Top Companies in Patna Area

Indian Oil is India's #1 oil refiner. Of India's 20 refineries, the company owns 10, which have a combined capacity of 67.7 million metric tons per year (34% of India's total refining capacity). The group also owns more than 10,900 kilometers of pipeline and operates a chain of some 18,640 gas stations across India. India's largest commercial enterprise, Indian Oil has 71% of India's downstream pipeline throughput capacity, and its network of 35,600 retail outlets represents 49% of the country's petroleum products market share. The group also provides cooking gas to more than 50 million households. The company also has a 63% market share of India aviation fuel sector.

It gets hot enough in India to stress even the healthiest resident, but India's largest power company, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), thankfully generates enough electricity to run a lot of air conditioners. State-run NTPC, which generates almost 29% of India's power supply, has 22 coal and gas-fired power plants and interests in four more through its SAIL Power Supply joint venture. The company's plants (including joint ventures) have a combined capacity of more than 30,240 MW and feed distribution grids throughout India; prices are determined by India's Electricity Act. NTPC also offers global power consulting and engineering and construction services. India's government owns nearly 90% of NTPC.

First Student knows that a student's first assignment is to get to school, safely and on time. Together, First Student and sister company FirstCanada transport about five million students to and from their classrooms every day via a fleet of some 44,000 buses. As North America's #1 school bus business, they operate from a network of 500-plus locations, spanning 39 states in the US and seven provinces in Canada. In addition to transportation, the company offers a slew of ancillary services, including preventative maintenance, fuel (its storage and purchase), route optimization, used bus sales, and more. First Student is a subsidiary of FirstGroup America, which is a unit of UK bus and train operator FirstGroup.

Tata Motors is geared up to go global. The company -- India's largest automobile maker by sales -- makes buses, trucks, tractor-trailers, passenger cars (Indica, Indigo, Safari, Sumo, and the ultra budget-conscious Nano), light commercial vehicles, and utility vehicles. The company also makes construction equipment and provides IT services. Tata Motors sells through more than 1,500 dealers in India, as well as exports vehicles to countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. In addition, the company distributes Fiat-brand cars in India through its Tata-Fiat dealer network. In 2008 Tata Motors bought the Jaguar and Land Rover brands from Ford for about $2.3 billion.

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This M&M is more rugged than the candy-coated confection that goes by the same name. From food to defense, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) keeps its businesses diverse. Sectors include Automotive, After-Market (pre-owned vehicles and spare parts), and Farm Equipment (FES). Its Automotive unit makes jeeps and SUVs, as well as commercial vehicles (with Navistar), three-wheeler utilitarian delivery and flatbed vehicles, and scooters and motorcycles. Mahindra Defense Systems (MDS) produces armored vehicles and sea mines, while Mahindra Agribusiness exports fruits to Europe and Asia. M&M makes aircraft and related components, and is active in IT and financial services, steel processing, and infrastructure.

ITC walks with the other giants of India's business world -- Tata and Reliance. India's top cigarette market, ITC is a conglomerate focused on four business groups: consumer goods (cigarettes and cigars, food, and personal care products); luxury hotels; paperboards; and paper and packaging and agri business (commodities, leaf tobacco, spices). Its major brands include India Kings, Insignia, Navy Cut, Scissors, and Gold Flake (cigarettes); Wills Sport and John Players (apparel); Kitchens of India and Bingo! (prepackaged food, candy); and Mangaldeep (incense sticks, matches). It's also parent to one of India's leading technology companies, ITC Infotech. British America Tobacco owns about a third of ITC's shares.