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After Infosys, now Wipro hires a Capgemini top executive as CEO & MD

Appoints French IT services firm's COO Thierry Delaporte for its top post

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Wipro gains over 6% after Co appoints Thierry Delaporte as new CEO and MD

Delaporte was most recently the chief operating officer of French consulting and technology firm Capgemini Group.

Capgemini COO Thierry Delaporte becomes new Wipro CEO and MD

Neemuchwala will step down as CEO on June 1 while executive chairman Rishad Premji will oversee day-to-day operations of the company until Delaporte takes over on July 6

At home in a coronavirus world: IT companies manage change and disruption

India's biggest IT firms moved swiftly when a lockdown became imminent in March. How prepared are they to deal with the challenge of clients reducing spending on technology or asking for discounts?

Covid-19 impact: Wipro Consumer Care Ventures revisits investment strategy

The venture capital arm of the Azim Premji-backed FMCG company is in talks with over a dozen startups in these areas to invest into them

Job cuts in IT sector likely if biz climate doesn't improve soon: Nasscom

Many of the industry's clients closed their set-ups globally as part of containment measures to check coronavirus. Travel and hospitality, aviation, retail, auto and manufacturing hit the hardest

Labour Ministry to object to states' Ordinance plan on labour laws

UP, Gujarat govts are seeking to suspend major labour laws via this route; ministry firming up its response

IT firms seek higher volume of work from clients amid price discount demand

Higher volume may offset losses from delayed payment in short-term; travel & hospitality, auto cliebts make max requests for delayed payment; Large IT firms likely to gain most from price war

Logging in with facemasks: Offices look different as staff returns to work

Office life in these cities resumed on Monday, albeit cautiously and with full knowledge of the need to maintain social distancing.

Wipro unveils sanitisation walkways, robots to fight the coronavirus

Developed in four weeks, these walkways have already been installed at Wipro's campuses and factories. The walkway has been priced between Rs 1-1.3 lakh per unit

IT firms form teams to chase revenue streams emerging from Covid-19 crisis

Industry observers said the high level of virtualisation across most sectors has led to increased demand for various IT services.

Big names in Indian philanthropy team up to respond to climate change

Some of the biggest names in Indian philanthropy have teamed up with researchers and more to craft an India-specific response to the climate crisis. Nikita Puri reports on the development

Why is Trai trying the TV business?

The telecom authority's latest recommendations seek to quasi-nationalise a rating system that a competitive, largely private industry uses

Wipro to repurpose its Pune facility into a 450-bed Covid-19 hospital

The process will be completed in four weeks and the IT firm will hand over the facility to the Maharashtra government by May 30

Google sees jump in cloud infra use as India stays at home during lockdown

We're pushing limits to bring tech to every user, says Google Cloud India head Karan Bajwa

IT firms with higher fixed-price contracts may see lower impact on top line

HCL Tech, Wipro have more than 60% of revenue coming from such contracts, while Infosys has more than 50% share

Five ex-staff file class action suit against Wipro alleging discrimination

Demanding a "trial by jury", the class action lawsuit seeks Wipro to adopt a valid, non-discriminatory method for hiring, promotion, termination, and other employment decisions.

Employee count shows Indian IT biggies hired fewer people in March quarter

TCS showed marginal rise in their employee count, as Infosys and Wipro witnessed drop in their staff base on sequential basis

Covid-19: Wipro Consumer Care fast-tracks launch of health-related products

According to reports, the Indian hand hygiene market is expected to cross Rs 2,000 crore by 2025 registering a compounded annual growth rate of more than 9 per cent