I can't have my employees sitting in traffic when they should be in the office. Spending two-and-half hours in the car is a huge waste of productive time.
People are realistic enough to appreciate what the market values of different people are.
The old boys' club of closed tennis court relationships is on the way out.
I have always felt intuitively that somehow such wealth cannot be the privy of any one person or any one family.
I have never had the need or thrill for being wealthy.
Talent is in short supply everywhere. At Wipro, we are training nonengineers to be engineers.
We've always seen ourselves as Indian. We've never seen ourselves as Hindus or Muslims or Christians or Buddhists.
Certain product lines are more suited to be manufactured in proximity with the customer, while others are more suitable to be manufactured in India.
There are 600 districts in India. Every district in India has a teacher-training institute.
The concept of the strong linkage to the family is breaking down in Western nations.
People have to take control of their own lives. Education is key because it also raises other social indicators like healthcare.
Colleges produce more sports therapists than engineers. Perhaps because America is a sporty country: a lot of outdoors.
Over these years, I have irrevocably transferred a significant part of the shareholding in Wipro, amounting to 39% of the shares of Wipro, to a trust.
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
I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders.
The U.S. is a complex country. It has a high predominance of immigrants who have been eminently successful.
Excellence can be as strong a uniting force as solid vision.
Customers are now driven by trying to optimize value.
Our managers need to have a strong integration of managerial skills and technical understanding. One cannot substitute for the other.