Chairman of ICI India and former Unilever director Ashok Ganguly and professor of marketing at Emory University, USA, Jagdish Sheth have also joined Wipro's board.

Wirpo in a release said that to take a leadership position in the global market the company's top management would need to lead and grow the business, and hence the changes.

Azim H Premji would continue to lead Wipro as its chairman. Pai would lead Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting group and Ashok Soota would be responsible for Wipro Infotech Software and Services group, the release added. Arun Thiagarajan would be responsible for Wipro Infotech's products and services business--Wipro Infotech Systems and Services group.

From being a Rs 38-crore organisation in 1979, Wipro has become a over Rs 2,000 crore global corporation and is in four businesses atpresent.