Oil and Natural Gas Corporation leads the pack of 34 Indian companies, a chunk of them from the banking sector, which have found place on the elite Forbes' list of 2000 corporate giants across the world.

In the ranking based on sales, profits, assets and stock market value, there are five oil and gas companies, four software giants, three each dealing in materials and capital goods, two utilities, and one each food, consumer durable, and telecommunications majors.

At the top of the Indian list is ONGC which finds 239 spot in the overall rankings and is followed by Reliance Industries (258), State Bank of India (326) and Indian Oil (399).

Tata Consultancy finds 1047 spot in the overall list but tops Indian companies ranking of software and service outfits. Following it in the category are Infosys Technologies (1130), Wipro (1233) and Satyam Computer Services (1874).
 

34 Indian companies in Forbes 2000
Rank in Forbes 2000	Name of Company
239	Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
258	Reliance Industries
326	State Bank of India
399	Indian Oil Corporation
494	NTPC
536	ICICI Bank
800	Steel Authority of India
1047	Tata Consultancy Services
1128	Tata Steel
1130	Infosys Technologies
1149	Bharti Airtel
1197	HDFC
1233	Wipro
1235	Tata Motors
1256	ITC
1278	GAIL
1308	Punjab National Bank
1313	Bharat Heavy Electricals
1360	Canara Bank
1372	Bharat Petroleum
1376	HDFC Bank
1380	Larsen & Toubro
1460	Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
1585	Bank of Baroda
1691	Bank of India
1700	Hindustan Zinc
1767	IDBI
1772	Union Bank of India
1874	Satyam Computer Services
1916	Bajaj Auto
1931	UCO Bank
1943	Syndicate Bank
1946	Indian Overseas Bank
1974	Oriental Bank of Commerce

Bharti Airtel is the only Indian telecommunications company to find spot among 2000 giants with a rank of 1149.

State Bank of India Group finds top spot among the Indian banks and is ranked at 326 in the overall list. It is followed by ICICI Bank (536), Housing Development Finance Corporation (1197), Punjab National Bank (1308), Canara Bank (1360), HDFC bank (1376), Bank of Baroda (1585), Bank of India (1691), Industrial Development Bank of India (1767), Union Bank of India (1772). UCO Bank (1931), Syndicate Bank (1943), Indian Overseas Bank (1946) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (1974).

In the materials category, Steel Authority of India, Tata Steel and Hindustan Zinc find slots in the coveted list. ITC is the only Indian company to make the list in food, drink and tobacco category.

NPTC, Tata Motors, Gail India, Bharat Heavy Electricals, Bharat Petroleum, Larsen and Toubro, Hindustan Petroleum and Bajaj Auto are among other Indian companies that find spot among 2000 top companies.

The first seven top spots go the American companies.

Two firms from the Netherlands and one from Switzerland are among the first ten companies.

Citigroup has been ranked number 1 in Forbes 2000. Following it are Bank of America, HSBC Holdings, General Electric, JP Morgan Chase, American Intl Group, ExxonMobil (all American), Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands), UBS (Switzerland) and ING Group (Netherlands).

Forbes says this year's comprehensive list of global super stars values the world's largest public companies, including the hottest companies and best performers across 27 industries.

The 2007 rankings indicate that globalization is the essential element for business to prosper, the magazine says.

China brings 16 new companies to the Global 2000 and the United States has 34 fewer in the list. Among the giants, 116 are oil and gas which pulled down more revenue than any other industry but banks lead in profits.

A highlight of the analysis is that total revenues of the companies headquartered in Switzerland exceed that nation's gross domestic product.

The U.S. companies included on this year's list have a combined market capitalisation of $13.9 trillion.

Argentina is represented on the Global 2000 for the first time ever.