Chengdu, China - November 26, 2009, Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) announced the inauguration of its global delivery centre at Tianfu Software Park in Chengdu, China to provide IT & BPO services to its customers. The center is located in Plot D in Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, an area of over 8000 square meters, will have secured facilities, labs and infrastructure for customer projects and can grow to provide a capacity of 1000 seats.
The new centre will broaden Wipro’s service capabilities along with its existing presence in Shanghai. The Vice-Province Governor of Sichuan province, Mr. Li Chengyun, and the Mayor of Chengdu city, Mr. Ge Honglin, officially inaugurated the center today, jointly with Mr. Sambuddha Deb, Executive Vice President and Chief Delivery Officer, Wipro Technologies.
This center will extend Wipro’s expansive portfolio of IT service to its customer with an initial focus in the first year on Testing and Enterprise Application services for the Manufacturing, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI) industries. The center would provide multilingual services in English, Chinese and Japanese. Chengdu was chosen as a location due to its conducive business environment, talented pool of IT professionals and the city’s excellent infrastructure. The center currently employs over 100 people and the IT major plans on increasing this headcount.
Speaking at the inauguration, Sambuddha Deb, Executive vice president and Chief Delivery Officer, Wipro Technologies said, "This facility in Chengdu is one of the global strategic centers that we are creating around the world. Our employees here would be trained in Wipro’s quality processes, technologies & the high global delivery standards that Wipro is renowned for.” Wipro has been successfully diversifying its footprint in multiple countries and the Chengdu center is a part of its globalization strategy which includes enabling near shore delivery.
About Wipro
Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application management, and datacenter managed services to corporations 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.
Wipro also has a profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro's ADS' 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.
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