T K Kurien is the Chief Executive Officer of IT Business and Executive Director, Wipro

Wipro

Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...

Limited. TK is also a member of the Wipro Corporate Executive Council.

Career

Prior to taking over the role as CEO of the IT business, in Feb 2011, Kurien was President of Wipro's recently launched Eco Energy business. In June 2008, he took on the responsibility of heading Wipro's Consulting arm, WCS (Wipro Consulting Services), and spearheaded its growth, establishing it as a distinct offering by Wipro. From 2004 to 2008, TK headed Wipro BPO. In February 2003, he became the Chief Executive of Healthcare & Life Sciences, the new business segment of Wipro Ltd. formed in April 2002 to address the market opportunities in Healthcare and Life Science IT. In his early years at Wipro, TK started the Telecom Internet Service Provider business for which he managed to create a significant impact by accelerating revenue growth.

Before joining Wipro, Kurien served as the CEO of GE X Ray from October 1997 to January 2000 and prior to that was the CFO of GE Medical Systems (South Asia).

Awards

Kurien was awarded the Global BPO Industry Leader award by IQPC (International Quality & Productivity Center) in 2007 for the exceptional performance of Wipro BPO.

Business Forums

• Nasscom India Leadership Forum, 8-10 Feb 2011 (Speaker)
• World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011, Davos, Jan 2011
• Financial Times - Wipro Executive Dinner Forum, Davos, Jan 2011 (Speaker)

Personal life

Kurien is a Chartered Accountant by qualification. He spends his spare time reading books on history and strategy.