Best of Best Conference & Awards Marks 10 Years of Driving Workplace Inclusion Through BCWI
· Dr. Tamizhachi Thangapandian, MP, presented the awards to the winning companies
Chennai, November 2025
Avtar Group, India’s leading workplace culture consulting firm, hosted BOB – the Best of Best Conference & Awards, India’s prestigious gathering of workplace culture & inclusion experts and thought leaders, at ITC Grand Chola. The Best of Best is an annual conference conducted by the Avtar Group, that celebrates the winners of Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI), the Most Inclusive Companies Index (MICI) and Best Companies for ESG (BCESG). Dr. Tamizhachi Thangapandian, MP (South Chennai Constituency), presented the awards to the winning companies.
BOB 2025 stood as a milestone moment – it commemorated the tenth anniversary of BCWI which was launched in 2016. Across its revolutionary ten-year journey, Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI) has guided over 400 organizations in embedding inclusive policies, serving as a compelling tool in shifting mindsets and steadily elevating the benchmark for workplace inclusion nationwide. Breaking new ground, women’s representation in leadership among the Best Companies rose to 20% for the first time, with overall female workforce participation steady at 36%, up from 25% in 2016.
Reflecting on the milestone, Dr Saundarya Rajesh, Founder – President, Avtar Group said “Twenty-five years ago, Avtar set out to make inclusion a reality in Indian workplaces. Ten years ago, BCWI became our way to measure that change, to see how intent turns into impact. Today, as we celebrate its tenth edition, we see not just statistics but stories of women who found opportunity, of leaders who chose empathy, and of organizations that turned intent into action.”
Centered on the theme Unbox Inclusion, BOB 2025 explored topics such as lighthouse leadership, innovative inclusion practices, organizational vitality, and redefining leadership through a new understanding of power. Speaking about the event and its theme, Dr Saundarya said, “As the world of work continues to evolve, with AI reshaping work, hybrid teams becoming the norm, multiple generations working side by side, and global challenges like climate change affecting us all, inclusion needs a new lens. Unbox Inclusion is about doing just that: breaking open old ideas and seeing inclusion as something that lives in our everyday actions, choices, and conversations. The future belongs to workplaces that unbox new ways of thinking and make inclusion a daily habit.”
The event also featured a Forum Theatre, an interactive session that encouraged the audience to engage, interact and co-create possible solutions to enable workforce aspirations. The event concluded with awards and felicitation of the Best Companies for Women in India.
Top 10 Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI) (listed in alphabetical order):
· Accenture Solutions Private Limited
· AXA XL India Business Services Pvt. Ltd
· Cairn Oil and Gas, Vedanta Limited
· EY
· KPMG in India
· Mastercard Incorporation
· Optum Global Solutions (India) Private Limited
· Procter & Gamble India
· Tech Mahindra Limited
· Wipro Limited
The full list can be viewed, here: https://www.avtarinc.com/enrich/best-companies-for-women-in-india-bcwi/
