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Keeping
in line with its tradition of providing knowledge enhancing opportunities
to its employees, Wipro inaugurated an employee skills upgradation
programme that leads to an MS degree in chosen subjects from Birla
Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani.
The
three new courses added are the MS programmes in the areas of Software
Engineering, Telecommunications and Software Engineering and Microelectronics.
Education being core to Wipro’s people development policy,
this programme not only brings education closer to the employees,
but also sharpens the learning required for business needs. These
“Learn while you earn” programmes cater to the aspirations
of acquiring a higher degree.
The
programme was inaugurated recently at Wipro’s Floating Learning
Centre at Electronics City campus by Pratik Kumar,corporate vice
president (Human Resources). Laxman Badiga,chief executive, talent
transformation and staffing, was present on the occasion.
In
1998 Wipro joined hands with IIM-Bangalore to develop and launch
a three-year rigorous programme to address the specific managerial
and business needs of the software enterprise management. Recently,
15 Wiproites passed out of IIM-Bangalore after completing this course
and the first three rank-holders of a batch of 39 were from Wipro.
These
MS programmes have enlarged Wipro’s collaborative efforts with
BITS, Pilani, and appear under their Collaborative Programmes Division.
The company has launched a virtual education programme across the
company. Employees desirous of studying a technical subject can
demand and get tutorials on the Web through the virtual education
process. Wipro Academy of Software Excellence (WASE) was Wipro’s
first association with BITS.
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