Azim Premji is an Indian business tycoon and philanthropist who is the chairman of Wipro Limited. He has transformed Wipro into one of the largest Indian companies in software industry. Premji is the 3rd wealthiest Indian and 41st richest person in the world, with a personal wealth of $12.2 billion. He has donated $2 billion to establish the Azim Premji Foundation and University to contribute towards quality universal education in India. Premji believes that those privileged with wealth should contribute to create a better world for the less privileged.

1. D A DIPLOMA ENNG & TECHNOLOGY
CPD
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
CHAPTER :- 4.2
2nd sem
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

3. Project Goal : To learn about a Contributor’s Vision of
his/her Career.
The Contributor’s Vision of Career….
From
Acquisitive Career
To
Contributive Career..

5. Swami Vivekananda says:
“Your career is an opportunity to
make a huge difference to
yourself and to the World at
large.”
Swami Vivekananda believed that
“Career” does not mean begging
for employment or seeking
to be gainfully occupied. To him,
“Career” meant an opportunity
for each one of us to embark
upon a glorious journey of mighty
contribution - to oneself, to our
community, to our nation,
and even to the world at large.

6. Project Goal : To learn about a Contributor’s Vision of
his/her Career.
• I would define Career and Life Vision as simply this:
To be able to see your work and career - what you
do and where you do it - in a way that is
PERSONALLY meaningful, stimulating, inspiring
and fulfilling with who you are.
• The key word in this definition is “Personally.” It's
all about what you find important and relevant.
Caring about what others think about you and your
vision is one of the greatest roadblocks to defining
your vision.

7. • Imagination is the power which takes a lay-man
from a common position to a Extreme position.
• Ideas - Images are Important because they come
from your complete consciousness, not just what
your mind says or what others says, is important.
• The same thing happened with my Role Model,
AZIM PREMJI.

8. Great Contributor – Azim Premji
• Azim Hashim Premji
(born 24 July 1945) is an
Indian business tycoon and
philanthropist who is the
Chairman of Wipro Limited,
guiding the company
through four decades of
diversification and growth
to emerge as one of the
Indian leaders in the
Software Industry.

9. • This well-known
Personality is…
▫ 3rd
WEALTHIEST
INDIAN..
▫ 41st RICHEST IN
THE WORLD..
▫ Having Personal
Wealth of $12.2
BILLION in
2012..

10. • In 2000, 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.(2004 &
2011)
• Premji owns 79 percent of Wipro
and also owns a private equity
fund, PremjiInvest, which
manages his $1 billion personal
portfolio.

11. • Azim Premji was born into a Gujarati
Khoja Nizari Ismaili family and has a
BSEE degree (eq. to BE degree in
Electrical Engg.) from Stanford
University, USA.
• Premji has been recognised by
Business Week as one of the Greatest
Entrepreneurs for being responsible
for Wipro emerging as one of the
World’s fastest growing companies.

12. Achievements.
• In 2000, he was conferred an
honorary doctorate by the
Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
• In 2005, the government of India
honoured him with the title of
Padma Bhushan for his outstanding
work in trade and commerce.
• In 2006, Azim Premji was awarded Lakshya Business Visionary
by National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai.
• He was awarded Hon. (D.Litt.), an honorary degree, from the Aligarh
Muslim University on 18 June 2008 on the occasion of 58th
Convocation Ceremony of the University.
• In 2011, he has been awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest
civilian award by the Government of India.

13. Philanthropy -
Azim Premji Foundation and University
• In 2001, he founded Azim
Premji Foundation, a non-profit
organization, with a vision to
significantly contribute to
achieving quality universal
education that facilitates a just,
equitable, humane and
sustainable society.
• In December 2010, he pledged
to donate $2 billion for
improving school education in
India. This has been done by
transferring 213 million equity
shares of Wipro Ltd, held by a
few entities controlled by him,
to the Azim Premji Trust. This
donation is the largest of its
kind in India.

14. • "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"--- Azim Premji
• Azim Premji has become the first Indian to sign up for the Giving
Pledge, a campaign led by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, to
encourage the wealthiest people to make a commitment to give most
of their wealth to philanthropic causes.

16. • So, as to conclude, he created opportunities for himself
by imaging himself at his extreme level from very young
age.
• When Azim Premji took over as its chairman, Wipro dealt
in hydrogenated cooking fats and later diversified to
bakery fats, ethnic ingredient based toiletries, hair care
soaps, baby toiletries, lighting products, and hydraulic
cylinders. Thereafter Premji made a focused shift from
soaps to software. In the 80s Wipro diversified into IT.