Azim Premji Quotes

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Azim Premji

Profession : Businessman

Birth : July 24, 1945

I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders.

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We entered the global market only in the end-'80s, and that was because imports became more liberal.

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You cannot have a society where you spend more than you earn. I mean, it's just fundamentally not viable in the long run.

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Ecology and economy are becoming inextricably entwined, and the world is becoming more conscious of this fact.

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Frankly, I don't know how many companies there are, globally, which are truly global.

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Our experience is that it is not terribly difficult to do business in China. But the issue is, how much stability do you have in terms of what you negotiate up front and when you've got your feet and your investments on the ground.

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Saudi Arabia has proved to be the growth engine for Wipro.

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Colleges produce more sports therapists than engineers. Perhaps because America is a sporty country: a lot of outdoors.

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Wipro Arabia is a joint venture company with Dar Al Riyadh, a well-diversified group in Saudi Arabia.

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You can do clean business in India.

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We believe that two people who have worked together for more than 10 years and been in the company for more than 15 years would be able to work very well as a team.

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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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I am particularly interested in primary education because the state of affairs in primary education in this country is a cause for concern.

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We are partners to leading organizations across industries and have delivered marquee and transformational programs.

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People are beginning to realize that education is power, that education is money, that education is an opportunity.

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The customer is a remarkably selfish person: He takes the relationship to where the execution is in his favor.

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Customers are now driven by trying to optimize value.

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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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The old boys' club of closed tennis court relationships is on the way out.

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In any software work, you have IT consultancy competence required to build the systems.

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