Do we like them?

Do we like Wipro?

IT services and consulting firm based in Bengaluru, India, serving clients worldwide.

Our score: 6 out of 10. A big, long-running IT firm with philanthropic ownership and good climate reporting. The legal record is mixed, and we found little about how it treats workers.

Wipro is one of India's big IT outsourcing names, based in Bengaluru. In April 2024 Srini Pallia became CEO, taking over from Thierry Delaporte. Pallia joined Wipro in 1992 and reports to chairman Rishad Premji.

The ownership is unusual. Wipro's sustainability page says Azim Premji and the promoter group pledged 66% of Wipro's economic ownership to the Azim Premji Foundation for philanthropy. Older coverage gives smaller figures, so the exact numbers vary by source and year.

It has had its share of legal fights. In 2018 it settled a US suit from National Grid over an ERP project for $75 million, with no admission of liability. A former employee also sued in California over unpaid overtime, and Wipro said it would defend the claim.

In 2024 Wipro sued its ex-CFO Jatin Dalal after he joined rival Cognizant. A later report said Cognizant approved a payment to Dalal tied to settling the case. We count that as a fight between rivals, not a good or bad deed.

On climate, a People Matters report says Wipro cut its operational emissions by 92%. That's the company's own reporting. We give it a decent 6: charitable ownership and green claims, balanced by lawsuits and thin evidence on staff treatment.