Wipro Limited hosted the 15th edition of the earthian Awards 2025 at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, recognizing educational institutions across India for their outstanding contributions to sustainability education. The annual program promotes integrated sustainability education and acknowledges schools and colleges that demonstrate meaningful engagement with sustainable practices and environmental principles.

Award Program Highlights

The 2025 earthian program achieved significant participation with comprehensive educational impact:

Aanurag Behar, Chief Executive Officer of Azim Premji Foundation, and Narayan P. S., Global Head of Sustainability and Societal Initiatives at Wipro Limited and Managing Trustee of Wipro Foundation, presented certificates and cash prizes to the winning teams.

Educational Impact and Community Engagement

Narayan P.S. emphasized the program's practical approach to sustainability education, stating that the strength of the Wipro earthian program lies in grounding sustainability in lived reality. He noted that students understand water stress through nearby lakes and rivers, biodiversity through neighborhood species, and waste through everyday community practices.

The program's community-focused approach involved 24 sustainability educators from 14 regional non-governmental organizations (NGOs), part of the Wipro Sustainability Educators Network (SEN). These educators collaborated with local communities to lead various activities:

• Nature camps and outdoor learning experiences
• Library sessions and educational workshops
• Winter and summer sustainability schools
• Community-based environmental projects

Over 100 schools received recognition from the Wipro Foundation at events conducted by the NGOs, enabling localized learning and building student awareness of real-world environmental challenges.

Higher Education Initiative

Wipro earthian extends its impact to higher education through the 'Ideas to Impact (i2I)' challenge, conducted in collaboration with IIT Madras since 2023. This contest encourages students to validate and develop eco-innovative ideas into workable prototypes:

Program Legacy and Reach

Since its establishment in 2011, Wipro earthian has demonstrated substantial educational impact across India:

The program has grown through strategic collaborations with various educational and environmental organizations, including CEE (Centre for Environment Education), CPREEC (C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre), Wild Ecologies, IIT Madras, IIM Bangalore, state governments, and educators in the Sustainability Educators Network.

Corporate Commitment to Sustainability

The earthian Awards reflects Wipro's broader commitment to progress fueled by purpose, translating its sustainability focus into consistent community engagement. Through such initiatives, the company aims to drive long-term environmental impact by building awareness and promoting action on critical environmental challenges. The program demonstrates how corporate sustainability initiatives can create meaningful educational opportunities while fostering environmental consciousness among students and educators nationwide.

Wipro Limited has announced the launch of a new operating model for enterprise functions, combining advisory, AI, and enterprise transformation services. The announcement, made on January 29, 2026, introduces a consulting-led, AI-powered approach designed to provide end-to-end accountability across core business functions.

New Operating Model Structure

The new model focuses on four core functional areas that form the backbone of enterprise operations:

This integrated approach enables Wipro to connect boardroom strategy to scaled operations, creating what the company describes as a continuous, closed-loop system for innovation and transformation.

Strategic Vision and Market Positioning

According to Amit Kumar, Managing Partner & Global Head of Consulting at Wipro Limited, the new model addresses critical challenges facing enterprises today. "Enterprises today are struggling to modernize operations amid outdated models and stalled transformation efforts, with AI hype that isn't translating into results and consulting-to-execution journeys that remain fragmented and slow," Kumar explained.

The model positions Wipro as a comprehensive partner for reimagining, designing, running, and continuously transforming core enterprise functions. By integrating functional consulting expertise with business process services, the company aims to provide clients with a persona-based, end-to-end enterprise transformation strategy anchored in functional context.

AI-Powered Implementation Framework

The new operating model leverages the Wipro Intelligence™ suite of AI-powered solutions and platforms throughout the entire client engagement journey. This systematic approach ensures AI application is aligned directly to business outcomes rather than implemented as fragmented pilots.

Three-Stage Implementation Process

At the initial stage, Wipro Consulting works directly with CXOs to frame AI strategy and define the future state operating model. The solutioning stage involves building human-centric, AI-powered operating model designs with comprehensive process re-engineering and scenario modeling to ensure solutions are developed for execution.

Business Process Services Integration

Jasjit Singh Kang, Managing Partner and Global Head of Business Process Services at Wipro Limited, emphasized the importance of AI-embedded operations in modern enterprise transformation. "Reimagining business processes in the age of AI is core to our clients' enterprise business transformation strategy," Kang stated.

The Business Process Services teams deliver AI-enabled intelligent automation, predictive insights, and continuous optimization across business operations. These AI-enabled operating models are designed to continuously learn and improve, enabling clients to achieve faster bottom-line impact, better economics, and sustained, scalable outcomes.

Market Impact and Client Benefits

The new integrated model redefines the traditional services approach by positioning consulting as the upstream transformation engine. This consulting-led methodology aims to help clients realize measurable value faster and generate tangible impact from AI initiatives.

Key benefits of the new model include:

• Systematic AI Implementation: Ensures AI is applied systematically across operations rather than through isolated pilot programs
• End-to-End Accountability: Provides comprehensive oversight from strategy development through execution and optimization
• Persona-Based Solutions: Delivers function-specific processes designed around user personas for enhanced effectiveness
• Continuous Improvement: Implements AI-enabled operating models that learn and adapt over time

The announcement reinforces Wipro's commitment to helping clients build intelligent and sustainable businesses through its consulting-led approach and the Wipro Intelligence™ unified suite of AI-powered platforms and solutions.