Fast Company’s recently announced it much awaited rankings of the world’s top 50 most innovative companies, and globaly as is customary in these kind of lists, Apple has come out on top, followed by Facebook & Google. Amazon comes in at 4th & twitter at 6th.
It is interesting to note that 8 out of top 10 most innovative companies in the world according to Fast Company are all Technology Companies.
In general, Indian companies rarely figure in these lists – This time around also, only 2 Indian companies feature in Fast Company’s world’s 50 most innovative – They are Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals & RedBus!
Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals came in at 36th for its effort in bringing medical care to masses in India, while RedBus came in at 48th for successfully making its foray into USD 2.5 dollar Indian bus Travel Industry! NHH was also listed as the 2nd most innovative company worldwide in Healthcare sector
While only 2 of Indian companies came in world’s top 50 – Fast Company has also published India’s Top 10 most innovative companies. Here they are:
India’s Top 10 most Innovative Companies
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| 9 | Naandi |
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Unlike the Global top 10, Indian most innovative companies are a healthy mix of different sectors and not only Technology. We have only 2 companies which are hardcore tech companies and rest are from Education, FMCG, healthcare and even manufacturing!