TCS tops Nasscom's IT-ITES employers' listBS Reporter / New Delhi July 19, 2007Retaining its top position in the information technology (IT) arena, Tata Consultancy services (TCS) has topped Nasscom's Top-20 IT-ITES Employers in India list for 2006-07. Based on the India-based headcount of firms with IT-ITES operations in India, Infosys Technologies and Wipro Technologies bagged the second and third spot, respectively.With the results being declared, the recorded number of employees has witnessed a robust increase. TCS, revealed that it has around 95,000 employees on its rolls as of June 30. Infosys announced it planned to hire 26,000 employees to its employee base of about 76,000. While Wipro recorded an excess of 72,000 employees in its IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) segments as of June 30.The study revealed that of the 1.6 million people employed directly in the IT industry, the top 20 companies collectively employ over 500,000 people. The list of the top 20 IT-ITeS employers in India obviously overlapped the Nasscom annual ranking of Top 20 IT Software and Service exporters in India, with names like HCL Technologies, Cognizant, Satyam, Genpact, Convergys all figuring in both lists, though the order might differ.Comenting on the findings of the survey, Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM said, "The Indian IT-ITES industry is India