Mr. Azim H Premji
Founder Chairman, Wipro
Mr. Azim H Premji
Founder Chairman, Wipro
Azim Premji, a graduate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, USA has been at the helm of Wipro Limited since the late 1960’s, turning what was then a US $2 million hydrogenated cooking fat company into close to $ 10 billion Revenue IT, BPO and R&D Services, Consumer Products and engineering companies with a presence in 58 countries, that it is today.
Premji has been driven by one basic idea – to build an organization deeply committed to Values, with the firm belief that success in business eventually but inevitably follows. Unflinching commitment to Values continues to remain at the core of Wipro. Premji strongly believes that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things when organized into highly charged teams, and takes a keen personal interest in developing leaders and teams.
Wipro’s business success has been driven by keeping the client at the core of everything it does. Combining its deep expertise in technology with an equally clear understanding of client industries, Wipro attempts to deliver business value to its clients consistently. This consistency is driven by its pioneering efforts in service quality and predictability, through methodologies like Six Sigma, PCMM and Lean. The underlying tenets that drive this overall culture are that of speed, simplicity and excellence.
Premji firmly believes that business organizations have a social responsibility not only to employ ethical, fair and ecologically sensitive business practices but also to actively engage with fundamental societal issues. “Wipro Applying Thought in Schools” (in India) and “Wipro STEM Fellowships” (in the US) are initiatives deeply involved in trying to improve quality of school education, while the “Wipro Cares” program engages with local community causes. Mission 10X works to improve quality of engineering college education. In 2001, Premji established and personally endowed the Azim Premji Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, with a vision of enhancing quality and equity in the public school education system in India, to build a better society. The Azim Premji Foundation works in 7 states of India which have over 350,000 schools. In 2011, the Foundation established the Azim Premji University, which is focused on teaching and research programs in Education and other areas of Human Development. Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives supports not-for-profits, through financial grants, which work in areas complementing education, such as nutrition, local governance, and well-being of vulnerable groups.
Over the years, Azim Premji has received numerous honors and accolades, which he considers as recognitions for Team Wipro. BusinessWeek featured him on their cover of the October 2003 issue with the sobriquet “India’s Tech King” and listed him amongst the top 30 entrepreneurs in world history in July 2007. In October 2005, Financial Times included him in a global list of 25 people “dramatically reshaping the way people live, work or think”. Time listed him amongst the world’s 100 most influential people in April 2004 and in April 2011, citing his contribution to improving the public education system in India. He was named by Fortune (August 2003) as one of the 25 most powerful business leaders outside the US, by Forbes (March 2003) as one of ten people globally with most “power to effect change”, and by the Journal of Foreign Policy (November 2011) as amongst the top global thinkers.
Premji became the first Indian recipient of the Faraday Medal and has been conferred honorary doctorates by the Michigan State University and Wesleyan University (in the US), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Roorkee and Kharagpur amongst others. The Republic of France bestowed upon him the “Legion of Honor” and Forbes India honored him with its inaugural “Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year’ award in November 2012. He was conferred in January 2011 with Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award in India. In September 2013 Premji received All India Management Association “Managing India Award” for his inspiring business values and his contribution to society. He was honored with the Asian Business Leaders Award by Asia House (UK) in October 2013. In December 2013, Economic Times bestowed Mr. Premji with Life Time Achievement Award. The Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy was bestowed on him in 2017, hailing the “conscience, integrity, and compassion that have guided his visionary giving invaluable benefit to both that nation and to the world.”
Mr. Vineet Agrawal
CEO – Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting and Executive Director – Wipro Enterprises Limited
Mr. Vineet Agrawal
CEO – Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting and Executive Director – Wipro Enterprises Limited
Vineet Agrawal was appointed the head of Wipro Consumer Care in 2002. He also leads the B2B business of office modular furniture and both domestic and commercial lighting. Since 2002, the company has grown steadfast with a presence in 60+ countries, 10,000 + employees globally, with 16 manufacturing locations across 5 countries. Its revenue has increased 20 fold in the last 15 years. The key brands in the portfolio are Santoor, Yardley, Chandrika, Enchanteur, Romano and Bio Essence.
Wipro Consumer Care established a global footprint through acquisitions of Unza, Yardley, LD Waxsons, Zhongshan Ma Er, Splash Corporation and Canway Group. This has given the company a strong presence in South East Asia, Middle East, South China and Africa. In India, Wipro Consumer Care acquired Chandrika Ayurveda soap, North West modular switches, Glucovita and Aramusk.
Vineet joined Wipro in 1985 from MBA campus in Sales and Marketing function. During his tenure as Marketing Head, he established Wipro’s personal care brands – Santoor, Wipro Shikakai, and Sunflower Vanaspati as national brands. In 1998, Wipro repositioned its corporate identity under Vineet’s leadership.
In 1999, he was appointed the Chief Executive of Wipro Peripherals and contributed in consolidating and growing the business. In 2000, Vineet became the Corporate Vice President – Mission: Quality, Brand and Innovation for Wipro Corporation. During his stint, he launched the Innovation Initiative and Six Sigma consulting. Wipro’s CSR program Wipro Applying Thought in Schools program was launched during that time.
Vineet is an engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai. He was awarded the “Distinguished Alumni” award from IIT Delhi in 2008.
Mr. Pratik Kumar
CEO- Wipro Infrastructure Engineering and Executive Director – Wipro Enterprises Limited
Mr. Pratik Kumar
CEO- Wipro Infrastructure Engineering and Executive Director – Wipro Enterprises Limited
Pratik Kumar is a member of Wipro’s senior leadership team, closely associated with Wipro’s growth over the years. He has played a significant role in shaping Wipro into a leading global player over his more than two and a half decades of association with the company.
He assumed leadership as CEO of Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (WIN) in July of 2010. WIN’s hydraulics business, since inception nearly four decades back, has a diverse portfolio of businesses in its fold. It is recognized as a global leader in custom-built Hydraulic systems and a leading player in Industrial Automation in the country.
He has scripted WIN’s journey into new businesses, Industrial Automation, Aerospace and Additive Manufacturing and consolidated its leadership in the existing business of Hydraulics and Water. He has led the company’s expansion into growth markets and geographies. Today WIN has 21 state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities across four continents. In the last 11 years, WIN has acquired Five Companies and forged a joint venture with Kawasaki.
Pratik spent his initial years at Wipro in the IT business before taking over the mantle of HR leadership of the Corporation in 2002. Under Pratik’s leadership, Wipro was recognized as the first company in the world to be assessed at PCMM Level 5, the highest maturity level on the SEI framework of Carnegie Mellon University.
Pratik is a member of the Board of Wipro Enterprises (P) Limited and a member of the Group Executive Council of Wipro Group. He is an active member of the various industry bodies.
Pratik is a Postgraduate in Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Mr. Suresh C Senapaty
Non Executive Director,
Wipro Enterprises Limited
Mr. Suresh C Senapaty
Non Executive Director,
Wipro Enterprises Limited
Suresh C. Senapaty is on the Board of Wipro Enterprises (P) Limited since 2013. and Wipro GE Healthcare Private Limited since 1995. He is also an Non Executive Director of the company. He is the Chairman of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and Audit Committee of Board of Directors and a member of Administrative & Shareholder/Investors Grievance Committee of the company. He is a Commerce graduate & a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (FCA).
Senapaty joined Wipro in 1980 after a stint with Lovelock and Lewis (PwC) and headed the finance function of the largest factory then in Wipro in Maharashtra. In 1982, he became the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Wipro Consumer Care, then the largest business of Wipro Limited. In 1992, he became the CFO of Information Technology (IT), the fast-growing businesses of Wipro. In 1995, He became the CFO of Wipro Corporation, heading the Finance function across IT, Consumer Care, Infrastructure Engineering, and Healthcare. He was a Member of the Board and CFO of Wipro Limited till superannuation in March 2015.
He is an independent non-executive Director on the Board for few companies and advisor to few organizations. He plays an advisory role for Premjiinvest. He is also a Non-Executive Chairman of CimplyFive Corporate Secretarial Services Pvt. Ltd. He is also the Non–Executive Member of the Boards on ITRAF – International Tax Research and Analysis Foundation, XBRL – eXtensible Business Reporting Language and Member – IFRS Global Advisory Council
Mr. Rishad Premji
Non Executive Director –Wipro Enterprises Limited & Chairman, Wipro Limited
Mr. Rishad Premji
Non Executive Director –Wipro Enterprises Limited & Chairman, Wipro Limited
Rishad Premji is a Director of Wipro Enterprises Limited and also Chief Strategy Officer & Member of the Board of Wipro Limited. He is also on the board of Wipro-GE, a joint venture between Wipro and General Electric in healthcare. He is also on the board of Azim Premji Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, with a vision of enhancing quality and equity in the public school education system in India, to build a better society. In 2011, the Foundation established the Azim Premji University, which is focused on teaching and research programs in Education and other areas of Human Development.
Prior to joining Wipro, Rishad was with Bain & Company in London, working on assignments across Consumer Products, Automobiles, Telecom and Insurance. He also worked with GE Capital in the US across several businesses throughout the Insurance and Consumer Lending space and is a graduate of GE’s Financial Management Program (FMP).
Rishad has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Wesleyan University, US. In 2014, he was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for his outstanding leadership, professional accomplishments, and commitment to society.
Mr. Tariq Premji
Non-Executive Director, Wipro Enterprises Limited. Vice President, Azim Premji Endowment Fund.
Mr. Tariq Premji
Non-Executive Director, Wipro Enterprises Limited. Vice President, Azim Premji Endowment Fund.
Tariq Premji is currently Vice President, Azim Premji Endowment Fund-an entity set up by Azim Premji to fund his philanthropic initiatives. As a founding team member, he has been instrumental in setting up and institutionalising the investment process of this fund.
Prior to this, he was part of the founding team at PremjiInvest, the family investment office, where he now serves on the Investment Committee that oversees the management of $5 Billion in assets.
In addition, he serves as a board member of Azim Premji Foundation, one of the largest operating philanthropic foundation in India and Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives, one of the largest philanthropic grant making organizations in India. The Azim Premji Foundation works on improving school education working with over 350,000 schools across the country; and also runs Azim Premji University, established in 2011. Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives makes grants to organizations working on diverse social issues. Tariq has done his Bachelors in Commerce from Bangalore University.
Mr. Vineet Agrawal
CEO – Consumer Care & Lighting & Executive Director, Wipro Enterprises (P) Limited
Vineet Agrawal was appointed the head of Wipro Consumer Care in 2002. He also leads the B2B business of office modular furniture and both domestic and commercial lighting. Since 2002, the company has grown steadfast with a presence in 60+ countries, 10,000 + employees globally, with 16 manufacturing locations across 5 countries…
Mr. Vineet Agrawal
CEO – Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting and Executive Director – Wipro Enterprises Limited
Vineet Agrawal was appointed the head of Wipro Consumer Care in 2002. He also leads the B2B business of office modular furniture and both domestic and commercial lighting. Since 2002, the company has grown steadfast with a presence in 60+ countries, 10,000 + employees globally, with 16 manufacturing locations across 5 countries. Its revenue has increased 20 fold in the last 15 years. The key brands in the portfolio are Santoor, Yardley, Chandrika, Enchanteur, Romano and Bio Essence.
Wipro Consumer Care established a global footprint through acquisitions of Unza, Yardley, LD Waxsons, Zhongshan Ma Er, Splash Corporation and Canway Group. This has given the company a strong presence in South East Asia, Middle East, South China and Africa. In India, Wipro Consumer Care acquired Chandrika Ayurveda soap, North West modular switches, Glucovita and Aramusk.
Vineet joined Wipro in 1985 from MBA campus in Sales and Marketing function. During his tenure as Marketing Head, he established Wipro’s personal care brands – Santoor, Wipro Shikakai, and Sunflower Vanaspati as national brands. In 1998, Wipro repositioned its corporate identity under Vineet’s leadership.
In 1999, he was appointed the Chief Executive of Wipro Peripherals and contributed in consolidating and growing the business. In 2000, Vineet became the Corporate Vice President – Mission: Quality, Brand and Innovation for Wipro Corporation. During his stint, he launched the Innovation Initiative and Six Sigma consulting. Wipro’s CSR program Wipro Applying Thought in Schools program was launched during that time.
Vineet is an engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai. He was awarded the “Distinguished Alumni” award from IIT Delhi in 2008.
Business Heads
Mr. Anil Chugh
President Consumer Care – India & SAARC Business
Mr. Anil Chugh
President Consumer Care – India & SAARC Business
Anil heads the Consumer Care business for India and SAARC
He joined Wipro Consumer Care in 1990 from campus. In a career spanning over 25 years, Anil has handled a variety of roles in Sales and Marketing beginning his career as a Management Trainee and rising up the ranks to head the India Personal Care Business. He is also spearheading the Company’s expansion plans in SAARC countries.
In his long stint, Anil has steered Wipro Consumer Care’s India Personal Care brand portfolio and has grown the franchise, substantially. Santoor, the flagship brand is among the top three largest selling popular soap brands in India. He is also responsible for Yardley acquisition and turnaround of the brand. Apart from Personal Care, he drives the Company’s expansion into Home Care, e-Commerce, and Consumer Lighting in India both organic and inorganic. Wipro Consumer Care is making rapid strides in liquid detergent, liquid dish wash, LED Lighting and male grooming categories in India. Anil is also instrumental in taking the Company’s flagship brand, Santoor into South Asian markets – Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Anil is an MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai and holds an Engineering Degree.
Mr. Kumar Chander
President – South East Asia & ME & Yardley India business
Mr. Kumar Chander
President – South East Asia & ME & Yardley India business
Kumar is Managing Director, Southeast Asia, Wipro Unza and Director on the Board of Wipro Unza Holdings, Singapore. Kumar joined Wipro Consumer Care in 1992 in Sales Function after a brief stint with Unilever. In his career spanning over 25 years, he has donned a variety of roles in Sales and Marketing before becoming the Marketing Head for India Business in 1997. In 2002, he took on the additional responsibility of managing the Lighting Business.
In 2007, Wipro Consumer Care acquired Unza Holdings and Kumar took on the responsibility of Liaison Director. In October 2009, Kumar became the Managing Director of Wipro Unza. In his current role, he oversees Wipro and LD Waxson South East Asia Operations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia. In addition, he also takes care of the Yardley Business in India and the Middle East.
Kumar has grown Wipro Unza to be the second largest player in Personal Care in Malaysia. He has also supported the extension of Unza brands in new geographies including India. He played a pivotal role in Wipro’s acquisition of the LD Waxson in 2013.
Kumar is a silver medallist in Mathematical Statistics from Delhi University and has an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.
Mr. Nagender Arya
President – East Asia , Africa & UK
Mr. Nagender Arya
President – East Asia , Africa & UK
Nagender Arya is the President (East Asia, Africa and UK ), Wipro Unza and Director on the Board of Wipro Unza Holding, Singapore.
He joined Wipro Consumer Care as a Marketing Executive from campus in 1991. During his long stint of over 25 years, he has held various positions in Sales, Marketing, Human Resources and Quality. He is also a Six Sigma Black Belt. In 2002, Nagender took charge of Business Development and led the Company’s acquisitions of Glucovita, Chandrika, North West Switches, Unza Holdings, Yardley, Yardley (Europe) and L.D. Waxson.
In addition to his current role, Nagender Continues to be responsible for Business Development. As Regional Director, he heads East Asia (China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Taiwan), Middle East, Africa and Europe for Wipro Unza, L.D. Waxson, WIPRO Ma Er and Yardley Business (UK). He moved to Hong Kong in 2009 to provide a stronger focus on Far East markets, especially China.
Nagender holds an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai.
Mr. Sanjay Gupta
Business Head – Consumer Lighting & Switches
Mr. Sanjay Gupta
Business Head – Consumer Lighting & Switches
Sanjay is the Business Head, Consumer Lighting & Switches.
He joined Wipro in 1993 from TTK Pharma. In a career spanning 25 years, he has handled several roles including Regional Manager and National Sales Manager before becoming the head of Domestic Lighting business. In 2013, he was entrusted with the responsibility of leading North West Switches, a company acquired by Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting in 2006.
Sanjay has a deep understanding of consumer lighting and switches business. He is instrumental in establishing Wipro Lighting as a leading player in Consumer Lighting. From having just the classic shaped light bulbs and tube lights in our product portfolio in 1995, Sanjay has helped the Company foray into Home Lighting Solutions, LED Lighting, Switches, Accessories and Security Solutions.
Wipro Lighting has won several prestigious awards for Product Design, Innovation & Quality Excellence.
Sanjay is an alumnus of Institute of Management Technologies, Ghaziabad.
Mr. Anuj Dhir
Business Head – C&I Lighting Business
Mr. Anuj Dhir
Business Head – C&I Lighting Business
Anuj is the Business Head for Commercial Lighting.
He joined Wipro in 1993 when Wipro Lighting was in its formative years. During his long stint, he has handled several roles in sales and marketing. In 2004, as Head – Sales, he established Wipro as a complete Lighting Company and built a dominant position in Outdoor Lighting. In 2006, he became the head of Furniture Business and Sales Head for both Commercial Lighting and Furniture in 2009 and successfully lent leadership to the two distinct businesses.
Anuj was also responsible for guiding Wipro to become the ‘Leader in Indoor Lighting’. He has led Wipro Lighting’s foray into Power over Ethernet (PoE) based lighting solutions and Human-Centric Lighting solutions for new age workspaces.
Wipro Lighting has won several prestigious awards for Product Design, Innovation & Quality Excellence. They include the International seal of Quality – Red Dot Design award for outstanding design, Global SSL Showcase Top100, India Design Mark for certified excellence in Product Design, Frost & Sullivan award for LED lighting visionary innovation leadership and International Diamond Prize for Excellence in Quality by European Society of Quality Research (ESQR).
Anuj is an Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA degree in Marketing.
Mr. Ashok R Rajashekar
Business Head – Furniture Business
Mr. Ashok R Rajashekar
Business Head – Furniture Business
Ashok is Head of Furniture business.
He has over 25 years’ experience across FMCG, Telecom, Telecom Infrastructure and Retail Sectors. He began his career as a Management Trainee in Coats Plc in 1991. He worked his way up to become the Vice-President, Sales and Marketing. He was also Vice President in Bharti Airtel handling broadband and Telephone Services in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu regions. He has worked in other Companies like Hanes Brands and Ascend Telecom before joining Wipro Consumer Care in 2013.
He joined Wipro Consumer as Head of Marketing, Wipro Lighting and North West Switches. He became the Head of Furniture Business in 2015. Under his leadership, Wipro Furniture has launched several innovative products like the international designer chairs, classroom furniture and lecture hall furniture.
Ashok holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB).