Wipro will acquire firms to expand

 Wipro Technologies will continue the practice of acquiring companies in order to spread the reach of its operations in India and 15 other countries, company president Azim Premji pointed out on Thursday.

 He said that this is an era of great opportunities for Indian companies to compete with the best in the world.

 Delivering the inaugural lecture of Confluence-2003, the annual B-school meet of Indian Institute of Management, Premji said that, in less than 30 years from now, India is expected to be the third biggest economy in the world.

 Quoting a recent study, he said that even with a six per cent growth, India