Back to Tables Index   Table 3 Religion and Caste of the owners of the Top Ten Corporate Companies in Punjab

Name of company**     Ranbaxy, Mohali JCT, Hoshiarpur Hero Cycles, Ludhiana Mahavir Spinning, Ludhiana Jagetijt, Kapurthala Oswal Agro, Ludhiana Vardhman, Ludhiana JCT, Mohali Malwa Cotton, Ludhiana JCT Fibres, Hoshiarpur

Religious affiliation of Chairman   Sikh  Hindu Hindu Hindu   Hindu Hindu Hindu Hindu Hindu Hindu

Sub-caste of the chairman     0 Thapar Munjal Oswal   Jaiswal Oswal Oswal Thapar Oswal Thapar

Caste Group     Arora Khatri Arora Baniya   Baniya Baniya Baniya Khatri Baniya Khatri

**The companies have been arranged in the descending order according to sale in the year 1994. Source: Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, 1995, in Singh, 2000, p153