Azim Premji Quotes
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I strongly believe that those of us who are privileged to have wealth should contribute significantly to try and create a better world for the millions who are far less privileged.
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Technical people tend to be more 'techie,' and management people are more 'managerial.'
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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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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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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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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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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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People are realistic enough to appreciate what the market values of different people are.
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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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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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You cannot mandate philanthropy. It has to come from within, and when it does, it is deeply satisfying.
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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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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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You cannot underestimate the value of luck in success in life. And I've really learned to appreciate that.
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You cannot get into business for the fashion of it.
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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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The job of nation building, the job of nation leadership in a difficult, complex coalition has worked.
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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.
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We understand how to build and manage businesses that involve technology, engineering, and people at a large scale on a global platform.
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Excellence is a great starting point for any new organisation but also an unending journey.
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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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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.