Dhruv Anand assumes charge as Wipro's new country head -; MD for Japan

20 Sep 2022 , 09:31 AM

Wipro Limited, prominent technology services and consulting firm, has appointed Dhruv Anand as Country Head & Managing Director for its operations in Japan.

Dhruv will lead Wipro’s business expansion in Japan and work with clients to help them achieve their growth goals by leveraging Wipro’s capabilities across the go-to-market themes of Experience, Data, Analytics & Insights, Cybersecurity, Engineering Edge, Core Business Transformation, FullStride Cloud Services, and Managed Services.

Dhruv has over 20 years of IT expertise, and specialization in consulting, digital engineering, IoT, and emerging technologies in Japan’s automotive, manufacturing, and information technology industries.

Dhruv’s career began with Wipro, and he then went to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), where he held several leadership positions in sales, delivery, and account management for Japanese customers and their global operations.

Dhruv most recently headed the Manufacturing and Hi-Tech division at TCS, with a focus on the Japanese automotive industry and ecosystem suppliers.

Dhruv has a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Pune Institute of Computer Technology in India, as well as an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies. He is still active in the Linux Kernel community, where he spent his early professional years developing open-source software.

At around 9.33 AM, Wipro was trading at Rs405.75 apiece, up by 0.95% from its previous closing of Rs401.95 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs405.35 and touched intraday high and low of Rs407.40 and Rs404.65 respectively. 

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