Spirit of Wipro Run 2012 Held in 82 Cities Including Singapore

Sept. 19, 2012 - PRLog -- September 19, 2012, Singapore – Wipro Ltd, a leading comprehensive IT solutions and services provider with a local division, recently completed the third edition of the “Spirit of Wipro Run” in Singapore where its employees, clients and business partners run together as one to embrace the Wipro culture of inclusivity, unity and perseverance. The Wipro Run 2012 is taking place concurrently in 82 cities across the globe since 2006; the Wipro Run 2012 took place in the new Bishan – Ang Mo Kio Park Pond Gardens, on September 16, 2012.

On the day of the event, over 100 participants registered and turned up with gears and their important ones for the run. The Spirit of Wipro - an indivisible synthesis of manifesting intensity to win, acting with sensitivity and being unyielding on integrity all the time is reflected exhaustively on the track. This year’s Wipro Run symbolizes growth from the previous year in all fields of life, be it sports, work or life; and amasses people towards celebration and embrace of the undying energy and imperishable courage to take up every single challenge that comes to the door.  

With a strong presence in the IT industry in Singapore as well as other countries in the Asia Pacific region, Wipro aims to expand its business line card in the region and engage more business partners through this race by showcasing the true spirit of Wipro.

Commenting on the run, Pratik Kumar, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Wipro Limited said, “The Spirit of Wipro Run is a true celebration across the world for Wipro employees - it is the largest employee engagement event that connects us all globally and keeps alive the spirit of Wipro. This year 40,000 people across 82 cities globally ran together on the same day.”

Anurag Behar, Chief Sustainability Officer at Wipro added, “The Spirit of Wipro Run is a tradition at Wipro and an embodiment of how Wipro as an organization believes in the spirit of inclusivity. Over the years we have seen significant increase in the number of cities and participants globally which marks it as the largest organizational led run.”

“The Spirit of Wipro Run is a unique platform that brings together Wiproites and our extended ecosystem in an event, that this year is taking place across 82 countries. This year’s run in Singapore had an enthusiastic turn-out and we are happy to be a part of the 40,000 plus runners running globally.” said Sameer Satpute, Head for ASEAN and Korea, Wipro Technologies.

The global Wipro Run 2012 has been held in association with Canon’s “Moments that click” photography contest where people capture the memorable scenes during the race and transform the amorphous spirit of perseverance and unity into solid photographs.

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