Education sector experts agree that using the "best technology" was essential to ensure students did not have to sit for an examination all over again because of a question paper leak.
Since his low-key entry into Wipro five years ago, Rishad Premji is being carefully groomed to lead the company one day. Indulekha Aravind on the man who could succeed Azim Premji.
India's cash-rich promoters are not the same as the wealthiest. For example, Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian based on his stake in Reliance Industries, followed by Premji, the Adani family of the Adani group, and Radhakishan Damani of Avenue Supermarts.
'... to see that young people are gainfully employed. After that, it will become very difficult as we will start ageing much more rapidly.' 'We have a huge proportion of Gen Z. After 2030, every year, we will start seeing a gradual shift towards a slightly older society.'
'It could be in IT, it could be in administration, it could be in legal, it could be in technical services, but entry level jobs are rapidly disappearing because AI is taking them over.' 'So, the big question what would happen if the bottom rung of the ladder is removed?'
Azim Premji, chairman of IT major Wipro, was conferred the highest French civilian honour for his outstanding contribution to developing the information technology industry in India, his economic outreach in France, and his laudable contribution to society as a philanthropist through the Azim Premji Foundation and Azim Premji University
In what is seen by many as a succession plan, Rishad Premji, eldest son of Wipro Ltd chairman Azim Premji, has joined the IT and FMCG major as a business development manager in a low-profile entry.
Digital, cloud, engineering services, and cybersecurity will drive Wipro's growth. 'Based on approval from the board, we have decided to step up our investments significantly in these four big bets,' Premji said in his last address as executive chairman.
The Azim Premji Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation under whose aegis it is being set up, said on Wednesday the university would launch three courses in the first year of operation, to begin this July.
The voting rights with the promoter will ensure the interests of the promoter family as well as minority shareholders are protected in future, said corporate governance advocates and corporate lawyers.
IT czar Azim Premji has given away almost half of his stakeholding in Wipro, India's third largest exporter of software services, to philanthropy.
To have at least one demonstration school in every district.
A consortium led by the Aditya Birla Group emerged the lead bidder to acquire IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru for a whopping Aditya Birla Group-Led Consortium Acquire IPL Champions RCB for Rs Rs 16,660 crore.
Premji met Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and expressed his intentions to work with the state government in this regard.
Wipro said on Thursday that Azim Premji's son Rishad, chief strategy officer and member of the board, will take over as the executive chairman. Azim Premji, however, will continue to serve on the board as non-executive director and founder chairman.
'Wipro's challenge is not lack of ideas. In fact, some of its recent structural moves are arguably bolder than peers.' 'The problem is proving it can operationalise these bets faster and more consistently.'
Less than half of all graduates were employed, with 48.8 per cent reporting some form of work.
The business tycoon, who is also the Chairman of Azim Premji Foundation, has donated 8.7 per cent of the total stock of Wipro from his personal stock-holding for philanthropy in 2010.
India's new manufacturing project announcements more than halved in the fourth quarter of FY26, falling 60 per cent sequentially and 78 per cent year-on-year to approximately 1.7 trillion, driven by global uncertainties, geopolitical conflicts in West Asia, and existing unutilised manufacturing capacity.
The Azim Premji Foundation has emerged as a major player in school education across the country.
Wipro founder chairman Azim Premji on Monday said the pandemic has been a "magnifying glass" for structural inequities and injustices that exclude millions of citizens from a life of basic dignity, and has made clear the fundamental role of public systems.
Tech tycoon Azim Premji's global investment arm, Manipal Group Chief Ranjan Pai's family office and 360 ONE Asset have sought approval from fair trade regulator CCI to acquire stakes in domestic carrier Akasa Air's parent company SNV Aviation. "The proposed transaction involves the acquisition of certain shareholding by each of PIOF, Claypond and 360 Fund (through its various schemes and affiliates) in Akasa Air," said a notice filed with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Wednesday.
The 2025 contraction marks the steepest decline in both the number of billionaire promoters and their aggregate wealth since 2012.
Azim Premji that the company is looking at fiscal 2009 with cautious optimism, given the rapidly changing market situation which has a bearing on its immediate business dynamics. Wipro is also bullish on its India and Middle East geographies to deliver turbocharged growth riding on the investments in these markets. Girish Paranjpe said most of its clients are expected to spend more on IT in the second half of the current calendar year compared to the first one.
Wipro Limited Chairman Azim Premji on Wednesday made a veiled criticism on the Karnataka government's failure to develop the state's infrastructure but sought to steer clear of making any controversial statement.
He is understood to have been promoted as a vice president,while he would continue in his present role as chief strategy officer.
Wipro chairman Azim Premji on Thursday stressed that organisations focused on quality should tune their systems and processes towards achieving the objective as any inconsistency could result in failure.
PremjiInvest has invested close to $20 million in the hospital chain in the last three years.
Wipro chief Azim Premji has asked the Karnataka government to raise professional tax levied on employees in the sector and review the move to hike the tax on IT products and services.
Wipro Chairman Azim Premji on Wednesday defended the United States' moves to fingerprint and photograph foreign nationals entering the country.
In the second half of July this year, when Rishad Premji, the eldest son of Wipro Chairman Azim Premji, joins the company as a business manager, Pratik Kumar, executive vice president-HR will have a tough time.
Azim Premji, Wipro chairman-cum-managing director, has been conferred with Sir Jehangir Ghandy medal for his outstanding contribution to industrial and social peace.
An analyst who participated in the call, on the condition of anonymity, quoted Premji as saying, "The government has to act now; there is a need for regulatory changes.
Family office basically caters to the investment - financial and non-financial - needs of a family and its members.
Wipro chairman Azim Premzi' son will soon join the country's third largest software exporter.
Bengaluru-headquartered Wipro has decided to elevate Chairman Azim Premji's elder son Rishad as the chief strategy officer (CSO) of its information technology (IT) business from January 1, 2011.
Wipro Corporation Chairman Azim Premji on Monday warned the business community to be prepared to face more shocks similar to the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US.
