HCL Technologies is a leading Information Technology services and consulting company with its base of operations in Noida, India. This introduction will take you through the company’s journey from inception to becoming a global leader in IT sector. Back in 1967, Shiv Nadar, an Electrical and Electronics Engineering graduate, began his career at Cooper Engineering Ltd. in Pune. A few years down the line, Nadar had other plans and a clear vision of initiating new frontiers in the IT sector.  In 1976, Nadar with his friends and colleagues started a company that dealt with selling tele-digital calculators in the Indian market. This […]

Reliance Industries has been a dominant player in Textile, Refining, Telecom, and Organized Retail.  The company was started as a mere import-export trade-off in a partnership between Dhirubhai Ambani and his cousin before quitting his job in Yemen. As days passed by, he parted ways to seek complete ownership of the Textile Industry, giving birth to a sole brand under Reliance Textile Industry – “Vimal”. 19 years after its inception, Reliance created history, becoming the first company to announce an IPO. Astonishingly, the IPO was oversubscribed by 7 times.  Reliance then took a stronghold in the Petroleum sector in the 1990s. They

In 1892, a group of British businessman with ₹ 295 investment started Britannia, a company that would go on to be India’s first biscuit brand. They started selling biscuits which were prepared at a small house in Kolkata. Britannia was later sold to Gupta Brothers. Nalin Chandra Gupta operated under the name V S Brothers. In 1918, C.H Holmes an English businessman became the partner and he set up a factory in Mumbai. He also launched the BB Co. (Britannia Biscuit company). During World War II, these biscuits were high in demand, This gave a boost to the company. They supplied biscuits to

Infosys is a story of a company which went on to become one of the greatest wealth-creators in the history of independent India. On this page, we capture the fascinating journey of Infosys through its share price. Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. The company has been dominating the IT-services sector for more than 3 decades now. Back in 1981, the idea was big, but the beginning was humble. Co-founder Narayana Murthy’s wife, Sudha, had saved up a small sum of ₹ 10,250 ($125 today) which was only to be used in case of a family emergency.