Our managers need to have a strong integration of managerial skills and technical understanding. One cannot substitute for the other.
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 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.
Parents realize their wealth should be used for social good rather than children's good.
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.
This whole issue of Hindu-Muslim in India is completely overhyped.
If there are differences of views or divergence of ideas, they can be resolved through discussion and dialogue.
You cannot get into business for the fashion of it.
Frankly, I don't know how many companies there are, globally, which are truly global.
Wipro Arabia is a joint venture company with Dar Al Riyadh, a well-diversified group in Saudi Arabia.
We entered the global market only in the end-'80s, and that was because imports became more liberal.
I feel that business leaders with their ability to create businesses, with their ability to scale, need to play an important role in social service.