So, for example, when a Japanese client calls, the education department can produce a few dozen hand-groomed engineers in a matter of months who are well versed in both Japanese and the C++ programming language.
The second track is voluntary graduate-level coursework, such as Friday and Saturday MBA programs and training in computer skills, leadership, and management. Some have a tuition fee, although many are "you pass, we pay."
The courses, says Sreekala Ramamurthy, a former university professor and Wipro's general manager of talent transformation, are a way to limit job jumpers, an issue for Wipro: "The master's programs lower our attrition rate to below 1%."
Image: (Inset) M H Premji, Wipro founder and father of Azim Hasham Premji. | Photograph, courtesy: Wipro Limited
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