Wipro Tech rejigs management to focus on R&D

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro, has announced the appointment of Ayan Mukerji as the global head of its Product Engineering Services (PES) group, effective April 2010.

Mukerji, who was earlier heading the Europe operations of Wipro Technologies, will be taking over from V R Venkatesh and will relocate to California.

Jeffrey Heenan Jalil, who was earlier heading the manufacturing practice in Europe, will now succeed Mukerji as the head of Europe operations, the company said in a statement.

The company said V R Venkatesh, who held multiple leadership positions within the PES business of Wipro Technologies, would now head the newly-created Strategic External Innovation Group for Wipro. He will work with start-ups, large corporations, technology consortia and academia in developing innovative solutions for the market place. The scope of these collaborative innovation efforts will span across all the business units that Wipro Technologies supports.

“The current restructuring is in line with our strategy of creating strong customer centric global management teams,” said Girish Paranjpe, joint CEO - IT business and member of the board, Wipro Ltd.