What happened: NITES alleges delayed onboarding by Wipro and escalates to the Union Labour Minister
Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), a Mumbai-based group advocating for IT employees, wrote to Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya alleging a prolonged and unexplained delay in onboarding more than 200 students and young engineers selected by Wipro Ltd under its Elite Hiring 2025 process.
NITES asked for action at the earliest, arguing that candidates and families make career and financial plans based on hiring outcomes and that lack of a definite onboarding or joining date can create continuing uncertainty.
Timeline and claims cited by NITES
According to NITES president and advocate Harpreet Singh Saluja of the Bombay High Court, the recruitment-to-selection sequence involved multiple stages and subsequent communications, followed by a period without a definite onboarding date.
NITES cited the following dates and steps: