Wipro Ltd
(BSE: 507685, NYSE: WIT) is a giant information technology services
corporation headquartered in Bangalore, India. According to the 2008–09 revenue, Wipro is one of
the largest IT services company in India and employs more than 115,900 people worldwide as of
September 2010.[3] It has interests varying from information technology, consumer
care, lighting, engineering and healthcare businesses. It is 9th most valuable brand in India
according to an annual survey conducted by Brand Finance and The Economic Times in
2010. [4] Azim Premji is the Chairman of the board.
[edit]Major Divisions
IT Services: Wipro provides complete range of IT Services to the organization. The range of
services extends from Enterprise Application Services (CRM, ERP, e-Procurement and SCM) to e-
Business solutions. Wipro's enterprise solutions serve a host of industries such as Energy and
Utilities, Finance, Telecom, and Media and Entertainment.
Product Engineering Solutions: Wipro is the largest independent provider of R&D services in
the world. Using "Extended Engineering" model for leveraging R&D investment and accessing
new knowledge and experience across the globe, people and technical infrastructure, Wipro
enables firms to introduce new products rapidly..
Technology Infrastructure called as TIS provides remote infrastructure management
solutions and services. Wipro Technologies achieves this through a Global Command Centre
(GCC) which consolidates services and resources in one place and centrally manage them. It is
a true enabler for the company for providing services in infrastructure management.
[edit]Wipro BPO
Wipro BPO employs over 22,000, of whom 3,150 are at its Hyderabad campus. The planned new
recruitments will be from among science and commerce graduates and under-graduates.
The majority of Wipro BPO’s business comes from the US, followed by Europe. The rest of the world
contributes only marginally to its top line. The company posted a turnover of $290 million in FY08.
Founded in 2002, Wipro BPO has operations in Delhi, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad,
Navi-Mumbai (Belapur) Greater Noida and Kochi in India. It also has offices in Shanghai and Cebu
in Asia and Curittiba 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.
Type Public
(BSE: 507685, NYSE: WIT)
Industry IT services
IT consulting
Founded 1945
Founder(s) M. H. Premji
Headquarters Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Key people Azim Premji (Chairman)
T K Kurien (CEO)
Services Application Development and Maintenance
BPO
Product Engineering Solutions
Technology Infrastructure Services
Consulting
Revenue $6.03 billion (2010)[1]
Operating income $1.144 billion (2010)[1]
Profit $1.02 billion (2010)[1]
Total assets $7.498 billion (2010)[1]
Total equity $4.373 billion (2010)[1]
Employees 119,491 (December 2010) [2]