosys Ltd was founded in 1981 by N.R. Murthy Narayana. Information Technology, Outsourcing Services, and Business Consulting are provided by the Indian MNC business. It is among India's top 10 IT firms. It has its head office in Bangalore, Karnataka. Application development and management, autonomous validation, product engineering and management, technology management, business application management, and support and integration services are also provided by the organisation.
HCL Technologies Ltd
HCL Technologies Ltd was established by Shiv Nadar in 1976 and its headquarters are located in Noida, India. It is a multinational IT services company in India. The company's divisions include software services, infrastructure management services, and business process outsourcing services. HCL Technologies Ltd provides a wide variety of services, including the restructuring of businesses, engineering, remote infrastructure management, outsourcing of business processes, etc. The business is HCL Enterprise's subsidiary. It has offices in 44 countries, including the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
Wipro Ltd
Wipro Ltd was founded in Maharashtra, in 1945. It has its head office in Bangalore, Karnataka. In India, Wipro Ltd is among the top 10 IT firms. The business operates in two segments: IT Services and IT Products. The IT Services sector of the Group offers a variety of services allowed by IT and IT. Several third-party IT products are offered by the IT Products division, allowing it to provide IT system integration services.
Tech Mahindra Ltd
Tech Mahindra Ltd was founded in 1986 and its headquarters are located in Pune, India. Tech Mahindra Ltd is an Indian multinational supplier of IT networking technology solutions for the telecommunications industry and business process outsourcing.
It offers a wide variety of solutions—
1. Solutions for Next-Gen
2.Cloud
3.Java for ADMS & Open Source
4.Consultancy
5.Experience with Customers
6.Enterprise Architecture
7.Future Enterprises, etc.
If you are looking for a career in the IT sector, here are your top choices to look out for. You do not need to have a technical background to get a job in the IT sector. Just some basic knowledge about coding and programming languages like C, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript will suffice. The hunger and the willingness to learn more will be an added benefit.