Wipro Ltd.

Wipro is currently trading at Rs. 361.50, up by 5.95 points or 1.67% from its previous closing of Rs. 355.55 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 357.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 364.00 and Rs. 353.15 respectively. So far 2, 98,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 452.50 on 17-Feb-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 310.20 on 19-Aug-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 385.00 and Rs. 353.15 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 88,928 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 78.41% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 10.08% and 9.81% respectively.

Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro has launched the ‘Wipro AppLife Contest’ for engineering students to showcase their creative and technical talent in developing mobile applications for consumers and enterprises. The contest will start on June 19, 2012 with final entries being accepted until December 18, 2012.

The Wipro AppLife Contest, a unique crowd sourcing-cum-engagement initiative for engineering students in India would be hosted on Wipro's ‘Campus Arena’ portal- a social learning network, which bridges the gap between campuses and the company.

Wipro AppLife is a successful social collaborative mobile platform that has allowed Wiproites to showcase their creative and technical talent in building cross-platform smartphone and tablet apps for consumers and enterprises. The company is now extending this platform to engineering colleges through this contest to encourage future engineers, to think outside the box and suggest holistic solutions for the industry.

The AppLife contest would become a medium for Wipro to engage students, identify talent and nurture them. The contest will be open to all final and pre-final year students of Wipro accredited engineering colleges across India.