Wipro Limited launched Fit for Life, a comprehensive well-being program for its employees today. The objective of the program is to evaluate and improve well-being, both physical and mental, quotient of employees as well as integrate all current well-being initiatives under one umbrella to strengthen it further.
Commenting on the initiative, Girish Paranjpe, Joint CEO and Executive Director, Wipro Limited said, “Employee well being is of paramount importance to us. Fit for Life is yet another initiative in this direction. Companies need to have such initiatives as they will become hygiene factors in choice of employers in the future.”
Dr.Thimappa Hegde, a senior Consultant Neurosurgeon and Director, Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Neurosciences was the guest speaker at the launch of the event. Dr Hedge who has over 30 scientific publications and a book on Neurosciences spoke on his experience in making fitness in daily life simple. The launch event also had Sheela Krishnaswamy a renowned expert in Diet and Nutrition, Kishen Whabi, a Performance Enhancement and Corrective Exercise Specialist from PeakFitness along with Wipro’s Yoga and Aerobics instructor advising Wipro employees on Health.
Some of the initiatives to be rolled out in the coming weeks are onsite health check camps across locations, promotion of healthy habits, anti smoking awareness campaign, stress management camps, meditation and yoga, various awareness campaigns on asthma & allergy, skin care, headache disorder, alcohol and many more.
A study by PwC on well being across 32 companies globally states well being programs adopted by companies make them a more attractive place for people to work and improves employee engagement levels with the organization apart from the primary benefit of increasing well being levels among employees.
