Awards & Recognitions

EXACTO Honored as "New Product of the Year" for Artificial Intelligent and Machine Learning Solution in 2018 American Business Awards®

EXACTO earned Bronze Stevie Award in the "New Product of the Year" category as part of the 16th Annual American Business Awards® for Artificial Intelligent and Machine Learning Solution. What is also unique is all the other winners in this category are product vendors. HCL is the only IT Services Company in the list.

HCL Business Services (BServ), received the award during a gala event on Monday, June 11 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York.

This past year, the HCL BServ introduced EXACTO, which harnesses the latest innovations in AI, Machine Learning and Computer Vision techniques that integrate seamlessly with Robotic Process Automation to create differentiated solutions.

Entered into an agreement with SAP SE

HCL Technologies announces a global reseller agreement with SAP SE. SAP will now resell the HCL next-generation maintenance, repair, and overhaul solution under the brand name SAP® Enterprise Asset Management (SAP EAM), add-on for MRO by HCL for SAP S/4HANA®.

Validated as leader for Software Product Engineering Services

HCL positioned as a Leader in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix™ for Software Product Engineering Services

Featured as leader in Everest Group report

HCL recognized as a leader in Everest Group report titled “Navigating from Front to Back – Digital Services for Consumer Banking PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2018 and Profiles Compendium”

Acknowledged leader in Everest Group PEAK Matrix™

HCL has been positioned as leader in Everest Group PEAK Matrix™ - Cloud Enablement Services Worldwide, 2018.

Named ‘Top Employer in the United Kingdom’

HCL has been named a Top Employer in the United Kingdom by The Top Employers Institute for the twelfth consecutive year in recognition of its best–in–class employee engagement and people practices

Honored as a leader by Gartner

HCL positioned as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Workplace Services, Europe 2018

Ranked as leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for SAP Application Services

HCL positioned as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for SAP Application Services, Worldwide 2018

Featured in the leadership zone

HCL positioned in the Leadership zone for its Medical Devices engineering services in the Zinnov Zones 2017 Product Engineering Services report

Showcased as leader in the Aerospace Engineering services

HCL positioned in the Leadership zone for its Aerospace Engineering services in the Zinnov Zones 2017 Product Engineering Services report.

Positioned as leader for digital services in consumer banking

HCL has been named a leader for digital services in consumer banking by Everest Group ‘Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2018 for Digital Services in Consumer Banking’.

Placed in the Winner’s circle

HfS positions HCL in the Winner’s circle in 2017 Blueprint report on Embedded & Semiconductor Engineering Services

Featured as a leader in The Forrester Wave

HCL positioned as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Next-Generation Infrastructure Outsourcing, Q4 2017

Included as a leader by Everest Group

HCL rated as leader for the two consecutive years by Everest Group IoT PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2017

Conferred with NASSCOM Customer Excellence Award

HCL Business Services has been conferred with ‘NASSCOM Customer Excellence Awards 2017’ in ‘Return on Investment’ category for driving digital transformation for a leading UK–based banking organization. HCL showcased how it deployed the three lever BPM for digital transformation roadmap of the bank, enabling faster service delivery, greater visibility across teams and transparency of volumes and productivity.

Won the Denodo Award for ‘emerging winning partnerships’

HCL won the Denodo Award for ‘emerging winning partnerships’

Bagged the Partner Excellence Award

HCL has been recognized with the 2017 Partner Excellence Award for Digital Transformation Solutions & Services by TIBCO. As a result of the internet protocols, accelerators and frameworks developed by HCL, many global enterprises have benefited from a quicker, more stable, and wider adoption of TIBCO's digital platform solutions.

Recognized as the biggest ‘transformation’ in B2B content operations

At the Kapost Customer Awards 2017, which recognize ‘The Best of the Best in B2B Content Operations’, HCL was awarded the ‘Biggest Transformation of 2017’ for automating the content and digital marketing operations across the business

Won big at the ITSMA awards

The IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) felicitated HCL among 2017 Marketing Excellence Awards Winners for:

‘Best-in-class’ in ‘Transforming Marketing for Digital Leadership’ by creating an agile, data–driven marketing organization through frugal digital transformation.

Executing a 360–degree integrated campaign for ‘Driving business with Thought Leadership’ by leveraging HCL’s first global survey on IoT Adopters and a thought paper with MIT Sloan Management Review.

Conferred with ‘The key to the Heart of Gothenburg’ award

HCL was conferred with ‘The key to the Heart of Gothenburg’ award by Business Region Göteborg, Sweden, for being one of the most important international businesses established in 2016/2017 and undertaking significant investments, including launch of new delivery centre and acquisition of Volvo’s external IT business.

Red Ladder recognized at Stevie Awards

HCL’s Red Ladder Initiative was recognized as the finalist at the 14th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in the category – ‘Women Helping Women’. The ‘Red Ladder’ initiative helps women at the workplace, identifying high performing leaders and supporting them towards effective leadership roles.

Positioned as leader in ‘The Forrester Wave’

HCL positioned as a Leader in ‘The Forrester Wave™: Continuous Testing Service Providers, Q3 2017

Pioneered next-gen SDI solutions

HCL continues to pioneer comprehensive next–generation software defined infrastructure (SDI) solutions. ‘VelocITy’, HCL’s 360-degree SDI solution, achieves VMware Validated Design 4.0 certification globally.

Named leader in Global Banking and Global Capital Markets Applications Services

Everest Group names HCL Technologies as a Leader in Global Banking and Global Capital Markets Applications Services

HCL’s DRYiCE COPA won ‘Best Innovation in RPA’ award

DRYiCETM COPA (Cognitive Orchestrated Process Autonomics) Platform that applies A.I. to drive enterprise–wide process automation & orchestration won the ‘Best Innovation in RPA’ at the prestigious AIconics – the world’s only independently judged AI awards, at the AI Summit San Francisco.

HCL Business Services (BSERV) conferred ‘Excellence in Automation’ award

HCL Business Services has been conferred with ‘Excellence in Automation’ award at the ‘CMO Outsourcing Excellence Awards 2017’ hosted by CMO Asia in Singapore. HCL showcased how its service capabilities in automation, management philosophy, employee engagement policies and innovation, are transforming the entire customer journey for excellence.

Jointly awarded at 2017 QA Financial European Software & App Awards

At the ‘2017 QA Financial European Software & App Awards’, HCL & Deutsche Bank were jointly awarded under the category of ‘Regulatory Testing Project of the Year’, for pioneering DevOps solution for FATCA compliance among European banks. The rules require European banks to implement FATCA tax rules in each national market where they operate.

Continued shining with best-in-class marketing and communication practices

HCL continues to be recognized for its best–in–class marketing & communications practices. At the 2017 ‘Content Marketing Awards’ by the Content Marketing Institute, HCL’s thought leadership publication, ‘Straight Talk’ won the top awards for its special issues: ‘The Advance of Women in IT’ and ‘ Financial Services’ under the ‘Best Use of Content in Account–Based Marketing’ and ‘Financial Services Publication’ categories respectively. Further, the ‘CIO Straight Talk’ magazine, issue 8 on "Managing Strategic Partnerships in the Digital Age" won two APEX Awards of Excellence for ‘Best Writing’ and ‘Best Design & Layout’ in the ‘Magazines, Journals & Tabloids’ Category.

Earned Gold Awards at the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards

In continued recognition of its innovative HR best practices, HCL was felicitated with gold awards at the 2017 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards under the categories of:

‘Best Advance in HR Data Analytics’ category for ‘New Employee Turnover & Retention – Predictive Analytics’

‘Best Inclusion and Diversity Strategy’ category for ‘Gender Diversity at HCL America’

‘Best Advance in Women's Leadership Development’ category for ‘Women's Leadership Development Program’

Won ‘Best Innovation in CSR’ Award

At the ‘National CSR Leadership Congress & Awards 2017’, presented by the World CSR Congress, HCL Foundation has been conferred with ‘Best Innovation in CSR’ award for its role in promoting a more sustainable and equitable society.

Positioned Leader in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant

HCL positioned as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services in Europe, 2017

Designated ‘Service Provider of the Year™ 2017’ and ‘Star Performer of the Year’

HCL Technologies bestowed with the Everest Group PEAK Matrix ‘Service Provider of the Year™ 2017’ award for ‘Cloud and Infrastructure Services (CIS)’. HCL was recognized as ‘Star Performer of the Year’ in the CIS category for demonstrating consistent performance across all four CIS segments, including ‘workplace services’, ‘private–cloud enabled services’, ‘hosted private cloud services’ and ‘IT security services’.

Recognized as leader and ‘Super Star of the Global Outsourcing 100®’

HCL Technologies recognized as a ‘leader’ in the IAOP Global Outsourcing 100TM rankings for 2017, an annual listing of the world’s best service providers by the IAOP®. Additionally, HCL has achieved the distinction of being ‘Super Star of the Global Outsourcing 100®’, attributed to exceptional performance and scores achieved in IAOP® evaluation.

Won 2017 ‘Partner of the Year’ Award

HCL has been honored with ‘Partner of the Year’ awards at the Dell EMC Global Partner Summit – ‘2017 Dell EMC Americas Alliances Partner of the Year Award’, and ‘2017 Dell EMC Global Alliances Growth Partner of the Year Award’, recognizing HCL’s growth and commitment across the Dell EMC portfolio. HCL has a dedicated Center of Excellence featuring Dell EMC technologies, with deep technical & domain strengths across enterprise software, software defined infrastructure, cloud storage, security and enterprise content management.

Named as the Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year

PowerObjects, an HCL Technologies Company, won the 2017 Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year Award for Dynamics 365 Consulting and Systems Integration. The company was honored amongst the top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

Won 2017 ‘Partner of the Year’ Award

HCL has been honored with ‘Partner of the Year’ awards at the Dell EMC Global Partner Summit – ‘2017 Dell EMC Americas Alliances Partner of the Year Award’, and ‘2017 Dell EMC Global Alliances Growth Partner of the Year Award’, recognizing HCL’s growth and commitment across the Dell EMC portfolio. HCL has a dedicated Center of Excellence featuring Dell EMC technologies, with deep technical & domain strengths across enterprise software, software defined infrastructure, cloud storage, security and enterprise content management.

Positioned as the ‘best entry from outside the UK’

HCL was recognized as the ‘best entry from outside the UK’ at the 2017 Marketing Society Excellence Awards UK. This was granted to HCL for its innovative recruitment marketing and employee engagement campaigns. HCL has been receiving the top employer in UK award for eleven consecutive years.

Bagged several awards at the 2017 BMA B2 Marketing Awards

At the 2017 BMA B2 Marketing Awards, HCL was awarded for excellence in various categories such as ‘Existing Customer Retention and Growth’; ‘Corporate Brand/Identity Program’; ‘Digital Advertising’; ‘Social Media’; ‘Custom Publishing’; ‘Sports Marketing’, and ‘Marketer of the Year’. Further, The Asian Customer Engagement Forum (ACEF) awarded HCL for ‘Best Publication Capability Category’ and ‘Excellence in Brand management’.

Received ‘2016 Excellence in Practice Award’ for Career Development

The world’s largest association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations – Association for Talent Development (ATD) – honored HCL with ‘2016 Excellence in Practice Award’ for Career Development. HCL was awarded for its flagship social career navigation platform – ‘Career Connect’, intended to develop individuals’ career path in line with their aspirations.

HCL's PANGEA wins Aegis Graham Bell Award (8th edition) for ‘Innovation in Data Science’

Aegis Graham Bell Award announced that HCL’s Platform for Acceleration of NexGen Engineering Analytics (PANGEA) was chosen as the best in ‘Innovation in Data Science’ category. ‘PANGEA’ is a collaborative and distributed Analytics platform built on industry leading big data technologies that brings the power of machine learning and predictive analytics to solve key business problems. It is a highly modular, scalable platform that abstracts all the underlying data complexities and quickly generates actionable insights using zero coding approach that reduces your time to value/ market. An increasing number of customers leverage PANGEA for competitive advantage and business gains.

HCL Business Services (BSERV) Wins the BPM Asia Master Award at the BPM ASIA Conference 2017

HCL Business Services (BSERV), in recognition of sound and comprehensive implementation of BPM practices, was declared as the BPM Asia Master at the project level at the BPM Asia star championship 2017, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on 22-23 August, 2017 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The award is a testimony to HCL BSERV’s differentiated 3 Lever BPM approach towards cognitive automation, that has helped our clients in developing the roadmap for transformed state leveraging risks assessment & control identification, value stream analysis & potential for cognitive automation.

ISG Paragon Awards™ Europe, 2017

HCL nominated client, eir, has been named a winner at the 2017 ISG Paragon Awards™ Europe by Information Services Group (ISG), a leading global technology research and advisory firm. eir is the largest telecommunications operator in Ireland; its MD of Customer Operations, Tim Spence, won the leadership award after being nominated by HCL. Tim Spence and Udayan Guha, Head of Sales Europe, Business Services, HCL were felicitated at a celebratory awards dinner at The National Gallery in London, on Thursday 29th June. As eir’s MD of Customer Operations, Tim has brought in an innovative customer service model with the help of HCL as a strategic partner. This model has helped eir increase customer experience scores and reduce churn thus ensuring eir become an early adopter of new technologies.

Named ‘Top Employer in the United Kingdom’

HCL continues to be recognized for its innovative HR practices and policies. For the eleventh consecutive time, HCL was named a ‘Top Employer in the United Kingdom’ in recognition of its best–in–class employee engagement and people practices. Additionally, HCL won the ATD ‘2016 Excellence in Practice’ award in the category of career development, for its flagship social career navigation platform “Career Connect”. 

Initiated 'Get Started with Technology' for disadvantaged youth

HCL Foundation is also undertaking initiatives to impact lives globally. Earlier this year, in partnership with The Prince's Trust, HCL Great Britain Ltd. initiated 'Get Started with Technology' programs in 2016 to impart training and digital learning to disadvantaged young people in the at UK enabling them to move towards employment, education or training. HCL has supported 34 young people to develop their digital skills, building their confidence and motivation, of which 15 have already moved to a positive outcome and 19 people continue to work with The Trust to progress. 

Recognized as ‘Super Star of the Global Outsourcing 100®’

HCL has been placed among leaders in the IAOP Global Outsourcing 100^TM rankings for 2017, an annual listing of the world’s best service providers by the IAOP®. Additionally, HCL achieved the distinction of being ‘Super Star of the Global Outsourcing 100®’, attributed to exceptional performance and scores achieved in IAOP® evaluation. 

Featured in 2017 Brand Finance Global 500 report

HCL Technologies has emerged as the fastest growing IT services brand in the world as per the 2017 Brand Finance Global 500 report, moving upwards by 122 ranks over the last year. HCL’s brand value surged by 38% over the last year. 

Engaged employees in community development programs

‘Power of One’ program engages HCL Employees in community development and nation building through various activities: teaching, rehabilitation, counseling, mentoring, training and sensitization programs. ‘My School’ is a unique program by HCL Foundation to enable every HCL employee to embark on a powerful personal journey of giving back. HCL Foundation currently covers over 50,000 students from 100 schools under ‘My School’ program. ‘My Scholar’ is a holistic Career Development Project fully funded by One Rupee that is donated each day by close to 35,000 employees, to fulfill the aspirations of talented and meritorious students from weaker economic backgrounds. 

Shiv Nadar named most philanthropic Indian

HCL Founder, Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer Shiv Nadar, has been named the most philanthropic Indian for 2016 according to the ranking of the most generous individuals by the Hurun Research Institute. 

Received the Best Corporate Foundation Award

World CSR Day conferred the Best Corporate Foundation Award to HCL Foundation for its outstanding contribution towards Social Causes and CSR Efforts. The award was presented on the basis of making a difference to the lives of others, quality of work, rural reach and outlook, ability to contribute value to social change, and the ability to quantify change, impacting lives of many. 

Initiated an integrated community development program for underprivileged communities

Urban Community Development is HCL Foundation’s integrated community development program for underprivileged communities, including migrant workers and displaced people living in urban slums. All interventions are carried out in urban neighborhoods where HCL is present under the flagship project ‘My Community’. In FY’17, the initiatives taken by HCL Foundation benefited close to 83,000 adults, youth and children with educational initiatives; more than 6000 adults, youth & children through healthcare related initiatives and more than 4000 people through livelihood initiatives. 

HCL Grant awarded Rs.15 crores to various NGOs

HCL Grant, in its second year, awarded an amount of Rs. 15 Crores to the winning NGOs across Education, Environment and Health categories. The winners were selected by an eminent jury panel and announced at a ceremony presided over by Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs as the Chief Guest and Malcolm Gladwell, an eminent author and speaker, as Special Guest. 

Replicated a model for rural progress via Samuday

HCL Samuday, HCL Foundation’s rural development project, is developing a source code for building a replicable model for rural development, providing services and driving behavioral changes related to health, livelihood, education, infrastructure, water and sanitation in 300 gram panchayats of Uttar Pradesh. In FY’17, HCL Samuday covered 41 Gram Panchayats consisting of 210 villages and 30,000 households totaling 190,000 people in Hardoi District of Uttar Pradesh. 

Awarded for 'GetAJob social media campaign'

HCL continues to be recognized for its innovative HR practices and policies. At the HR Innovation Awards 2016, organized by The Guild & Hindustan Times Mint and presented by Talent Vouch, HCL was awarded for 'GetAJob social media campaign' in the category of 'Most Innovative Use of HR Social Media’. Further, HCL was awarded the Silver Award for Innovation, at the Workforce 26 Annual 2016 Optimas Awards, for harnessing mobile technology to empower employees

Awarded two silvers at DMA India Createffect Echo, 2016

In continued recognition of its marketing and communications efforts, HCL won two silver awards at 'DMA India Createffect Echo Awards 2016', one for 'Recruiting CIOs through Social Network' under 'Media Effectiveness – Best Use of Digital/Social' category and the other for 'Ideapreneurship Premier League' under 'Business Effectiveness – Information Technology' category. 

Featured in “The World's Most Attractive Employers 2016” list

HCL's innovative HR Practices and policies continued to be recognized. Universum Global listed HCL in “The World's Most Attractive Employers 2016” Top 100 list and HCL won the LeapVault CLO Gold Award for 'Certified HCL Leader Practice for Best Coaching Program'. 

Won ITSMA Diamond Award for 'Building Brand differentiation'

In continued recognition of its best–in–class marketing and communications practices, HCL won the ITSMA Diamond Award for 'Building Brand differentiation' at the 2016 Marketing Excellence Awards, for its innovative “GetAJob@HCLTech” campaign, a first ever in its category. As a result of this campaign, HCL became India's most preferred millennial employer, surpassing established brands across e-commerce, telecom, technology, and FMCG. Further, at the Drivers of Digital Awards 2016, HCL won the Silver Award for 'Digital Integrated Campaign' under the digital marketing category. At the Third edition of the World Marketing Congress, HCL was awarded at the Content Marketing awards for the 'Website Personalization Program' in the category of 'best use of intelligent content'. 

Mentioned in ISG Insights Briefing Notes

According to ISG Insights Briefing Notes 'HCL on IoT, Automation, and Digital Transformation', “HCL is well positioned with its vision of serving the 21st Century Enterprise and has taken bold steps to transform from a technology and solution–driven company and adapted a business/ecosystem driven approach” 

Won ACEF Gold and Drivers of Digital Awards

HCL won the 2016 ACEF Gold Awards for 'UnitedByHCL' campaign and 'Ideapreneurship Premier & Champions League'. HCL also won the 'Drivers of Digital Awards 2016'.

Showcased growth strategy and leadership positions during Analyst Day

HCL organized Analyst Day for investors and industry analysts in Mumbai, India, and Gothenburg, Sweden respectively. These were well attended by the analyst & investor communities and select clients. Events were aimed at showcasing HCL's growth strategy and differentiated leadership positions across various service lines. 

Received the ‘2016 BMA B2 Awards’ in multiple categories

HCL won the ‘2016 BMA B2 Awards’ under various categories for its integrated campaign “UnitedByHCL”. The B2 Awards recognize the work that business marketers and agencies do "2" engage with customers, employees, channel partners and government. CTO Straight Talk, HCL's thought leadership community platform, won the 2016 BMA B2 Awards under the category of ‘Custom Publishing – Magazine, Print or Electronic’.

Conferred the 2016 APEX Awards for Electronic Media

In continued recognition of its marketing and communications excellence, HCL won the 2016 APEX Awards for Electronic Media (Recruiter's Handbook), Social Media – Special Purpose & Website Content.

Ranked 8th in LinkedIn India’s 'Top Attractors List'

HCL ranked at 8^th position in LinkedIn's 'Top Attractors List' for India. The list is a ranking done by analyzing preferences of over 400 million user–base of LinkedIn, showing where employees want to work. HCL has been recognized for its work culture and employee–led initiatives such as “Inspire” and “Ideapreneurship”. 

Named among 'India's Top 100 Brands' by Economic Times

HCL’s brand value continues to gain strength. The Economic Times recognized HCL among top 10 brands, in its latest edition of Brand Finance 'India's Top 100 Brands', 2016.

HCL Grant included two more categories – health and environment

HCL Grant, launched last year, has added two more categories of health and environment besides education this year. It is the first of its kind initiative to recognize the rise of Fifth estate – the NGOs. More than 400 NGOs participated in the HCL Grant last year. A sum of INR 100 crores has been committed over next 5 years through this initiative.

HCL Foundation inaugurated literacy centers to enhance empowerment programs

HCL Foundation continued to enhance its focus on digital literacy and women empowerment programs with a focus on self-help groups and teachers. It inaugurated 10 digital literacy centers in NCR and Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and launched digital literacy program centers in 10 government schools in Tumkur, Karnataka.

Named top employer in the UK for the tenth time

HCL has been named as a Top Employer in the UK for the tenth consecutive year, in recognition of its exceptional employee offerings and outstanding HR practices.

Expanded global delivery centers for delivering cutting-edge IT transformation

Expanding its network of global delivery centers to the Baltics region, HCL added another integrated delivery center in Tallinn, Estonia. The center will specialize in cutting-edge digital and transformational IT services for customers across Continental Europe.

Received acclaim in ET’s analysis of Best Corporate Brands

Interbrand recognized HCL as the fastest growing brand for the second consecutive year, highlighting its ability to adapt to customers' needs. HCL has also been recognized as one of the most admired corporate brands by The Economic Times, in its study on the Best Corporate brands 2015.

Acquired Volvo's external IT business, boosting HCL’s Europe presence

HCL signed a significant IT outsourcing deal with the Volvo Group and also acquired Volvo's external IT business, adding 40 new customers and 2,500 highly skilled professionals to its portfolio, further enhancing its market leading position in Continental Europe, and automotive & manufacturing verticals. 

Presented with the Diamond Award by leading Marketing Association

IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) felicitated HCL with its Diamond award for “Delivering an Omnichannel Customer Experience” for its corporate positioning – 'Relationship Beyond the Contract'. 

Improved CDLI positioning for the third consecutive year

HCL continues to invest and progress on its vision for sustainability encompassing the 4Rs – Responsible Business, Redefine workplace, Renew Ecosystem and Repay Society. For the 3rd consecutive year, it improved its score and position on the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), a global index that recognizes companies around the world that are doing the most to combat climate change.

Won the Special Commendation Prize for HCL’s Ideapreneurship principle

Continuing its focus on best–in–class people practices, HCL has been awarded the Special Commendation Prize for “Practice of Ideapreneurship^TM” at Asian Human Capital Awards 2015. The award recognized HCL for its people practices that engage, enable and empower the workforce to listen, create, ideate and collaborate, in a distinctive entrepreneurial environment. 

Received acclaim for “Creativity in Digital Marketing” at ACEF

HCL has been recognized at the Asian Customer Engagement Forum (ACEF) Awards, for “Creativity in Digital Marketing” exhibited in its campaign, showcasing the impact of viral videos for building employer brand affinity amongst existing and prospective employees. 

Announced a Rs.100 crore Grant to support social welfare

HCL Foundation launched HCL Grant, aimed at NGOs and individual social leaders doing exceptional work and implementing projects for the development of rural India. The Grant committed a corpus of Rs 100 crores over the next 5 years.

Recognized for corporate excellence by Interbrand and the ET

Interbrand, world's leading brand consultancy, recognized HCL as the fastest growing brand for the second consecutive year, highlighting its ability to adapt to customers' needs. HCL is a part of the 30 best Indian brands listed by Interbrand. HCL has also been recognized as one of the most admired corporate brands by The Economic Times (ET), in its study on the Best Corporate brands 2015. 

Acknowledged by TISS for ‘Best Social Media-based Learning'

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) awarded HCL for its social–media based learning platforms at its TISS Leapvault CLO awards. HCL's 'Career Connect' framework, that leverages social network of counselors to guide employees in their career development, was awarded in the category of 'best social media based learning'. 

Estonian President inaugurated HCL’s new center in the region

Marking its expansion of operations into Baltics region, HCL launched a near–shore center in Tallinn, Estonia, taking its total number of integrated global delivery centers to 39 across the world. President of Estonia, Hon'ble Toomas Hendrik Ilves, inaugurated the center, which will cater to marquee customers across Continental Europe and become a key hub in HCL's global delivery network, providing cutting-edge digital and transformational IT services. 

Announced HCL Grant, bolstering welfare initiatives in rural India

HCL Foundation, the CSR arm of HCL Technologies, announced the launch of HCL Grant with an aim to identify, empower and support NGOs and individual social leaders who are doing exceptional work in rural India. The Grant committed a corpus of Rs 100 crores over the next 5 years. The winner, selected amongst applicants from all over the country through a robust selection process led by an “independent” eminent jury, was presented the Grant by Hon'ble President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Co-developed a strategic IoT initiative with IBM

HCL and IBM have announced a new strategic Internet of Things (IoT) initiative to help clients build profitable business models around IoT. The two companies will initially focus on specific verticals including Industrial & Manufacturing and Smart Facilities to co-develop innovative solutions around 'Connected Products and Operations' through an Incubation Center at Noida.

Received the Diamond Award for exceptional omnichannel experiences

IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA), the leading marketing association for technology, communications and professional services providers, felicitated HCL with its Diamond award for “Delivering an Omnichannel Customer Experience” for its corporate positioning – 'Relationship Beyond the Contract', which has been recognized as industry's best-in-class, driving business with thought leadership. 

Introduced United Xperience Lab Offering to co-innovate with customers

HCL has launched a United Xperience Lab Offering to institutionalize co-innovation process for building Digital solutions for and with its customers. This Offering was developed as an aggregation of HCL's experience gathered from running multiple inter-networked United Xperience Labs across the world. The Offering will now enable accelerated onboarding of customers who wish to leverage these dedicated co-innovation Labs for designing a new generation of user-experience focused digital solutions. 

Assembled a dedicated BEYONDigital unit for Fortune500/Global1000 companies

HCL's Digitalization capabilities across Engineering Design, Modern Applications along with Infrastructure and Operations are now being orchestrated by a dedicated BEYONDigital Business Unit. This is resulting in a differentiated market position impacting business outcomes across the front, middle and back office of forward-looking Fortune500/Global1000 enterprises.

Rolled out Digital Service Exchange, a ServiceNow-led platform

HCL has launched a new Digital Service Exchange platform enabled by ServiceNow software to provide Service Integration and Management (SIAM) capabilities to enterprises allowing them to request and receive business services efficiently across their organizations. 

Recognized for “Outstanding Contribution” to Indo-German economic alliances

HCL has won the coveted Indo-German Chamber of Commerce Award for “Outstanding Contribution towards the Indo-German Economic Relations, 2015”. This award was given to HCL for creating a strong local presence in Germany while strengthening employment creation & competitiveness in the region. 

Initiated the ‘iBelieve’ program for women empowerment

HCL in collaboration with United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and NASSCOM has launched a women empowerment dialogue series called 'iBelieve'. The series has already hosted two webinars on themes relating to women advancement at the workplace. 

Won ‘IT Outsourcing Project of the Year Award’, Europe

HCL also won the European Outsourcing Association’s ‘IT Outsourcing Project of the Year Award’ for its successful IT Transformation project for a leading multinational pharmaceutical firm.

Added Global Delivery Centers in Europe and the US

HCL has formally inaugurated its two new Global Delivery Centers in Oslo, Norway and Frisco, Texas (U.S.). The Centers will function as onshore hubs to provide transformational IT Infrastructure and Application Services to its customers.

Positioned among UK’s Top Employers for HR best practices

HCL has been recognized as a Top Employer in UK, for the ninth consecutive year for HR best practices by the Top Employers Institute.

Launched programs for rural education and women empowerment

HCL has launched ‘My School’, an employee-led education project wherein 100 HCLites have adopted 100 schools in urban slums and rural communities in 12 states in India. The company also launched “A Mile for Her” initiative, to empower underprivileged women through digital literacy and life skills coaching. 

Ranked among 'Asia's Fab 50 Companies' by Forbes

HCL has been ranked in Forbes Asia's prestigious annual listing of the 50 best publicly traded companies in Asia-Pacific, called 'Asia's Fab 50 Companies'. HCL has made it to this list for the sixth consecutive year. 

HCL CEO appointed as WEF Chair for Industrial IoT

Anant Gupta, CEO, HCL Technologies, has been appointed as the Chair of World Economic Forum’s Steering Committee on Industrial Internet of Things. 

Shiv Nadar felicitated by AIMA and Forbes India Magazine

Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation has been awarded the ‘AIMA Managing India Corporate Citizen Award 2014’ by the All India Management Association. Mr. Nadar has also been named India’s Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year 2014 by Forbes India Magazine. 

Co-developed a Digital Innovation Lab in Netherlands, with Aegon

HCL and Aegon jointly launched a Digital Innovation Lab in Hague, Netherlands focused on delivering customer experience excellence through the adoption of latest digital technologies.

Featured in the WEF Report on emerging IoT trends

HCL has been featured in the World Economic Forum Report – “Unleashing the Potential of Connected Products and Services”. The Report throws light on the opportunities and challenges facing the emerging space of Industrial Internet of Things. 

Partnered with Blue Prism, a leading Robotic Process Automation company

HCL has entered into a strategic alliance with Blue Prism, a leading Robotic Process Automation technology firm. This alliance further strengthens HCL’s Robotic Process Automation capabilities for delivering Next Generation Business Services to customers. 

Established two new GDCs in Norway and the US

HCL has formally inaugurated its two new Global Delivery Centers in Oslo, Norway and Frisco, Texas (U.S.). The Centers will function as onshore hubs to provide transformational IT Infrastructure and Application Services to its customers. 

Received Forrester Groundswell Award for Social Reach Marketing (B2B)

HCL has won the 2015 Forrester Groundswell Award in the category of Social Reach Marketing (B2B). 

HCL customer, Aegon, won the Celent Model Insurer Award

HCL’s customer, Aegon, a multinational life insurance, pensions, and asset management company, has won the Celent Model Insurer Award for operational excellence in non-core systems/IT management. The Model Insurer Awards recognize a financial institution’s effective use of technology in specific areas. 

Commenced a strategic alliance with European Telecom Major, Tele2

HCL and Tele2, a leading European Telecommunications Operator, have entered into a strategic partnership to address substantial market opportunities for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in Europe. 

Awarded two Gold Awards at India’s leading Advertising/Marketing forum

HCL has won two Gold Awards in the ‘Brand Activation & Promotion’ and ‘Direct Response - Digital’ categories at India’s leading Advertising/Marketing award platform, the Abbys.

Transformation strategy showcased as case study by HCLI

HCL’s transformation strategy has been showcased as a case study in “Human Capital Insights: Inspiring practices for Asia, from Asia” by Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI). HCLI is a strategic alliance between Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), and Singapore Management University (SMU). 

Recognized as Top Employer in the UK

HCL has been recognized as a Top Employer in the UK for the ninth consecutive year for HR best practices. The prestigious award conferred by the Top Employers Institute recognizes leading organizations “that provide excellent working conditions, nurture and develop talent, and continuously strive to optimize employment practices”. 

Awarded the ‘TISS LeapVault CLO Gold Award 2014’

HCL has won the ‘TISS LeapVault CLO Gold Award 2014’ under the Blended Learning Program category for its Project Management Structured Effectiveness Program (PMStEP).

Won Frost & Sullivan’s 2015 CIO Impact Awards

HCL has won Frost & Sullivan’s 2015 CIO Impact Awards in the categories Enterprise Social Networking, Mobility, and Cloud Computing. 

Conferred the ‘Outstanding Contribution in CSR Initiatives’ award

HCL has won the “Outstanding Contribution in CSR Initiatives” award at the Aerospace & Defense Awards, 2015, led by the International Aerospace Journal. The citation recognized HCL’s community service initiatives under education, employability, healthcare, water, and infrastructure development in less privileged communities. 

Won ‘Outsourcing Service Provider of the Year 2014’

HCL has won the National Outsourcing Association award for ‘Outsourcing Service Provider of the Year 2014’ in recognition of its ability “to deliver both initial and ongoing business value to clients, incorporating best practices, continuous service innovation and also demonstrable commitment to the development and future of the industry”. 

Shiv Nadar conferred Golden Peacock Award for ‘Social Leadership’

Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation has been conferred with the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for ‘Social Leadership’ by The Institute of Directors, India for his leadership and philanthropic achievements. 

Won National HRD Network’s ‘National CSR Case Contest’

HCL Foundation has won National HRD Network’s ‘National CSR Case Contest’ for its Education project, HCL Gurukul. The Foundation also joined hands with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to inaugurate two vocational training centers focused on digital literacy and employability training to soldiers disabled in action and ten new HCL Gurukuls (community youth centers) in partnership with the NGO, Pratham.

Conferred the ‘Technology Innovation Accelerated Award’

HCL has won the coveted ‘Technology Innovation Accelerated Award’ at Intel Developer Forum 2014, in the “Consumer Solution” category for its Intel® Galileo-based Building Automation System (BAS). 

Won the ‘IT Outsourcing Project of the Year Award’

HCL has won the European Outsourcing Association ‘IT Outsourcing Project of the Year Award’ for its successful IT Transformation project for a leading multinational pharmaceutical firm. 

Shiv Nadar named India’s ‘Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year’

Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation has been named India’s ‘Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year’ by Forbes India Magazine. 

Won the ‘IT Outsourcing Project of the Year Award’

HCL has won the European Outsourcing Association ‘IT Outsourcing Project of the Year Award’ for its successful IT Transformation project for a leading multinational pharmaceutical firm. 

Roshni Nadar won the ‘World’s Most Innovative People’ Award

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Director on the Board of HCL Technologies, has received the ‘World’s Most Innovative People Award in Philanthropic Innovation’ by World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship for her efforts in building VidyaGyan, a path-breaking initiative in rural leadership development by the Shiv Nadar Foundation. 

Shiv Nadar honored with ‘ICSI Lifetime Achievement Award 2013’

Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation has been honored with the prestigious ‘ICSI Lifetime Achievement Award 2013’ for Excellence in Corporate Governance by Institute of Company Secretaries of India. 

Anant Gupta appointed as Chair of WEF’s Steering Committee

Anant Gupta, CEO, HCL Technologies, has been appointed as the Chair of World Economic Forum’s Steering Committee on Industrial Internet of Things. 

Created 1200+ jobs in North Carolina, USA

HCL has announced creation of more than 1200 jobs over the next five years in the Wake County of Cary, North Carolina, USA. This announcement was made by the North Carolina Governor, Pat McCrory. HCL also announced creation of a 125,000 sq. ft. facility in the city. 

Shiv Nadar awarded by All India Management Association

Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation has been awarded the ‘AIMA Managing India Corporate Citizen Award 2014’ by the All India Management Association. 

Anant Gupta conferred an award by United Nations

Anant Gupta, President & CEO, HCL Technologies has received the ‘2014 Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Leadership Award – 7 Principles’ from United Nations.

Roshni Nadar recognized ‘Young Global Leader’ by WEF

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Non-Executive Director on the Board of HCL Technologies, has been conferred the ‘NDTV Indian of the Year- India’s Future award in philanthropy’ and selected as a ‘Young Global Leader’ by the World Economic Forum (WEF). 

Shiv Nadar awarded BNP Paribas Individual Philanthropy Grand Prix

Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation, has been honored with the prestigious BNP Paribas Individual Philanthropy Grand Prix award for the year 2013.

Partnered with Misys InFusion Programme

HCL has joined Misys InFusion Programme at the Premier Elite Consulting Partner level. As part of the partnership, HCL will work closely with Misys on joint client engagements using the latest Misys products. The two companies will collaborate and help customers to modernize applications, improve process efficiencies and reduce costs.

Received the ‘2014 Outsourcing Excellence Award’ from Outsourcing Center

HCL and its customer Cummins Inc., have received the prestigious ‘2014 Outsourcing Excellence Award’ in the ‘Best Long Term Relationship’ category by leading Industry group The Outsourcing Center. 

Conferred the ‘Best Governed Company Award’

HCL has been conferred the ‘Best Governed Company Award’ by the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability. 

Featured in the annual ‘2013 Asia’s Fab 50 list’

For the fourth consecutive year, HCL has made it to the prestigious annual ‘2013 Asia’s Fab 50 list’. 

Positioned among the ’Top 20 Technology Employers’

HCL has been rated amongst the ’Top 20 Technology Employers’ in North Carolina by Business North Carolina magazine and voted as an ’Employer of Choice’ in Poland’s ‘Universum Student Survey’. The company has also been recognized as one of ‘Britain’s Top Employers’ for the eighth consecutive year. 

Garnered two million plus views on YouTube

The video expression of HCL’s philosophy ‘Relationships Beyond the Contract’ (RBtC) has garnered more than 2 million plus views on YouTube. ‘Relationship Beyond the Contract’ philosophy is an evolution of HCL’s ‘Employees First’ strategy and underlines the fact that true business value lies in the enduring relationships that can be built between customers and providers. http://hclte.ch/rbtcspirit

Received six prestigious awards at the RASBIC Awards

HCL has won six prestigious awards at the Global Talent Acquisition & Recruiting & Staffing Best in Class (RASBIC) Awards for ‘Best Overall Recruiting and Staffing Organization of the year’, ‘Innovation in Recruitment’, ‘Most Innovative Recruiting & Staffing program’, ‘Best use of technology for recruiting’, ‘Best social networking recruitment effort’ and ‘Best B-School recruiting program’.

Named among ‘Britain’s Top Employers’ for eighth consecutive year

For the eighth consecutive year, HCL has been recognized as one of ‘Britain’s Top Employers’ for its employee friendly HR policies and practices.

Declared ‘Outstanding Company of the Year’ by CNBC

CNBC declared HCL as ‘Outstanding Company of the year’ at its India Business Leader Awards. 

Won the SAP North America Regional Partner Excellence Award

HCL has received the ‘SAP North America Regional Partner Excellence Award 2014 for Managed Cloud as a Service/OEM’. These Awards are presented by SAP to their top-performing partners in North America. 

Named ‘Customer Experience Leader’ by CGT Magazine

HCL has been named the ‘Customer Experience Leader’ by Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) magazine in its ‘2014 Readers’ Choice Survey Report’. HCL received the highest customer satisfaction rating for its services in the CPG space under the Outsourcing category. ® 

Initiated GirlSTRIDE to increase graduation rates for women

HCL has partnered with United Way of the Greater Triangle, a US-based non-profit organization, to develop a social service program called GirlSTRIDE (Girls Striving to Reach Ideals in Education). This project will focus on increasing graduation rates for young women in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut states.

Recognized for ‘Best Community Action’ at World CSR Congress

HCL has been honored with the ‘Global Sustainability Leadership Awards 2014’ under the category ‘Best Community Action’ at the World CSR Congress. The award recognizes Best Practices & Outstanding Individuals engaged in Corporate & Social Responsibility.

Roshni Nadar Malhotra chosen as a ‘Young Global Leader’

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Non-Executive Director on the Board of HCL Technologies, has been selected as a ‘Young Global Leader’ by the World Economic Forum (WEF). ‘The Forum of Young Global Leaders’ is a unique, multi-stakeholder community of exceptional young leaders participate actively in driving the global agenda at WEF.

Acknowledged by Asian Centre as the Best Governed Company

HCL has been conferred the ‘Best Governed Company Award’ by the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability.

Anant Gupta conferred with the 2014 WEPs Leadership Award

Anant Gupta, President & CEO, HCL Technologies has received the ‘2014 Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Leadership Award – 7 Principles’ for developing and implementing a comprehensive internal and external strategy based on the WEPs’ seven principles for advancing and empowering women in the workplace, marketplace, and community.

Presented with the Diamond award for “CIO Straight Talk”

HCL has been named a Diamond award winner by the IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA), the leading marketing association for technology, communications and professional services providers, for its “CIO Straight Talk” initiative, recognizing it as industry’s best-in-class program for customer engagement.

Recognized as ‘Best in Technology and Talent Analytics’

HCL has received the ‘Best in Technology and Talent Analytics’ citation at the Talent Acquisition (TA) Leadership League Awards 2013 organized by People Matters Magazine in recognition of its Ideapreneurship Talent Acquisition Platform (iTAP).

Received the ‘CRY Best Employee Engagement Award’

HCL has won the ‘CRY Best Employee Engagement Award’ for the most impactful employee engagement program to address Child Rights issue for its “Power of One” initiative. The award was declared at the CRY Corporate Responsibility Summit recognizing HCL’s commitment towards child rights through its CSR initiatives.

Honored with the ‘Good Corporate Citizen Award’

HCL has received the PHD Chamber of Commerce ‘Good Corporate Citizen Award’ 2013.

Ideapreneurship™ featured in the Cambridge University Students’ Union publication

Ideapreneurship™, HCL’s culture of grassroots innovation, has been featured as a case study in the Cambridge University Students’ Union (CUSU) publication titled Strategies for Success.

Recognized as ‘Outstanding Company of the year’ by CNBC-TV18

HCL has won the prestigious CNBC-TV 18’s India Business Leader Award for ‘Outstanding Company of the year’.

Featured in the annual list of ‘Asia’s Fab 50’

For the fourth consecutive year, HCL has made it to the prestigious annual ‘2013 Asia’s Fab 50’ list. This recognition highlights the region’s best of the best that meet revenue or market capitalization threshold of $3 billion.

Shiv Nadar received the prestigious Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal

Recognizing the outstanding contribution towards shaping the Indian IT industry, XLRI Jamshedpur conferred the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for social and industrial peace on Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation.

Won the BNP Paribas Individual Philanthropy Grand Prix award

Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation, has recently been honored with the prestigious BNP Paribas Individual Philanthropy Grand Prix award for the year 2013. The jury comprised of an elite group of Nobel laureates, past winners, and luminaries from the spheres of business, culture, art, and non-government organizations.

Emerged as the winner of the ‘Forrester Groundswell Award’

HCL’s Customer Advisory Council was honored with the “Forrester Groundswell Award” in the ‘Business-to-Business Embracing’ category

HCL’s customers conferred the ‘Value Honors 2012’ awards

Twenty six of HCL’s existing customers won ‘Value Honors 2012’ awards

Named founding signatory of WEF’s Partnering for Cyber Resilience initiative

HCL became a founding signatory of WEF’s initiative on Partnering for Cyber Resilience and also joined Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs

Selected as Britain’s Top Employer for exceptional employee offerings

For the seventh consecutive year, HCL has been recognized as one of Britain’s Top Employers for its outstanding employee offerings. Leading independent business research organization CRF Institute, London has presented the award to HCL. HCL is among the only two India headquartered companies to be featured in the list.

Secured 13th position in ‘Greenpeace Cool IT Leader Board’

HCL ranked 13th in the overall category at the global ‘Greenpeace Cool IT Leader Board’, moving up from 20th rank last year.

Headed several discussions at the World Economic Forum 2013

HCL led the discussion at the World Economic Forum 2013 on the topics of ‘The Next One Billion Second’ and ‘The State of the ICT Industry: What Concerns Us Now?’ The role of the IT sector in molding the future, as well as helping other sectors navigate this new digital world was highlighted in these discussions.

Shiv Nadar received the prestigious Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal

Shiv Nadar, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, HCL Technologies was conferred ‘Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace’ by premier management school XLRI Jamshedpur in recognition of outstanding contributions to industrial and social peace.

Felicitated with ‘Information Week 500 Award’ for smart networking

HCL has won the ‘Information Week 500 Award’ for its innovative internal networking platform called MEME.

Conferred the ICSI award for excellence in Corporate Governance

HCL won the prestigious ICSI National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance, for the year 2012. The ICSI award for excellence in Corporate Governance is an acclaimed recognition for corporates practicing best governance practices in both letter and spirit, thereby creating an atmosphere of good corporate citizenry.

Won the ‘Asian HR Leadership Award 2012’ for Pulse

HCL has been conferred with the ‘Asian HR Leadership Award 2012’ for ‘Innovative HR Practices’. HCL won this citation for its Talent Management application ‘Pulse – The Organization Health Index’. Pulse is a one stop solution to gauge and track the health index of HCL employees based on 27 behavioral traits and 5 broad parameters such as Organization Disconnect, Compensation related, Personal Problems, Career related and Disciplinary issue.

Recognized for outstanding website features and branding capabilities

HCL has won ‘Best in Show Award’ for online video (branding) for its ‘Employee First Effect’ video and ‘Silver Award for Best Website Features’ (structure & navigation) for its corporate website www.hcltech.com at the W³ awards. The W³ Awards honor outstanding websites, web advertising, web videos and mobile applications.

Received the ‘NASSCOM HR Award’ in the ‘Glocalisers’ category

HCL has won the ‘NASSCOM HR Award’ in the ‘Glocalisers’ category for “successfully driving an integrated global employer brand while balancing the need for localization”.

HCL’s clients awarded the ‘ValueHonors 2012’

26 of HCL’s existing customers have won one of the industry’s premier awards ‘ValueHonors 2012’. Held in conjunction with the InformationWeek 500 ceremony, these awards recognized the unique value created between service providers and customers in transforming customer businesses.

Invited as a speaker at MIT Emerging Technologies conference

HCL was invited to speak at MIT Technology Review’s Emerging Technologies conference EmTech 2012 on Big Data and Consumer Electronics in Bangalore attended by academicians and technology enthusiasts from across the world.

Collaborated with WEF to advance research on ‘New Energy’

HCL collaborated with the World Economic Forum to contribute strategic insights to its flagship research on this subject titled ‘New Energy Architecture: Enabling an Effective Transition’. HCL is the only Indian origin company to have featured in this report. 

Awarded by Salesforce.com for outstanding partnerships

HCL has been felicitated with the ‘Fastest Capacity Growth Partner 2012’ and ‘Cloud Alliance Partner 2012’ award by Salesforce.com. 

Named ‘APJ System Integrator of the Year’ by VMware

HCL was felicitated with the ‘APJ (Asia Pacific Japan) System Integrator of the Year Award’ by VMware. The award was presented to HCL at VMware Partner Exchange 2012 in Las Vegas. 

Delivered a keynote session at Wharton Business School

HCL delivered a keynote session on its unique management philosophy Employees First, Customers Second and engineering DNA for students at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. 

Featured in ‘WorldBlu List of Most Democratic WorkplacesTM 2012’

‘WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces^TM 2012’ featured HCL in recognition of its exemplary democratic practices contributing to high performance, engagement, innovation and profitability. HCL has been included in this list for the fourth consecutive year.

Positioned among the Top 15 BPO Providers by ISG

HCL was listed in the TOP 15 BPO Providers List for 2011 TCV Wins in Information Services Group’s report ‘The TPI Index Global Sourcing Market Data and Insights - Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011’. The company was also listed in the TOP 5 Asia Pacific BPO providers for 2011 Contracts List in Information Services Group’s report ‘The Asia Pacific TPI Index Second Half and Full Year 2011’. 

Felicitated by NASSCOM for ‘Market Facing Innovation’

HCL was felicitated with the prestigious Nasscom Innovation Award 2012 for ‘Market Facing Innovation’. The award was given in recognition of HCL’s distinctive external facing business models and processes that make an effective impact on clients. HCL won the award for its case study on ‘Operational Excellence through accelerated ‘Intuition’ building in a BPO – Harnessing discoveries in pattern recognition, mass communication and psychology for back office operations’. 

Awarded ‘Certificate of Recognition’ by ICSI

Institute of Company Secretaries of India awarded ‘Certificate of Recognition to HCL Technologies’ for adopting excellent practices in Corporate Governance in the year 2011. The jury was headed by Hon’ble Mr. Justice R C Lahoti, Former Chief Justice of India. The Institute congratulated HCL for its dynamic leadership and inculcating a culture of good governance in the organization.

Vineet Nayar adjudged ‘CEO of the Year-India’ by Bloomberg UTV

Vineet Nayar, Vice Chairman & CEO, HCL Technologies has been adjudged the “CEO of the Year-India” by Bloomberg UTV CXO Awards 2011.

Received the European HCM Excellence Award at Human Asset Summit

HCL has been felicitated with the European HCM Excellence Award 2011 in “Business HR Champion Category” at Human Asset 2011 Summit, in recognition of its excellence in Human Capital Management practices.

Shiv Nadar won acclaim as ‘Philanthropist of the Year’

Shiv Nadar, Founder, HCL and Chairman, HCL Technologies, has been conferred the “Philanthropist of the Year” Award at the Asian Awards 2011. The Asian Awards pay tribute to inspirational role models in the fields of business, sports, entertainment, philanthropy and popular arts and culture.

Named as Hamilton Sundstrand Supplier of the Year

HCL received the Hamilton Sundstrand Supplier of the Year Award in recognition of its efforts towards ‘productivity savings and cost avoidance’. HCL has won this award for second consecutive year.

Won the ‘Leadership award' two years in a row

HCL has been awarded the '2011 Leadership award' for the ‘Best Electronic System Design Company in the embedded systems and Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) segment for the second consecutive year at the Silicon India-Mentor Graphics Leadership Awards.

Conferred with the SICCI-DBS India Enterprise Award

HCL has been awarded the SICCI-DBS India Enterprise Award 2011 by the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) for making a positive impact on Singapore's socio-economic development.

Excelled in three categories at Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards

HCL was felicitated with three prestigious recognitions at the Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2011, hosted jointly by World HRD Congress, Employer Branding Institute and Stars of the Industry Group. HCL won the awards under three categories namely ‘HR Professional of the Year’, ‘Innovation in Recruitment’ and ‘Managing Health at Work’. 

Won four major recognitions at Top Ranking Performers Awards

HCL bagged four awards at the Top Ranking Performers Awards 2011, APAC hosted by ContactCenterWorld – The Global Association for Contact Center Best Practices & Networking. HCL won two Gold Medals for Best Customer Service and Best Incentive Scheme, a Silver Medal for Best Recruitment Campaign, and a Bronze Medal for Best Large Contact Centre. HCL won ContactCenterWorld’s Top Ranking Performers Awards for the second consecutive year.

Eight HCL customers honored with ValueHonorsTM awards by InformationWeek

InformationWeek conferred ValueHonors™ Awards on eight HCL customers including Avago Technologies, Cathay Pacific Airways, Cummins Inc., Electrolux, Old Mutual Wealth Management, Purdue Pharma and a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company. InformationWeek evaluated more than 100 Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies from across the globe for these awards. There was a stringent nomination process in which enterprises demonstrated objective evidence of value creation across five categories: Best Service Desk, Best Data Center Transformation, Best Cloud Strategy, Best Transition Management and Most Responsive to Business.

Presented with the Asian Human Capital Summit Award

HCL has been conferred with the prestigious Asian Human Capital Summit 2011 Award by Ministry of Manpower Singapore and INSEAD for its innovative and impactful people practices centered on its Employees First, Customers Second (EFCS) philosophy. HCL’s Vice Chairman and CEO Vineet Nayar received the award from Brigadier General (NS) Tan Chuan-Jin, Minister of State for Manpower and National Development, Singapore. The Human Capital Leadership Institute (an initiative of Ministry of Manpower Singapore and The Singapore Economic Development Board) also published a case study on EFCS 2.0 .

Featured in Forbes Asia’s ‘Asia’s Fab 50 Companies’

HCL has been ranked in Forbes Asia's prestigious annual listing of the 50 best publicly traded companies in Asia-Pacific called 'Asia's Fab 50 Companies'. HCLT has made it to this list for the second consecutive year.

Selected as part of Fortune magazine’s ‘Executive Dream Team’

HCL was chosen by Fortune magazine in its first ever global “Executive Dream Team” which the publication described as an “all-star leadership” that could lead any company through turbulent times and “could coalesce and dominate in any industry”. Vineet Nayar, Vice Chairman and CEO of HCL Technologies was included in this prestigious list and also emerged as a reader’s choice in a worldwide poll which selected eight other global stalwarts for the prominent honor including Late Steve Jobs, ex- Chairman, Apple, Anne Mulcahy, Former Chair & CEO, Tim Cook, CEO, Apple, Patrick Pichette, CFO, Google, Joe Tripodi, CMO, Coco Cola, Jonathan Ive, SVP of Industrial Design, Apple,Rob Carter, CIO, Fedex and Susan Chambers, EVP, Global People Division, WalMart 

HCL Value Portal wins Forrester Groundswell Awards 2011 in the INNOVATION category

HCL Value Portal, a grassroots level platform for innovation and collaboration has been named a winner at the 2011 Forrester Groundswell in Innovation category. The award recognizes excellence in achieving business and organizational goals with social technology applications. We are the only Indian company to win a Groundswell Award. ideapreneurs have generated 7,312 ideas so far, of which 860 have been implemented in value portal (July’07- Dec’10).

Shiv Nadar featured in Forbes ‘48 Heroes of Philanthropy’

Shiv Nadar, Founder, HCL and Chairman, HCL Technologies and Shiv Nadar Foundation, has been featured as the leading philanthropist from India in the Forbes ‘48 Heroes of Philanthropy’ List in Asia Pacific released in June 2011.  

Shiv Nadar received the Honoree 2011 Award for philanthropy

Shiv Nadar, Founder, HCL and Chairman, HCL Technologies and Shiv Nadar Foundation, has been conferred the Honoree 2011 Award by the American India Foundation (AIF) for his unparalleled efforts in philanthropy. The award was presented at the 10th Anniversary of the AIF in New York. 

Received the most prestigious citation at 6th National Quality Conclave

HCL has been felicitated with the prestigious QCI-DL Shah National Award 2011 on Economics of Quality for the second consecutive year. The Quality Council of India (QCI) and the DL Shah Trust honored HCL with its most prestigious citation - the ‘National Best of All Award’. The award was presented to HCL at the 6th National Quality Conclave held in New Delhi. 

Acclaimed by Technology Business Research for innovative CIO strategies

Leading analyst group Technology Business Research Inc (TBR) has published a report titled ‘Making the CIO the Most Valuable Client’ which highlighted HCL’s unique strategy of empowering the CIOs. 

Felicitated with Recruitment Marketing Awards by the Times Group

HCL Technologies has won three REMMY (the Recruitment Marketing Awards) awards for 2011. These annual awards, presented by the Times Group, recognize and felicitate the creative genius behind the best advertisements in the field of recruitment marketing. HCL won the Best Recruitment Ad in IT and Telecom industry, the Best Art Direction, and the Grand Prix Award (Best Recruitment Ad across industries).

Recognized as Britain’s Top Employer for 2011 by CRF

HCL Technologies has been declared as one of Britain’s Top Employers for 2011 for the fifth consecutive year by the Corporate Research Foundation (CRF) Institute.

HCL account and transition processes recognized at RMMY awards

HCL has been awarded two prestigious accolades at the internationally renowned Outsourcing Relationship Management ‘RMMY’ Awards, organized by Vantage Partners and the Outsourcing Institute. HCL received two awards, namely ‘The Few, The Proud, The RM’s’ given to recognize HCL’s superior relationship/account and ‘Ain’t no Valley of Despair here’, in recognition of our best-in-class transition processes.

HCL customers recognized at Information Week ‘Value Honors’ Awards

Six of HCL’s customers: Cummins, Teradyne, Old Mutual Wealth Management: Skandia and one of the world's leading mobile manufacturers, have been felicitated with ‘Value Honors Awards’ by InformationWeek, a UBM TechWeb publication. 

Named ‘Service Provider of the Year’ by NOA, UK

HCL has been presented with the ‘Service Provider of the Year’ award by the National Outsourcing Association, UK.

Harvard Business Press launched CEO Vineet Nayar’s book in Japan

The Harvard Business Press book “Employees First, Customers Second - Turning Conventional Management Upside Down” authored by HCL Technologies’ CEO Vineet Nayar, was launched in Japan and talked about widely by leading analysts and publications. The book, available globally in English since June, is already being translated into several languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Complex Chinese and Korean.

Six HCL customers presented ‘Value Honors’ by Information Week

Information Week conferred the ‘Value Honors’ awards to 6 HCL ISD customers. The customers were recognized for their immense contribution in creating “value and transforming business” in their global sourcing engagements. 

Positioned among the Top 25 Enterprise Technology Companies (Fintech)

HCL featured in the prestigious FinTech Top 25 Enterprise Technology Companies ranking for the first time in 2009. HCL’s entry into the FinTech Enterprise 25, comprising the world’s largest horizontal. 

Named No.1 among the ‘Top Cross-Industry BPO Vendors’

HCL BPO ranked No.1 amongst the 2009 Top Cross-Industry BPO Vendors by the Black Book of Outsourcing. HCL is recognized as a company that continues to grow and deliver highly innovative solutions with a diverse service portfolio, robust service delivery and strong relationships with key business and trade partners. 

Won the ‘Golden Peacock Innovation’ award for HCL’s MTaaS

HCL won the prestigious ‘Golden Peacock Innovation’ award for its MTaaS^TM (a Business Service Management centric service delivery platform) offering in the IT Sector category. The offering was chosen amongst more than 188 corporate entries through a stringent selection process based on an exhaustive set of parameters. The Golden Peacock Awards instituted by the Institute of Directors (IoD) in 1991 are considered the holy grail of corporate excellence, one of the most prestigious citations in the Indian industry. 

Received IDG India’s CIO ‘Ingenious 100’ Award for eNSUREIT

HCL BPO won the CIO ‘Ingenious 100’ Award 2009 for the second consecutive time for its IT Service Management Platform, eNSUREIT. The annual award program by IDG India’s CIO magazine recognizes organizations that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology. HCL won this award for its IT innovation eNSUREIT which is a platform that enables a process-driven blend of people and technology resulting in 99.9% of service uptime.

Featured in IDC’s Financial Insights for commitment to transparency

HCL applauded for improved transparency by IDC’s Financial Insights in their July 09 report “Best Practices: Are Asia/ Pacific Banks Ready to Turn the Spotlight on Vendor Risk”. The report discusses major drivers of the increased focus given to vendor risk management by financial institutions in the Asia/Pacific region. HCL’s standards of corporate transparency have been noted especially mentioning detailed disclosures made to current and potential clients and the appointment of a twin audit system reviewing key assets.

Datamonitor’s Black Book of Outsourcing

Ranked #1 in traditional IT Outsourcing by Datamonitor’s Black Book of Outsourcing. HCL ranked #1 in both Tier 1 Traditional IT Infrastructure Outsourcing and Remote Infrastructure Management Outsourcing (RIMO) in the 2009-10 survey.

HCL won the top slot because of its focus on innovation, training, and building long-lasting client relationships by ensuring great customer experience. 

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