Azim Premji

Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education. ”

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. ”

It is the strength of our culture that we can have Sonia Gandhi, who is Catholic, a Sikh prime minister, and a Muslim president. ”

I think the most important reason for our success is that very early in our quest into globalisation, we invested in people - and we have done that consistently and particularly in the service business. ”

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 up running the company and the son is actively involved in running the company, and there is division of responsibilities. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I feel that business leaders with their ability to create businesses, with their ability to scale, need to play an important role in social service. ”

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

Western companies want access to Indian talent. That is why they outsource; that is why they come to India to set up base. ”