Company History - Wipro

Company History - Wipro

B.OBULIRAJ

 1941

 - 8,000 shares subscribed for by directors, etc.  9,000 shares

 offered

 at par to public in February-March 1946.

 1945

 - The Company was Incorporated on 29th December, at Mumbai.  The

 Company Manufacture vegetable ghee, vanaspati, refined oils

 including

 salad oil, soap, waxs and tin containers for packing, crushing and

 oil

 milling trading in oils and oilseeds and manufacture of fluid power

 products.  The Products trade names were Kisan, Sunflower and

 Camel.

 1971

 - 5,667 Bonus shares issued in prop. 1:3.

 1977

 - The name of the Company was changed from Western India Vegetable

 Products Ltd., to Wipro Products Ltd., with effect from 7th June.

 It

 was again changed to Wipro Ltd., with effect from 28th April, 1984.

 1980

 - 22,667 Bonus shares issued in prop. 1:1.

 - Diversifies into information technology.

 1982

 - Name again changed from Wipro Products Limited to Wipro Limited.

 1983

 - The Company undertook to establish manufacturing facilities at

 Tumkur, for the manufacturing of hydraulic tipping systems.

 1984

 - 45,334 Bonus shares issued in prop. 1:1.  1,500 shares issued at

 par

 to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.

 1986

 - Equity share subdivided, 9,21,680 Bonus equity shares of Rs.  10

 each

 then issued in prop. 1:1.

 1987

 - `Ralak' a tulsi based family soap and `Wipro Jasmine' a toilet

 soap

 was launched.

 1988

 - The company diversified the product line into heavy duty

 industrial

 cylinders and mobile hydraulic cylinders.

 1989

 - The Company set up a joint venture company with General Electric

 of

 U.S.A., in the name of Wipro GE Medical Systems Pvt.  Ltd., for the

 manufacture, sale and service of diagnostic and imaging products.

 The

 Joint Venture has also an OEM sourcing arrangement with Elpro

 International Ltd., for locally made x-ray products.  In 1990, the

 joint venture became a subsidiary of the Company.

 - 18,43,360 Bonus shares issued in prop. 1:1.

 1990

 - Santoor talcum powder, a brand extension and Wipro Baby Soft were

 launched in the market.

 - The Company established a relationship with Eaton Corporation,

 U.S.A.

 for marketing of hydraulic products in India.

 1991

 - Tipping systems were launched.  The Company undertook to set up a

 high technology plant and R&D Centre at Aurangabad with an

 investment

 of Rs 40 crores.  The product range was to include incandescent

 lamps,

 linear and circular fluorescent lamps, accessories and luminaries.

 - Eaton Hydraulic products were launched.  The Company set up a new

 Unit Wipro Financial Services Ltd., for serving customers with

 capital resources, expertise and ideas to help solve their financial

 needs.

 - The Company launched baby soft toiletries viz. soap, powder and

 oilbased on natural ingredients of lanolin, olive, milk and almonds.

 Feeding bottles followed in 1994.

 - The Company partnering with world leaders markets and supports a

 wide

 range of equipment and consumables for the medical, diagnostic and

 Bio-analytical markets.

 1992

 - The Computed tomography, ultra sound and specialised x-ray systems

 were launched.  It added to itself, products from Becton Dickinson

 Bio-Rad Labs and Serono Diagnostics with a view to becoming a single

 comprehensive source for bio-research and diagnostic instruments.

 - The Wipro Fluid Power division has developed expertise to offer

 standard hydraulic cylinders for construction equipment and truck

 tipping systems.  The company had introduced the State-of-the-art

 cartridge valves from Sun Hydraulics, USA for the Indian market.  A

 second manufacturing unit has been set up at Hindpurto augment

 capacity.

 - The Company issued 2,00,000-18.5% secured redeemable

 non-convertible

 debentures of Rs 100 each on private placement basis.  These are

 redeemable in three equal annual instalments commencing on 23rd

 March,

 1998 and 5% premium payable on redemption.

 - The Company issued 19% non-convertible debentures of Rs

 500,000,000

 on private placement basis.  These are redeemable on 9th September,

 1994.

 - Wipro Infotech Ltd., Wipro Systems Ltd., Wipro Investment Ltd.,

 Inlec

 Investment Ltd., and Wipro GE Medical Systems Pvt.  Ltd., are

 subsidiaries of the Company.

 - 36,86,720 Bonus shares issued in prop. 1:1.

 

 -Wipro is providing services of IT & IS consulting for E-business

 Transformation, Electric Commerce, Web Enabling, ERP, Data

 Warehousing,

 Customer Relationship Management.

 

 1993

 - Wipro Shikakai Herbal Power a hair care product based on a

 judicious mix of seven herbs was launched during the year.

 - The Company developed various cylinders for critical applications

 such as excavators, backhole loaders, wheel loaders etc.

 - The Company proposed to enter into a financial joint venture with

 Beckman Instruments Incorporated, U.S.A., for manufacture of

 bio-analytical instruments (diagnostic instruments and reagents) in

 India and to develop software and hardware for international use by

 Beckman.  Necessary steps were undertaken to implement the letter of

 intent for the manufacture of analytical instruments.  Manufacturing

 facilities were being established in Gurgaon, Haryana and business

 operations pertaining to the facilities were to be carried out from

 Delhi.

 - Wipro BioMed proposed to add a Medical division to offer a

 comprehensive range of products in cardiology and patient monitoring

 from PPG Hellige.

 1994

 -Wipro has set up an overseas design centre, Odyssey 21 for

 undertaking

 projects and product developments in advanced technologies for

 overseas

 clients. Five of Wipro's manufacturing and development facilities

 secured the ISO 9001 certification during 1994-95. Wipro Infotech

 and

 Wipro Systems were amalgamated with Wipro in Apr.'94.

 1995

 - A second manufacturing facility was commissioned at Hindupur in

 A.P.

 where latest technology such as horizontal induction hardening,

 friction welding, high productivity skiving and roller burnishing

 has

 been installed.

 - The Company developed portable ultra sound scanner logiq X 100,

 having a range of clinical applications.  The Company introduced

 olive

 oil enriched baby powder during the year.

 - 76,38,545 Bonus equity shares issued in prop. 1:1.  2,65,105 No.

 of

 equity shares of Rs 10 each allotted to existing shareholders of

 Wipro

 Infotech Ltd., and Wipro Systems Ltd., respectively.

 1996

 - Registered office of Wipro shifted from Mumbai to Bangalore.

 1997

 - The company has been providing design and development services to

 the

 technology sector.  A MOU was signed with Nenoki AG, Switzerland for

 technical know-how.

 1998

 - Wipro Consumer Care Segment of the Company has been manufacturing

 Santoor, a sandal and turmeric based safe soap for skin with natural

 ingredients.  The Wipro Consumer Care division relaunched milk and

 rose

 toilet soap in north India.  Wipro Shikakai was extended to Wipro

 herbal, India's first anti dandruff soap.  Wipro's Camel brand is a

 leader catering to the commercial biscuit manufacturers and

 bakeries.

 - 305,54,180 bonus shares issued in proportion 2:1.

 1999

 - Wipro Net formed.  Wipro acquires Wipro Acer.

 - WIPRO Peripherals launched on Friday the Wipro Proline range,

 which

 is the first bilingual Line Matrix Printers (LMPs) that can

 simultaneously print in English and Devnagri (Hindi).  The

 Bangalore-based company has also set up a language lab for research

 and

 development of products which support other regional languages.

 - Wipro SuperGenius personal computers (PCs) have become the only

 Indian PC range to obtain the US-based National Software Testing

 Laboratory's (NSTL) Certification for Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance.

 The

 operating systems of Wipro SuperGenius PCs are also Y2K compliant.

 - Wipro Ltd and Acer Computer International Ltd of Singapore on

 Wednesday announced the end of their joint venture operations in the

 country.

 - Wipro Ltd, the Bangalore-based infotech major, will be the first

 company in Corporate India to split its part value shares of Rs 10

 each.

 - Currently, Wipro's share capital is Rs 45.83 crore, comprising

 45.83m

 shares of the face value of Rs 10 each.  The sub-division of shares

 will be subject to Sebi guidelines, said a notice issued by the

 company

 to the BSE.

 - Wipro is also proposing to set up a new employee stock option plan

 for its permanent employees.  Yet another resolution the company

 takes

 up at its AGM is to split the existing Rs 10 equity shares of Wipro

 into five each of Rs 2 face value.

 - Wipro Limited has joined hands with a global telecom major KPN

 (Royal

 Dutch telecom) to form a joint venture company to provide internet

 services in India.

 - Wipro would control the majority stake of 55 per cent while the

 remaining will be with KPN.  The joint venture company -- Wipro Net

 Limited -- also intends to divest a part of its equity to the Indian

 public within three years.

 - Wipro Ltd is picking up a 4.85 per cent equity stake in the

 Chennai-based Kaashyap Radiant Systems Ltd (KRSL).  For the purpose,

 Wipro is subscribing to 5 lakh equity shares of KRSL with an

 investment

 of Rs 50 lakh.

 - Out of the public issue, 3.2 lakh shares of Rs 10 each are

 reserved

 to the employees of KRSL and 2.6 lakh equity shares to

 NRIs/OCBs/FIIs,

 while the rest is being set aside for the public.

 2000

 - The Company proposes to issue ADR/GDR linked stock options to

 employees of the company, its subsidiaries and associates up to an

 amount not exceeding 0 millions.

 - The Company has set up a new division to capitalise on the

 emerging

 opportunities in the internet arena.

 - The Company has entered into a tie-up with Vignette Corp of the US

 to

 provide co-developed solutions for online businesses, according to a

 news release from Wipro.

 - Wipro technologies, has become a global implementation alliance

 partner of Mercator software, Inc. (Nasdaq MCTR), an e-business

 transformation company.

 - Wipro has become the second largest company in terms of market

 capitalisation on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

 - The Company for the fourth year has won the top award of STPI for

 software exports for the year 1999-2000.

 - The Company has been awarded first prize, at national level, for

 outstanding export performance during 1999-2000 from the Software

 Technology Parks of India.

 - The Company has launched solutions for convergent networks called

 Wipro OSS Smart and Wipro WAP Smart targeted at Internet and telecom

 solution providers.

 - Wipro Peripherals, the division of Wipro, has entered into a

 strategic business partnership with Kilburn Reprographics to

 consolidate its position in the government and PSUs.

 - Microsoft has decided to tie up with Indian software majors like

 Wipro to outsource some part of the software development work for

 the

 .Net as well as other projects.

 - The Peripherals Division of Wipro Infotech will be hived off as a

 separate entity, largely owned by employees led by Mr. Ram N

 Agarwal.

 - Wipro Ltd. has proposed a new ESOP plan (WESOP) 2000) as its

 earlier

 WESOP 1999 is expected to be exhausted over the next few months.

 - Wipro Ltd had tied-up with Japan's telecoms technology firm Bussan

 Systems Integration Co. to develop BSI's requirement of mobile

 telecoms

 technologies.

 - Wipro Baby Soft, the bay care brand of Wipro Consumer Care and

 Lighting, has declared six babies `Wipro Baby Soft Millennium

 Babies'

 and presented them with an education bond worth Rs 1 lakh and a gift

 hamper.

 - Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency Ltd has reaffirmed

 the `A1+' rating assigned to the Rs. 100-crore commercial paper

 programme of Wipro Ltd.

 - The Company has bagged the PC Quest's User's Choice Awards, 2000,

 in

 the Home ahd Office OC Segment.

 - The Company set up multiple digital exchanges for the IT

 marketplace.

 - Wipro Corporation, has tied up with City based merchant bankers

 BNK

 group for setting up the first call centre in eastern India.

 - The Indian unit of US-based Citrix Systems Inc, a maker of network

 software, that it had tied up with Wipro Ltd to market its software

 in

 India.

 - Wipro Net, the internet services provider arm of Wipro

 Corporation,

 has set up three nodes in Kochi, Coimbatore and Jamshedpur, thereby

 expanding its presence to 11 cities in the country.

 - Wipro Ltd will make an American Depository Receipts issue of

 0-0 million.

 - Infotech major Wipro launched 01Markets.com, a portal for the IT

 industry.

 

 - The company has informed that it has file a registered statement

 with

 Securities and Exchange Commission covering a proposed public offer

 of

 27,50,000 Amrican Depository Shares, representing 27,50,000 equity

 shares (excluding the underwriters' option to purchase an additional

 4,12,500 American Depository Shares representng 4,12,500 equity

 shares

 to cover overallotments, if any).

 - Wipro Ltd. has acquired two properties from Cidco in Navi Mumbai

 to

 set up state-of-the-art software development facilities.

 - Wipro Ltd. is setting up software development facilities in Navi

 Mumbai.

 - Wipro Ltd has tied-up with the US-based Software Technologies

 Corporation (STC), to market STC's software services.

 - 01markets, the neutral B2B digital marketplace of Wipro, was

 launched

 in Bangalore .

 - Wipro's ISP, NetKracker, has tied up with a L&T's finance portal

 LTtrade.com to offer financial services on the Net to the retail

 segment.

 - Arun Thiagarajan, putting an end to a two year controversial

 carrer

 as vice chairman of Wipro and chief executive officer of Wipro

 Infotech, has moved to the India Operations of Hewlett-Packard (HP)

 as

 president.

 - Wipro has entered into an agreement with ICICI Venture Fund

 Management Compeny Ltd.  for an investment of Rs 30 crore or 51 per

 cent equity interest in Net Kracker Ltd. by ICICI.

 - Infotech major Wipro Ltd has acquired a 45 per cent stake in the

 Internet service provider Wipro Net Ltd, from Dutch

 telecommunications

 operator KPN Telecom at Rs 108.8 crore.

 2001

  - Wipro Infotech spun off its peripherals services division into a

 new

 legal entity, Wipro e-Peripherals Sep 2000. In Feb. 2001, Wipro

 became

 the first software technology and services company in India to be

 certified for ISO 14001 certification for complying with the

 international standards for Environmental Management System (EMS) in

 three major software development and technology centres in Bangalore.

 - The Company has been awarded the ISO 9002 certification for

 Network

 Management, Service Implementation and Customer Relationship

 Management.

 - Mr. Vivek Paul, the Vice Chairman of the company and Wipro

 Technologies, has been elected as Director to the Board of the

 California Chamber of Commerce for a three-year term with effect

 from

 January 1.

 - 01markets.com, the digital market place for IT products and

 services

 promoted by Wipro has launched an online trade fair -- 01 Web fair

 to

 offer products including servers, and bundled software at rock

 bottom

 prices.

 - Wipro Infotech's Software Enterprises division has won the Top

 Partner of the Year 2000 award for news business performance at the

 second iPlanet Asia Pacific Partner Summit at Phuket, Thailand.

 - Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting Group has entered the market of

 Compact Fluorescent Lamps, with the launch of a range of CFL, under

 the

 brand name of Wipro Smartlite.

 - Wipro Net has enterisng into a strategic tie up with the US-based

 Speedera Networks Inc.

 - Wipro chairman Azim Premji has pledged 2.06 million equity shares

 of

 Wipro in favour of ICICI in the option agreement involving Wipro

 Net,

 according to the company's annual report for financial 2001.

 - Indian hardware vendors such as Wipro and HCL have signed up with

 Intel for the launch of servers with Intel’s Itanium processor. The

 Itanium processor follows a parallel instruction computing, which

 significantly boosts performance, said Mr Narendra Bhandari, general

 manager, Internet solutions group, Intel, in a meeting with

 presspersons.

 - Wipro ePeripherals, the largest employee-owned company in the

 country, on August 16 announced its tieup with the US-based Network

 Appliance, to offer storage solutions and content delivery solutions

 in

 India.

 - Technologies, Wipro Ltd has been consolidating its

 communications-oriented business. During FY2000-01, its business in

 communications grew to Rs 1,044.61 crore from a base of Rs 586.13

 crore

 in 1999-00.

 - Wipro Net has been amalgamated with the company with effect from

 Ist

 April 2001 which will enable it to synergise the customer offerings

 under one management and enable it to offer the specialized telecom

 skills available within both the companies.

 2002

 - Wipro Ltd has informed that the Mr. Hamir K Vissanji, the

 Director,

 has resigned from the Board with effect from January 15, 2002.

 - The company has strong software engineering processes & also

 achieved

 ISO 9000 certification. Wipro is the first software company to get

 SEI

 Level 5 & also implemented Six Sigma TQM practices to software

 projects

 and support functions.

 - The company launched its German operations based out of Frankfurt

 which will address the requirements of the enterprise for bussiness

 applications as well as R&D outsourcing requirements of technology

 companies.

 -Wipro decided to acquire 66% stake in Spectramind e-services the

 million deal on July 31, 2002. Post-deal, Wipro's stake in the company

 was around 90 per cent.

 -Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the Board of Directors vide circular

 resolution effective August 01, 2002 resolved to issue and allot 337

 equity shares of Rs 2 each pursuant to exercise of stock options by

 eligible employees.

 -P S Pai retires from Whole-time Directorship of Wipro.

 2003

 - Wipro Ltd today (January 31, 2003) announced the appointment of T K

 Kurien as President of Wipro HealthScience, the new business segment

 formed in April 2002 to address the market opportunities in

 Healthcare and Life Science IT. T K Kurien will report into Vivek

 Paul, Vice Chairman. Suresh Vaswani, 42, President - Wipro Infotech,

 our India, Asia Pac and Middle East IT Business, will head the

 Telecom & Internet Service Provider (TISP) Vertical in Wipro

 Technologies, reporting to Vivek Paul, in addition to his existing

 responsibilities. Suresh Vaswani will continue to report to Azim

 Premji, Chairman, for Wipro Infotech business.

 - Ehosting DataFort of Dubai and Wipro Ltd have signed a memorandum

 of understanding to offer disaster recovery solutions. eHosting

 DataFort, a subsidiary of the Dubai Technology, E-commerce and Media

 Free Zone (TECOM), is a leading regional provider of managed hosting,

 security and disaster recovery services, according to a statement from

 Wipro, made available to Reporters. Wipro and eHosting DataFort will

 together offer comprehensive disaster recovery solutions, covering

 disaster recovery planning, implementation and management to their

 customers.

 - Wipro increases stake to 100% in Wipro Spectramind Services

 - Wipro is fastest wealth creator for 5 years, reveals study

 - Wipro Spectramind bags -m BPO order from Microsoft

 - Wipro's e-procurement arm, 01 Markets has unveiled a web-tendering

 solution for the Indian market

 - Company launches its own laptops with Intel's Centrino mobile

 processor

 - Chairman Azim Premji, with a networth of .9 billion, has made it

 to the Forbes list of ten most powerful billionaires in the world

 - Enters into a definitive agreement to acquire NerveWire Inc,, a

 Newton, Massachusetts based Business and IT Consulting company

 serving financial services clients, for approximately $ 18.7 million

 in cash

 - Wipro Spectramind tops annual ranking of third-party call centre &

 BPO companies for 2002-03

 - Enters into an exclusive agreement with the owners of Chandrika for

 marketing of their soap in select states in India

 - Wipro Infotech, the IT arm of Wipro Ltd., has tied up with US-based

 Sistina Software Inc. to provide services to customers of Sistina

 Software Inc. in India, Asia Pacific and West Asia

 - Oriental Bank of Commerce chooses Wipro for its Centralized Banking

 Solution project

 - Fortune magazine lists the 25 most powerful business leaders

 outside US where Mr.Azim Premji, CEO Wipro has been ranked 17th in

 the list 

 - Wipro01 Markets, the Procurement Service Provider, bags first

 overseas customer (Almana Group of Hospitals, one of the largest

 heathcare groups in Middle-East)

 - Enters into an alliance with Witness Systems, the US based leading

 provider of contact centre performance optimisation solutions, to

 market and integrate the complete range of Witness Systems' eQuality

 browser based solutions to contact centres in India

 - Wipro Healthcare and Life Science Services inks pact with Malaysian

 company to float a healthcare informatics systems in Malaka

 -Alloted 655 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each pursuant to exercise of

 stock options by eligible employees.

 -Wipro Infotech makes entry into Bahrain by appointing Maskati

 Commercial services as its local business partner.

 -Wipro set up training centre in Riyadh for Saudi Arabian nationals.

 -To issue and allot 8803 equity shares of Rs.2/- each pursuant to

 exercise of stock options by eligible employees.

 - Company have set up a wholly owned subsidiary company viz. Wipro

 Consumer Care Limited. This Company will be engaged in the

 manufacture of consumer care and lighting products.

 -Company has signed a master service agreement with its client,

 General Motors (GM). This umbrella contract encompasses all of

 Wipro's existing efforts with GM and gives licence to all its

 divisions to bid for the latter's projects independently. The

 agreement broadly outlines the pricing, delivery and penalties of GM

 projects with its vendors.

 -Wipro set up training centre in Riyadh

 -Wipro signs a partnership agreement to jointly market

 -Wipro partners with Excelergy

 2004

 -Wipro Ltd has informed that Mr V Ramachandran who has been appointed

 as Company Secretary with effect from August 01, 2003, shall act as

 the Compliance Officer of the Company with respect to compliance of

 the stock exchange listing agreement requirement.

 -Wipro emerges as biggest wealth creator during April '98-Mar '03

 -Wipro inks MoU with UAE centre

 -Israeli firm ties up with Wipro Spectramind

 -Wipro joins billion dollar club

 -01 markets, the e-procurement business unit of Wipro, has been

 sliced into two units. One will go with Wipro Technologies, while the

 other will be part of Wipro Infotech.

 -  Wipro bags bn, long-term outsourcing contract from Anglo-Dutch

 energy to oil major Royal Dutch Shell Group.

 - Wipro acquires 50 acres of land from MIDC

 -Itqan Al Bawardi, the UAE's leading systems integrator, has entered

 into an agreement with Wipro

 -Wipro, India's No. 2 listed software service company, said it had

 won a multi-year contract from Switzerland's Loyalty Gate Ltd., which

 helps airlines run loyalty programmes

 -Wipro partners with Intel for i-shiksha

 2005

 -NYSE partners with Wipro on Corporate Governance Web Site

 -Wipro Ltd implements the Dubai Commodity Receipts (DCR) application

 for the Dubai Metals and Commodities Centre (DMCC)

 - Barron's, the Dow Jones Business and Financial Weekly, names Vivek

 Paul, Vice Chairman, of the Company as one of the 30 of The World's

 Most Respected CEOs.

 -Wipro Infotech announced on September 06 that it has signed a

 contract with Karnataka Bank for the implementation of a solution for

 asset liability management.

 2006

 - Wipro's Global Command Center bags Nasscom's IT innovation award

 - Wipro Ltd has informed that Wipro Technologies, the global services

 division of the Company has announced that its remote managed

 infrastructure delivery solution, the Global Command Center (GCC),

 has been awarded NASSCOM's IT innovation award for 2005.

 - Wipro acquires cMango Inc., a US based Technology Infrastructure

 Consulting firm.

 - Wipro Ltd has informed that Wipro Technologies has announced that

 it has signed an agreement to acquire Europe based retail solutions

 provider, Enabler in an all cash deal.

 2007

 - Wipro inks deal with Lockheed Martin.

 - Wipro has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Oki Techno

 Centre Singapore Pte Ltd (OTCS).

 - Wipro - Nokia Siemens Networks & Wipro sign R&D partnership

 contract in Germany.

 2008

 -Wipro Ltd on April 18, 2008 announced changes in the management

 structure of its IT Business and expansion of its Board of Directors.

 Girish Paranjpe, Suresh Senapaty and Suresh Vaswani have been

 appointed to the Board of Wipro Ltd. Wipro also re-structured its IT

 Business by appointing Girish Paranjpe and Suresh Vaswani as

 Joint-CEOs.

 - Wipro - Saudi Arabian Airlines selects Wipro Arabia to deliver next

 generation IT infrastructure transformation.

 - Wipro sets up global service centre in Malaysia. This centre will

 serve the infrastructure and application management service

 requirements of customers across the ASEAN region through a remote

 service delivery model.

 2009

 - Wipro Technologies has appointed Ralf Reich as the Country Head for

 Germany. Germany being a key market and a growth engine for the

 European business, Ralf will continue to strengthen Wipro's presence

 there.

 - Wipro announced that Dr Henning Kagermann, President of Acatech

 (German Academy of Science and Technology) is joining its Board of

 Directors. Dr Kagermann joins 10 distinguished members of Wipro's

 Board of Directors, With his addition, seven of the eleven directors

 of Wipro will be independent directors.

 - Wipro was awarded the Teradata Partner Impact award in the APAC

 emerging markets SI partner category at its 24th annual Teradata

 partners user group conference and expo by Teradata.

 - Wipro Ltd has partnered Ariba, inc. which is a leading spend

 management solutions provider, in order to help companies across

 India boost their spend management initiatives.

 2010

 - Wipro Technologies announced the inauguration of its new

 development centre in Melbourne.

 - Wipro Ltd today announced bagging a 10 year total outsourcing

 contract from TV Sundram Iyengar & Sons, automobile and parts

 distribution company,