The West is not producing enough engineers.

I think the most important reason for our success is that very early in our quest into globalisation, we invested in people - and we have done that consistently and particularly in the service business.

You have students in America, in Britain, who do not want to be engineers. Perhaps it is the workload, I studied engineering, and I know what a grind it is.

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.

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.

It is the strength of our culture that we can have Sonia Gandhi, who is Catholic, a Sikh prime minister, and a Muslim president.

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

We get first-rate faculty members from the leading engineering and science institutes to train our people.

Technical people tend to be more 'techie,' and management people are more 'managerial.'

I am particularly interested in primary education because the state of affairs in primary education in this country is a cause for concern.

You need a commitment which is long term and a commitment to leadership, because that's the only way you build excellence.

You can do clean business in India.

Saudi Arabia has proved to be the growth engine for Wipro.

We are partners to leading organizations across industries and have delivered marquee and transformational programs.

I inherited the company from my father after he died very unexpectedly from a heart attack in 1966. He was just 51 years old, and I was 21.

Private sector cannot substitute the role of the government in primary education.

The job of nation building, the job of nation leadership in a difficult, complex coalition has worked.

I don't think being a Muslim or being a non-Muslim has been an advantage or disadvantage.

People are realistic enough to appreciate what the market values of different people are.