IAOP (International Association of Outsourcing Professionals) released the list of Top 100 outsourcing companies (globally) for the year 2008 in the first week of May.

Interestingly, Infosys reached the 3^rd position, with TCS and Wipro in the 6^th and 7^th position; the relatively new entrant Tech Mahindra reaching the 10^th position, Indian companies occupy 4 of the top 10 positions, something that makes every Indian proud.

The citation talks of

“executive leadership’ for Infosys

“Employee management” for TCS and Wipro

“Outsourcing experience” for Tech Mahindra, while it talks of

“Customer testimonials’ for Accenture, the No 1 in the list, and,

“Size and growth’ for IBM, the No 2 in the list

It may not be out of place to mention that Mr. Azim Premji has been talking of Wipro in the “Top 10 Global outsourcing List” by 2010 as his goal; he has realized it 2 years ahead of schedule!

Other Indian Companies in the Top 100 include

HCL Technologies at No 11

Mastek at No 11

WNS Global at 19

Hexaware at 22

Cognizant at 27

24/7 Customer at 28

ITC InfoTech at 40

KPIT Cummins at 42

Patni at 46

Zensar at 53

MindTree at 54, and,

MPhasis at 56