The 2009 edition continues the customary approach of profiling India’s Top 500 Companies. Companies are ranked on the basis of various criteria including Total Income, Net Profit, Market Capitalisation and Net Worth. This edition has two added features – financial comparison of companies classified under different sectors and ‘Insights’, based upon an analyses of the financial data pertaining to these companies.

The publication is an exhaustive information resource covering a very wide swathe of ITeS/BPO industry including KPO's, LPO's, EPO's etc.The criteria for selection are employee size, delivery centre locations and verticals serviced. As the captive outsourcing segment occupies a significant share of the outsourcing pie, the publication also includes a listing of captive outsourcing organisations.

India's Top IT Companies is a publication property listing the top Information Technology (Software) companies in India. The target audience for this publication includes all organisations that use the services of software development houses, or provide services to them in India and abroad. Examples are large multi-nationals with in-house development activities, hardware vendors, service industries including BFSI, biotech, legal, pharma, manufacturing etc.

The publication chronicles and felicitates the major Banking players in this strategic part of the Indian economy. The publication is a compilation of listing and profiling of banks on various parameters like number of branches, number of employees, net profit, assets, loan growth, net NPA's ratio etc.

This publication presents an in-depth view of various aspects of the Indian capital markets. Apart from a comprehensive sector report, it profiles the major brokerage houses in the country. The publication includes two main sections ie listings of leading Indian brokerage houses as well as profiling of the same on the basis of number of trading terminals, number of cities of operation, number of employees, number of sub-brokers, number of franchisees etc and a review of the brokerage industry in India.

In continuation of its commitment to servicing the SME segment, D&B released a series of publications dedicated to SMEs, titled 'Emerging SMEs of India'. The series seeks to provide a sectoral representation of emerging SMEs in India.


Key Highlights

• The publication — a first of its kind in the country — will provide a platform to enhance visibility in the global arena.
• The target audience includes India's leading corporate houses, SMEs, industry associations, libraries, Indian embassies, industry experts & consultants and so on.
• The series include an in depth study of SME's in major sectors in India.
• Comprehensive and reliable source of information on SMEs in India.

The various sectors covered in these series were:

1. Industry View: Indian Telecom Industry 2009
2. Industry View: Indian Chemical Industry 2009
3. Industry View: Indian Gems & Jewellery Industry 2009
4. Industry View: BFSI 2009

In continuation of its commitment to servicing the SME segment, D&B released a series of publications dedicated to SMEs, titled 'SME Cluster Knowledge Series'. The series seeks to provide a regional/ cluster representation of emerging SMEs in India.


Key Highlights

• The publication — in continuation of our series last year — will provide a platform to enhance visibility in the global arena for SME's region wise.
• The target audience includes India's leading corporate houses, SMEs, industry associations, libraries, Indian embassies, industry experts & consultants and so on.
• •The series include an in depth study of SME's in six major clusters in India across sectors like auto components, textiles, pharmaceuticals, food processing, engineering, chemicals etc.
• Comprehensive and reliable source of information on SMEs in India cluster wise.

The various clusters covered in these series were:

1. SME Cluster Knowledge Series 2009: Pune
2. SME Cluster Knowledge Series 2009: Bengaluru
3. SME Cluster Knowledge Series 2009: Chennai
4. SME Cluster Knowledge Series 2009: NCR
5. SME Cluster Knowledge Series 2009: Mumbai

India’s Leading Infrastructure Companies 2009 provides information pertaining to some of the major sub segments of the country’s infrastructure sector viz. power, telecom, construction, road, railways, aviation, irrigation etc. Dun & Bradstreet India (D&B India) has conceptualized 'India’s Leading Infrastructure Companies 2009' to emphasize the impressive growth across various segments of this vital sector over the past couple of years. In fact the publication is an attempt to highlight the role of infrastructure in supporting economic growth and demonstrate how enhanced spending can help trigger significant economic growth. In order to capture the real essence of the industry and for in-depth analysis, the publication is divided into three key sub-segments - construction, power and telecom.