In the ongoing saga of senior management resignations, Wipro announced on Monday that its chief technology officer (CTO) Subha Tatavarti has resigned. Her resignation will be effective from August 16, 2024. In a regulatory filing, the company said: "Subha Tatavarti, CTO, resigned from the services of the company to pursue opportunities outside Wipro."
IT company Wipro on Thursday reported a 21.2 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 3,208.8 crore for the second quarter of FY25. It had reported a profit of Rs 2,646.3 crore in the year-ago period. The revenue from operations for the reporting quarter was Rs 22,301.6 crore, a 0.95 per cent decline from Rs 22,515.9 crore in Q2 FY24.
The combined market capitalisation of the country's top five IT firms that are part of the BSE Sensex is down 24 per cent since January and their valuation has slipped to lowest levels in the past five years.
According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Amazon had 10,044 workers using H-1B visas as of June, 2025. Coming in at the second spot was TCS with 5,505 H-1B visas approved.
'What we need to watch is how Saudi Arabia's financial assistance will be used by Pakistan. If the funds go to build their military hardware and operations, it should worry us.'
Colliers reports that GCC leasing has jumped from 4.6 million square feet in 2021 and is expected to hit 10.6 million square feet by 2025 -- a clear sign that multinationals see Bengaluru as a long-term base.
'It is good to have the H1-B visa option but if tomorrow things happen to change, it is not the end of the world situation.'
The new facility that would house Wipro's US cyber security centre would also serve as a hub for advanced analytics
Wipro Infotech - the Asia-Pacific and West-Asia arm of the $4 billion Wipro Limited - has restructured its operations. The company has transferred majority of its business to global IT division, Wipro Technologies. Wipro Infotech has also undergone other management changes, and re-alignment of various verticals. According to the mail, Anand Sankaran is being appointed chief executive of Wipro Infotech.
Wipro Technologies and Excelergy Corporation have signed a partnership agreement to jointly market, deploy and integrate the complete line of Excelergy platforms, including the CustomerPoint CIS/CRM solution.
With demand for information-technology (IT) services in North America still sluggish, Europe has become a source of optimism for Indian companies because it is delivering steady gains over the past two years and continuing to outperform in the latest quarter. Yet analysts caution a full-scale revival will require a rebound in the United States (US), particularly in manufacturing, retail, and BFSI (banking, financial services, and insurance), because Europe contributes only about a third of the revenues.
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited, on Tuesday announced that it has been recognized as a winner of the 2009 Global MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises) Award for 'developing knowledge workers through senior management leadership' and 'Creating an environment for collaborative knowledge sharing.
The Trump administration has announced a massive increase in H-1B visa fees, imposing a $100,000 annual charge that will fundamentally alter how American companies hire skilled foreign workers, particularly impacting Indian IT professionals who comprise the largest group of beneficiaries.
'Advanced skills is such a broad spectrum that a simple prompt engineer to a critical upper end LLM developer are clubbed under one.' 'In addition, some include their non-technical employees who can use AI tools under this talent base.'
'You are a guest in the US. It's not your home, you're a guest. If they don't feel comfortable, you have to step out.'
Indian IT major Wipro on Saturday announced the resignation of its CEO Thierry Delaporte and named Srinivas Pallia as the new chief executive officer effective immediately. Wipro's Board noted the resignation of Delaporte with effect from April 6, 2024, the company said in a BSE filing, and added he will be relieved from the employment of the company with effect from the close of business hours on May 31, 2024.
Sensing potential in the remote infrastructure outsourcing market, Wipro Technologies is investing heavily in the business and will soon open a centralised global command centre in Bangalore.
Under the terms of the alliance, Wipro Technologies will work with Unisys to jointly provide deskside and hardware support services and multi-lingual service desk services for global customers.
After startups and Big Tech, the layoff season may have begun at the $245 billion Indian information-technology (IT) industry. Bengaluru-based IT major Wipro is looking to cut hundreds of jobs, targeting mid-level employees working onsite as the company looks to improve margins, according to a media report, citing two sources. The company has said it is aligning its business and talent to the changing market environment.
The country's third largest software exporter, Wipro Technologies, on Tuesday said it is looking for an acquisition in the BPO space, which is likely to be the next engine of growth for the IT industry.
Wipro Technologies, the country's third largest software services exporter, today said the company might go slow on its campus-hiring plans till demand picks up.
Information technology (IT) giant Wipro has a strong pipeline of large artificial intelligence (AI)-led deals in the health care vertical, according to a senior company executive. Health care stands as the third-largest vertical for Wipro, contributing roughly 14 per cent to the company's overall revenue. Moreover, while most other verticals reported negative growth, health care demonstrated robust growth of 9.9 per cent year-on-year and 7.5 per cent quarter-on-quarter in constant currency during the October-December quarter.
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Ltd, and Mercury Interactive Corporation on Tuesday unveiled the Mercury Centre of Excellence (CoE) at Wipro's Electronic city campus in Bangalore.
Wipro Technologies, the IT services business of Wipro, has been rated the top Indian outsourcing firm in the Global Outsourcing 100 Rankings released by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.
The information technology (IT) services industry may be headed for another year of sluggish growth. Based on the results of the top five IT services companies for the first quarter of 2025-26 (Q1FY26), analysts say the possibility of hitting high single-digit revenue growth in FY26 looks unlikely.
IT major Wipro Infotech on Friday started its operations from the Infopark in Kerala, aiming to make its Kochi unit one of its key complexes.
Customers can expect nimbler, more pro-active delivery, says the Wipro CEO.
"Our strategy is to recruit non-engineering graduates, in addition to engineering and make them fit into the slot. We are still working out the details," Wipro Technologies joint CEO Girish Paranjpe said.
Streamlining enterprise data, having an AI policy, reskilling people, and cultural transformation have been cited by experts as key.
Wipro's new CEO Srinivas Pallia will receive an annual remuneration of up to $6 million (about Rs 50 crore), according to a regulatory filing by the Bengaluru-headquartered IT company. Earlier in April, Wipro announced the appointment of Pallia as its new CEO and MD, following the sudden resignation of Thierry Delaporte. Delaporte's annual salary of over Rs 80 crore at Wipro had made headlines last year.
The Chandigarh administration has approved the allotment of 30 acres of land to Wipro Technologies Limited in the second phase of the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park.
Wipro Technologies has entered into a strategic technology alliance with business intelligence software company SAS to provide a range of business intelligence applications using the SAS intelligence platform.
Some major contracts coming up for renewal include TCS' deals with Star Alliance, a consortium of airlines based in Germany, and Nielsen; Infosys' deals with GE Appliances and Daimler; HCLTech's with UK-based life insurer Chesnara; Wipro's with German electric utility company E.ON and Petrobras of Brazil; and Tech Mahindra's with Circle Health.
While TCS cited evolving business needs and future readiness as reasons, industry experts say the action is a cost-cutting measure aimed at improving operating margins that have remained below the firm's aspirational range despite multiple efforts.
'Keeping a bench increases cost. If you keep a bench, the skills may not remain relevant.' 'In the future, bench strength will literally be zero.'
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