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Company: Wipro Ltd

Income 2005-2006 = Rs 7500 Cr (rounded off)
Net profit after tax (05-06) = Rs 1500 Cr (rounded off)
Karmayog CSR Rating- 3/5
CSR activities:
Wipro Cares is an initiative by the Wiproites, their family members and friends to contribute in
the areas of education, community and social development. Wipro Cares philosophy is to utilize
the collective wisdom of volunteers to bring long term benefits and satisfaction to the
community, as we believe that providing funds alone will not help the community.This is a
unique corporate experiment to channelise the contributions of the Wiproites matched by Wipro,
and the desires of Wiproites to make meaningful contributions to society, on a continuous basis.
Wipro Cares contributes through two pronged strategy: providing rehabilitation to survivors of
natural calamities and enhancing learning abilities of children from the under privileged sections
of the society
Leaning enhancement :Wipro Cares has initiated Learning Enhancement Programmes at

schools catering to the children from the under privileged section of the society. The main
objectives of this programme is to improve the standards of learning, build confidence, ignite
curiosity, broaden their awareness levels, improve their communication skills in English , build a
healthy self-esteem and help them break through self imposed limits to achieve his/her greatest
potential.In line with its focus, these programmes have been successfully implemented in Olcott
Memorial School in Besantnagar, Chennai and Government Secondary School in Viveknagar,
Bangalore.
The Olcott Memorial School in Besantnagar, Chennai is a 110 years old Tamil medium school
run by the theological Society. Wipro Cares volunteers work with the students of classes 4 and 5
(total strength -120 children), for about two hours on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month.
The Government Secondary School in Viveknagar, Bangalore in run in three different
languages-Tamil, Telegu and Kannada.Volunteers who are comfortable in communicating in one
of these languages take up the responsibility of each class where they devote 2 hours every
Saturday. The volunteers work with children from class 2 onwards.As we go along, we plan to
roll this programme in several more schools and in other cities.
Wipro Cares volunteers devote 2 hours every Saturday with the ultimate desire to make
learning fun for these children. Once the volunteer builds a good rapport with a group of three-
four children, he or she would work on the holistic development of these children - to instill
confidence among them, to build communication skills, encourage their creativity and thinking
ability.
Makkala Jagriti - Wipro Cares Learning Centre:A Learning Center focused on providing
enriching, exciting, safe and secure environment to children from under privileged sections of
the society was inaugurated by Makkala Jagriti, and Wipro Cares in Bangalore. Makkala Jagriti
is an NGO, whose focus is to work with underprivileged children in the area of education. The
Learning Centre will also provide opportunities for contributing to the community to Wipro
employees, their friends and families. They can get involved by interacting, involving, teaching
& learning in mutually enriching way to reach quality-learning environment to the economically
disadvantaged children in an integrated manner through the Learning Centre..
Summer Camp for Children : The idea of interacting with the children of the school using
creative and innovative ways such as arts, crafts and other fun activities appealed to the Wipro
Cares volunteers. It had two fold objectives: First, to stay in touch with the children that they
were involved with during the summer break. Second, to make the summer holidays enjoyable
for these children, who would otherwise have to spend time playing with mud and sand outside
their homes, when their parents go to work. The activities also brought forth the hidden talents of
these children (and the volunteers!) be it story telling with hand puppets, painting or clay
modeling.
A group of volunteers took on the additional responsibility of organizing the camp, with the
support of the administration. They planned out different activities every Saturday.The summer
camps also helped these children develop their skills, confidence and motivation to succeed not
just in classrooms but in life.

Providing Basic Infrastructure at the School
For a child to come regularly to the school and stay interested in school activities, it is necessary
hat the school is equipped with proper infrastructure. Moreover, research has shown that lack of
toilets facilities for girls is the main reason for the high drop out rates among students.In the
Government School in Veveknagar, Bangalore-India, Wipro Cares has constructed toilet blocks
to cater to e student population. Along with that, we have provided a gate, which will ensure that
the kids will not run out of the school to the roads, which may be dangerous. Small but
thoughtful contributions from Wipro Cares.
Disaster
Wipro Cares has adopted Pushpavanam village in tsunami-ravaged belt of Tamil Nadu with a
desire to rehabilitate survivors and rebuild the village. Our partner in this effort is BITsunami, a
trust formed by the alumni of BITS, Pilani.
Pushpavanam, about an hour's drive from Nagapattinam, has around 1200 house holds with a
population of about 6000. It lost 19 people to the tsunami which washed away 200 houses; 500
families lost their livelihood and another 250 families were affected indirectly; 35 boats
supporting around 200 families, an important means of livelihood were lost or damaged and
almost all cultivable land (about 100 acres) was left barren, leaving both cultivators and the
agricultural labourers without a means of livelihood.

What we did earlier in Orissa and Gujarat
The damage caused by these calamities was huge; thousands of lives were lost, lakhs rendered
homeless, land owners suffered incalculable losses. The calamity affected people had to begin
from scratch.
Wipro Cares' contribution in both these states, which were hit by two calamities of hither-to-
unseen dimensions, (Cyclone in Orissa in 1999 and earthquake in Gujarat in 2001) is
unique.After mobilizing funds from Wiproites which was matched by Wipro, Wipro Cares set up
a team to evaluate the damage during both these calamities. Our rehabilitation work was done
after detailed discussions with the survivors and analyzing their needs.
Amount spent on CSR : No information regarding the amount spent on CSR was available on the
homepage .
Contact details : Wipro Ltd

Wipro Technologies
Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road
Bangalore - 560 035
Phone: +91 (80) 28440011
Fax: +91 (80) 28440256
Wipro Cares,
Dodda Kannelli, Sarjapur Road,
Bangalore - 560 035, India
Tel : +91-80-28440011-15. Extn.6162
Fax : +91-80-28440056
wipro.cares@wipro.com
sandhya.ranjit@wipro.com
Web address : http://www.wipro.com orhttp://www.wiprocorporate.com/wiprocares/

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