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Back to reality for Bangalore
Comment At Wipro, legend has it that chairman Azim Premji would ask that toilet paper be rationed, and insist employees switch off lights and air conditioners when leaving a room. In fact, Premji, one of India's... [30 Sep 2008]
Leading an Indian giant through a downturn
Comment The increasing globalisation of talent is one trend Premji believes will affect Wipro's fortunes. Julian Goldsmith hears Wipro's strategy from chairman Azim Premji. Azim Premji, the man... [17 Sep 2008]
Warning over migrant tech skills shortage
News Azim Premji, chairman of Bangalore-based IT company Wipro, recently warned the Western world is "seriously underestimating" the scale of the tech skills shortage it faces. The UK's high tech sector will need tens of... [25 Mar 2008]
India's Wipro to create hundreds of UK tech jobs
News Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, speaking at the company's global media event in Bangalore this week, said: "What we are looking for is a centre which has good education facilities. Premji said: "Our... [20 Mar 2008]
UK 'seriously underestimating' tech skills crisis
News Azim Premji, chairman of Bangalore-based Wipro, said poor maths education from primary school onwards is one of the fundamental causes of the shortage of science and engineering graduates in Western countries. [18 Mar 2008]
Azim Premji
AS Profile Azim Premji took over Wipro - a $2m hydrogenated cooking fat company - in 1966 at the tender age of 21. Since then he has build the company into a $3bn IT and business process outsourcing giant that has given the major... [12 Oct 2007]
The rise and rise of the Asian tech empire
AS Analysis He's up from 40 in last year's poll and for the first time seems to have put some distance between himself and the well-known leaders of TCS and Wipro, the other two big Indian players, led by S Ramadorai and Azim Premji... [12 Oct 2007]
Indian tech execs ponder problems ahead
News This means the Indian model will have to adapt, as Wipro chairman Azim Premji pointed out: "We have to move away from the concept that we are a low-cost destination to a destination that gives huge value at a cost... [26 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 14: Bar-hopping in Bangalore
Comment Thousands of Wipro staff are watching the action and, as we take our seats, company chairman Azim Premji arrives and I'm surprised to see a good number of employees thronging around the side of the VIP box, trying to get... [17 Mar 2007]
Q&A: Wipro chairman and managing director Azim Premji
Comment Azim Premji is chairman and managing director of Indian tech giant Wipro. Premji: The forecast from Nasscom is that the industry going forward over four to five years will grow at about 28 per cent a year. [07 Nov 2006]
Wipro chief - Indian companies heading for the top
News As Indian services companies look at bigger deals and more complex consultancy, while traditional services companies expand their Indian presence, the "demarcation lines" between them will vanish, said Azim Premji... [07 Nov 2006]
Wipro: India will increase its share of the R&D pie
News Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, said at the Future in Review conference in Coronado, California on Monday: "The US will graduate more sports therapists this year than engineers. Software services still account for the... [16 May 2006]
Leader: Agenda Setters 2005 - return of the dot-coms
Leader The big Indian IT services companies are represented: TCS' Ramadorai (22), Infosys' Murthy (37) and Wipro's Premji (41). Once again the silicon.com Agenda Setters poll of tech's most influential individuals highlights a... [27 Sep 2005]
Leader: Agenda Setters 2005 - return of the dot-coms
AS Analysis The big Indian IT services companies are represented: TCS' Ramadorai (22), Infosys' Murthy (37) and Wipro's Premji (41). Once again the silicon.com Agenda Setters poll of tech's most influential individuals highlights a... [26 Sep 2005]
The east Asia story
AS Analysis TCS CEO S Ramadorai dropped two places to 22 from last year, while Azim Premji, chairman and MD at Wipro, slipped six places to 41.Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy is a new entry at number 37. Indian players still... [26 Sep 2005]
