Wipro Technologies has received the 2003 Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) award in a ceremony held in Seoul, Korea on Wednesday.

In the second annual Asian MAKE study, Wipro was recognised for creating a corporate-wide knowledge-driven culture and delivering knowledge-based products/services/solutions, according to a release issued by the company on Thursday.

The MAKE research program, conducted in association with The Know Network, consists of the annual global MAKE study -- the international benchmark for world-class knowledge-driven organisations  -- and regional/national MAKE studies, the release said.

Rory Chase, managing director of Teleos, which conducts MAKE, said: "These organisations have been recognised as global leaders in effectively transforming enterprise knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions. Organisations dedicated to growth through innovation and knowledge management create shareholder value twice as fast as their competitors, according to Teleos' new Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises Study."

"Having a unified framework has helped build a cohesive knowledge base across the company accessible to the entire user community in Wipro and the benefits of this system are passed on to our customers. Our knowledge management framework captures our learnings and experiences of all our projects which allow us to share best practices with our clients," said Sambuddha Deb, chief quality officer, Wipro Technologies.

"Winning this award is a validation of our approach to collaboration and knowledge management at Wipro," he added.

In 2002, Wipro had won KM World's KM Reality Award for best practices in knowledge management, the release added.