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About Azim Premji

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

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Buoyant stock market, economy doubles billionaires in India
The Forbes Rich List has revealed that a buoyant stock market and a still-robust economy have almost doubled the number of billionaires in India. ANI

Mukesh Ambani tops Forbes India rich list
A rebounding stock market that gained two-thirds in the past year and an economy growing at six percent have boosted the net worth of Indias richest people, according to the latest Forbes India rich list. ANI

Mukesh Ambani tops Forbes India rich list
The head of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani, is once again the wealthiest person in India. His net worth is put at 32 billion dollars, an increase of 54 percent from nearly 21 billion dollars last year, according to the latest Forbes India Rich List. ANI

Wipro buys some Yardley operations for 45.5 mln dollars
Wipro Ltd has acquired some businesses of Yardley for about 45.5 million dollars from British personal care company Lornamead to boost its consumer care units presence in the overseas markets. ANI

Wipro results round out strong Indian tech earnings
Wipro Limited, Indias No.3 software services exporter, robust outlook fuelled optimism is a result of overseas clients boosting its orders in an improved economic environment. ANI

Wipro successfully adapting to global meltdown
Wipro chairman Azim Premji said on Wednesday that they are adapting successfully to the global meltdown. ANI

Clinton for stronger economic, diplomatic ties with India
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton describing India as a force of positive change, pushed for stronger economic and diplomatic ties between the Washington and New Delhi. ANI

Azim Premji asks IT sector to not fall into India Advantage trap
Wipro chief Azim Premji has asked the Indian IT industry to get ready to face the global competition, and not fall into a mind trap of India Advantage. ANI

Honeywell sees growth in India despite recession
Diversified U.S. manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. sees more growth in India on growing demand for its products and services despite a global economic downturn. ANI

Wipro reports four percent rise in profits
Wipro Limited, ranked third among Indias IT outsourcing companies, beat all expectations with a four percent rise in profit and consequently boosts its shares, to a six-month high. ANI

Steel baron Mittal, Ambani brothers among Forbes top-ten super-rich
Twenty-four Indians have made it into the Forbes magazines list of Worlds Richest with Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal in fourth place. ANI

Wipro Q3 up nine percent
Indian No.3 outsourcer Wipro Ltd met expectations with an 8.7 percent rise in quarterly profit, but gave a downbeat outlook as its Westernlients clamoured for lower prices, sending its shares down. ANI

President Patil launches national teachers portal
President Pratibha Patil launched a national portal for teachers (www.teachersofindia.org) here today on the occasion of Teachers Day. ANI

President Patil to launch a national portal for teachers
President Pratibha Patil will launch a national portal for teachers here today on the occasion of Teachers Day. ANI

Wipro posts Rs 908 Crore net
Contrary to expectations the Indian IT major Wipro Limited headquartered in Bangalore has posted a net profit of Rs. 908 crore for the first quarter ended June 30. ANI

Wipro launches WoW initiative on International Womens Day
Its time for yet another WoW, from Wipro, through its launch of its Women of Wipro (WoW) initiative, coinciding with the international Womens Day. ANI

Ambani brothers, Mittal among worlds wealthiest CEOs: Forbes
Steel baron L N Mittal and Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, are among the top 10 wealthiest Chief Executive Officers (CEO) in the world, the Forbes magazine has revealed. ANI

Chidambaram to lead 80-member team to Davos meet
An 80-member strong Indian delegation from CII will participate in the World Economic Forums Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from January 23 to 27, 2008. ANI

Dollar plunging more than Mallikas neckline
No seriously, how much lower will the dollar go? Its gone lower beyond Mallikas neckline and even Rakhi Sawants décolletage seems nun-like proper in comparison to this plunge. Is that how low it goes or will it plunge further? ANI

Winners of first Applied Innovation Awards announced
-Business Wire IndiaThe International Association of Outsourcing professionals (IAOP), the IT Association of America (ITAA) and Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), announced the winners of the first Applied Innovation Awards for Business Excellence at a glittering awards event in New York. ANI

U.S. Treasury Secretary to attend FORTUNE Global Forum 2007
-Business Wire IndiaU.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., and New York Times columnist and author of The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman, are confirmed to speak at the worlds premier summit for chief executives, The FORTUNE Global Forum. ANI

Wipros net profit up by 17 percent
Indian IT major Wipro Limited has posted a net profit of Rs 7.3 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal 2007-08, registering a growth of 17 percent. ANI

Mr. Azim Premji launches Jalebi Management in Bangalore
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