hcl technologies noida sez campus type public traded as bse 532281 nse hcltech industry it services it consulting founded 11 august 1976 ; 40 years ago 1976 08 11 1 founder shiv nadar headquarters noida india area served worldwide key people shiv nadar chairman & cso 2 anant gupta president & ceo 3 services it business consulting and outsourcing services 2 revenue us 6.1 billion fy 15 4 operating income us 1.324 billion fy 15 4 profit us 1.164 billion fy 15 4 number of employees 107 968 june 2016 2 parent hcl enterprise website hcltech.com hcl technologies limited is an indian multinational it services company headquartered in noida uttar pradesh india . it is a subsidiary of hcl enterprise . originally a research and development division of hcl it emerged as an independent company in 1991 when hcl ventured into the software services business . 6 hcl technologies an acronym for hindustan computers limited 7 offers services including it consulting enterprise transformation remote infrastructure management engineering and r & d and business process outsourcing bpo . 8 the company has offices in 34 countries including the united states european countries like france and germany and northern ireland 9 in the united kingdom . it operates across a number of sectors including aerospace and defence automotive consumer electronics energy and utilities financial services government industrial manufacturing life sciences and healthcare media and entertainment mining and natural resources public services retail and consumer semiconductor server and storage telecom and travel transportation logistics and hospitality . 10 11 hcl technologies is on the forbes global 2000 list . 12 it is among the top 20 largest publicly traded companies in india with a market capitalization of 22.1 billion as of may 2015 . 13 as of august 2015 the company along with its subsidiaries had a consolidated revenue of 6.0 billion . 4 contents 1 history 1.1 formation and early years 1.2 ipo and subsequent expansion 1.3 acquisitions 2 operations 2.1 business lines 2.2 hcl in united kingdom and northern ireland 3 corporate social responsibility 3.1 community initiatives 3.2 environment initiatives 4 honours 4.1 awards 4.2 recognition 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit formation and early years edit in the summer of 1976 a group of six engineers all former employees of delhi cloth & general mills led by shiv nadar started a company that would make personal computers . initially floated as microcomp limited nadar and his team started selling teledigital calculators to gather capital for their main product . on august 11 1976 the company was renamed to hcl . 14 on 12 november 1991 a company called hcl overseas limited was incorporated as a provider of technology development services . it received the certificate of commencement of business on 10 february 1992 after which it began its operations . two years later in july 1994 the company name was changed to hcl consulting limited and eventually to hcl technologies limited in october 1999 . hcl is an acronym for hindustan computers limited . hcl technologies is one of the four companies under hcl corporation the second company being hcl infosystems . in february 2014 hcl launched hcl healthcare . 15 hcl talentcare is the fourth and latest venture of hcl corporation . 16 hcl technologies began as the r & d division of hcl enterprise 17 a company which was a contributor to the development and growth of the it and computer industry in india . hcl enterprise developed an indigenous microcomputer in 1978 18 and a networking os and client server architecture in 1983 . 19 on 12 november 1991 hcl technologies was spun off as a separate unit to provide software services . hcl technologies was originally incorporated as hcl overseas limited . 20 the name was changed to hcl consulting limited on 14 july 1994 . 21 on 6 october 1999 the company was renamed hcl technologies limited for a better reflection of its activities . 20 between 1991 and 1999 the company expanded its software development capacities to the us european and apac markets . 20 ipo and subsequent expansion edit following the rebranding as hcl technologies limited the company went public on 10 november 1999 with an issue of 14.2 million shares valued at 4 each . 22 during 2000 the company set up an offshore development center in chennai india for kla tencor corporation . 22 in 2002 it acquired gulf computers inc. 22 acquisitions edit number acquisition date company business country references 1 000000002008 02 20 0000february 20 2008 capital stream inc. automation solutions usa 23 2 000000002008 07 16 0000july 16 2008 liberata financial service business process outsourcing uk 24 3 000000002008 08 25 0000august 25 2008 control point solutions inc. telecom solutions usa 25 4 000000002008 12 15 0000december 15 2008 axon group plc. sap consulting uk 26 5 000000002009 07 16 0000july 16 2009 ucs group s enterprise solutions sap practice sap sa 27 6 000000002016 04 01 0000april 1 2016 part of volvo it information technology swe 28 7 000000002015 10 19 0000october 19 2015 concept to silicon systems c2sis semi conductors ind 29 8 october 29 2015 powerobjects crm consulting usa 30 9 2016 geometric ltd plm & engineering services india 31 on july 23 2015 csc nyse csc and hcl technologies bse hcltech announced a joint venture agreement to form a banking software and services company celeriti fintech . 32 33 operations edit a world map showing the countries where hcl technologies has operations . most hcl technologies offices are not in the usa but it does operate in 34 countries 34 including its headquarters in noida in india . it has establishments in australia china hong kong india indonesia israel japan malaysia new zealand saudi arabia singapore south africa united arab emirates and qatar . in europe it covers belgium czech republic denmark estonia 35 finland france germany italy netherlands norway poland sweden switzerland and the united kingdom . in the americas the company has offices in brazil canada mexico puerto rico and the united states . business lines edit applications services 36 bpo business services this division has delivery centers in india the philippines latin america usa hcl bpo northern ireland and europe . 9 37 38 39 engineering and r & d services ers 40 41 infrastructure management services ims hcl in united kingdom and northern ireland edit on 7 september 2005 hcl technologies expanded its operations base in the counties of armagh and belfast in northern ireland . at the 2006 uk trade and investment india business awards in new delhi the then uk prime minister tony blair announced the expansion which is aimed at creating more it and bpo jobs in the area . hcl armagh and hcl northern ireland acquired the armagh based answerall direct earlier in 2005 . 42 hcl bpo services in ireland are carried out through its main delivery centers in armagh and belfast . 43 in november 2011 after hcl revealed an expansion plan in the irish republic county of kilkenny its business process outsourcing bpo division in northern ireland won a contract for back office services from the department of health . it was aimed at increasing the number of jobs and other employment opportunities in the region . 44 corporate social responsibility edit community initiatives edit power of one is an employee driven management supported initiative that focuses on transforming social projects and activities . 45 as a part of this initiative the company has undertaken project samudhay which involves adopting 100 villages and driving transformation in five areas water women s welfare education health and malnutrition and sanitation . 46 association with udayan ghar 47 and over 55 other ngos to promote all round community development and growth . 48 additionally since 2006 the company conducts monthly and biennial concerts to provide a platform for upcoming young indian classical artists to showcase their talent . 49 environment initiatives edit hcl runs a multi layered program go green as a part of its continued sustainability initiatives . 50 in addition it is also the first indian ict manufacturer to launch rohs compliant laptops . 51 the first to launch a pvc & bfr free laptop in india . 52 the first indian company to offer antimony and beryllium free laptop . 53 the first indian ict company to initiate a green bag campaign and voluntarily recycle the accumulated e waste in an environmentally friendly manner . 54 55 an active member of india council for sustainable development icsd . 56 one of the strategic partners of the world economic forum wef contributing to wef s strategy and government affairs meetings on the contribution of the information and communications industry to managing climate change . 57 honours edit awards edit 2015 aecus innovation award for implementing an operational control center for unilever 58 2014 best governed company by the asian centre for corporate governance & sustainability 59 2014 outstanding company of the year at cnbc tv18 s india business leader awards 60 recognition edit 2015 among the top 10 indian brands by brand finance 61 2015 among the world s most influential companies by bloomberg businessweek 62 2009 top 10 outsourcers by the wall street journal 63 2008 2012 among the most democratic workplaces in the world by worldblu 64 see also edit companies portal list of it consulting firms disney litigation anant gupta shiv nadar vineet nayar references edit company history hcl technologies ltd. . ciol . retrieved 14 january 2011 . a b c fast facts . hcl technologies . 1 february 2014 . retrieved 1 february 2014 . hcl technologies appoints anant gupta as ceo ; vineet nayar to continue as vice chairman . the economic times . retrieved 28 august 2015 . a b c d hcl technologies financial statements . hcl technologies . 3 august 2015 . retrieved 3 august 2015 . relationship beyond the contract . hcl 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