ABOUT WIPRO

About Wipro

Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified IT Services organization globally. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, Information Systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development and maintenance services to corporations globally.

In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services. Wipro also has profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro's ADS’ are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit our websites at www.wipro.com, www.wiprocorporate.com

ALLIANCES:

Wipro Technologies has over 10+ years of experience in independent Testing Services and is the largest third party offshore testing service provider globally.. To its credit, it has set-up the first Wi-Fi pre-certification & certification lab in India and has strategic alliances with leading tool vendors like HP, IBM, Microsoft, Compuware, to name a few. Consistent knowledge management along with Six Sigma & Lean initiatives have led to ready-to-use Point Solutions, Frameworks and industry specific Centers of Excellence (CoEs).

At Wipro, we have fine-tuned the science of viewing innovation though the lens of practicality to design unique solutions for end customers. Applied Innovation is the ability to infuse newer ideas and newer ways of doing things into all parts of the organization, and improve business outcomes, often without major disruptive change. It is a 360-degree business approach covering opportunities, delivery, business and technology Innovations that help Wipro to work collaboratively with clients for cost take-outs, speed to market and new business opportunities. This approach is backed by a 25-year heritage in providing domain-intensive technology solutions and a solid delivery backbone with industry leading credentials and certifications such as CMMi Level 5 and BS15000.

Innovation at Wipro is about doing things better as much as it is about doing things in a new way.

Wipro’s Centers of Excellence (CoEs) work in new technological areas and develop solutions and frameworks to address the markets of tomorrow and to help customers take advantage of emerging trends.

Wipro’s Manufacturing Solutions CoE for Consumer Goods strives to help customers achieve speed, quality and efficiency in today’s Demand-Driven Supply Chain environment

AWARDS FOR WIPRO:

Wipro Wins International Institute for Software Testing’s Software Testing Best Practice Award Recognized for StORM™ Tools which reduces test case development effort by 30% Bangalore, India, December 14, 2007

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Ltd (NYSE: WIT), announced today that it has been awarded the Software Testing Best Practice Award by International Institute for Software Testing (IIST), USA.

Wipro’s Testing Services division has won this prestigious award for its innovation - the creation of a statistical tool based on Orthogonal Array (OA) that helps test execution teams in reducing the cycle time of the test phase. The OA tool is one of the many tools under Wipro’s proprietary tools suite StORM™ (Statistics, Operations Research, Matrix) which helps reduce test case development effort by 30%

Wipro tops Global MAKE Award 2007 IT major also wins Asian, Indian MAKE Awards 2007, inducted into the Global MAKE Hall of Fame Bangalore, India, November 27, 2007

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced that it has been recognized as a winner of the 2007 Global MAKE Award and was ranked first in the Information Technology sector in ‘Creating an environment for collaborative knowledge sharing’ and ‘Creating a learning organization’ categories, thereby delivering value based on customer knowledge. MAKE stands for Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises and the awards were established in 1998. This is the second time that Wipro Technologies has been recognized as a Global MAKE winner.

Wipro Technologies has also won the 2007 Asian MAKE Award, fifth time in a row, which was presented in a glittering ceremony in the World Knowledge Forum held at Seoul, South Korea on 18th October.

Wipro bags SAP® Pinnacle Award for Software Solution Leadership Global Partner Award Recognizes SAP Partnership that Made Exemplary Contributions to the SAP Community and Ecosystem 2006 Bangalore, May 16, 2007

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced that it has bagged the SAP® Pinnacle Award in the area of Software Solution Leadership. SAP Pinnacle Awards are granted to leading SAP partners that have excelled in developing their partnership with SAP and mutual business by providing high-quality products, solutions and services to customers. Winners were selected based on nominations received from partners and SAP employees. Wipro received the award at a special awards ceremony held on the eve of SAPPHIRE® Vienna, SAP’s international customer conference that was held from May 14 – 16.

AREAS WE WORK:

Application Development and Maintenance

Architecture Consulting

B2E

Business Intelligence & Information Management

Business Process Management (BPM)

Portals & Content Management

Enterprise Applications Services

Enterprise Security

Legacy Migration

Package Implementation

Product Life Cycle Management (PLM)

Quality ConsultingS

System Integration

Enterprise Business

Integration

Tandem NonStop Application

Services

Testing Services

Service Oriented Architecture

Home Industries Overview

We serve clients across a spectrum of industries through accurate insight,

robust innovation, and demonstrated ability

Industries

Aerospace, Defense & Satellite

Automotive Electronics

Automotive IT

Avionics

Broadband & Optical Networks

Chemicals

Computing Peripherals

Computing Platforms

Consumer Electronics

Consumer Packaged Goods

Distribution

Energy

Finance

Government

HealthScience

High Technology

IP Multimedia Networks

Industrial Automation

Insurance

Manufacturing

Media & Entertainment

Medical Devices

Mobile Devices

Retail

Semiconductors

Software Products Group

Storage Technologies

Telecom - Equipment Vendors

Telecom - Service Providers

Travel & Transportation

Utilities

Wireless Networks & Devices

FACT SHEETS

(Rs. in Million) except share data
	Year ended 31st March
Particulars	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
Segment Revenue
Global IT Services and Products	110,945	80,660	60,753	43,575	30,487
India & AsiaPac IT Services and Products	24,835	17,048	13,964	9,762	8,395
Consumer Care and Lighting	8,182	6,008	4,723	3,649	2,991
Others	6,046	2,542	2,258	1,826	1,468
TOTAL	150,008	106,258	81,698	58,812	43,341
Profit before Interest and Tax - PBIT
Global IT Services and Products	26,939	19,854	16,041	9,539	8,451
India & AsiaPac IT Services and Products	2,139	1,459	1,042	792	557
Consumer Care and Lighting	1,006	805	672	551	436
Others	322	388	397	277	240
TOTAL	30,406	22,506	18,152	11,159	9,684
Interest (net) and other income	2,582	1,272	796	873	634
Profit Before Tax	32,988	23,778	18,948	12,032	10,318
Income Tax expense including Fringe Benefit Tax	-3,868	-3,391	-2,750	-1,681	-1,343
Profit for the period	29,120	20,387	16,198	10,351	8,975
Net Loss on discontinuance of ISP Business	–	–	–	–	-378
Profit Before Share in earnings of affiliates and minority interest	29,120	20,387	16,198	10,351	8,597
Share in earnings of affiliates	295	288	175	23	-355
Minority interest	6	-1	-88	-59	-37
PROFIT AFTER TAX	29,421	20,674	16,285	10,315	8,205
Earning per share - EPS
Equity Shares of par value Rs 2/- each
Basic (in Rs)	20.62	14.70	11.70	7.44	5.92
Diluted (in Rs)	20.41	14.48	11.60	7.43	5.91
Outstanding Shares Count (in Millions)
No of Share at the year-end	1,459	1,426	1,407	1,397	1,395
No of Share used to calculate the Basic EPS	1,427	1,407	1,392	1,388	1,387
No of Shares used to calculate the Diluted ESP	1,441	1,428	1,404	1,389	1,389
Operating Margin
Global IT Services and Products	24%	25%	26%	22%	28%
India & AsiaPac IT Services and Products	9%	9%	7%	8%	7%
Consumer Care and Lighting	12%	13%	14%	15%	15%
TOTAL	20%	21%	22%	19%	22%
Return on Average Capital Employed
Global IT Services and Products	63%	59%	62%	47%	62%
India & AsiaPac IT Services and Products	55%	77%	63%	53%	54%
Consumer Care and Lighting	48%	76%	89%	86%	60%
TOTAL	36%	37%	39%	30%	31%

TEST PATTERN

There was 3 selection process in WIPRO:-
1. APTITUDE TEST

2. TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

3. HR INTERVIEW

ABOUT APTITUDE TEST:-

Total no of question: 50

Marks: 50 (each question carrying 1 marks )

Time duration: 60 mins

Section: 1) VERBAL (20 QUESTION)

2) QUANTITATIVE (20 QUESTION)
3) TECHNICAL (10 QUESTION)

There was sectional cut-off , question paper was not very much tough. There was no negative marking.

VERBAL:-
U hav to practice it frm R S AGARWAL verbal & non verbal book & GRE barons. I guessed the unknown answer. Synonyms, Antonyms, fill in the blanks, sentence completion, punctuation, idioms, voice change, jumbled words, analogies. U hav to practice it. Similar meaning of MAJESTIC.

QUANTITATIVE:-
This portion was most easiest portion. If u practice it frm R S AGARWAL- quantitative apti book then u can find most of them r same type. Problem on ages, permutation, combination, train, work & time, mixture & allegation, simple & compound interest, probability, pipes & cistern, speed, problem on series(A.P., G.P.), profit & loss etc r important for WIPRO.

TECHNICAL:-
U hav to brush up ur C, C++, OS, Data structure thoroughly. ECE guys also will give their importance on digital electronics & microprocessor. Some ques I mentioned here-

1)binary digit of 172

2)excess 3 code of 32

3)Which is the volatile memory-a)RAM b)ROM c)Flash memory d)non of these

4)Marc Anderson is famous for which invention: a)Napster b)Netscape browser c)Microsoft messenger d)Scur virus. Ans:-b)

5)’show the o/p’ related three problem.

EXAMPLE PAPER

WIPRO Sample Test Paper.

Analytical Section

1. A,B,C,D,E ,F are to be given adjacent rooms .The rooms don’t have complete walls between them rather sound, smoke can easily get through from one to another as there are gaps over a wall for free exchange of air. Miss C the head is allotted room no 5 as wished by her. Miss E needs a telephone for regular communication. Mr A & Mr B prefer to have adjacent rooms. Mr B,C,D are chain smokers. Miss C is allergic to cigarette smoke.
a) The correct order of placement of rooms is …..four options were given.
b) Which slot is best for Mr A ?

2. A doctor is supposed to see his patients at 9.00, 10,00 11.00, 1.00 PM , 2.00 PM , 3.00 PM. Rajiv, Mark, Mathew, Hassan, Priya, Reni are the patients . Hassan is scheduled to be seen in early afternoon. Priya should be seen earlier in the day than Reni. Other such conditions were given and you needed to find based on the given conditions that how many such combinations are possible.

3. In a film festival Amitabh ,SRK, Kamal hassan ,Hrithik and Subhash Ghai , Maniratnam and Yash Chopra are available as judges. A team of three is to be sent. The team must contain atleast one actor and ione director. If SRK is selected Kamal Hassan should also be selected and vice versa, If Amitabh is selected Subhash Ghai cannot be selected. If Hrithik is selected Maniratnam is also selected and vice versa. What should be the team if Amitabh is selected ?Four options..

4. H == A+B –R , F == H + I , T == F + A – C+ D , S == T/2, R == A*S; If F is to be derived what is also needed to be derived ?
a) S b) Q c) R d) T

5. A team of at least three people is to be constituted for Mayor of a village for representation in a trade fair. One man, one woman, two boys, three girls are available. All three males cannot be selected, all four females cannot be selected. The team should contain at least one elder. What is the possible configuration that exactly sums up the formation of team :
a) three girls , b) two boys and the lady c) the man, woman , one boy, one girl d) two boys, woman and a girl.

6. A series of drama is to be arranged on all the five days of the week. Monday to Friday. Drama contains fiction, romance, horror, comedy, tragedy. Horror cannot immediately precede romance , fiction should be scheduled earlier than romance , comedy should come after tragedy. If Horror is arranged on Friday then what should be the sequence of the dramas.(NB there may have been other conditions in this examples which I presently don’t remember )

7. Three ice creams are to be made available every day by the college canteen. The IC available are strawberry, butterscotch,vanilla,choco, mango, choco-vanilla, pineapple. Each day should have ice creams which was also present day before. All the icecreams can be repeated only thrice during the entire week .IF choco, vanilla ,straw berry is given on Wednesday . What should be given on Thursday … four options. The question probably has some data missing. Check it out.

8. A team is to be selected from the hockey players available from the circuit. The selection team would require atleast four people. There are three coaches A,B,C and three selectors D,E,F available. But there schedule do not match . A cannot come if D is selected. If C is selected F should also be selected. If E is selected B should not be selected. What is the team?

Technical Section

9. Full form of URL ? a) universal resource locator b) uniform resource locator c)none of these d) unidentified random locator.

10. CDROM access is a) RANDOM b) SEMI RANDOM 3) SEQUENTIAL 4) ?????????/

11. Total time spent by process...waiting in queue, execution etc

12. response time..of process.

13. What is the function of shell?
Interpreter b) command interpreter c) interface d) /?????????

14. Which is a command interpreter ?
a) Shell b) Kernel c)??? d)None of these

15. main()
{
printf("%c","abcdef"[4]);
}
what is the output ? a) abcdef b) d c) e d) ERROR.

16. main()
{ char dummy[20]; scanf("%[^a]",dummy);
printf("%s", dummy); }
what will it do?
a) ERROR b) take characters till ctrl z is pressed c) take upto 19 characters d) None of These

17. How are objects in cpp passed ?
a) By value b) By reference

18. If the ethernet card is removed .
a) IP address will change b) MAC address will change c) ????

19. Operation of queue a) FIFO b) LIFO c) FILO d) None of these

20. Static member of a class is a) class specific b) Object specific c) Referenced by using the scope resolution operator d)
a & c

21. TCP is a) connection oriented b) connection less c) god only knows d) None of these

22. How is data send by IP layer?
a) as frames b) as packets c) as datagrams d) None of these

23. If Link list is used to implement a stack what operations should be implemented :
a) insert front, delete front b) insert front , delete rear c) insert rear, delete front d) None of these

24. Link list is implemented as a structure (data, link *), How is pointer moved to the next node , cursor points to the present node.
a) cursor == cursor->link, b) cursor ++ c) ++ cursor d) None of these.

25. How is memory allocated by new ?
a) In a heap b) in a stack b) both a & b c) None of these.

Technical Interview: The interview was over in 30 min

26. Difference between structure and class.

27. How to resolve ambiguity in multiple inheritance ?

28. What is static and dynamic binding in C ?

29. What is the difference between structure and array?

30. Difference between calloc and malloc & realloc?

31. What is static class and static member function?

32. What is pointer to a pointer? How it is declared and how is it accessed?

33. What is the difference between function overriding and overloading ?

34. What is the scope of a variable ?

35. What is the difference between C & C++ ?

36. Some questions on templates and exceptions.

37. What is stream ? How is it opened and describe file handling in CPP?

38. Some questions related to Hard Disc :What is a hdd? How is a file accessed from the hdd? Why isn’t it used in place of a RAM ? What is RAID describe its basic structure ? . Where is the file information stored on the hard disk ? What is FAT ? How are files physically arranged on the hard disc?

39. What is JVM, what is BYTE CODE ? What is multithreading ? How can it be implemented using C, write a program to describe it? What is the complexity of radix sort and how is it determined? A sequence of 15 numbers was to be sorted using heap sort. (He stopped me after the 3rd iteration).

40. Some questions related to java-script, dynamic HTML, static HTML, ASP, .NET A query on natural join in SQL, what is the need of normalization ? What is data inconsistency and redundancy? What is the basic difference between file systems and database systems? What are triggers and assertions in SQL? How can you use C to connect with Oracle SQL database? (Using Oracle 8i PRO C/C++ precompiler )A complicated query on a trigger. (which I couldn’t ans).

41. What is fork system call? How is a child process called and what happens to the parent ? In C what is spawnv () function, describe its execution. How can you use C for writing assembly language programs ?

42. If you have done any project then try to bring the discussion towards it. I was interviewed on the project for about 20 min and I kept on explaining till he took up the HR form and signed it!!!! The interviewer was very impressed with my technical knowledge and gave his feedback to the HR interviewer as “Very Confident & sound technical skills”. (I had overlooked the remark when he was writing it !!!)

HR Interview.

43. I was initially asked to describe myself . Since I had presented four papers in different places in India I took his attention towards it by telling that one of my hobbies is public presentation, and I supported it with example . He asked me about each and every paper and I took 45 min to explain him all the papers. Then he asked whether I wanted to know anything about WIPRO. I asked him around 11 - 12 questions and he was pretty impressed. The trick was to just to nod ur head and frame the next question in line while he was explaining one question.

1. WIPRO has undertaken a project named “ MOBIO” it deals with biometrics. Since our minor project is on fingerprint recognition I would like to know something about MOBIO.

2. After gaining the billion dollar status Mr Azim Premjee said that appreciation of rupee is a concern. What should be the possible steps so that it no more remains a concern?

3. U have diversified from soaps to software as well as maintained a constant growth rate. What is the secret of ur success?

4. The work culture at WIPRO is great. How do u maintain it?

5. How do u allocate projects among ur employees?

6. How do u select employees for foreign duty?

7. What is six sigma strategy and how do u implement it?

8. In the ex-pression “WIPRO is a CMMi company” , what does ‘i’ signify?

9. Is SAP associated with you someway ?

10. Do you have plans to design a ìp better than Pentium 4? (They were the first in India to develop 8086 chip at IISc Bangalore , so I took this chance of asking him the silly question!!!)