India's best known philanthropic businessmen
Friday March 8, 2013
"After a certain point in time, money cannot make a difference in your life. I feel that it's not even called charity, it's about accountability and responsibility," Sobha Group founder P.N.C. Menon said, when he announced he would donate half of his...
Azim Premji donates shares worth Rs 12,300 crore to charity
Saturday February 23, 2013
Giving more to philanthropy, IT czar Azim Premji today announced transfer of 295.5 million equity Wipro shares worth Rs 12,300 crore held by certain entities controlled by him, to an irrevocable trust.
Azim Premji to commit more of his wealth to philanthropy
Tuesday February 19, 2013
Wipro Chairman Azim Premji today said he will commit more of his wealth to philanthropy, as his Foundation scales up work to improve equity and quality of the primary education system in the country.
India Inc flays policy delays, calls for long-term policies to revive growth
Sunday August 12, 2012
Corporate honchos, led by Infosys non-executive chairman K V Kamath and GVK Group vice-chairman Sanjay Reddy on Saturday called for long-term policies to revive sagging growth and blamed lack of policy clarity, coupled with high interest rate as the ...
Two Bangalore schools win education awards
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday January 24, 2012
Prakriya Green Wisdom School and Sri Kumaran Children's Home of Bangalore were among the five winners of the Wipro 'Earthian' awards for excellence in education.
Azim Premji Varsity to improve teacher education
Express News Service | Saturday December 3, 2011
The Azim Premji University is exploring possibilities of cooperation in improving the quality of teacher education in the state, vice-chancellor Anurag Behar said. In an interaction with mediapersons here on Thursday, Behar said that they would hold ...
