People. Purpose. Possibility.
The New Workplace Equation
Where talent meets transformation
India’s technology industry has spent decades building scale. Today, it is being asked to build something far more enduring: organisations where talent can grow as quickly as technology does.
The sector is expected to cross the $315 billion mark in FY26, while its direct workforce is projected to approach 6 million people. Yet the next phase of growth is unlikely to be defined by headcount alone. AI is changing roles, skills, workflows, and expectations, while organisations are moving towards more specialised talent models and outcome-led work. NASSCOM expects hiring itself to increasingly shift from volume to skill mix as AI-driven productivity gathers pace.
For employees, meanwhile, the definition of a preferred workplace continues to evolve. Learning opportunities, meaningful careers, flexibility, inclusion, well-being, leadership, and a sense of belonging increasingly sit alongside traditional considerations, such as compensation and job security.
In this environment, what makes a workplace truly preferred? And which organisations are creating experiences that make talent want to stay, grow, and contribute?
That is a question we seek to get to the heart of.
Workplaces where talent thrives
The fifth edition of Most Preferred Workplaces in IT & ITES 2026-27 brings together the industry’s leading employers, people leaders, and workplace thinkers on a distinctive platform designed to examine what it takes to become an employer of choice in a rapidly transforming technology landscape. And by bringing together these luminaries, the platform culminates by celebrating brands that have carved a place in our hearts.
Over the years, the initiative has recognised organisations that have demonstrated a strong commitment to their people, their culture, and the changing expectations of the workforce. The distinguished list of previous honourees includes AB InBev GCC Services India, Adobe Systems India, Capgemini, Consero Global, Datamatics, L&T Technology Services, Quick Heal Technologies, Redington, Tata Consultancy Services, and Wipro, among many others.
The fifth edition arrives at a particularly consequential moment. India’s technology industry is moving from AI experimentation towards industrial-scale adoption, while organisations are simultaneously rethinking skills, productivity, career pathways, and employee experience.
The platform therefore seeks to recognise workplaces that are responding to these shifts with intent, which understand that technology may transform the work, but people determine what that transformation ultimately creates.
Measured through meaningful insights
Most Preferred Workplace for IT & ITES 2026-27 is a research-driven platform presented by Marksmen Daily, with in-depth research undertaken by LeadCap Ventures.
The research seeks to look beyond workplace reputation and examine the factors that shape how employees experience an organisation. This becomes particularly relevant as the technology workforce moves through a period of profound change. From AI and automation to new career pathways and skills requirements, employees are navigating a workplace where continuous learning is becoming increasingly important. The World Economic Forum has identified AI, robotics, and autonomous systems among the technologies expected to significantly shape India’s jobs landscape through 2030.
The research framework will examine organisations across six broad parameters:
Employee Engagement
Performance-linked rewards, employee views and feedback valued, encouragement to contribute, retention policy, employee-friendly culture.
Family Friendly Policies
Family access to workplaces, day care and crèche, rest areas, family feedback on wellbeing, benefits such as insurance and travel extended to family.
Professional Development
Training for all employees, third-party and expert-led upskilling, support for online or classroom courses to stay current.
Workplace Flexibility
Flexible hours, work from home or any company location and shared spaces, staycation and moonlighting policies.
Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
Health and wellness programs, gym memberships, concierge services, confidential assessments, short-term counselling, referrals and follow-up.
Together, these parameters offer a holistic lens through which to understand what makes organisations genuinely attractive, relevant, and resilient workplaces in the technology economy.
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Key Point of Discussion
Insightful discussions around current HR trends in the tech industry
Industry best practices to overcome challenges around attrition and moonlighting
Explore technologies that enable creating a collaborative and seamless hybrid working model
Learn effective employee retention strategies
Enhance employee engagement
Industries Covered
IT Services
Software product developers and engineering services
Hardware systems manufacturers
Cloud and data center service providers
Co-location service providers
A Room Full of People Leaders
The fifth edition will bring together a cross-section of the people shaping India’s technology workplaces: Chairpersons, MDs, CEOs, CHROs, HR heads, talent acquisition leaders, learning and development professionals, people and culture strategists, organisational development specialists, business heads, and senior technology leaders.
The platform will create an opportunity to exchange perspectives on the changing employee proposition, AI and the future of skills, leadership and culture, inclusion, career mobility, employee well-being, and the organisational practices that help companies attract and retain critical talent.
It will also provide a space for recognised organisations to share the thinking, practices, and workplace philosophies behind their achievements.
As India’s technology sector enters its next chapter, Most Preferred Workplaces for IT & ITES 2026-27 will bring together the organisations and leaders helping define what that chapter looks like. And, more importantly, what it feels like for the people building it.
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