Time and Date

Saturday, March 27, 2010

INDIAN COMPANIES

80.Hindustan Times


HT Media found its beginning in 1924 when its flagship newspaper,
Hindustan Times was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi. HT Media (BSE, NSE)
has today grown to become one of India's largest media companies.
Produced by an editorial team known for its quality, innovation and
integrity, Hindustan Times (English newspaper) and Hindustan
(Hindi newspaper through a subsidiary Hindustan Media Ventures Limited),
have a combined daily readership base of 12.7 million 
(based on round 2 of Indian Readership Survey 2009) to their credit.
Both dailies enjoy a strong brand recognition among readers as well as
advertisers.
To cater to the large readership base, HT Media operates 19 printing
facilities across India with an installed capacity of 1.5 million copies
per hour.
In addition to Hindustan Times, HT Media also publishes a national
business newspaper, Mint. Mint is a one-of-its-kind newspaper in the
sense that the company has an exclusive agreement with the Wall Street
Journal to publish Journal-branded news and information in India.
Mint is today the second-largest business newspaper in India with
presence in the key markets of Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chandigarh,
Pune and now Kolkata too.
HT Media has also made its foray into electronic media. Diversifying its
ambit of operations, the company in a consulting partnership with
Virgin Radio, has launched the FM radio channel - Fever 104.
Currently available in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata, Fever 104
has established a strong presence as being one of the most vibrant
channels on air. In a short span, the channel's rise has been meteoric
considering its position in Mumbai and Bengaluru at No. 1 and in Delhi
as the No. 2 station on the popularity charts.




Internet businesses of HT Media incorporated under Firefly e-ventures,
operate leading web portals Hindustantimes.com and livemint.com in the
general and business news categories respectively. The company's
year old job portal Shine.com which has received high appreciation
from consumers and industry for its innovative design and usability
crossed 2.2 million registrations. Desimartini.com - a social networking
site was also launched recently.
HT Media reported FY 2009 total annual revenue up 12% to  Rs 13 360 
million. For the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2009, the company 
reported a 6% increase in revenue to Rs 3 375 million. FY 2009 EBITDA 
margin was at 16% despite cost pressures and financial headwinds.


81.Hindustan Construction Company


As a pre-eminent Indian infrastructure company, established over eight
decades ago, HCC has, over the years, strongly anchored itself to
India’s development effort. Today it is acknowledged as a company
that continues to empower India, enabling the nation to surge ahead
in different core sectors. At the heart of all our development
efforts is the attempt to touch and improve the quality of life 
of people across the length and breadth of the country. In fact, HCC,
as an industry leader in engineering construction, currently nurtures 
projects that span across such diverse segments as transportation,  
power, marine projects, oil and gas pipeline constructions, irrigation
and water supply, utilities and urban infrastructure, all of which 
impact the nation of India, and the progress of its people. HCC, even
as you read this, is bringing to bear its wealth of engineering and 
construction expertise to develop infrastructure aimed at further
propelling the nation forward, into the 21st century and beyond. 




82.IBP Group


For the last 100 years, Conex Banninger has been Doing More for its
customers across the world.


Part of the worldwide IBP group of companies, Conex Banninger specialises
in providing the best plumbing fittings for customers in the domestic,
commercial, industrial, HVAC and shipbuilding markets worldwide.


The IBP group can call upon huge international resources which only a
global company can command – including world class manufacturing
facilities, extensive R&D, and the expertise of hundreds of employees.


But more than the products themselves we offer innovative and versatile
jointing solutions. For the last 100 years, Conex Banninger has been
building its reputation for quality manufacturing backed by first-class
customer service and unrivalled expertise.


In its centenary year, Conex Banninger is committed to a special
programme of Doing More. This positive principle is applied to every
aspect of the business from logistics and marketing, to packaging and
logistics, and making contributions to sustainability.


83.ICICI Bank


ICICI Bank is India's second-largest bank with total assets of
Rs. 3,562.28 billion (US$ 77 billion) at December 31, 2009 and profit
after tax Rs. 30.19 billion (US$ 648.8 million) for the nine months
ended December 31, 2009. The Bank has a network of 1,679 branches and
about 4,883 ATMs in India and presence in 18 countries. ICICI Bank offers
a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and
retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its
specialised subsidiaries and affiliates in the areas of investment banking,
life and non-life insurance, venture capital and asset management.
The Bank currently has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Russia and
Canada, branches in United States, Singapore, Bahrain, Hong Kong,
Sri Lanka, Qatar and Dubai International Finance Centre and representative
offices in United Arab Emirates, China, South Africa, Bangladesh,
Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Our UK subsidiary has established
branches in Belgium and Germany. 




ICICI Bank's equity shares are listed in India on Bombay Stock Exchange
and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited and its
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE).




84.Intelli-Flex Communications


Intelli-Flex Communications, Inc. was founded in 1992.  Originally,
we offered telecommunication consulting services to businesses in
Southern California.  Then, we began providing high-end network design
services to legal and financial service organizations.  Now, we work with
customers in education, entertainment, manufacturing, and engineering,
as well as other industries.  Intelli-Flex has grown by staying focused
on understanding the business and technological challenges facing our
customers. 




Intelli-Flex attributes its longevity and growth to the original
formula that made us successful.  We endeavor to understand the technology
better than anyone else.  Our CEO, Cory Stephens, is a recognized leader
in the IP Telephony Industry.  Intelli-Flex always begins a customer
relationship by listening.  This provides us with an opportunity to
understand each customer’s key challenges.  After we understand the
issues our customers face, Intelli-Flex designs cost-effective solutions
to address and solve our clients’ problems.  Finally, we work with our
clients to implement the solution.  Intelli-Flex’s own team engineers,
designs, programs, installs, and provides support for the final product
solution.


85.Indo Gulf Fertilisers


Indo-Gulf Fertilizers and Chemicals Corporation Limited has been producing
quality fertilizers such as urea and nitrogenous fertilizer.
The Indo-Gulf fertilizer plant is located in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
of Uttar Pradesh and produces as much as 900,000 tons of Urea every year. 






The Indo-Gulf company had set up its fertilizer plant in 1998 at an area
that was more or less agriculture-based and hence it caters to the needs
of farmers who want to increase the crop yield and quality.
Today Indo-Gulf Fertilizers is among the largest fertilizer companies
in the Indian private sector and has surpassed its true potential.
It performs at 114% of its production capacity already. 


Indo-Gulf Fertilizers is looking forward to de-bottlenecking of its
urea capacity from 2620 MTPD to 3360 MTPD. Recently, Indo-Gulf Fertilizers
has agreed to purchase re-liquefied natural gas and JVPMT gas from GAIL.
The subsidiaries of Indo-Gulf Fertilizers are BGFL Corporate Finance,
Birla Global Asset Finance Company, Birla TMT Holdings, and
Birla Global Finance. 


86.Indian Railways


India has some of the most spectacular and unforgettable rail journeys
in the world. Here you experience a simple way to find out everything
you need to know in one easy place. There's no better way to enjoy
India's outback, cities, coastal towns and regional areas in comfort.




87.India Today Group


INDIA TODAY was launched in 1975. And in just a few years, it became the
leading newsmagazine in the country. Now, with editions in five languages,
it has become the most widely read publication in India's position it has
held for over a decade with a circulation of 1.1 million every week and
a readership of more than 15 million.






88.IndianOil Corporation


Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. is currently India's largest company by
sales with a turnover of Rs. 285,337 crore and profit of
Rs. 2,950 crore for fiscal 2008-09.




IndianOil is also the highest ranked Indian company in the prestigious
Fortune 'Global 500' listing, having moved up 19 places to the 116th
position in 2008. It is also the 18th largest petroleum company in the
world. IndianOil's vision is driven by a group of dynamic leaders
who have made it a name to reckon with.




89.Indian Overseas Bank


The Constitution of the Board of the Bank is governed by 
“The Nationalized Banks (Management and Miscellaneous Provisions)
Scheme, 1970, formulated by the Central Government, after consultation
with the Reserve Bank of India, in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 9 of “The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of 
Undertakings) Ac, t 1970”.




The Corporation is celebrating the year 2009 as its golden jubilee year.




In this section, you can peruse through the profile and spread of
IndianOil across the country & abroad. You can also know about
IndianOil's current financial performance, special initiatives
and causes along with the prestigious recognitions & awards that
have come its way for exceptional performances. 




90.IndiaTimes Group


Indiatimes is the most popular Internet and mobile value-added services
destination for the global Indian.  Covering everything from art to 
airlines, Indiatimes is taking the digital age into people's lives, 
influencing the way they live and respond to changing times, work and 
transact. In a short span, we have created multiple relationships with 
millions to users.  Indiatimes is Netplus. With offers ranging from 
knowledge events, telecom, and integrated marketing, Indiatimes is 
more than a web entity.




91.IndiGo Airlines


IndiGo is built for people with things to do, places to be, people 
to see - who don't want to waste time, money or energy in the process.
By minimizing the cost/time/tension of air travel, IndiGo opens up a
country full of opportunities. With IndiGo, you've got a billion 
reasons to fly! IndiGo incorporates the best hardware, software, 
interface design & personnel from around the world. The IndiGo 
team uses all of these resources to design processes and rules that 
are safe and simple, that make sense, and that cut waste and hassles, 
which in turn ensures a uniquely smooth, seamless, precise, gimmick-free 
customer experience at fares that are always affordable. IndiGo focuses 
on doing one thing, and doing it well.




92.INDIGO - Design


Indigo Design & Engineering Associates Pvt. Ltd. is an India based
architecture firm that provides high quality design and implementation
services to clients around the world.
Our services span the entire project value chain from conceptual design,
through simulation & testing to end-to-end architectural project
management. All our projects are approached with a sustainable development
methodology.
Indigo’s commitment to superior client service and on-time delivery
along with our unique Global Delivery Model allows us to deliver
best-in-class services at competitive rates globally, We are passionate
about innovative and sustainable architecture and believe in working
as a team with our clients to add value to all projects we work on.


93.Infosys Technologies Limited


Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) was started in 1981 by seven


people with US$ 250. Today, we are a global leader in the
"next generation" of IT and consulting with revenues of over
US$ 4 billion.


Infosys defines, designs and delivers technology-enabled business
solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a Flat World.
Infosys also provides a complete range of services by leveraging
our domain and business expertise and strategic alliances with leading
technology providers.


Our offerings span business and technology consulting, application
services, systems integration, product engineering, custom software
development, maintenance, re-engineering, independent testing
and validation services, IT infrastructure services and business
process outsourcing.


Infosys pioneered the Global Delivery Model (GDM), which emerged as a
disruptive force in the industry leading to the rise of offshore
outsourcing. The GDM is based on the principle of taking work to the
location where the best talent is available, where it makes the best
economic sense, with the least amount of acceptable risk.


Infosys has a global footprint with over 50 offices and development
centers in India, China, Australia, the Czech Republic, Poland, the UK,
Canada and Japan. Infosys and its subsidiaries have 105,453 employees as


on September 30, 2009


Infosys takes pride in building strategic long-term client relationships.
Over 97% of our revenues come from existing customers.


94.ITC Ltd


ITC is one of India's foremost private sector companies with a market
capitalisation of nearly US $ 19 billion and a turnover of over
US $ 5 billion.* ITC is rated among the World's Best Big Companies,
Asia's 'Fab 50' and the World's Most Reputable Companies by Forbes
magazine, among India's Most Respected Companies by BusinessWorld
and among India's Most Valuable Companies by Business Today.
ITC ranks among India's `10 Most Valuable (Company) Brands', in a
study conducted by Brand Finance and published by the Economic Times.




ITC also ranks among Asia's 50 best performing companies compiled by
Business Week.




ITC has a diversified presence in Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards
& Specialty Papers, Packaging, Agri-Business, Packaged Foods
& Confectionery, Information Technology, Branded Apparel, Personal 
Care,Stationery, Safety Matches and other FMCG products. While ITC is an
outstanding market leader in its traditional businesses of Cigarettes,




Hotels, Paperboards, Packaging and Agri-Exports, it is rapidly gaining
market share even in its nascent businesses of Packaged Foods
& Confectionery, Branded Apparel, Personal Care and Stationery.




As one of India's most valuable and respected corporations,
ITC is widely perceived to be dedicatedly nation-oriented. Chairman
Y C Deveshwar calls this source of inspiration "a commitment beyond
the market". In his own words: "ITC believes that its aspiration 
to create enduring value for the nation provides the motive force to
sustain growing shareholder value. ITC practices this philosophy by 
not only driving each of its businesses towards international
competitiveness but by also consciously contributing to enhancing
the competitiveness of the larger value chain of which it is a part."






ITC's diversified status originates from its corporate strategy aimed
at creating multiple drivers of growth anchored on its time-tested core
competencies: unmatched distribution reach, superior brand-building
capabilities, effective supply chain management and acknowledged service
skills in hoteliering. Over time, the strategic forays into new 
businesses are expected to garner a significant share of these emerging
high-growth markets in India.






ITC's Agri-Business is one of India's largest exporters of agricultural
products. ITC is one of the country's biggest foreign exchange earners




(US $ 3.2 billion in the last decade). The Company's 'e-Choupal'
initiative is enabling Indian agriculture significantly enhance its
competitiveness by empowering Indian farmers through the power of the
Internet. This transformational strategy, which has already become the
subject matter of a case study at Harvard Business School, is expected
to progressively create for ITC a huge rural distribution infrastructure,
significantly enhancing the Company's marketing reach.




ITC's wholly owned Information Technology subsidiary, ITC Infotech 
India Ltd, provides IT services and solutions to leading global customers.
ITC Infotech has carved a niche for itself by addressing customer 
challenges through innovative IT solutions.




ITC's production facilities and hotels have won numerous national and
international awards for quality, productivity, safety and environment 
management systems. ITC was the first company in India to voluntarily seek
a corporate governance rating.




ITC employs over 26,000 people at more than 60 locations across India. 
The Company continuously endeavors to enhance its wealth generating 
capabilities in a globalising environment to consistently reward more
than 3,43,000 shareholders, fulfill the aspirations of its stakeholders
and meet societal expectations. This over-arching vision of the company
is expressively captured in its corporate positioning statement:
"Enduring Value. For the nation. For the Shareholder."

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