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Wipro Honored with the ESCAP-Sasakawa Award for Disability-Inclusive Business 2013

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Wipro Honored with

the ESCAP-Sasakawa Award for

Disability-Inclusive Business 2013

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Bangalore, India - December 12, 2013:

Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT), a leading global information technology, consulting and outsourcing company today announced that it received the ‘2013 ESCAP-Sasakawa Award for Disability-Inclusive Business in Asia and the Pacific’, in the category ‘Disability-Inclusive Multinational Enterprise’.

The award for Disability-Inclusive Business was established by ESCAP in cooperation with The Nippon Foundation (TNF) and the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD) to recognize and honor companies that have made a significant breakthrough in engaging and hiring people with disabilities in their daily operations. The award is an initiative that views persons with disabilities as an untapped workforce. Wipro was identified amongst nominations from across 62 countries, for its excellence in including employees with disabilities in its business model, enabling mainstream careers for them and for supporting them through accessible software applications.

Isaac George, Vice President and Human Resources Head, Wipro Infotech said, “Our disability-inclusive business model was formalized in 2009. It has proved to be very successful for our employees as well as our customers. We currently employ over 450 persons with disabilities. They have the opportunity to pursue mainstream careers through the supporting framework of accessible software applications, physical infrastructure, policies, training and culture building initiatives. Our “Persons with Disabilities” program has made Wipro a more vibrant, diverse workplace with a strong inclusive culture.”

Wipro’s “Persons with Disabilities” initiative is an essential part of its sustainability program. The company’s efforts within and outside the organization, stem from a deep belief that inclusion is the right thing to do and makes business sense.

About Wipro Ltd. 
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology" - helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner's approach to delivering innovation, and an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro has a workforce of 140,000 serving clients across 61 countries. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com.

Media Contact:

Chaya Ganapathy
Wipro Limited
+91 9986447005
chaya.ganapathy@wipro.com

Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.

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