Hindustan Computer Limited (HCL) is an Indian multinational company that was founded in 1976 in Noida, India. It is one of the largest Indian IT services companies with over 80,000 employees across 35 countries. HCL initially started as a hardware company and developed India's first indigenous microcomputer. It later spun off its software division as HCL Technologies in 1991 to enter the software services market. Today, HCL provides a range of IT and business services including application development, engineering services, infrastructure management, and business process outsourcing.