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All About HCL
All About HCL
Name :
Narasimhabala.S
Roll No : 15
Section : `B’
Date :18/01/10
Introduction
HCL (Hindustan Computers Limited) is a leading global Technology and IT enterprise
whose range of services spans Product Engineering and Technology Development,
Application Services, BPO Services, Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware, Systems
Integration, and Distribution of Technology and Telecom products in India. The HCL
Enterprise comprises two companies listed in India: HCL Technologies and HCL
Infosystems. HCL Technologies is the IT and BPO services arm focused on global markets,
while HCL Infosystems deals in the IT, Communication, Office Automation Products &
System Integration arm focused on the Indian market. Today, HCL has 45,000 employees of
diverse nationalities, operating across 17 countries including 360 service centers in India.
HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms.
Shiv Nadar is the founder of HCL. He founded HCL in 1976 in a Delhi "barsaati". In 1978,
HCL developed the first indigenous micro-computer at the same time as Apple and 3 years
before IBM's PC. In 1980, HCL introduced bit sliced, 16-bit processor based micro-computer.
In 1983, HCL Indigenously developed architecture, at the same time as global IT peers. In
1986, HCL became the largest IT Company in India. In 1988, HCL introduced fine grained
multi-processor Unix-3 years ahead of "Sun" and "HP". In 1991, HCL entered into a joint
venture Hewlett Packard and HCL-Hewlett Packard Ltd. was formed. The joint developed
multi-processor Unix for HP and heralded HCL's entry into contract R&D. In 1997, HCL
Infosystems was formed. In the same year HCL ventured into software services. In 1999,
HCL Technologies Ltd issued an IPO and became a public listed company. In 2001, HCL
BPO was incorporated and HCL Infosystems became the largest hardware company. In 2002,
software businesses of HCL Infosystems and HCL Technologies were merged. In 2005, HCL
set up first Power PC architecture design centre outside of IBM. In the same year HCL
Infosystems launched sub Rs.10, 000 PC. In 2006, HCL Infosystems became the first
company in India to launch the New Generation of High Performance Server Platforms
Powered by Intel Dual - Core Xeon 5000 Processor. Today, HCL has a turnover of over
US$4billion.
HCL GROUP
HCL Group has eight companies under them they are as given below:
1) HCL axon
2) HCL Technologies
3) HCL Infosystems
4) HCL Security
5) HCL ISD
6) HCL InfiNet Ltd
7) HCL BPO
8) HCL Online Store
Out of these eight companies only two of them has been listed in BSE & NSE they are:
1) HCL technologies
2) HCL Infosystem
Organization structure
Shiv Nadar is the founder as well as the chairman of HCL.
Leadership Team
VINEET NAYAR
CEO, HCL Technologies
RANJIT NARASIMHAN
President & CEO - BPO Services, HCL Technologies Ltd
ANIL CHANANA
Executive Vice President - Finance, HCL Technologies
ANANT GUPTA
President - Infrastructure Services Division, HCL
Technologies
Board of Directors
SHIV NADAR
Founder - HCL
Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer - HCL Technologies
VINEET NAYAR
CEO, HCL Technologies
ROBIN ABRAMS
Director
AJAI CHOWDHRY
Founder - HCL
Chairman and CEO - HCL Infosystems
T S R SUBRAMANIAN
Director
SUBROTO BHATTACHARYA
Director
AMAL GANGULI
Director
Dividends paid
Dividend
paid per
share for
the below
mentioned june' june' june' june' june'
companies 05 06 07 08 09
HCL
Technologies 16 16 8 9 7
HCL
Infosystems 6.2 8 8 8 6.5
Promoters
Distribution of Shareholding as on quarter ending September 30, 2001
No of shares % of
Category held shareholding
A. Promoter's holding
1 Promoters
- Indian Promoters** 1,70,74,351 53.51%
- Foreign Promoters
2 Persons acting in concert #
Sub - total 1,70,74,351 53.51%
B. Non- Promoter's holding
3 Institutional Investors
a. Mutual Funds and UTI* 8,69,260 2.72%
b. Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance* 19,09,973 5.99%
Companies (Central/ State Government 0.00%
Institutions/ Non- government Institutions) 0.00%
c. FIIs 18,190 0.06%
Sub - total 27,97,423 8.77%
4 Others
a. Private Corporate Bodies 24,92,094 7.81%
b. Indian Public 93,67,102 29.36%
c. NRI/OCBs 1,78,489 0.56%
d. Any other (Please specify)
Sub - total 1,20,37,685 37.72%
GRAND TOTAL 3,19,09,459 100.00%
The percentage of shareholding has been calculated on a share capital base of
319,09,459 shares as 7,427
shares previously forfeited, have been re-issued.
**Slocum Investment Private Limited along with the other companies had filed
a petition before the Honourable High Court of Delhi for sanctioning a scheme
of Amalgamation , inter alia, of the following companies with them:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. www.hcl.in
2. www.moneycontrol.com