MUMBAI: Sitting in the very first row at the India’s Best Companies to Work For Awards on Friday, Intuit India managing director Vijay Anand and his team were seen to be growing more and more excited as the evening wore on. Anand already knew his company was high up in the rankings since ET had done an interview with his team for an article on Intuit's corporate culture but he didn't know exactly where it was placed.By the time Google came in at third position, the Intuit team was holding its collective breath. When American Express was named second, they were in a state of jubilation. From its number 10 ranking in 2016, Intuit India had climbed nine paces, to emerge as India's best workplace in 2017.Now in its tenth year, The Economic Times-Great Place to Work Institute study has seen a considerable amount of churn. Many veterans of the top ten have given way to newcomers like Adobe (which has climbed up to 6), NetApp (at (7) and Pitney Bowes (at 9). IT and IT-enabled companies continue to dominate the top 10, with Lemon Tree Hotels and DHL being the notable exceptions at number 4 and 10, respectively. But the CXOs gathered for the award ceremony didn’t seem too worried about their changing fortunes in the rankings – they were just glad to be participating and happy to cheer their peers.Addressing the audience, special guest and former member of the Planning Commission Arun Maira said the country needs a movement to make India the best place to work. "Human resources are our most abundant resource. And unlike buildings and machinery, it is a resource that constantly appreciates through learning," he said.And what makes for a great place to work? "It's not a number you can easily capture in an Excel sheet, but it's still very palpable. Trust, pride and camaraderie are the signs of a great place to work and we feel these in our hearts and minds," said Maira.In his address, chief guest and former Microsoft chairman Bhaskar Pramanik compared the present day corporate work culture to that of his early career with companies like DCM and Nelco. "These old companies were hierarchical, but there are some things they had in common with today’s best companies. The peer environment was excellent, the quality of people was the best and there were great opportunities for learning," he said.On the subject of the increasing use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, Pramanik said that it is the middle level jobs that will be performed by robots. "We will always need people for work that requires lifting and moving, and also for higher level jobs that need creativity and intuition," he said.