Azim Premji

I can't have my employees sitting in traffic when they should be in the office. Spending two-and-half hours in the car is a huge waste of productive time. ”

I was studying at Stanford University with two quarters left to go before receiving an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. Then, I got the telephone call from my mother. I had no choice. I went home, and I jumped into the company feet first, right from day one. There was no time to grieve my father. ”

I.B.M. was not really bringing their best technologies to India. They were dumping old machines in the country that had been thrown away in the rest of the world 10 years before. ”

You must get engaged with people who are far less privileged than you. I think you must devote your time if not your resources... Because it is very, very important from the point of view of the development of our country. ”

We understand how to build and manage businesses that involve technology, engineering, and people at a large scale on a global platform. ”

Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realms of inspiration. ”

The important thing about outsourcing or global sourcing is that it becomes a very powerful tool to leverage talent, improve productivity and reduce work cycles. ”

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. ”

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

The responsibility of philanthropy rests with us. The wealthier we are, the more powerful we get. We cannot put the entire onus on the government. ”