Wipro's No to Narayana Murthy: A Rejection That Changed Indian IT Sector’s Face
Before he set up what was to become one of Indian IT sector’s biggest success stories, Narayana Murthy was rejected by Wipro chairman Azim Premji. The Infosys chairman later found out that Premji considered this one of his gravest errors of judgement. In her latest book An Uncommon Love Story, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores little known facets of Murthy’s life and the influential role his wife Sudha played in it
February 01, 2024
The Social Introvert
Amit Choudhary, chief operating officer of IT services major Wipro, is a self-confessed introvert who loves planning most of his non-work activities, be they golfing, skiing, playing board games or watching movies, around his family and friends
Chitra Nair - October 01, 2023
NextWealth: Finding IT Skills And Jobs Outside Urban Limits
Former Wipro employees Sridhar Mitta, Mythily Ramesh and Anand Talwai wanted to prioritise employees over profit and focus on providing meaningful employment to educated youth. It took them to Tier II and Tier III cities
Kamalika Ghosh - November 29, 2022
Success Will Not Be Based On The Last Name
One important thing that new entrepreneurs must realise is that institutions get built over a period, even though they may see some short-term successes
Arun Bharat Ram - July 29, 2022
The Big And Small Of Metaverse
India’s start-ups and Big Tech are competing against and complementing each other in different aspects of metaverse. Be it developing technologies or creating use cases, the virtual horizon of India is expanding at a fast pace and driving the economy towards a Web3 future
Pallavi Chakravorty - May 31, 2022
IT stocks are in favour for the same reason that consumer staples seem to be out of favour
Growth predictability arising out of adoption of digital technology has pushed up valuation of software companies
Shruti Venkatesh - September 05, 2020
Will Thierry Delaporte’s French Connection help Wipro climb up the pecking order?
The tech major has once again sought an “outsider” to lead its turnaround
Meenakshi Radhakrishnan-Swami - June 22, 2020
Santoor ke paas ‘Mummy’ hain
With a strong marketing strategy that has connected with consumers over two decades, the soap’s future looks radiant
Krishna Gopalan - May 09, 2020
How Wipro is shunning risk and chasing innovation
The IT giant’s venture arm has scored big with its conservative strategy
Himanshu Kakkar - April 25, 2020
How Biocon has been leading from the front | Editor's Note
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw's bold biologics bet is set to reap rewards
N Mahalakshmi - April 25, 2020