Azim Premji

We've always seen ourselves as Indian. We've never seen ourselves as Hindus or Muslims or Christians or Buddhists.

— Azim Premji

Success is achieved twice. Once in the mind and the second time in the real world.

— Azim Premji

Interestingly, many Indian companies where there's a father-and-son combination are being run as joint CEO organizations because the father has not given…

— Azim Premji

I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation which has created wealth to…

— Azim Premji

You have students in America, in Britain, who do not want to be engineers. Perhaps it is the workload, I studied engineering,…

— Azim Premji

The concept of the strong linkage to the family is breaking down in Western nations.

— Azim Premji

I strongly believe that those of us, who are privileged to have wealth, should contribute significantly to try and create a better…

— Azim Premji

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

— Azim Premji

The job of nation building, the job of nation leadership in a difficult, complex coalition has worked.

— Azim Premji

You cannot get into business for the fashion of it.

— Azim Premji

We get first-rate faculty members from the leading engineering and science institutes to train our people.

— Azim Premji

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

— Azim Premji

We believe that two people who have worked together for more than 10 years and been in the company for more than…

— Azim Premji

When the rate of change outside is more than what is inside, be sure that the end is near.

— Azim Premji

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

— Azim Premji

I don't think being a Muslim or being a non-Muslim has been an advantage or disadvantage.

— Azim Premji

The three ordinary things that we often don't pay enough attention to, but which I believe are the drivers of all success,…

— Azim Premji

Character is one factor that will guide all our actions and decisions. We invested in uncompromising integrity that helped us take difficult…

— Azim Premji

My company believes in hiring people based on merit.

— Azim Premji

The importance of this success of Wipro has become manifold more, because it's the success of Wipro that enables the possibility of…

— Azim Premji

Our business model is primarily that of consulting, engineering, system integration, and managed services.

— Azim Premji

The West is not producing enough engineers.

— Azim Premji

The Western world loves liberalisation, provided it doesn't affect them.

— Azim Premji

Despite widely differing perspectives and agendas, there seems to be a remarkable global consensus that has built up over a fairly short…

— Azim Premji

There's a reasonable amount of traction in college education, particularly engineering, because quite a lot of that is privatized, so there is…

— Azim Premji