Azim Premji

About Azim Premji

Azim Premji is a leading Indian businessman and the Chairman of Wipro Limited.

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Azim Premji to train UK engineering students in Bangalore
Azim Premji, chairman of one of India's largest IT services firms, Wipro, has offered to train British students in IT, engineering and software development in Bangalore.

Open Letter II to our Leaders
Mr Jamshyd Godrej, Justice Sam Variava, Prof M Narasimham, Mr Yezdi Malegam, Ms Anu Aga, Dr A Vaidyanathan, Dr Bimal Jalan, Mr Keshub Mahindra, Mr Deepak Parekh, Mr N Vaghul, Mr Azim Premji, Mr Nachiket Mor, Justice B N Srikrishna and Dr Ashok Ganguly, are a small group of like-minded citizens who are concerned with the state of affairs of the nation

Tejas Networks CEO & MD, Mr. Sanjay Nayak Wins ELCINA – EFY 'Electronics Man of the Year' Award
Tejas Networks, a leader in next-generation optical networking products, announced today that Mr. Sanjay Nayak, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, has been awarded the ‘Electronics Man of the Year’ Award for 2010-11 by ELCINA, Electronic Industries Association of India. Mr. Sanjay Nayak received the award from Dr. R

President Patil confers Padma awards on 64 eminent personalities
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil conferred the nation's prestigious civilian Padma Awards to 64 eminent personalities from various fields here today.

Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates Join Business Leaders and Philanthropists
Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates met with India’s business and philanthropy leaders today to learn about philanthropy directly from them and to discuss their own enthusiasm for the work of philanthropy. “India has a remarkable tradition of giving, said Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and chairman of Microsoft

TERI Acquires WIPRO’s Supercomputer to enhance Climate Modeling Capabilities
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as a premier institute working on climate change issues has acquired the latest state-of-the-art supercomputer from WIPRO, to address the gaps and develop a better understanding of climate variability and climate change at different spatial and temporal scales

Lakshmi Mittal replaces Mukesh Ambani as world's richest Indian
Steel Tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has clinched the title of the world's richest Indian from Reliance Industries' chief Mukesh Ambani.

VVS Laxman, Sushil Kumar amongst 128 Padma awardees
Indian batsman VVS Laxman, shooter Gagan Narang, wrestler Sushil Kumar and movie stars Tabu, Kajol and Irrfan Khan and singer Usha Uthup are among 84 personalities awarded with the Padma Shri.

T K Kurien to Lead Wipro’s IT Business
Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced the appointment of T K Kurien as the Chief Executive Officer of the Information Technology business and Executive Director of the company. Girish Paranjpe and Suresh Vaswani, the current Joint CEOs of the IT business have decided to step down from their responsibilities effective February 1, 2011. Acknowledging their contribution, Mr

An Open Letter to our Leaders
Mr Jamshyd Godrej, Justice Sam Variava, Prof

Nadar, Premji and Vivek in Forbes Asia's heroes of philanthropy list
Indian business tycoons Shiv Nadar and Azim Premji have made into Forbes Asia's Heroes of Philanthropy list for providing poor children access to education, which has been a top priority for other philanthropists from the country as well.

ISI chief holds 17th position in Time's 100 most influential people list
Pakistan's premier spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief, Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, has been ranked at the 17th position on Time's 2011 list of 100 most influential people in the world.

Azim Premji to transfer two billion to trust supporting education
Azim Premji, chairman of India's third largest IT services firm, Wipro, will transfer Rs 8,846 crore (two billion rupees) equity shares of the company to a trust controlled by him, which will use the money for charitable causes.