Azim Premji Quotes
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It is the strength of our culture that we can have Sonia Gandhi, who is Catholic, a Sikh prime minister, and a Muslim president.
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When you are under pressure, you make the bold steps faster; you don't make the bold steps slower.
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The test of our social commitment and humanity is how we treat the most powerless of our fellow citizens, the respect we accord to our fellow human beings. That is what reveals our true culture.
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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.
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Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realms of inspiration.
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You must get engaged with people who are far less privileged than you. I think you must devote your time if not your resources... Because it is very, very important from the point of view of the development of our country.
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The three ordinary things that we often don't pay enough attention to, but which I believe are the drivers of all success, are hard work, perseverance, and basic honesty.
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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.
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To have strongly integrated managers who have a deep understanding of technology is a rare and difficult combination to build. You have to invest a lot in selecting and training these people.
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I inherited the company from my father after he died very unexpectedly from a heart attack in 1966. He was just 51 years old, and I was 21.
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People are realistic enough to appreciate what the market values of different people are.
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The job of nation building, the job of nation leadership in a difficult, complex coalition has worked.
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You cannot underestimate the value of luck in success in life. And I've really learned to appreciate that.
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Over these years, I have irrevocably transferred a significant part of the shareholding in Wipro, amounting to 39% of the shares of Wipro, to a trust.
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What we are doing is we are putting in significant training into the people we have currently to upgrade their skill resources, upgrade the presentation resources, and upgrade what we expect from them in terms of not business as usual.
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You cannot mandate philanthropy. It has to come from within, and when it does, it is deeply satisfying.
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We've always seen ourselves as Indian. We've never seen ourselves as Hindus or Muslims or Christians or Buddhists.
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You cannot get into business for the fashion of it.
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Excellence is a great starting point for any new organisation but also an unending journey.
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The importance of this success of Wipro has become manifold more, because it's the success of Wipro that enables the possibility of making a difference to some of the most disadvantaged people in the world.
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The important thing about outsourcing or global sourcing is that it becomes a very powerful tool to leverage talent, improve productivity and reduce work cycles.
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You have students in America, in Britain, who do not want to be engineers. Perhaps it is the workload, I studied engineering, and I know what a grind it is.
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People have to take control of their own lives. Education is key because it also raises other social indicators like healthcare.
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Certain product lines are more suited to be manufactured in proximity with the customer, while others are more suitable to be manufactured in India.