The customer is a remarkably selfish person: He takes the relationship to where the execution is in his favor. - Azim Premji 1 Share Now -
Colleges produce more sports therapists than engineers. Perhaps because America is a sporty country: a lot of outdoors. - Azim Premji 2 Share Now -
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. - Azim Premji 3 Share Now -
The job of nation building, the job of nation leadership in a difficult, complex coalition has worked. - Azim Premji 4 Share Now -
The principal challenge we face is to go up the value- and domain-skill chain and build a strong consultancy front end and, also, to globalize our leadership much more. - Azim Premji 6 Share Now -
People have to take control of their own lives. Education is key because it also raises other social indicators like healthcare. - Azim Premji 7 Share Now -
There's a reasonable amount of traction in college education, particularly engineering, because quite a lot of that is privatized, so there is an incentive to set up new colleges of reasonably high quality. - Azim Premji 8 Share Now -
It is the strength of our culture that we can have Sonia Gandhi, who is Catholic, a Sikh prime minister, and a Muslim president. - Azim Premji 9 Share Now -
There are three lessons in philanthropy - one, involve the family, especially the spouse. She can be a remarkable driver of your initiative. Two, you need to build an institution, and you need to scale it up. Choose a leader for philanthropy whom you trust. Three, philanthropy needs patience, tenacity and time. - Azim Premji 10 Share Now -
