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Why 400 Wipro trainees are agitated over a decades-old fresher programme

Wipro is in focus.

22 Sept 2026 · LiveMint Companies

Procedural delays and sluggish growth have forced Wipro to extend its four-year work-integrated learning programme WILP, casting onboarding uncertainty over hundreds of trainees.

Against that, the stock is -1.7% on the day at ₹159.16, and has returned -8.0% over three months. It sits 42% below its 52-week high, which means a good deal of bad news was already in the price. The it sector has moved -3.2% over the same period, so Wipro is running 4.8 points behind its peers.

For Wipro, the question is how much of this is already reflected in the price and how much re-rates the it peer set alongside it.

  • The company directly in focus is WIPRO.
  • Sector exposure: IT.