| 1980: |
Diversification into Information Technology |
| 1990: |
Incorporation of Wipro-GE medical systems |
| 1992: |
Going global with global IT services division |
| 1993: |
Business innovation award for offshore development |
| 1995: |
Wipro gets ISO 9001 quality certification, re-certified twice for mature processes |
| 1997: |
Wipro gets SEI CMM level 3 certification, enterprise wide processes defined |
| 1998: |
Wipro first software services company in the world to get SEI CMM level 5 |
| 1999: |
Wipro's market capitalization is the highest in India |
| 2000: |
Start of the Six Sigma initiative, defects prevention practices initiated at project level |
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Wipro listed on New York Stock Exchange |
| 2001: |
First Indian company to achieve the "TL9000 certification" for industry specific quality standards |
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Wipro acquires American Management Systems’ global energy practice |
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World's first PCMM Level 5 company. |
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Premji established Azim Premji Foundation, a not-for-profit organization for elementary education. |
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Wipro only Indian company featured in Business Week’s 100 best-performing technology companies. |
| 2002: |
World’s first CMMi ver 1.1 Level 5 company. |
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Wipro acquires Spectramind. |
| 2002: |
Ranked the 7th software services company in the world by BusinessWeek (Infotech 100, November 2002). |
| 2003 |
Wipro acquires Nervewire. |
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Wipro Technologies Wins Prestigious IEEE Award for Software Process Excellence |
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Wipro Technologies awarded prestigious ITSMA award for services marketing excellence. |
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Wipro wins the 2003 Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award. |
| 2004: |
Crossed the $1 Billion mark in annualized revenues |
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Wipro launches India’s first RFID enabled apparel store |
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Wipro Technologies named Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise second year in a row |
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IDC rates Wipro as the leader among worldwide offshore service providers |
| 2005 |
Wipro acquires mPower to enter payments space |
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Wipro acquires European System on Chip (SoC) design firm NewLogic |
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Wipro becomes the first Indian IT Service Provider to be awarded Gold-Level Status in Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Partner Program |
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