Theory. Practice. Innovation.
Selvan Dorairaj
Senior Vice President
After his Engineering from IIT Madras, Selvan completed his post graduation in Management from IIM Ahmedabad and for the last 23 years has been in the IT Services Industry with varied exposure. He has been with Wipro for the last 16 years. He has been a Head of a Business Unit and championed Six Sigma across the Organization before moving into the current role.
For over the last six years, Selvan Heads the learning initiative at Wipro globally. Talent Transformation, as this function is called in Wipro today has grown significantly to provide classroom training to 5000 employees on a given day with a team that has grown 6 times over the past 6 years. Selvan has taken Wipro to global heights in the field of learning and education by establishing strong academic tie ups with global bodies of Education like Harvard, U21 Global, IIMs, IISc etc. He has authored research papers in the area of employability and presented them in many forums. His papers are published both in the national and international journals.
During Selvan’s leadership the Talent Transformation team at Wipro has won the coveted ASTD, American Society of Training & Development award four times in a row and the Dale Carnegie Global Leadership Award for 2007, the only Indian company to win this award.