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Wipro To Acquire Alight Solutions’ India Operations For $117 Million

Wipro will focus to modernise Alight’s core assets and automate operations to enhance its customer experiences.

A person walks in the Wipro office in Bangalore. (Photograph: Nishant Sharma/BloombergQuint)
A person walks in the Wipro office in Bangalore. (Photograph: Nishant Sharma/BloombergQuint)

Wipro Ltd. today said it has partnered U.S.-based Alight Solutions to take over the latter's captive operations in India, Alight HR Services India, for a consideration of $117 million.

The cash transaction is expected to be completed during the September quarter, subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, Wipro said in a BSE filing.

Wipro's focus will be to modernise Alight's core technology assets and further automate its operations to enhance the user experience of Alight's end customers, it said. Alight HR Services India (formerly known as Aon HR Services India) was set up in September 2016.

It has about 9,000 employees and registered revenue of Rs 1,132 crore in 2017-18. It has centres in Gurugram, Noida, Mumbai and Chennai.

Alight Solutions provides administration and cloud-based HR and financial solutions to 1,400 clients serving 19 million employees.

"Our partnership with Wipro enables us to leverage Wipro's unmatched innovation and leadership in automation and digital technologies, while increasing our investments to harness market trends and deliver even better solutions for our clients as their needs and those of their people evolve," said Aon HR Services India.

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