Wipro doubles campus hiring this year

BENGALURU : Global software major Wipro on Tuesday said its local employee base in the United States has hit 70 per cent. “Our localisation journey in the US started three years ago. We built a local campus hiring plan in the US,” said Chief Human Resources officer Saurabh Govil without telling the exact number of employees.

However, he said for some specialised skills, Wipro deputes its techies from India to the US but also did not reveal these numbers.

Govil said the company’s campus hiring in 2019-20 has already crossed double the number hired in 2018-19, though utilisation has plummeted, with furloughs being one of the reason among others.