Kumar Chander to take over as CEO of Consumer Care and Lighting, current MD Vineet Agrawal to retire next yearKumar Chander will succeed Vineet Agrawal as CEO of Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting on February 1, 2026, following Agrawal's retirement af...
17 Jul, 2025, 03.03 PM IST
Wipro Consumer Care Ventures launches second fund with Rs 250 cr-corpusWipro Consumer Care - Ventures has launched a second fund with a corpus of Rs 250 crore, focusing on investing in consumer startups in Indi...
02 Dec, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
Wipro Consumer crosses Rs 10,000 crore in sales in FY23Wipro Consumer, which competes with Hindustan Unilever and Reckitt, has expanded its footprint in the homecare segment with the launch of l...
04 Apr, 2023, 06.53 PM IST
Wipro's Badri Srinivasan handed additional India charge role after Satya Easwaran quitsSrinivasan joined Wipro in January 2022 as the managing director for Southeast Asia, where he led the consolidation of transformational eng...
30 Mar, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
Sequoia Capital India & SE Asia launches second cohort of Spark initiativeThe second batch comprises 12 female founders who are looking to solve problems across sectors and industries, including climate tech, heal...
19 Jan, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Wipro appoints Frederic Abecassis as BFSI head for Southeast AsiaAbecassis will spearhead Wipro’s BFSI business growth across the region, including Hong Kong. He will also help strengthen Wipro’s ecosyste...
08 Nov, 2022, 05.31 PM IST
Santoor becomes Rs 2,300 crore brand, Wipro Consumer FY23 turnover at Rs 8,634 croreThough the company is concerned about the inflationary pressure but expects business to improve in FY23 as palm oil prices are softening an...
27 Jun, 2022, 08.56 PM IST
Wipro appoints former Infosys veteran Badrinath Srinivasan as Southeast Asia MDBadrinath Srinivasan will strengthen the key markets of Southeast Asia focusing on large deals and strategic transformational engagements a...
27 Jan, 2022, 11.09 AM IST
Wipro Consumer Care Ventures invests in LetsShaveLetsShave focuses predominantly on shaving category, and is expanding into personal care categories like body care, skin care and electric ...
26 Feb, 2020, 04.24 PM IST
Indian companies scrap, postpone travel plans to ChinaCoca-Cola has suspended travel to mainland China for employees, including those in India, until the end of March. Wipro, Infosys, Ericsson,...
31 Jan, 2020, 08.25 AM IST
Wipro's Rs 200 crore fund to back 10 startups in 3 yearsThe venture fund will focus on personal and home care categories in India, while in southeast Asia it may also invest in startups in the sk...
19 Oct, 2019, 11.03 AM IST
Wipro sets up venture fund to invest in consumer brandsThe company will invest in companies in India and Southeast Asia that have strong entrepreneurs and a sound business model.
19 Sep, 2019, 05.13 PM IST
Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting acquires Philippines’ Splash CorporationThe maker of Santoor soap and Yardley deodorants said the acquisition will also help complete its Southeast Asian footprint.
30 Apr, 2019, 12.56 PM IST
Tariq Premji joins board of Wipro EnterprisesWipro Enterprises, which runs a strong consumer care and lighting business with operations in India, Southeast Asia and West Asia, owns bra...
08 Jun, 2018, 08.03 AM IST
- Buyouts for Wipro Consumer to be product-centric, not region
IT major Wipro's FMCG arm Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting (WCCL) plans to focus on getting into more categories rather than entering new g...
12 Sep, 2010, 10.29 AM IST
- FMCG: Inorganic mantra may finally pay off
The past couple of years have seen some Indian FMCG companies like Godrej Consumer Products, Marico and Wipro’s FMCG division scouting for ...
05 Jan, 2010, 03.29 AM IST
- Yardley's proof of Wipro's FMCG focus
WIPRO’S latest acquisition of Yardley indicates the seriousness with which the IT major views its FMCG business.
07 Nov, 2009, 02.21 AM IST