2. Wipro – Fact Sheet
Wipro was established in 1945 as a Consumer Products Business.
During the late 1970s and 1980s, Wipro began to venture into the fledgling IT industry
in India. It was the first to market indigenous Personal Computers in 1985. This phase
Inception and saw Wipro expand its horizons rapidly and take advantage of the opportunities in the
Evolution technology space.
It was during 1990s that Wipro took its hardware expertise into the services arena,
and was among the pioneers in developing the ODC (Offshore Development Centre)
concept (popularly known as the Global Delivery Model or GDM).
Founded By Azim Premji
Headquarters Bangalore, India
Services IT, BPO and R&D services.
offered
International 72 plus global delivery centres and 50 plus industry-specific 'Centres of Excellence' in
and National over 54 countries including Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai
Presence and Pune.
Total Number 120,000 employees worldwide
of Employees
Indian Azim H. Premji, Chairman, Wipro Limited
Corporate TK Kurien, CEO, IT Business & Executive Director, Wipro Limited
Leadership Suresh C. Senapaty, Executive Director & Chief Finance Officer, Wipro Limited
Motto Applying Thought
The Spirit of Wipro is the core of Wipro and represents its values and what Wipro
aspires to be. These values are:
Intensity to Win
-Make Customers Successful
-Team, Innovate, Excel
Core Values Act with Sensitivity
- Respect the individual
-Thoughtful and responsible
Unyielding Integrity
- Delivering on commitments
- Honesty and fairness in actions
Awards and High Performance Brand Award from All India Management Association.
Recognition in Named as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute.
2012
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3. Wipro – Fact Sheet
Wipro believes it must try to, and can make (some) lasting impact, towards creating a
just, equitable, humane & sustainable society and has various programs that help
Corporate
implement this purpose such as the Wipro Cares program which supports
Social
developmental needs of marginalized communities, Wipro Applying Thought in School
Responsibility
program to aid societal change and development, Mission 10X aiming to increase
employability of engineering graduates, eco eye and earthian.
In this fast changing world, Wipro believes it can leverage on its innovation culture to
push the boundaries for delivering solutions that provide enhanced value and direct
impact for our customers.
This culture has brought to the fore innovations like India's most powerful
supercomputer, a cost-effective Base Terminal Station designed for GSM networks in
underserved markets, a mobile switching router for emerging markets, connected
home concept and Wipro Energy Manager that uses M2M communication, among
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others. Taking forward our legacy in pioneering the ODC concept, Wipro has also
developed application-based innovations like Flex and Cigma delivery models which
are service-based as opposed to resource-based.
Wipro is also partnering with European research institute IMEC to co-innovate and
develop next-generation intelligent systems based on nano electronics and aimed at
emerging markets through an initiative called Applied Research in Intelligent Systems
Engineering (ARISE).
Annual The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug.
Turnover 31, 2011.
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