NITES to Labour Min: Wipro Delays Onboarding for 200+ Grads

New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) IT sector employees' union NITES on Thursday filed a complaint with the Ministry of Labour and Employment over alleged "prolonged and unexplained" onboarding delay of more than 200 students and young engineers selected by Wipro under the 'Elite Hiring 2025' process.

Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate - which has raised its voice time and again over layoffs and employee-related issues in the tech industry - drew attention to alleged serious financial, professional and psychological difficulties being faced by the affected students, in its letter.

An email to Wipro seeking comments on the issue did not elicit a response.

In a letter to Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, NITES sought "urgent intervention of the Ministry of Labour & Employment regarding the prolonged and unexplained delay in onboarding of more than 200 students and young engineers selected by Wipro Limited under its Elite Hiring 2025 process".

The employees' body urged the ministry to take up the matter urgently with Wipro and seek a clear status of all affected students and young engineers, the reasons for the prolonged onboarding delay, confirmation regarding the validity of their offer letters and LOIs, and a definite, time-bound onboarding schedule.

"Where the company does not intend to proceed with any candidature, the concerned student should be informed of the decision and reasons in writing rather than being left in indefinite uncertainty," it said.


According to NITES, the affected students and young engineers participated in Wipro's campus recruitment process in February 2025 and cleared the technical and voice assessments. After clearing the interview round, they received offer letters in July 2025 and Letters of Intent the following month, which they accepted within the stipulated period.

In December 2025, they reconfirmed their interest, and in March 2026, these candidates appeared for and cleared the Codility technical assessment, receiving the official clearance communication in March 2026.

They completed the Background Verification process on 26 March 2026, including resolving the address verification query on the same day.

"Despite completing every requirement communicated by Wipro, these students and young engineers have still not received a definite onboarding or joining date," NITES wrote in its letter.

For several months, the affected students and young engineers have repeatedly approached Wipro HR, onboarding helpdesks and other designated channels but state that they have received no substantive response, it added.

"NITES respectfully submits that while an employer is entitled to take legitimate business decisions concerning its workforce, students and young engineers who have been selected, issued Offer Letters and LOIs, required to complete successive recruitment stages and thereafter kept waiting for months cannot reasonably be left without a clear decision or effective communication," according to NITES.