Azim Premji
Azim Premji
Azim Hashim Premjiis an Indian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist, who is the chairman of Wipro Limited, informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry. He was responsible for guiding Wipro through four decades of diversification and growth to finally emerge as one of the global leaders in the Software Industry. In 2010, he was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asiaweek. He has twice been listed among the 100 most influential people...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth24 July 1945
CountryIndia
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Our clients are under a lot of pressure to get new products faster into the market. Their core employment isn't adequate for it, so they're looking for partners who can do it for them.
I think they are getting their act together now. Fundamentally GM is a very strong company. I think it will pull out of it faster than people expect them to.
We must overhaul our land laws, taxes and information system. Some 90 per cent of land in India is subject to legal disputes over ownership,
Our financial solutions and technology businesses delivered yet another quarter of double digit growth. Similarly, services such as testing, technology infrastructure management and enterprise application services grew ahead of the overall growth rate.
Looking ahead, the prospects for growth looks exciting, ... We exited the quarter ended September 2005 with the strong tailwind of business momentum. The challenge we have is to sustain and build upon it.
Though delivery of superior solutions to our customers and creating sustainable value to the shareholders remain unchanged, we are devising strategies in anticipation of challenges and opportunities to focus on execution for higher operating productivity.
We compete with global companies and are primarily in the services business, which is highly people dependent.
Frankly, I don't know how many companies there are, globally, which are truly global.
Certain product lines are more suited to be manufactured in proximity with the customer, while others are more suitable to be manufactured in India.
You cannot underestimate the value of luck in success in life. And I've really learned to appreciate that.
Being in the consumer business helps us groom talent in areas like marketing, finance and logistics. We can benchmark our outsourcing business to our consumer business and its best practices.
There are 600 districts in India. Every district in India has a teacher-training institute.
Talent is in short supply everywhere. At Wipro, we are training nonengineers to be engineers.
I think the most important reason for our success is that very early in our quest into globalisation, we invested in people - and we have done that consistently and particularly in the service business.