R Sreekala

General Manager Talent Transformation

WIPRO, India

Talent Transformation

Business legacy
1945

1980

2000

2003

2006

2007

Incorporation of Western India Vegetable Products Limited

Wipro enters the IT services business

Wipro listed in the NYSE

Enters the league of the 10 IT companies in the world by MCAP

Wipro among the Worlds Top 25 Most Innovative Companies BusinessWeek
Premji listed as Greatest Entrepreneurs of all time by BusinessWeek
During our 6 year relationship, Wipro has consistently demonstrated superior technical competency, commitment to quality and the drive to complete challenging
assignments.

- Stephen L Diamond,
President, IEEE Computer Society

2003-04

Revenues
(in $ Mn)

1218

At a glance

2004-05

1699

2005-06

2185

2006-07

3128

620

Clients
399

Global
Development
Centers

34

421

40

30

44

* Clients of Wipro Technologies + Wipro BPO

4256**

Sustained Growth
CAGR of 37% in last 5 years
Part of NYSEs TMT (Technology-MediaTelecom) Index, NSE Nifty Index and BSE
Sensex

743*

Partner to Industry Leaders

184 Fortune 1000/ global 500 clients
Over 170 clients among Forbes 2000
743 active clients as on March 31st 2008

494

44

46

73

Employees
(in thousands)

2007-08

50

Global Footprint - 54 countries

Listed on NYSE
Presence in 54 countries
Over 15,000 employees onsite
across geos
25 near-shore development centers

92**

57

**Wipro Technologies + Wipro Infotech

Confidential Copyright 2008 Wipro Ltd

Diverse Talent Pool

56 nationalities
Over 2600 domain consultants
High gender and cultural diversity
82,122 employees as of March 31st 08.
in Global IT

Global footprint
Canada

Europe
United
Kingdom,
Germany,
France,

USA
New York, New
Jersey
Headquarter,
MountainView,
Atlanta, Chicago,
Minneapolis, Dallas,
Boston, Reston,
Seattle, Omaha,
Leonia, Norcross,
Tempe, Brea,
Houston, Troy,
Columbus

Mexico

China

Headquarte
rs

Japan
Taiwan

Egypt

Finland,
Netherlands,
Sweden ,
Switzerland,
Brazil

UAE, Saudi
Arabia

India

Philippines
Singapore

Portugal,
Romania,
Austria,
Italy,
Spain

>10000 India
>5000 people US

Australia

>1000 people Europe (over 4400)

>100 people Japan, Canada, Brazil, Australia, UAE,

54 countries, 50 GDCs, 25 global near-shore centers

Saudi Arabia,
<100 people Egypt, Taiwan, Singapore, Mexico,
Philippines

Integrated Talent Management

Learning
Performance
Management

Recruiting

Talent
Management through a
competency framework
Retention

Compensation
Succession
Planning

The Talent Transformation Landscape

500,000 person days
of training every year

5000 employees undergo

classroom training every
day

14,000 fresh recruits

from campuses this
year

15 need based training

requests every day from
Businesses
5000 pursue their
Masters through a work
integrated learning
program

Talent Streams

Behavioral
Skills
Cross
Culture

Business
Skills

Technology

Execution
Excellence

Domain
Skills

Higher
Education

The Strategic Five Initiatives

Technology

Spirit of
Wipro

PM Academy

Behavioral

Academic
Relationships

Behavioral Transformation Framework

Academy for Customer Excellence (ACE)

Wipro Behavioral School (WBS)

CRISP

Skillets

Communication
Relationship
Management

CRISP

Interpersonal Skills
Self Realization

Personal Effectiveness

Wipro Behavioral School

Innovation
Change Management
Developing Staff
Visionary
Manager Program
Relationship Building
(VMP)
Planning
Customer Service

Global Manager Program

Initiative
(GMP)
Decision making

Communication
Teamwork
Problem Solving
Drive

Future Manager Program

(FMP)

Academy of Customer Excellence

Manage diversity

Self portrayal

Portray self-confidence
Thinking big

Multi-ethnic sensitivity
Global workplace etiquette

Customer Value Creation

Creative solutioning
Consultative selling

Foster Synergy

Team productivity
maximization
Conflict management

Leverage Networking
Entrepreneurship
Risk-taking & Pro-activeness
Foresight

The Strategic Five Initiatives

Technology

Spirit of
Wipro

PM Academy

Behavioral

Academic
Relationships

The campus moves into the Corporate

Currently we are providing education to 3000 WASEians

More than 600 WASEians have graduated in the last five years
Learning that happens at work is given its due credit by Academia
WASE is an innovative Work Integrated Off Campus model
A formal Convocation happens by the Vice Chancellor on completion

The Strategic Five Initiatives

Technology

Spirit of
Wipro

PM Academy

Behavioral

Academic
Relationships

PM Academy Grooming Project Managers

Behavioral
Training

Identify Potential
PMs

Future Managers
Program (FMP)

Part 1- Technical
Training (Path Finder)

Min Criteria
Should have undergone
Veloci Q 101, Review and testing
& Config Management
Nominated by the TM/DH/SDH/BUH

Test/Evaluation
Min 60%

+
Inputs from Managers

Role Model Talk/

Chairman Talk

Perform
Aquire
Skills

Good performance
Improving

Accelerate
(1 year after being a PM)

Improve

Performance
Feedback
(PM Score card)

PM By Simulation

Inputs from SEPG

Inputs from customers
Supervisor Inputs

Part 2 - Technical
Training Interventions

Project Performance
Measures

Level Assessment**
Assign to Project (OJT)
Evaluation /Mentoring

The Strategic Five Initiatives

Technology

Spirit of
Wipro

PM Academy

Behavioral

Academic
Relationships

The Core of Wipro

Talent Transformation A snapshot

120+ Trainers with an average teaching exp of 5+ years
10+ Doctorates and another 5 pursuing research
Vast curriculum ranging from Technology to Leadership programs
Capacity to train 5000 employees every day
18000 employees on e-learning with 24X7 mentoring
State of the art classrooms, assessment Center and labs
Virtual Classrooms connecting all employees across the
globe