Pitch, a monthly marketing, advertising and media magazine recently celebrated its sixth anniversary. The magazine was launched in October, 2003. As part of the celebrations, Pitch felicitated 28 brands in the Pitch India’s Top Marketers Awards 2009. The brands were ranked an awarded on the basis of their performance in the downturn year 2008-09.

Here is the list of the brands that overtook recession and stood against all odds:

1. Indian Premier League (IPL)

2. Google India

3. Vodafone India

4. Amul India

5. Nokia India

6. Hero Honda

7. Café Coffee Day

8. Idea Cellular

9. Honda Siel Cars India

10. Samsung India

11. Kingfisher Airlines

12. Tata Tea

13. Unique Identification Authority of India – Nandan Nilekani

14. Nestle India

15. Asian Paints

16. NDTV Group

17. Mc Donald’s India

18. The Times Group

19. HDFC Bank

20. Congress Party

21. Dominos Pizza

22. Hindustan Unilever

23. Reliance Mobile

24. Reckitt Benckiser

25. Dettol

26. Taj Group of Hotels

27. Bharti Airtel

28. ITC Foods / Dabur India