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Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) (BSE: 507685) (NSE: WIPRO), a leading global
information technology, consulting, and business process services
company, today announced the launch of its Innovation and Talent Hub in
Reading, reinforcing the company’s commitment to develop talent and
strengthen STEM skills in the United Kingdom.
The multifunctional hub will be a centre of excellence for ‘Ascent’,
Wipro’s talent development programme launched in 2017, to train UK-based
computer science graduates and degree apprentices in digital
technologies. To date, the programme has trained and placed 95 digital
technology graduates and 40 digital technology degree apprentices in
client projects at Wipro, across the UK. The graduates are from multiple
universities in the UK while Sheffield Hallam University is the learning
provider for the apprentices who are studying for a Bachelor of Science
degree in digital technology.
In addition to ‘Ascent’, the hub will run work experience programmes for
school leavers, internship programmes for university students, and
training programmes for employees. It will also be the centre for
Wipro’s TopGear platform, which provides an opportunity for the
company’s employees across the UK to work on crowdsourcing-based
technology challenges.
The hub will also provide a collaborative space for co-innovation and
unique learning projects with clients.
In September, Wipro announced that it will partner with King’s College
London, to support the development of the first Master of Arts in STEM
Education in the UK, and Sheffield Hallam University to offer the ‘Wipro
Teacher Fellowship’ and ‘Wipro Teacher Mentor’ programmes.
Abidali Z. Neemuchwala, Chief Executive Officer and Executive
Director, Wipro Limited said, “Our Innovation and Talent Hub in
Reading reinforces our commitment to developing fruitful partnerships
with academic institutions, incubate talent and encourage a workplace
culture that fosters innovation and fresh thinking. Wipro recognizes the
value of nurturing and skilling local talent and our facility in Reading
embodies our commitment to local hiring.”
Wipro has had a presence in the UK for over two decades and works with
customers across the financial services, energy, natural resources,
utilities, retail, and consumer goods industries In the UK, Wipro has IT
development centers and digital pods in Reading, Hemel Hempstead, East
Kilbride, Aberdeen, Inverness, Edinburgh and London.
Candidates can apply for Wipro’s Ascent programme through these links:
https://careers.wipro.com/ascent-uk.aspx https://careers.wipro.com/uk-apprenticeship.aspx
About Wipro Limited
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) (BSE: 507685) (NSE: WIPRO) is a leading global
information technology, consulting and business process services
company. We harness the power of cognitive computing, hyper-automation,
robotics, cloud, analytics and emerging technologies to help our clients
adapt to the digital world and make them successful. A company
recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, strong
commitment to sustainability and good corporate citizenship, we have
over 160,000 dedicated employees serving clients across six continents.
Together, we discover ideas and connect the dots to build a better and a
bold new future.
Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth
prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of
risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and
uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited
to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings,
revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage growth, intense
competition in IT services, our ability to maintain our cost advantage,
wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly
skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time
frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our
ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for
technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication
networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential
acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the
success of the companies in which we make strategic investments,
withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability,
war, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies
outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and
general economic conditions affecting our business and industry.
Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more
fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov.
We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral
forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the
company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our
reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any
forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on
our behalf.

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