Wipro Rated Top Indian Company in the Global Outsourcing 100 Rankings

Bangalore, Karnataka, India , 2006-04-27

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced that it had been rated as the top Indian outsourcing firm in the Global Outsourcing 100 rankings conducted by The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals. This is an independent global survey, the results of which were released recently in Fortune magazine.

The list includes some of the largest IT companies worldwide and Wipro Technologies has been ranked 7th and is the only Indian company in the top 10. The panel of judges comprised outsourcing industry experts including Chris Disher, Vice President and head of outsourcing advisory services, Booze Allen Hamilton, David Barett, advisor on outsourcing and partner at Simmons & Simmons, Michael F Corbett, Executive Director, IAOP, Deborah Kops, Managing Director of global sourcing transformation, Deutsche Bank, Lisa Ross, CEO of FAO Research and Atul Vashistha, CEO of neoIT.

The ranking of companies was done based on revenue growth, number of employees, the skills and training of their workforce, the number of technical and business certifications they have secured, the track record of the management team and the quality of customer service.

Commenting on the ranking, Mr. Girish Paranjpe, President Finance Solutions, Wipro Technologies said, “As a pioneer in offering new services and software quality processes on the global delivery platform, Wipro has maintained that true leadership is an outcome of the constant process of innovation that an organization goes through to keep its customers ahead of the competitiveness curve. The IAOP rankings are a validation of our unique leadership position in the global IT industry today. ”

Wipro was also named a winner in the NASSCOM IT innovation awards earlier this year.

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