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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 Maharashtra and Madhyapardhesh states of India. 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. In 1966 Azim Premji, still the majority shareholder in WIPRO, took over as the chairman of the company at the age of 21 and with the passage of time transformed it into one of the finest and largest IT outsourcing services provider of the world. It is now considered the world's largest independent R&D service provider. It offers different technology driven services all over the globe with 46 development centers. Azim Premji is still the Chairman of the WIPRO along with other top class professionals heading different wings of the business. Anonymous Great Answer Report Ads by Google
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100s of relevent Jobs Listed inside Submit CV to Apply for All Listings WIPRO is IT Service Company established in 1980s in India, it is a subsidiary of Wipro Limited NYSE: WIT,It is listed on New York Stock Exchange. It is headquartered in Bangalore. It is the second largest IT Company in India. It has 98,391 employees as on 27th Oct 2009, which is inclusive of its call centre arm which it acquired in 2002. The current chairman and majority of stake owner is Azim Premji, from inception the software and hardware divisions have been headed by him. Azim H. Premji has been Wipro Ltd.s Chairman of the Board and Managing Director since September 1968. Mr. Premji holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Currently, he is also a Director of Media Lab Asia. Wipro was set up in Amalner in 1945. Primarily as edible Oil factory, the chief products were Sunflower Vanaspati and 787 laundry soap (a by- product of the Vanaspati operation). The company was called Western India Vegetable Products Limited, with a minor presence in

Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, India. Wipro Technologies deals in following businesses: 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 Service: Wipro's Technology Infrastructure Services (TIS) is the largest Indian IT infrastructure service provider in terms of revenue, people and customers with more than 200 customers in US, Europe, Japan and over 650 customers in India. Business Process Outsourcing: Wipro provides business process outsourcing services in areas Finance & Accounting, Procurement, HR Services, Loyalty Services and Knowledge Services. In 2002, Wipro acquiring Spectramind and became one of the largest BPO service players. Consulting Services: Wipro offers services in Business Consulting, Process Consulting, Quality Consulting, and Technology Consulting The Global IT services and products segment provides IT services to customers in the Americas, Europe, and Japan. The India and Asia Pacific IT services and Products segment operates in the Indian It market and offers IT products and services to the companies in India, Asia-Pacific, and the Middles East region. Consumer Care and Lighting segment engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer care and lighting products. The consumer care products include soaps and toiletries, baby products, talcum powders, and hydrogenated cooking oils. In the 1970s and 1980s it began to expand and made forays into computing. The Indian promoted hold more than 80 percent of the total share capital of the company while the Indian public holds about 7 percent and institutional investors hold about 6 percent. A survey conducted by Business week has ranked Wipro 23 in the top 100 of Information Technology. Coming off its strongest year since 2000, Wipro grew at 43% in 2004. The company has branched out from offerings such as software development, R&D, and applications maintenance to providing remote infrastructure management, financial services, and applications and product testing. All that while maintaining its position as the worlds largest third-party R&D provider. Wipro, which gets the majority of its revenue from the U.S., is pushing further in Europe and expects to make some acquisitions there this year. At home, the companys backoffice operation, Wipro BPO, got a jolt when Chief Executive Raman Roy quit in early June to start another business. The $150 million operation, mostly call-center work, will move into higher-end back-office jobs such as insurance processes in order to achieve greater profitability and to stem the high employee attrition to new foreign players. New York Stock Exchange cite The Companys revenue grew by 450% from 2002 to 2009 Wipro Technologies is a global services provider delivering technology-driven business solutions that meet the strategic objectives of our clients. Wipro has 38 Centers of Excellence that create solutions around specific needs of industries. Wipro delivers unmatched business value to customers through a combination of process excellence, quality frameworks and service delivery innovation. Wipro is the World's first CMMI Level 5 certified software services company and the first outside USA to receive the IEEE Software Process Award Anonymous Great Answer Report

Wipro Tech is an information technology service company established in India in 1980. It is the global IT services arm of Wipro Limited (in operation since 1945, incorporated 1946). It is headquartered in Bangalore and is the third largest IT services company in India[citation needed]. It has more than 78,000 employees as of September 2007, including its business process outsourcing (BPO) arm which it acquired in 2002. Wipro Technologies has over 300 customers across U.S., Europe and Japan including 50 of the Fortune 500 companies. Some of its customers are Nortel, Boeing, BP, Cisco, Ericsson, IBM, Microsoft, Prudential, Seagate, Sony, Win driver and ToshibaIt is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is part of its TMT (technology media telecom) index testing. With revenue in the excess of US $3 billion, Wipro is one of India's major IT companies. It has dedicated development centers and offices across India, Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. The current Chairman, Managing Director and majority stake owner is Azim Premji, who has headed the software and hardware divisions since Wipro's inception. Examples of Wipro's product design work include developing an Internet-browsing phone for a Japanese telecom company in 1998, helping chipmaker Texas Instruments produce digital signal processing software, and creating an automotive display unit for Italian manufacturer Magneti Marelli that combined functions including cell phone capability, global position system technology, a navigation system and a CD player. Wipro was set up in 1945. Primarily an edible oil factory, the chief products were Sunflower Vanaspati and 787 laundry soap (a by-product of the Vanaspati operations). The company was called Western India Vegetable Products Limited; it had a minor presence in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. In the 1970s and 1980s, it began to expand and made forays into computing. In 1975, Wipro marketed India's first homegrown PC. Wipro was the sole representative for Sun Microsystems in India, before the Sun liaison office was set up in India, in the early 1990s. Wipro is the highest-ranked Indian IT provider by International Association of Outsourcing Professionals. Financials Wipro posted a net profit of Rs. 7.3 billion and growth of 17% in the Q1 2007-08. Staff strength crossed 73,000. Anonymous