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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 thousands extra skilled migrant...

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[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 objective would be to have our people force in...

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[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.

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[18 Mar 2008]

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 effective price.

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[26 Mar 2007]

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 chairman and managing director of...

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[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 largest percentage of Wipro's...

Tags: r&d, wipro, india

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[16 May 2006]

Top execs quit Indian offshore outsourcer Wipro

News Speculation in India suggests Wipro chairman Azim Premji's son may now join the board. Paul has admitted to disagreements with Premji but said this was not the reason he decided to quit. Indian offshore outsourcing giant Wipro has lost two of its...

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[01 Jul 2005]

Microsoft strengthens Indian ties

News In the second deal India's number two IT company Wipro announced some key outcomes of its existing five-year partnership with Microsoft after a meeting between its chairman Azim Premji and Ballmer. The partnerships highlight the growing impact the...

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[19 Nov 2004]

Wipro beats analyst pessimism

News Wipro founder and chairman, Azim Premji, praised his firm's productivity. Indian software giant Wipro has posted second quarter results well above analyst expectations as net profit rose 38 per cent on the same period last year to $44m.

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[22 Oct 2001]