3. Azim Hashim Premji: Chairman of Wipro
Technologies; Richest Indian for the past
several years; Honored with Padma Bhushan in
2005.
He is an icon among Indian businessmen and
his success story is a source of inspiration to a
number of budding entrepreneurs.
4. Born on July 24, 1945, Azim Hashim Premji
was studying Electrical Engineering from
Stanford University
Azim Premji took over the reins of family
business in 1966 at the age of 21.
6. †Vision : To offer services based on world-class
infrastructure, industry expert skills, proven
process-oriented service operations that are
backed by principals to ensure the world's best
way of delivering IT infrastructure management
solution.“
†Mission: "To serve customers with integrity
through innovative, value for money solutions, by
applying thought day after day"
†Values: Human values , integrity, Innovation
drives us
7. The History Of WIPRO
WIPRO is one of the largest IT services companies in
India. Established in 1980 as subsidiary of WIPRO
limited listed on New York Stock Exchange. WIPRO
was initially set up in 1945 with main product of
producing sunflower Vanaspati Oil and different
soaps. At that time Company was called Western
India Vegetable Products limited with
representative offices in bangalore and karnataka
states of India.
8. Con’d
During 1970s and 1980s it shifted its focus
and begin to look into business
opportunities in IT and computing
industry which was at nascent stages in
India at that time. WIPRO was the first
company which marketed the first
indigenous homemade PC from India in
1975.
9. Key Dates:
1945: Wipro Limited is incorporated.
1947: An oil mill and hydrogenated cooking medium plant is
built; Wipro goes public in India, for roughly $30,000.
1966: Founder M.H. Hasham Premji dies.
1968: Founder's son, Azim Hasham Premji assumes
leadership of company.
1975: Wipro begins to manufacture hydraulic and pneumatic
cylinders.
1980: Wipro employs information technology services.
1985: Wipro begins to manufacture toilet soaps, PCs, and
dot-matrix printers.
1989: General Electric and Wipro create a joint venture for
medical systems.
1990: Product software business is discontinued; software
services begin.
1992: Lighting business is established.
1999: Wipro's software business receives prestigious SEI
Level 5 Certification; company restructures to address the
Internet market.
2000: Wipro debuts on the New York Stock Exchange.
10. AWARDS
• Wipro won the Golden Peacock Innovative Service Award for
effective service delivery using state of art technology in 2001.
• Wipro was awarded the India Manufacturing Excellence
Award for its factory in Pondicherry in the large enterprises
category by Frost & Sullivan.
• Wipro was awarded the prestigious ASTD BEST Awards for
2005 by the American Society of Training and Development.
• Wipro's Global Command Centre won the Marico
Foundation and Business World's Innovation for India
Award in 2006.
11. CSR
• Wipro has been actively working towards in the field of
social and community development. Their primary focus is
on education. It believes that education is the fundamental
enabler of social change. To fulfill this mission, it works on
three different mechanisms:
• AZIM PREMJI FOUNDATION
• Applying Thought in Schools
• Wipro Cares
12. Product Mix Decisions
Width - number
of different
product lines
Consistency
Length - total
Product Mix -
number of items
all the product
within the lines
lines offered
Depth - number
of versions of
each product
13. WIPRO BPO
• Wipro BPO employs over 22,000, of whom 3,150 are at its
Hyderabad campus.
• Founded in 2002, Wipro BPO has operations in Delhi, Pune,
Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Navi-Mumbai (Belapur)
Greater Noida, Mysore and Kochi in India. It also has offices in
Shanghai and Cebu in Asia and Curitiba in Brazil and Wroclaw
in Poland. It has 44 clients in segments such as banking &
capital markets, insurance, travel & hospitality, hi-tech
manufacturing, telecom and healthcare.
19. WASE
WASE (Wipro Academy of Software
Excellence ) is globally ranked 2nd among
the most mature Corporate Universities.
The Directorate of IT & SS, University of
Kashmir in collaboration with Wipro is
organizing the State-wide recruitment drive
for fresh graduates