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When Rishad Premji, the 32-year-old son of Wipro founder Azim Premji, joined the company as a business manager two years ago, he had to travel almost 10 km from his Koramangla residence to work at the company’s Electronic City campus. As the elder son of Mr Premji moves into a new role of general manager .

Wipro chairman Azim Premji, at the helm of the iconic group for 43 years now, says he is in no hurry to hang up his shoes.

Terming the US President Barack Obama’s tax reform proposal as a “worrying” development, Wipro chairman Azim Premji Thursday said it was against what Obama said at the recent G-20 summit.“It’s worrying! This is against what Obama said at G-20 summit in London recently,” Premji told reporters here on the sidelines of the launch of Wipro’s product qualification and compliance certificate facility ‘Tarang’.

IT major Wipro's chief Azim Premji today cautioned the industry that competition globally is hotting up and warned the sector against falling into a mind trap of 'India Advantage'.

Wipro, the leading Indian outsourcing firm that has reappointed Mr Azim Premji as its Chairman again has entered in Cloud Computing services.

The name Wipro always leads one to think about IT behemoth which Azim Premji has established. But nestled under the massive $ 6 bn tree is abusiness of consumer goods, a pale shadow of the IT big-brother considering that it contributes to around only 8% of the total turnover.

Wipro which has already bagged two large IT outsourcing contracts from telcos , is among the shortlisted contenders for another large Azim Premji outsourcing deal, this time from Swan Telecom . The other vendors that have made it to the shortlist include IBM and Tech Mahindra. UAE-based operator Etisalat owns 45% stake in Swan Telecom.

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced the appointment of Martha Bejar as President, Global Sales and Operations.

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited, today announced the launch of a medical gateway solution.