Quotes by Azim Premji

“The new team is in the saddle.”

“It is no longer the issue of whether one should focus on China, or India versus China, but of India and China.”

“We hire on requirement basis and not on anticipation.”

“We believe this combination of excellence in operations and strong execution of our strategy is critical to achieve our vision. We will continue to focus on both in future as well.”

“We must overhaul our land laws, taxes and information system. Some 90 per cent of land in India is subject to legal disputes over ownership,”

“The global IT business sustained its momentum recording double-digit volume growth sequentially resulting in revenues (from the information technology business alone) for the quarter being 430.7 million dollars against our guidance of 422 million dollars,”

“Looking ahead, the prospects for growth looks exciting, ... We exited the quarter ended September 2005 with the strong tailwind of business momentum. The challenge we have is to sustain and build upon it.”

“The dividend payouts will be more generous than in the past two years and will be broadly in line with what we told investors in the last quarter,”

“We must overhaul our land laws, taxes and information system. Some 90 per cent of land in India is subject to legal disputes over ownership.”

“The global IT business sustained its momentum recording double-digit volume growth sequentially resulting in revenues (from the information technology business alone) for the quarter being 430.7 million dollars against our guidance of 422 million dollars.”

“The dividend payouts will be more generous than in the past two years and will be broadly in line with what we told investors in the last quarter.”

“The results for the third quarter (October-December) signal the next phase of growth. Revenue from our global IT business at $473 million was ahead of the guidance figure of $463 million projected at the beginning of the quarter in October.”

“For us Japan is a much higher priority. We find there are challenges in China -- the stability of people, intellectual property, uncertain cash flows. They are hard-working people but they dont have democracy. When they have a transition to democracy there are going to be huge challenges.”

“I think they are getting their act together now. Fundamentally GM is a very strong company. I think it will pull out of it faster than people expect them to.”

“Our clients are under a lot of pressure to get new products faster into the market. Their core employment isnt adequate for it, so theyre looking for partners who can do it for them.”

“The strategic initiatives we propose to undertake as part of our plan over the next few years position us well to lead this evolution.”

“We compete with global companies and are primarily in the services business, which is highly people dependent.”

“My company believes in hiring people based on merit.”

“It is heading to be the IT capital of the country. Thats very good.”

Colleges produce more sports therapists than engineers. Perhaps because America is a sporty country: a lot of outdoors.