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Wipro received its latest accolade when it was recognized as one of India’s most Innovative Companies by CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2017 in its 4th edition on 24 October 2017 at New Delhi. The announcement was made at an event hosted by Confederation of Indian Industry. The CII Industrial Innovation Awards recognize firms which process necessary resources to develop radical innovations and are committed to drive positive changes. These firms are renowned nationally and internationally for their innovative products and services. The applicants underwent a unique and rigorous innovation assessment & evaluation process.

• Industries such as healthcare, • 3 stages - Initial Submission, • Wipro listed among the most automobiles, retail, hospitality, Assessor Site Visit & evaluation Innovative Companies fast food, chemicals, real estate, and Grand Jury Presentation heavy machinery, power, iron • Learnings from a journey of and steel, IT services, robotics • Over 200 applicants from all discovering innovation in regions of India different parts of Wipro • Catergories of enterprises such as Large, Medium, Micro & • 112 applicants invited for final • Cohesively articulating the Wipro Small and Start-up application innovation journey to external stakeholders • Enterprises such as Apollo healthcare, Ashok Leyland, Cyient, GMR, Godrej, KFC, L&T Technology services, Siemens, Tata Steel

Wipro’s solutions for the awards The candidates were required to exhibit the value addition and benefits which they provided to its customers, Wipro and society/ecosystem.

• Comprises of 20+ pre-built Data Models, 100+ re-usable KPIs, 45+ customers globally • Benefits • Customers with reduced TCO, development effort and enhanced GTM A full-stack analytics platform which • Wipro with improved engagements, deal pipeline consumes analytics in an as-a-service model and supports data-driven culture • Society with communities impact analysis for Wipro Cares in organizations

• Comprises of over 87 built-in industrial protocols, 3000+ customer devices monitored in real-time, 100% customizable modules • Benefits • Customers with cost reduction, service satisfaction improvement

• Wipro with Increased profitability and enhanced drag revenue An IoT data aggregation and integration platform which manages/monitors OT/IT devices, networks & applications end-to-end for • Society with improved local startup collaboration, reduced carbon smart cities, mining, seaports, airports, footprint, support for Swachh Bharat agriculture, logistics and more

• Requires establishing new innovation channels within Wipro, investing in startups of strategic interest to Wipro, and identifying & incubating disruptive ideas • Benefits • Customers with improved time to production, access to emerging tech, de-risked adoption

Involves working with stakeholders • Wipro with increased participation, customer & ecosystem (startups, academia, Wipro Ventures, engagements Horizon Program, Crowdsourcing • Society with support to "Startup India" mission and partnership Models (Topcoder), Expert Networks with Government for Smart Village initiative and M&A) across the ecosystem

Award announcement

Award Announcement Event hosted by CII on 24 October, Award Celebration with Solution Teams - Smart i-Connect 2017 at New Delhi, India Platform (GIS) & Open Innovation team

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