IBM in India declares National and Festival holidays every year .

Some of these are mandatory for each State and the rest are festival holidays .The number of occasions for which the Festival Holidays declared may vary by location depending on local laws & customs.
The list also addresses a consistent approach to ensure smooth functioning of the business.

Holiday List -2016

2016
S.No

Name of the Holiday

1
Makara Sankranti
2
Pongal/Sankranti
3
Netaji Birthday
4
Republic Day
5
Doljatra/holi
6
Holi
7
Good Friday
8
Gudi Padava/ Ugadi
9
Vishu/Tamil & Bengal New Year's day/Amberdkar Jayanti
10
Rama Navami
11
May Day/Maharashtra Day
12
Telangana/AP Formation day
13
Ramzan/Id-ul-Fitr
14
Independence Day
15
Janmashtami/Sreekrishna Jayanti
16
Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chavithi
17
First Onam
18
Thiru Onam
19
Gandhi Jayanthi
20
Mahanavami/Durga Puja-Nabami
21
Dussehra / Vijayadasami
22
Diwali
23
Diwali/Balipadyami Deepavali/Govardhan Puja
24
Kannada Rajyotsava
25
Guru Nanak's Birthday
26
Christmas Day
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Festival Holiday
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Festival Holiday that falls on weekend
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Mandatory Holiday
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Mandatory Holiday that falls on a weekend
Note: For working on mandatory holidays, please refer to policy on w3
http://w3-07.ibm.com/hr/ap/in/yourcareer/en-us/compul_holiday.html

Date

Day

Type of
holiday

14-Jan-16
15-Jan-16
23-Jan-16
26-Jan-16
23-Mar-16
24-Mar-16
25-Mar-16
8-Apr-16
14-Apr-16
15-Apr-16
1-May-16
2-Jun-16
6-Jul-16
15-Aug-16
25-Aug-16
5-Sep-16
13-Sep-16
14-Sep-16
2-Oct-16
10-Oct-16
11-Oct-16
30-Oct-16
31-Oct-16
1-Nov-16
14-Nov-16
25-Dec-16

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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Friday
Thursday
Friday
Sunday
Thursday
Wednesday
Monday
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Tuesday
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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Monday
Tuesday
Monday
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Karnataka

TN

Bangalore

Chennai

Telangana

Andra Pradesh

Kerala

NCR

Maharashtra

HYD

Vizag

Cochin

Delhi/Noida
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Pune

Mumbai

Gujrat

WB

Jharkhand

Orissa

Rajasthan

Ahmedabad

Kolkata

Jamshedpur

Bhubaneshwar

Jaipur

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Please note that holidays that falls on Weekends (Saturday and Sunday) mentioned above, is for indicative purpose only.

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