Leading IT firm, Wipro has said that it has partnered First Book to donate five thousand books to students in the Indianapolis area through the end of June.
First Book is a nonprofit social enterprise that has delivered more than 160 million books and educational resources to programs and schools with children in need.
“The books will be distributed to registered First Book members in the Indianapolis area, providing additional education resources in the community where Wipro employees live and work. The books will be used to stock classroom libraries, facilitate reading circles and help students build their home libraries,” the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Wipro’s presence in Indianapolis has been expanded through its 2016 acquisition of Appirio, an Indianapolis-based global cloud services company that helps customers create next-generation worker and customer experiences using the latest cloud technologies. Wipro’s acquisition of Appirio created one of the world’s largest cloud transformation practices, a game changer in today’s as-a-service and digital economy. Since the founding of the Indianapolis office in 2012, the company’s headcount has grown in Indiana and globally.
Meanwhile, shares of the company were trading at Rs 254 apiece, down 0.74 per cent from the previous close at 09:30 hours on BSE.