Premji's son Rishad to join Wipro as business manager

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Bangalore June 4

Putting years of speculation to rest, Wipro Ltd said on Monday that Mr Rishad Premji, the eldest son of Chairman Mr Azim Premji, would join the company in July after the annual general meeting.

Mr Rishad Premji would join as a business manager in the fairly new practice that has been set up under the banking and financial solutions unit of Wipro Technologies, said Mr Pratik Kumar, Executive Vice-President, Human Resources, Wipro.

Mr Rishad will report to Mr Somitro Ghosh, Senior Vice-President, who in turn reports to Mr Girish Paranjpe, President, Finance Solutions, Wipro Technologies.

Mr Rishad's joining has been approved by Wipro's board of directors in April and is subject to shareholders' approval at the forthcoming annual general meeting. "This is required statutorily because he is a relative of a director," Mr Kumar said.

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