Azim H. Premji is the Chairman of the Wipro Group and has been at its helm since the late 1960s, turning what was then a small cooking fat company into to a $ 9 billion revenue group with businesses in IT, Consulting & Business Process Services, Consumer Care, Precision Engineering and Healthcare Systems, with presence in over 60 countries. Mr. Premji has established the Azim Premji Foundation, which is focused on improving public school education, working directly in 6 states of India which have over 350,000 schools. The Foundation also runs the not-for-profit Azim Premji University, focused on programs in education and related fields of human development. He has also set up the Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives, through which impactful non-profits working in a few chosen fields, including nutrition, support to vulnerable groups and governance, are given multi-year grants.Professional Career:Chairman of WiproEducation:BS Electrical Engineering from Stanford UniversityAwards/Recognition:Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Legion of Honor from the Republic of France, Faraday Medal, ET Lifetime Achievement Award, Top 30 Entrepreneurs in World History by BusinessWeek, Top Influencers by Time, Financial Times, Forbes and Fortune
