Wipro comes with 'eShareRide' for car pooling
By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 15:43 IST   |    32 Comments
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Wipro comes with 'eShareRide' for car pooling
Bangalore: Wipro has introduced a new software program which will take real-time requests making life easy for employees reaching office. The employees are using their mobile phones and a smart inhouse application to car-pool in real time, an initiative to help them save fuel and be eco-responsible, writes Renuka Phadnis from Bangalore Mirror. The application, called eShareRide, works for employees going from various points in the city to Wipro offices and back home. It also helps them travel between various Wipro offices. The pilot project now covers just 200 employees, but will be extended to 10,000 in about a month. The idea took shape a year ago. "We launched the project at our Madiwala and Sarjapur offices," said Sushrutha Bankapura, tech manager, who conceptualized and executed the project with a team of six. To be able to use the application, 'champions' (car owners) and 'users' (Wiproites who want to share the car), first register online and get IDs. A champion marks online the route he takes, how many people he can take, and which landmarks he is willing to stop at. Users provide details of their starting point and when they wish to travel. eShareRide uses Yahoo maps so that champions and users can easily mark places and routes. eShareRide also uses information transport department to calculate how much time it takes for the champion to reach a landmark. In future, real-time traffic information will be incorporated to make the application more accurate. Ram Ramakrishnan, Vice President, Facilities Management Group, Wipro said the response had been good after the pilot project was launched with 100 employees each in Wipro's Bangalore and Pune offices. "In Bangalore, the service will cover 10,000 employees at the Electronics City campus by August,' said Sachin Mulay, head of eco-energy marketing and brand communications, Wipro.

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