The programme will be conducted by Wipro's corporate human resources development in conjunction with the enterprise application services business unit.

'We plan to certify about 300 consultants globally in this fiscal, with the first batch of 60 by September,' Singh noted.

Lauding Wipro for making strategic investments in consulting despite the tech meltdown, Viacom chief information officer Joe Simon said the academy would be a win-win proposition for the vendor as well as the client.

As Wipro's largest market, the US accounts for about 60 percent of its global revenues.