People. Purpose. Possibility.

  • 25th June 2025
  • Sahara Star, Mumbai
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About the Event

Celebrating India's Most Inspiring Workplaces

The Best Organisations to Work For 2025 celebrates India’s most admired workplaces—those that redefine what it means to create cultures of care, clarity, and commitment. These are organizations where leadership inspires trust, employees grow with purpose, and the workplace becomes a launchpad for both careers and communities. This platform honors organizations that lead with empathy, ensuring every employee, regardless of title or tenure, feels seen, supported, and empowered. Research shows that companies prioritizing employee well-being experience significantly higher profitability and lower turnover, proving that a people-first culture is essential for long-term success.

Why It Matters

The Future of Work is Human

Companies with people-first cultures outperform their peers.
Today’s best organisations build not just products or profits, but possibility—giving employees a place to grow, thrive, and belong.

Leading with empathy

Redefining career growth

Creating cultures of well-being and trust

Empowering talent beyond metros

Key Themes

Explore bold Key and breakthrough strategies shaping the future of work—where people, purpose, and performance align to create thriving, adaptable, and human-centric workplaces in a changing world

Human-First Leadership Leading with empathy, transparency, and connection.
Designing Work That Works Flexible, inclusive workplaces that balance productivity and wellbeing.
The Retention Equation Discovering why people stay, strive, and succeed.
The Gen Z Workplace Blueprint Designing for the aspirations and values of tomorrow’s workforce.
Wellbeing as a Core Strategy Embedding emotional, mental, and physical wellness into business performance.
Inclusive Growth Beyond Metros Spotlighting inspiring workplaces across Tier 2 and Tier 3 India.
Career Crafting in Modern India Helping employees design personalized career journeys.
The Trust Dividend Building cultures powered by psychological safety, autonomy, and transparency.
Industries We Spotlight

Excellence across multiple sectors

Information Technology & Software

Healthcare & Pharma

FMCG & Consumer Durables

Startups & Unicorns

E-commerce & Retail

Hospitality & Services

Education & EdTech

Energy, Infrastructure & Utilities

Media, Entertainment & Sports

Real Estate & Construction

Logistics & Supply Chain

Automotive & Mobility

Consulting & Professional Services

Manufacturing & Industrial

BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, Insurance)

How We Identify the Best Organisations

  • The company should have an operating presence in India for at least 5 years.
  • The company should have a registered office and customer base in India.
  • For large enterprises, the annual turnover should be more than 100 crores and a minimum presence of 5 years.
  • For startups, the annual turnover should be more than 25 crores and a minimum presence of 3 years.
  • Should have played a pivotal role in development and enhancement of its reputation in the industry, by providing holistic products and/or exceptional customer service and other essential a as covered under Selection Criteria.
  • They should have a public profile (financials should be publicly available).
  • They should have client base in at least 2 regions of India.
  • Any other notable achievements (awards/accolades/member of notable industry associations).
  • The knowledge partner will define parameters and segments, as well as assign weightage for evaluation
  • Organizations can self-nominate by completing an online application form on the event website
  • The Research partner will analyze a universe of 1000+ brands based on the knowledge partner's parameters and the self-nominations received
  • The assessment of these 1000 plus organisations will be based on parameters defined by the knowledge partner
  • Following this, these organisations will have to fill out a questionnaire
  • This will be followed by a rigorous evaluation process and out of these 1000 organisations, 200 organisations will be shortlisted
  • These shortlisted brands will be intimated and invited to be felicitated at ET Now Best Organisations to Work
  • The success stories of organisations will also be featured in the Best Organisations to work - Coffee Table Book 2025

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