ENTERPRISE ANALYSIS - DESK RESEARCH

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• Wipro Limited, formerly known as the Western Indian

Vegetable Products Limited
• The Fortune India 500 ranks it the 29th largest Indian
company by total revenue.
• It is also ranked the 9th largest employer in India with over
221,000 employees
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• The company was incorporated on 29 December 1945 in Amalner,

India, by Mohamed Premji as Western India Vegetable Products
Limited, later abbreviated to Wipro.
• In 1966, after Mohamed Premji's death, his son Azim Premji took
over Wipro as its chairman at the age of 21
• During the 1970s and 1975 the company shifted its focus to new
opportunities in the IT and computing industry, which was at a
nascent stage in India at the time.
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• In 1988, Wipro added mobile hydraulic cylinders and heavy-

duty industrial cylinders to its line of products
• In 1995, Wipro set up an overseas design center, Odyssey 21,
for the projects of overseas clients. Wipro Infotech and Wipro
Systems were amalgamated with Wipro in April that year
• In February 2002, Wipro became the first software technology
and services company in India to be ISO 14001 certified
• In 2004 Wipro joined the billion-dollar club.[clarification
needed][24] It also partnered with Intel for i-shiksha
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• In 2006, Wipro acquired cMango Inc., a US-based technology

infrastructure consulting firm, and a Europe-based retail
provider. In 2007, Wipro signed a deal with Lockheed Martin. It
also agreed to acquire Oki Techno Centre Singapore Pte Ltd
(OTCS)
• In 2012, Wipro demerged its non-IT businesses into a separate
company called Wipro Enterprises. Prior to this demerger, these
businesses, mainly in the consumer care, lighting, furniture,
hydraulics, water treatment, and medical diagnostics,
contributed about 10% of Wipro's total revenues
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• In March 2021, Wipro acquired Capco, a 22-year-old

British tech consultancy firm. The deal was completed in
April