The document summarizes the journey of Azim Premji from taking over his father's small vegetable oil company in 1966 to transforming it into a global software company. It details how Premji had no business experience but was determined to prove wrong a shareholder who said he would run the company to the ground. Through hard work and an empowerment strategy, Premji grew the company and eventually earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Stanford in 2000, transforming from a vegetable oil mill into a global software powerhouse.

1. “ THE MAN WHO COULD CONVERT THE OIL MILL INTO A SOFTWARE ”

2. Origination Turning point Myth Conclusion References

3. Started:- 1947 Company Name:-Western India Vegetable Products. God Father :- Mohamed Husain Hasham Premj. Place :-Amalner in Maharashtra Company business:- Turning the local groundnuts into vnaspati which is choice of Indian kitchen

4. In 1966 Reason :- when his father died of heart attack at the age of 51 , Difficulty :-Azim Premji had to leave my education two quarters incomplete. The circumstances demanded it. he had to take care of the company. The company was dealing with a personal loss, he was also trying to take charge of a role for which he had no training, no experience, no preparation and no demonstrated strengths. In 1980 The company started known by a name ACRONYM Later its name changes to a new brand name that is WIPRO Wipro made a significant entry into Bangalore from their premji was famous by a man who first led India's charge into knowledge economy by entering in computer business soon after the IBM was forced to leave in 1979from their Wipro to achieve software superpower status

6. In the very first AGM, there was a shareholder, who said that he didn’t trust my ability to run the company. He said that if I were running the company, I could only run it to the ground. In hindsight, perhaps he had good reason to say what he did, because indeed I was very young and with no experience in business. (At that time, my need was to dye my hair white to look older). But for me at that point in time, his statement was a challenge. A challenge that consumed me in many senses. I made up my mind that I will prove him wrong, and with each passing day my resolve only increased. With each difficulty that I faced, my determination only grew .

7. Premji adopted empower strategy with various heads of division and groups of companies and prepare their own business plans. Due to his clear visibility finally he obtained a bachelor degree in electrical engineering from Stanford in September 2000for this he cleared two major terms in six month and picked up the required 22 credits under the guidance of Stanford professor.

8. Organizational behavior by suja r Nair. Letter from Azimji premji circulated by Wipro