Kolkataruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Information technology & services
TCS, Cognizant, Wipro, Capgemini, IBM, PwC
Sector V at Salt Lake and New Town Rajarhat form eastern India's largest IT cluster, built substantially on cost advantage — Kolkata is materially cheaper to staff than Bengaluru or Pune.
Mining, energy & heavy industry
Coal India, Balmer Lawrie, Exide, ITC, Berger Paints
Coal India, the world's largest coal producer, is headquartered here, alongside a nineteenth-century engineering legacy that still anchors a great deal of eastern Indian industry.
Tea, jute & commodity trade
Kolkata Tea Auction Centre, Goodricke, Andrew Yule, jute mills along the Hooghly
Darjeeling and Assam tea is traded through Kolkata, and the auction centre is among the world's largest. The Hooghly jute belt remains the biggest jute cluster on earth.
Banking & financial services
Bandhan Bank, UCO Bank, Allahabad Bank legacy operations, ICRA
Bandhan grew from a Kolkata microfinance institution into a full commercial bank in 2015, one of only two such licences granted, and remains headquartered here.
Education, research & publishing
IIM Calcutta, Indian Statistical Institute, Presidency, Jadavpur, Saha Institute
The Indian Statistical Institute is a globally significant research centre, and College Street holds what is generally described as the world's largest second-hand book market.
Leather & light manufacturing
Calcutta Leather Complex at Bantala, Sreeleathers, garment clusters
The Bantala leather complex on the eastern fringe is one of the largest planned leather clusters in the world and a major export earner for the state.
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