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Opinion | Azim Premji saw education as way to bring about lasting social change

2 min read . 06 Apr 2019

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Opinion | Azim Premji, the embodiment of simple living and high thinking

2 min read . 06 Apr 2019

Azim Premji and his family together hold 4.22% in Wipro. (Reuters)

Azim Premji trusts get a share of his wealth, but not voting rights

2 min read . 19 Mar 2019

Azim Premji is the first Indian to sign the Giving Pledge, which gets the wealthy to give back most of their fortune to charity. (Bloomberg)

Azim Premji’s charitable trusts grow richer on dividends, share sales

3 min read . 18 Mar 2019

Azim Premji’s philanthropic contributions account for over 80% of all donations of ₹10 crore and above in India.

Azim Premji raises philanthropy bar with $21 billion total pledge

1 min read . 13 Mar 2019

Wipro's shares fell as much as 5% to ₹256 at day's low

Wipro shares fall nearly 5% after block deal

1 min read . 08 Mar 2019

Narayana Murthy started Catamaran Ventures with an initial corpus of $120 million as against Azim Premji who wrote a $1 billion cheque for PremjiInvest.

Narayana Murthy far behind Azim Premji in family office stakes

3 min read . 12 Feb 2019

P.C. Musthafa, CEO, iD Fresh Food India Pvt. Ltd. (Jithendra M/ Mint)

Premji-backed iD Fresh Food bets big on its coffee decoction biz

2 min read . 11 Feb 2019

Wipro startup investments help win 100 deals in 4 years

Wipro startup investments help win 100 deals in 4 years

2 min read . 05 Feb 2019

Earlier this year, the centre had announced the names of six institutions for the IoE status, three each from the private and government space. Photo: Hindustan Times

Azim Premji University, Shiv Nadar University, BHU and 15 others recommended for IoE status

2 min read . 07 Dec 2018

Mohit Gulati, managing general partner of ITI Growth Opportunities Venture Fund. The fund has already hit a first close with a sponsor commitment of ₹30 crore from the ITI group.

ITI group launches early-stage venture capital fund

2 min read . 02 Nov 2018

A job that does not provide adequate spending power is meaningless.

Opinion | Empirical knowledge needed for job creation

4 min read . 29 Oct 2018

According to the report, approximately, regular workers report monthly earnings of ₹13,562, while non-regular workers earn ₹5,853 per month. Photo: Mint

57% of regular Indian employees earn less than ₹10,000

1 min read . 26 Sep 2018

A file photo of Wipro chairman Azim Premji. Premji Invest is Azim Premji’s investment arm.

Premji Invest pumps ₹400 crore in Gold Plus Glass Industry

1 min read . 08 Aug 2018

Karnataka chief minister H. D. Kumaraswamy and Wipro chairman Azim Premji.

Kumaraswamy seeks Wipro’s help to fight air pollution in Bengaluru

1 min read . 24 Jul 2018

Since 2016, Tariq Premji has been on the board of two philanthropic arms of the Wipro empire—the Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives and Azim Premji Foundation.

Second sonrise at Wipro as Tariq Premji joins board

2 min read . 08 Jun 2018

RBI has issued a no objection certificate to the proposed merger of Capital First with IDFC Bank. Photo: Mint

Deals Buzz: Capital First’s merger with IDFC Bank gets RBI nod

3 min read . 06 Jun 2018

Wipro will offer its automation solutions to companies which are in discrete manufacturing or firms that make individual items or those firms which make cars, airplanes, furniture and smartphones.

Wipro Infrastructure forays into automation solution business

2 min read . 31 May 2018

HCL Technologies’s rise has come on the back of years of underperformance by Wipro. Photo: Mint

HCL poised to replace Wipro as No. 3 IT firm

2 min read . 02 May 2018

According to Forbes, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani’s wealth surged a whopping 72.84% to $40.1 billion, highest among the 119 Indian billionaires on the list. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Mukesh Ambani richest Indian, Jeff Bezos tops Forbes world’s rich list

2 min read . 07 Mar 2018