Wipro bags sixth consecutive ASTD 'BEST' Award - The only organisation in the world to achieve this distinction

For the sixth years in a row, Wipro has been conferred the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) BEST award for its learning and development practices. Wipro has won this award consecutively from 2004 to 2009. It is the only company in the world to win this award six times.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, January 5, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- For Six years in a row, Wipro has been conferred the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) BEST award for its learning and development practices. Wipro has won this award consecutively since 2004 to 2009. It is the only Company in the world to win this award six times.

The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) BEST Awards recognize organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success through employee learning and development.

According to Tony Bingham, ASTD's president and CEO, "The BEST Award winners set the standard for exceptional learning and performance. They excel at aligning learning with business needs, demonstrating business impact, and providing a broad range of learning opportunities for employees." And Wipro has achieved just that, it has also been ranked the top amongst all Indian companies this year. It's more than just a win, it's an honor.

Commenting on the unique feat, Dr. Selvan D - Senior Vice President, Talent Transformation, Wipro Technologies said, "Wipro's endeavour is to be on the fore-front of technology and innovation to be able to offer our customers the best solutions. Our employee strength of 100,000 and presence in over 50 geographies makes the task of training even more challenging. In this light the ASTD awards won over the last six years are testimony to what Talent Transformation at Wipro stands for".

The Talent Transformation Team at Wipro comprises of more than 110 highly qualified trainers with an average teaching experience of over 5 years. This training is conducted at 10 state-of-the-art learning facilities across 6 cities, which can train 5,000 people on a given day.

Notes to Editor

About ASTD:

ASTD (the American Society for Training & Development) is the world's largest association dedicated to the training and development field. In more than 100 countries, ASTD's members work in organizations of all sizes, in the private and public sectors, as independent consultants, and as suppliers. Members connect locally in 133 U.S. chapters and with 30 international partners.

For more details please visit www.astd.org

About Wipro Limited

Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) provides comprehensive IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, IT enabled services, package implementation, software application development and maintenance, and research and development services to corporations globally. Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified IT Services Company globally. In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services. In the Asia Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro also has profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. Wipro's ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange.

For more information, please visit our websites at www.wipro.com, www.wiprocorporate.com , and www.wipro.in

Wipro's forward looking and cautionary statements

Forward-looking and cautionary statements Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects and our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions 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 our ability to integrate and manage acquired IT professionals, our ability to integrate acquired assets in a cost effective and timely manner, fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect 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, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Wipro has made strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our 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. Wipro 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. Wipro does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company.


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