The IN25 is BusinessWeek's directory of the top champions of innovation, who speak the language of design and user-friendliness, a Wipro release said on Tuesday.
The company said that Divakaran Mangalath, chief technology officer, Wipro Technologies who made it to the list was also the only Indian to be profiled. The list includes some of the well-known companies worldwide including HP, Google, BMW, Nike and Apple.
According to BusinessWeek, Wipro, which is one of the top Indian IT services provider, has long excelled at incremental innovation.
"Now the trick is to master the kind of disruptive innovation that will create whole new businesses; what the company calls 'Quantum Innovation'. Mangalath is earning great success while leading the charge," the magazine adds.
The Wipro Innovation Group is a central body that drives innovations across Wipro. Headed by the chief technology officer, the mandate for the group is to manage innovations and enable Wipro achieve higher bottomline through successful new initiatives.
Wipro's innovation initiatives and its 'Centres of Excellence' presently have a team of close to 500 professionals working on a portfolio of innovation projects in the areas of process improvements, execution excellence, new service lines, business solutions and R&D.
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