Welcome to the 2025 edition of the Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI), Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for Women in India – Emerging Icons, the Most Inclusive Companies Index (MICI), and Best Companies for ESG studies!
Avtar - a pioneer in workplace culture consulting & Inclusion solutions assists discerning organizations in making their workplaces more inclusive and Seramount, a strategic professional services and research firm dedicated to supporting high-performing, inclusive workplaces, come together to launch the 2025 edition!
Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI)
The Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI) study has seen nine very successful runs in India in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 going on to list and showcase Best companies for women in India in all these years. The public listings have always been alphabetical in nature. The trailblazing Top 10 companies across industries are honored as a separate alphabetical list. The 2024 Top 10 Best Companies for Women in India are Accenture Solutions Private Limited, AXA XL India Business Services Pvt. Ltd., Barclays in India, Cairn Oil and Gas, Vedanta Limited, Citibank, EY, IBM India Private Limited, KPMG in India, Lear Corporation and Tech Mahindra Limited (listed alphabetically).
All companies with operations in India and having 500 or more employees in India can apply to participate.
Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for Women in India – Emerging Icons
2025 Best Companies for Women in India – Emerging Icons aims to recognize and celebrate the gender diversity intent of smaller, fast-growing enterprises. In the inaugural edition of Best Companies for Women in India – Emerging Icons companies with employee strength less than 500 employees in Indian operations were recognized and honored.
The 2024 Top 10 Best Companies for Women - Emerging Icons listed alphabetically are Aurigene Oncology Limited, Credable, Envirocare Labs Pvt. Ltd., Giant Eagle Global Capability Center LLP, Grundfos Pumps India Pvt Ltd, Hourglass Essentials Pvt Ltd., Kinaxis India Private Limited, Kraft Heinz India GCC Pvt Ltd, Teleflex Medical Private Limited and Zuci Systems (India) Private Limited.
All companies with operations in India and between 100 and 500 employees/registered MSMEs in India can apply to participate.
Avtar & Seramount Most Inclusive Companies Index (MICI)
Avtar & Seramount created corporate India’s first Inclusion Index encompassing the inclusion of gender, generation, sexual orientation, physical capabilities, and culture, called the Most Inclusive Companies Index (MICI) in 2019. This year, MICI is in its seventh-year run.
In the 2024 edition, the Companies that emerged as Champions in 2024 MICI are Accenture Solutions Private Limited, AXA XL India Business Services Pvt. Ltd., Citibank, EY, IBM India Private Limited, Infosys Limited, KPMG in India, Midland Credit Management India Private Limited, Target Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. And Tech Mahindra Limited (an alphabetical listing).
Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for ESG (BCESG)
Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for ESG (BCESG) study aims to identify, showcase and recognize exceptional ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) efforts of participating companies. ESG is a framework that helps all organizational stakeholders (clients, suppliers, employees and consumers) understand how an organization is managing risks and opportunities related to environmental, social, and governance criteria.
This is currently open to any organization with operations in India and with an employee headcount of over 500 employees.
Companies interested in being part of the 2025 BCWI, Emerging Icons, MICI & BCESG can regist
