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2026 Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for Women in India
Best Companies for Women in India-Emerging Icons
Most Inclusive Companies Index
Best Companies for ESG

Welcome to the 2026 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 2026 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, 2024 and 2025 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.

All companies with operations in India and having 500 or more employees in India can apply to participate. Listed below are the 2025 Top 10 Best Companies for Women in India, listed A-Z, alphabetically.

Accenture Solutions Private Limited
AXA XL India Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
Cairn Oil and Gas, Vedanta Limited
EY
KPMG in India
Mastercard Incorporation
Optum Global Solutions (India) Private Limited
Procter & Gamble India
Tech Mahindra Limited
Wipro Limited

Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for Women in India – Emerging Icons
2026 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.

All companies with operations in India and between 100 and 500 employees/registered MSMEs in India can apply to participate. The 2025 Top 10 Best Companies for Women in India – Emerging Icons, listed alphabetically, are as follows:
Alight India Services PVT LTD
Aurigene Oncology Limited
Boehringer Ingelheim India Pvt. Ltd.
Giant Eagle Global Capability Center LLP
Grundfos Pumps India Pvt Ltd
Kinaxis India Pvt Ltd
M MOSER DESIGN ASSOCIATES (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED
Mahindra Teqo Pvt. Ltd.
Welspun Transformation Services Limited
Zuci Systems (India) Private Limited

You can view the entire 2025 winners list:
2025 BCWI & BCWI Emerging Icons: https://www.avtarinc.com/enrich/best-companies-for-women-in-india-bcwi/
2025 MICI: https://www.avtarinc.com/enrich/benchmarking/
2025 BCESG: https://www.avtarinc.com/avtar-seramount-best-companies-for-esg-bcesg-in-india/
Key features of the study:

a) It is entirely an alphabetical listing.

b) There is no participation fee to apply to the study.

c) All participating companies will receive complimentary scorecards.

d) Participation is completely confidential, and the names of participating organizations are never disclosed. However, organizations that make it to the Best Companies list will receive a free media kit and templates, and they will have the option to publicly announce their achievement.

e) The data collected enables organizations to track the progress of their strategies year over year and benchmark themselves against other organizations, both within and outside their industry. This helps identify what is working well and where there are opportunities for improvement.
1.Company Name(Required.)
2.Is your company (please select one)(Required.)
3.Please select the country your company is headquartered in from the given list.
4.Registered company address in India(Required.)
5.Company website (url)(Required.)
6.Please select the category based on your employee count in India

• Organizations with 500 or more employees in their Indian operations will be considered under the 'Best Companies for Women in India' category.

• Organizations with fewer than 500 employees in their Indian operations, or those registered as MSMEs in India, will be considered under the 'Best Companies for Women in India – Emerging Icons' category.(Required.)
7.Primary Industry your company belongs to(Required.)
8.Please provide Primary Point of Contact (PPC) details:(Required.)
9.Please provide CHRO's (Senior most executive for HR function in India) details(Required.)
10.How did you come to know of 2026 BCWI?(Required.)
11.If an Avtarite referred you to the study (you picked option 1 or 2 for Q. 10), please specify his/her name
12.Please select if you wish to participate in any of the following optional studies.
13.Would you be interested in procuring a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion benchmarking report to gain market-aligned insights and strengthen your inclusion strategy?(Required.)
14.Does your organization have operations in one or more of the GCC countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates)?(Required.)
15.If yes, please refer your team in GCC to participate in the 2026 Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for Women in Gulf (BCWG) study. Please share the following details:
16.I hereby declare that our registration for the 2026 Best Companies for Women in India Study is complete, and our participation may now be taken forward.(Required.)