TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES

For most human resources executives, the notion of hiring 25,000 employees in six months is unfathomable. But in India, in the information technology and outsourcing services industry, it is an imperative. Most people in HR couldn't comprehend how to process that many applicants or be a fundamental driver of a $6.3 billion company that is still growing, notes Gartner Inc VP Partha Iyengar, who is a distinguished analyst and the firm's head of research for India. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the winner of the 2010 Optimas Award for General Excellence for its ability to recruit and train a huge, multilingual workforce and to align its workforce strategy with swiftly changing business demands. Other successful HR initiatives include the company's career development partnerships with groups such as AIESEC. The one-year program encompasses application screening and interviews with prospective TCS leaders in fields such as IT, HR and marketing. Participants receive cross-cultural training, work with individual mentors who advise and support them in their personal and professional development and meet with members of senior management at an annual conference.