Wipro Ltd.

Wipro, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, has launched a three-year Corporate Social Investment project in South Africa in partnership with the country's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to set up 29 computer laboratories that will benefit 28,000 students from rural areas. The labs to be used primarily by students from grade 7-12 will be set up in 29 schools adopted by IDC in provinces across the country.

The program will first be rolled out in the Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape regions. Most of these schools are located in places where the need for technology education is paramount. The programme will provide fully-equipped and connected computer labs to each school, supported by a sustainable programme of computer education for approximately 800 teachers as well as school students. IDC will appoint and train one unemployed youth from the community to help each school run its computer lab.

Wipro is a global information technology (IT) services provider. The Company operates through two segments: IT Services and IT Products.