DEI Initiatives at Wipro: Fostering an Inclusive Workplace

What DEI means to us

Through unwavering commitment to gender equality, LGBTQ+ inclusion, accessibility for all abilities, racial harmony, intergenerational collaboration, and a diverse supplier network, we forge a path towards a truly inclusive workplace.

Wipro celebrates and learns from diverse ideas, backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

We aim to create an equitable workplace for all, where each individual is treated with fairness and respect.

We are committed to building a workplace where everyone feels welcome and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work

Inclusion with Purpose, Equitable by Design

Annual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report 2023-24: The report reaffirms our commitments and provides insight to our ongoing efforts to build a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive ecosystem.

Download the report

Women Inclusion Programs featured by UNGC Network India

Wipro’s commitment to advancing gender equality featured in the United Nations Global Compact Network India’s ‘Case Study Compendium.

Exploring Inclusion and Belonging in Workplaces

Sunita Cherian, Chief Culture Officer, Wipro shares her perspective in Indeed's latest Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DI&B) study. Click here for more details.

We are proud to join the Business Coalition for the US Equality Act

More than 530 major companies across the country that are working to pass the Equality Act to ensure comprehensive protections for LGBTQ+ people nationwide.

OUR POLICIES AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSIONl IN THE WORKPLACE

Global Policy on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Global Policy on Prevention of LGBTQ+ Discrimination

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy for Persons with Disabilities

Code of Business Conduct

Human Rights Policy

Global Policy on Prevention of Sexual Harassment

CREATING A SAFE SPACE THROUGH OUR AFFINITY GROUPS/ERGs

Wipro believes that a multi-pronged approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is the best way to inspire societal change that lasts. To that end, we are deeply involved with the following employee communities

Wow Mom

WoW Mom is a program that aims to support, enable, and engage with women employees proceeding for and returning from Maternity Leave. It includes customized initiatives & local policies to support our employees, HR connects with mothers returning from Maternity Leave, a ‘WoW Mom’ handbook, information on day care facilities, and more.

Wipro Pride

Our global LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group brings together LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies to increase engagement and visibility on community initiatives.

Disability Alliance Network

The DAN aims to bring disabled voices to the forefront, create a safe space and strengthen overall inclusion ecosystem.

Black Alliance

Wipro’s US-based Black Alliance aims to further and foster a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Parenting Hub

This community aims to empower, enable, and recognize the special role that parents play in the world and at Wipro.

BLOGS & STORIES FROM LGBTQ+ COLLEAGUES & ALLIES

Check out these stories and experiences from LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies from around the world! 🌈

Parenting with Open Hearts: Embracing Diversity and Unconditional Love

“Pride: The Power to Progress”

The power of being who you are

Kathleen's Journey

Who’s in the room?

We are people who also want to live safely and respectfully!

I always say to people, “Just Do You – Be Your Authentic Self”

Embracing the Rainbow Journey

Accepting myself for who I am...

I’ve learned to value myself and to stand for my truth and beliefs

On Parenting a Transgender Child

WIPRO HAS BEEN GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED
BY LEADING ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD FOR ITS
PASSIONATE COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

Featured in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) since 2020

Certified as a Great Place to Work in India for 2023 and one of India’s Best Workplaces for Women in 2023 by the Great Place to Work® Institute

Recognized as one of the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index 2023

Won Gold award in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion category of 2023 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards

Won Silver award in The Stevie® Awards for Great Employers 2024 in Diversity & Inclusion category

Won the Duty of Care 2023 Award under the Inclusion & Diversity category

1st runner up in “Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion” in SHRM HR Excellence Awards 2023

Recognized as ‘Exemplar of Inclusion’ in 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019 & among the Champions of Inclusion in the 2022 Avtar & Seramount Most Inclusive Companies Index (MICI)

Recognized among the 100 Best Companies for Women in India for five years in a row and 100 Best – Hall of Fame by Avtar & Seramount in Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI)

Winner of NASSCOM AON DEI Champions 2023 Award for PWD Inclusion

Recognized as Gold Employer by the India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI) in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and Silver Employer in 2020

Recognized as the winner of 2022 Community Business Award for Building Disability Confidence in India

Winner of ‘Best Employer for Persons with Disabilities’ and 2nd runner-up for ‘Best Employer for D&I’ at 2nd ASSOCHAM I&D Excellence Awards

Recognized as ‘Disability Confident Committed Employer’ – a UK government certification for making sustained efforts to strengthen disability inclusion

OUR COMMITMENTS

Action to Catalyze Tech Report

Wipro is a founding signatory of the ACT report, an initiative to align the tech industry around collective action for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

UN Women Empowerment Principles

Since 2012, Wipro has been a signatory to this program, which fosters gender equality and empowerment of women.

Valuable 500

Wipro is a signatory to this B2B initiative, which is a catalyst for disability inclusion.

UN Human Rights Office

Wipro is a supporter of the United Nations Standards of Conduct for Business Tackling Discrimination against LGBTI People.

Partnering for Racial Justice in Business

Wipro is a member of “Partnering for Racial Justice in Business”, a World Economic Forum initiative.

CEO Action for Inclusion & Diversity

Our CEO is a signatory to CEO Action for Inclusion & Diversity, the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

IDAHOBIT 2023

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (17 May 2023)

UN Global Compact

Early mover of Forward Faster initiative of the UN Compact – Equal pay for work of equal value by 2030

Business Coalition for the US Equality Act

Wipro joins the Business Coalition for the Equality Act by the Human Rights Campaign, to provide the same basic protections to LGBTQ+ people as are provided to other protected groups under federal law.