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P&G best employer in India: Hewitt Associates
August 29, 2003 18:39 IST
Last Updated: August 29, 2003 18:51 IST
Global outsourcing and consulting firm Hewitt Associates has ranked Procter & Gamble India Ltd as the best employer among both private and public firms in the country, while National Thermal Power Corporation was adjudged the best in the public sector category. The study, 'Best Employers in India 2003', ranked American Express (India) Pvt Ltd as second and put NTPC in the third place among all Indian corporates, Hewitt Associates managing director (South Asia), Ravi Virmani told reporters in Mumbai on Friday.
The company also shortlisted the country's 25 best employers, with Johnson & Johnson Ltd and Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd in fourth and fifth places, respectively.
| Rank | Best Employers in India 2003 |
| 1 | Proctor & Gamble India |
| 2 | American Express (India) |
| 3 | National Thermal Power Corporation |
| 4 | Johnson & Johnson |
| 5 | GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare |
| 6 | Tata Steel |
| 7 | Colgate-Palmolive India |
| 8 | Wipro |
| 9 | Indian Oil Corporation |
| 10 | Tata Consultancy Services |
This was followed by Tata Steel, Colgate Palmolive India Ltd, Wipro and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd in descending order.
Tata Consultancy Services (10th place), Mind Tree Consulting (11th), STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd (12th) and Philips India Ltd (13th) also featured in the list.
Hewitt conferred special award on Nestle India for long-term approach towards talent management; Dr Reddy's for creating value through its philosophy, products and services and Infosys for providing world class working environment to its employees, he said.
Special awards were also given to Gillette for employee communication systems, Bharti Tele-Ventures (HR department) and Mindtree Consulting for "most admired senior management team".