Bengaluru: Wipro said on Friday it would buy US-based Alight Solutions’ captive operations in India – Alight HR Services India – for $117 million cash. The transaction is expected to be completed during the September quarter, subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, Wipro said. “This strategic partnership will enable Alight to accelerate investment in consumer-facing technologies and services across its health, wealth and cloud businesses by leveraging Wipro’s industry-leading strengths in automation, machine learning and data analytics,” it added. 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.
