Tata Group ranked 6th in Global Pulse 2008 ranking

07 June 2008

The Tata Group has emerged as the world's sixth most reputed companies even as Toyota Motor topped the the 2008 Global Pulse rankings of world's 200 top-tier companies.

Google came a close second in the study that assessed 600 top companies across 27 countries.

Maruti, the country's biggest car maker, has been ranked at 77th, SBI at 107th, HUL at 131st, Hero Honda at 147th, LIC at 161st, Bajaj Auto at 169th, ONGC at 186th , M&M at 191s and IOC at 199th position.

Other Indian companies that were considered for the list, but failed to make grade included the biggest private sector lender ICICI Bank, top private and public sector telecom firms Bharti Airtel and BSNL, IT giant Wipro, Birla group's Grasim Industries, tobacco-to-consumer goods conglomerate ITC as well as two state-run firms-oil refining and marketing major BPCL and national carrier Air India.

The country's most valued firm Reliance Industries, however, failed to make it to the list.

India has two companies among the top Global Pulse Top 20, even as the Tata Group and Infosys Technologies saw their reputations increase by over 8 points in 2008, and catapulted over 100 spots in the ranking to join the top tier of global companies in 2008, in recognition of their growing role among the world's business elite.