TCS leads the IT pack in India

Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) continues to be the largest IT software and service exporter in the country, according to the 2005-06 ranking of 20 top companies compiled by the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom).

Infosys Technologies and Wipro are holding on to the second and third spots respectively while Satyam Computer Services, HCL Technologies and Patni Computer Systems take the fourth, fifth and sixth slots, respectively.

i-flex Solutions Ltd, Tech Mahindra (formerly Mahindra-British Telecom), Perot Systems TSI, L&T Infotech Ltd, in that order, have made it to the list of top ten software exporters.

Other software companies that made it to the top 10 list include Polaris Software Lab Ltd, Hexaware Technologies Ltd, Mastek Ltd, Mphasis BFL Ltd, Siemens Information Systems Ltd, Genpact, i-Gate Global Solutions Ltd, Flextronics Software Systems Ltd, NIIT Technologies Ltd, Covansys India Ltd, respectively.

The ranking excludes ITeS and BPO outfits The list also excludes US-listed companies like Cognizant, Accenture, IBM and HP although these companies have significant offshore operations in India. India-centric companies unable to provide India specific revenue details like Kanbay, Syntel and Intelligroup are also excluded from the list, Nasscom added.

The survey, however, did not disclose the revenues of the  companies that figured in the list saying it had omitted such details for the sake of uniformity, as some of the companies were privately held