India’s Best Employers Among Nation-Builders 2026

Our Methodology

Organisations that get recognized in this prestigious category of India’s Best Employers Among Nation-Builders fulfil a set of rigorous criteria stipulated by Great Place To Work® and are Great Place To Work Certified™ through an independent assessment carried out by Great Place To Work. The organisations should at least have an existence of a minimum of 10 years. They should be publicly listed in India or a Government Department or an Instrumentality of any State Government or the Central Government or a Public Sector Enterprise.

The selection of the Top 14 India’s Best Employers Among Nation Builders is based on a combination of three factors –

Trust Index™

Trust Index™ – Trust Index™ Survey Scores of the organisation in the employee survey conducted as a part of the Great Place To Work Certification™ & Recognition Programme.

Culture Audit™

Culture Audit™ – Culture Audit© Scores based on an expert rating given by Great Place to Work® on the the people practices submission made by the organisation as a part of the Assessment for the Great Place To Work Certification & Recognition Programme.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria – Meeting the eligibility criteria for the Study and cumulative points earned against the eligibility criteria mentioned in the section below.

Eligibility Criteria for the Study

The companies should fulfil at least 4 out of the following eligibility criteria:

The organisation is among the top 100 highest taxpayers to the Government of India over the last 3 years.
The organisation employs more than 10,000 direct employees or more than 50,000 direct + indirect employees.
The Corporate Social Responsibility budget of the organisation is more than INR 100 crores OR The nature of business of the organisation serves at least 50000 families or has large scale positive social impact.
The organisation’s business delivers an essential service.
The organisation gets evaluated on ESG Compliance and the ESG score is published.
The organisation has national brand presence or impact.
The organisation creates infrastructure in the country (Physical/Technology/ Financial) as a part of its business.
The organisation has a significantly large-scale customer or consumer base across the country.