11 Indian Firms in Forbes Asia's Fab 50

Bharti Airtel (9)

Bharti Airtel Limited provides telecommunication services that operate in three primary business segments: Mobile Services, Enterprise Services and Telemedia Services. It offers an integrated suite of telecom solutions to its enterprise customers, in addition to providing long distance connectivity both nationally and internationally. It also offers Digital TV and Internet protocol television (IPTV) Services. All these services are depicted under the Airtel brand. The Company has its presence in 19 countries, including India, and South Asia and Africa. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, it launched 3G Services, Airtel money, Airtel call manager, Airtel voice blog, Airtel world SIM, Live Aarti and LearnNext. On February 25, 2010, it acquired a 70 percent interest in Airtel Bangladesh Limited. On June 8, 2010, the Company acquired a 100 percent interest in Zain Africa B.V. (Zain). On August 27, 2010, it acquired a 100 percent interest in Telecom Seychelles Limited.

Tata Motors (16)

The automobile company , Tata Motors Limited is involved in engineering and automotive solutions, construction equipment manufacturing, automotive vehicle components manufacturing and supply chain activities, machine tools and factory automation solutions, high-precision tooling and plastic and electronic components for automotive and computer applications, and automotive retailing and service operations. The Company functions in two segments: automotive operations and all other operations. Its automotive process include all activities relating to development, design, manufacture, assembly and sale of vehicles including financing thereof, as well as sale of related parts and accessories. Apart from this the other operation business segment includes information machine tools, technology (IT) services and factory automation solutions and investment business.