Dell Inc has named Suresh Vaswani, who was earlier joint chief of the IT business at India's Wipro Ltd , as the executive vice-president of Dell Services' applications and business process outsourcing business.

Vaswani will also take over as the chairman of its India operations, the world's No. 2 personal computer maker said in a statement issued late Tuesday, adding, he will report to Steve Schuckenbrock, President of Dell Services.

As executive vice-president at Dell Services applications and business process outsourcing unit, Vaswani's focus will be on building next-generation service offerings and grow Dell's process capabilities globally, Dell added.