Azim Premji Quotes
As an advisor, I can say what I want. If I were a politician, I would constantly have to compromise, and I'm incapable of doing that.
Premji, Azim. Interview by Shekhar Gupta. Walk the Talk, NDTV, 2005.
This was an invitation to Snell to the “Front Bench.” This refers to the upholstered benches of Parliament where the members sit. The Front Bench for each party is reserved for the senior party officials and loyalists. The tradition is however, that Front Benchers have to support and defend the party on all things and must adhere to and vote with the party line. Backbenchers have more freedom and autonomy.
Prevented by the Military from ever taking office. Although she won the Presidency overwhelmingly, the military refused to let her take office and established a right-wing military dictatorship holding her in house arrest for decades.
Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian business tycoon, investor, engineer, and philanthropist, who was the chairman of Wipro Limited. Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founder chairman. He is informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry. He was responsible for guiding Wipro through four decades of diversification and growth, to finally emerge as one of the global leaders in the software industry. In 2010, he was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asiaweek. He has twice been listed among the 100 most influential people by TIME Magazine, once in 2004 and more recently in 2011. For years, he has been regularly listed one among the 500 Most Influential Muslims of the world.
