6. Introduction :Wipro Limited ( formerly western
India Products )Limited is an IT services,
consulting & outsourcing company.
Headquartered in Bangalore,
Karnataka, India.
Third largest IT services company
in India.
Provides outsourced,research &
development,business process outsourcing
(BPO) & business consulting services.
7. History :Wipro was initially set up as a
vegetable oil manufacturer in 1945 in Amalner,
Maharashtra
Company was established in 1980 as a
subsidiary of wipro limited listed on the New
York Stock Exchange.
During 1970s & 1980s, the company
shifted its focus & began to look into
business opportunities in the IT & computing
industry which was at nascent stages in India
8. Wipro BPO
Founded in 2002,wipro BPO has
operations in
Delhi, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderaba
d, Navi-Mumbai, GreaterNoida, Mysore & Kochi in
India.
Also office in Shanghai in
Asia, Brazil & Poland.
Employ over 22,000 of whom 8,150 are
in Hyderabad campus.
9. WIPRO DIVISONS :
1. Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting :Business unit of Wipro Limited & estab.
in 1945.
first product to be produced by WCCLG was
veg. oil which later popularised under the brand
name Sunflower Vanaspati.
It offers personal care products such as
Wipro Baby Soft & Wipro safewash, toilet soaps
like Santoor and Chandrika as well as
10. Wipro Infrastructure Engineering :WIE is the hydraullics business
divison of wipro.
Manufactures hydraulics cylinders,
truck cylinders & their components.
WIE is the second largest
independent manufacturer of cylinders in
the world.
11. Wipro GE Medical Systems :It is the joint venture between
Wipro LTD. & Genaral Electric (GE) Health
Care.
12. Awards & Honors :Ranked second in the New York 2012
Global 500 Green companies.
Recognized as World’s Most Ethical
Company in 2013, by the Ethisphere Institute.
NASSCOM Corporate award for Excellence
in Diversity & Inclusion.
Award for Excellence in Financial
Reporting from Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India in 2013.
13. Shareholding
On 30 sep. 2012, 73.51% of
equity shares were owned by the
promoters: Aziz Premji, his family
members, partnership firms & trusts
formed by himhis family.
Remaining 26.49% share are
owned by others.
