Indian IT services firm Wipro COO Amit Choudhary steps down, Sanjeev Jain to take charge. Wipro COO Amit Chaudhary resigns: The company replaced him with Sanjeev Jain as the new Chief Operating Officer.

Wipro’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Amit Chaudhary has resigned. The company gave this information in an exchange filing on Friday (May 17). Amit’s last day in the company will be on 31st May.

Wipro has appointed Sanjeev Jain as the new COO of the company in place of Amit, he will work based in Bengaluru. Amit is the second senior officer to resign from Wipro this month. Before Amit, on May 10, the company’s Asia Pacific, India, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) President Anees Chencha had resigned.

Sanjeev Jain is the new Chief Executive Officer of Wipro.

These resignations came after the resignation of Thierry Delaporte.
These are two major resignations after Wipro’s Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Thierry Delaporte resigned on April 6. Amit, Anees and Delaport all three have worked in French tech company Capgemini. Both Amit and Anees had joined Wipro when Delaporte was the CEO of the company.

Sanjeev Jain will report to CEO Srinivas Palliya.
Wipro said in the filing that Sanjeev Jain will report to the company’s MD and CEO Srinivas Palliya and will remain a member of Wipro’s executive committee. After the resignation of Thierry Delaporte, the company appointed Srinivas Palliya as the new CEO and MD of Wipro in his place.

Thierry Delaporte was with Wipro for the last four years. Thierry was brought in from French tech company Capgemini to lead Wipro. Thierry’s last day in the company will be May 31, 2024.

Sanjeev Jain joined Wipro in 2023
Sanjeev Jain joined the company in 2023 as Global Head of Business Operations of Wipro. He has more than 30 years of experience. Sanjeev Jain has been leading Wipro’s talent supply chain since joining the firm. Before joining Wipro, Sanjeev Jain worked at Kindril Holdings (IBM spin-off), IBM, Cognizant and GE. He is an alumnus of IIM-Mumbai.

Srinivas Palliya has been in Wipro since 1992.
Srinivas Palliya has been involved in Wipro since 1992 and has worked in many leadership roles. He has also served as President of Wipro’s Consumer Business Unit and Global Head of Business Applications Services.

According to the official website of Wipro, Srinivas Palliya has studied Engineering and Master in Management from IIT Bangalore. He has also studied at Harvard Business School’s Leading Global Business Program and the Advanced Leadership Program at McGill Executive Institute.