TAQA, leading Abu Dhabi- based National Energy Company, has announced that it has inked a five-year contract with India's Wipro Limited.

The contract has been signed in order to supply infrastructure operations as well as application management services.

Wipro Limited is a largest provider of information technology services.

According to the agreement, Wipro will install an offshore development centre in the southern Indian city of Chennai, which will be on stream by November 1.

The sources informed that the facility will recruit a workforce of 200 over the coming three to five fiscals.

Wipro's functionaries stated in a communiqué that the Middle East market is a largest growth driver for Wipro and despite the ongoing worldwide financial crisis, the company is expecting growth between 45  to 50 per cent in this market in 2009.