Download - Life of Azim premji
He was born on July 24, 1945 in Karachi
He completed his Initial education at St. Mary's School, Mumbai and later on went to study Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, USA
He left his engineering studies and took over the
leadership at the age of 21 due to sudden demise of his
father
HE SAYS…
I strongly believe that those of us, who are privileged to have wealth, should contribute significantly to try and create a better world for the millions who are far less privileged”.
HE IS ONE AND ONLY
AZIM PREMJI
In 1980, the name was changed from Wipro Products Limited to Wipro Limited
He diversified the company to bakery fats, toiletries, soaps,
baby toiletries, lighting products and hydraulic
cylinders
In 1988
In the 1990 , he recognizing the importance of the emerging IT field
and started manufacturing minicomputers , hardware,
Software development
Azim Premji made a focused shift from Soaps to Software
His fantastic move resulted a 1.5 million company in
hydrogenated cooking fats grew to an over
$6 billion company within a few decades.
Wipro became the world first company to
assesed SEI-CMM Level 5
IN 1998
Wipro got listed on New York Stock
Exchange
In 2000
Wipro became the first software technology and
services company in India to be certified for ISO 14001 certification
IN 2002
Wipro also became the world’s first company to win
PCMM Level 5 certification.
IN 2002
In 2002 Wipro Entered the BPO business.
In 2008 Wipro Entered the Eco-energy business.
Wipro was emerging as one of the world’s
fastest growing companies
He drives a Toyota Corolla and flies in economy class, prefers
to stay in company guest houses and even served food on
paper plates at a lunch honoring his son's wedding.
SIMPLE LIVING HIGH THINKING
In 2001, he founded Azim Premji Foundation, a non-profit organization, with a vision to contribute to achieving quality education that facilitates a equitable, humane and sustainable society.
The Foundation works in the area of education for systemic change in India's
1.3 million government-run schools
FOUNDATION FUNCTIONS ACROSS KARNATAKA,
UTTARAKHAND, RAJASTHAN, CHHATTISGARH,
PONDICHERRY, ANDHRA PRADESH, BIHAR AND MADHYA
PRADESH, IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH VARIOUS STATE GOVERNMENTS
In 2000, he was conferred an
honorary doctorate by Manipal Academy of
Higher Education
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
In 2005, the Government of India honored him with the
title of Padma Bhushan
In 2006 He was awarded
Lakshya Business Visionary by
National Institute of Industrial Engineering
In 2009, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from
Wesleyan University for his outstanding
philanthropic work.
In 2011, he has been awarded Padma Vibhushan
the second highest civilian award by the Government of India
In 2013, he was awarded the Asian Business Leaders Award
for his impulsive Business credentials and service to society.
To be able to predict the future and rightly predict it is what differentiates smart managers from managers.
He lives in a 1700sq.ft flat but he provided shelter to children's in more than
13 states.
He drives Toyota CorollaBut his humanity drived career of
more than 25,00,000 students.
He dropped out from
Stanford University at the age of 21
But fulfilled his dreams by providing Pedagogic and
Academic support to more than
16,000 schools.
He sometimes skip his lunch but
he provides free food to
Millions of children's everyday
In a country like India where more than
6crore people are unemployed
He provided employment to 1,47,216 people .
Every Indian should be proud of Azim Premji
who donated 8846 crore for education in India.
HE SAYS…
BE RICHNOT ONLY BY MONEYBUT ALSO BY HEART
It was a real pleasure to understand the person and the contribution that he has made for India
CREATED BY
RONAK NITIN MODI