Wipro EcoEnergy scouts for leader after Kurien

BANGALORE, INDIA: With the Jt.CEO of Wipro Limited parting ways form the company, the company did find a replacement for the IT Services business with T K Kurien, but it is yet to find an alternative for the role of Kurien.

T K Kurien, who now heads the IT Services business, was the chief executive for Eco Energy division, a cleantech business of Wipro Ltd, which was established, last year, said, ‘With me moving out of the EcoEnergy division, it does not mean that our focus for the EcoEnergy moves out with me. We are very much focused building that business. But, yes we are yet to decide upon the leadership for the division.”

As reported earlier, under Kurien’s leadership, Wipro had announced to launch renewable energy products. The EcoEnergy division of Wipro will be broadly divided into three segments namely, managed energy services, renewable products, MW solar.

Starting 2008, Wipro had launched a new division called EcoEnergy, which was aimed at building green buildings, setting LEED certified facilities, but, going down the line, the company decided to focus on generation, distribution and transformation of energy.

Commenting on the new management announcement, Wipro’s Chairman said, “I am 150 per cent convinced that our new strategy and new team will take Wipro to new heights. There would be further changes in the organization, as part of the fine tuning, but no earthshaking changes as such.”