The test of our social commitment and humanity is how we treat the most powerless of our fellow citizens, the respect we accord to our fellow human beings. That is what reveals our true culture. – Azim Premji
People are beginning to realize that education is power, that education is money, that education is an opportunity. – Azim Premji
The U.S. is a complex country. It has a high predominance of immigrants who have been eminently successful. – Azim Premji
Certain product lines are more suited to be manufactured in proximity with the customer, while others are more suitable to be manufactured in India. – Azim Premji
The public/private partnerships are taking various forms in India. It is individuals who are socially oriented are setting up schools. They’re setting up colleges. They’re setting up universities. They’re setting up primary-education schools in the villages, particularly the villages their original families came from. – Azim Premji
Ecology and economy are becoming inextricably entwined, and the world is becoming more conscious of this fact. – Azim Premji
You cannot mandate philanthropy. It has to come from within, and when it does, it is deeply satisfying. – Azim Premji
People are realistic enough to appreciate what the market values of different people are. – Azim Premji
Even if a media of a TV is not available in a home, there’s this concept of community homes, where a reasonably well-off villager will have a TV – and a nice TV – and he’ll keep it outside the house in the evenings. – Azim Premji
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. – Azim Premji
Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realms of inspiration. – Azim Premji
The Indian community in Canada has integrated much better than the Indian community in United States. They’ve become really Canadian at the same time as keeping all their Indian characters and customs and social groups. – Azim Premji
When I took over the family business, it had already been a publicly traded company for 20 years. During one of the first annual meetings I attended, one shareholder stood up and advised me and everyone in attendance that I should resign. – Azim Premji
We’ve always seen ourselves as Indian. We’ve never seen ourselves as Hindus or Muslims or Christians or Buddhists. – Azim Premji
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
I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders. – Azim Premji
We understand how to build and manage businesses that involve technology, engineering, and people at a large scale on a global platform. – Azim Premji
Despite widely differing perspectives and agendas, there seems to be a remarkable global consensus that has built up over a fairly short period of time that climate change and ecology is one of the truly defining issues for humanity. – Azim Premji
Even if I was to give my children a small part of my wealth, it would be more than they can digest in many lifetimes. – Azim Premji
With the attention I got on my wealth, I thought I would have become a source of resentment, but it is just the other way around – it just generates that much more ambition in many people. – Azim Premji
A girl child who is even a little bit educated is more conscious of family planning, health care and, in turn, her children’s own education. – Azim Premji
If the United States wants access to Chinese, Indian or Vietnamese markets, we must get access to theirs. U.S. protectionism is very subtle but it is very much there. – Azim Premji
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. – Azim Premji
Colleges produce more sports therapists than engineers. Perhaps because America is a sporty country: a lot of outdoors. – Azim Premji
The job of nation building, the job of nation leadership in a difficult, complex coalition has worked. – Azim Premji
Wipro Arabia is a joint venture company with Dar Al Riyadh, a well-diversified group in Saudi Arabia. – Azim Premji