WIPRO LTD — Regulatory Filings 2011

Jan 28, 2011

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of January 2011

Commission File Number 001-16139

Wipro Limited

( Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter )

Not Applicable ( Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Karnataka, India ( Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Doddakannelli Sarjapur Road Bangalore, Karnataka 560035, India +91-80-2844-0011 ( Address of principal executive offices )

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F þ Form 40-F o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Yes o No þ

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

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Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

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SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-99.1

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DISCLOSURE OF CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT AND BOARD COMPOSITION

On January 21, 2011, Wipro Limited, a company organized under the laws of the Republic of India (the “ Company ”), issued a press release announcing the resignations of Girish Paranjpe and Suresh Vaswani as current Joint Chief Executive Officers of the Company’s Information Technology Business, and the appointment of Mr. T. K. Kurien as Chief Executive Officer of the Information Technology Business and as Executive Director, effective February 1, 2011. Mr. Paranjpe and Mr. Vaswani resigned as members of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective as of the close of business on January 31, 2011. A copy of the letter to the securities exchanges and the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Wipro Limited
/s/ Suresh C. Senapaty
Suresh C. Senapaty
Chief Financial Officer & Director

Dated: January 28, 2011

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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99.1	Press Release of Wipro Limited, dated January 21, 2011,
announcing the resignations of Girish Paranjpe and Suresh Vaswani
and the appointment of Mr. T. K. Kurien as Chief Executive
Officer of the Information Technology Business and Executive
Director.

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