> What more can one want to get n stay inspired!! > > MESSAGE FROM AZIM PREMJI (iit-b convocation) > > Work harder, smarter, and India will offer whatever you want > Azim H Premji is chairman, Wipro Corporation, and has been rated by > Forbes > as the richest Indian. The article is adapted from his lecture at the > 37th > convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, on August 6, > > 1999. > > ******************SPEECH**************** > > Today represents a transition from the world of preparation into the > real > world of contribution. I feel it is the appropriate time for me to > leave > with you (today's students) a few messages, based on my own experience, > > which might help you in your quest for success in your life. > The first message is that hard work is the most critical ingredient of > success. If you wish to succeed in your profession in future, you will > have > to work only harder. Your peers will bring in similar credentials. The > only > way you can move ahead is by unstinting hard work. > There is no debate between whether you need to work smarter or harder. > You > have to work both smarter and harder. If Wipro has come out on top, > compared > > to a number of other blue chips of yesteryears, it is not because of > extraordinary ability or resources, but by the sheer dint of hard work. > > I personally put in a 90-hour work week. Any future leader who is not > prepared to put in this scorching pace of work will be left behind. > > The second thought I wish to share with you is that hard work must be > towards a purpose. You have to identify a purpose that inspires you, > challenges you and gives you tremendous satisfaction to pursue. Once > you > identify your purpose, that permeates to your very being, you will be > propelled by restless intensity towards achieving it. Then, you can > work > with a single-minded, determined, unwavering perseverance. > When I returned from Stanford more than three decades back, Wipro was a > > small organisation located in Amalner, a tiny hamlet in Jalgaon > district. I > was suddenly propelled into a role for which I had little preparation. > Initially, I found the prospect fairly daunting. > Then I realised that this enormous challenge brought with it an > enormous > opportunity. An opportunity to create a very different kind of > organisation > based on values. It took a tremendous amount of effort to reach where > we > have reached today. But if I had not been completely fired by the > vision > that kept me going during difficult times, I do not know if I could > have > kept up the relentless work that was necessary. > The third message is that do not ever stop learning. The greatest > benefit of > > engineering is that is teaches you the discipline of process thinking > as > applied to real life problems. Given the rapid changes in technology > and > myriad business situations that throw up new and different avenues to > apply > your knowledge, you have to constantly keep learning. > What is important is not your existing knowledge alone, but your > ability to > keep refreshing it dynamically. You have learnt to learn. But the zest > to > use this ability on an ongoing basis must come from within you. > The fourth message is that do not wait for opportunity to come your > way. > Actively search for opportunities and grab them when you see them. Long > ago, > > I learnt that the future is not what happens to you, but what you make > of > it. > I have heard of young achievers lamenting the lack of opportunity in > our > country that drives them to seek jobs overseas. You can create your own > > opportunity and our country can offer whatever you want in life, > provided > you do your bit. > When I look back, I realise that Wipro was not blessed with the > abundance of > > resources like the multinational corporations. What accounted for its > success was its integrity, unshakable self-confidence, determination > and > effort to better global competition, relentless work towards achieving > this > and its ability to acquire world class processes, develop world class > teams > and attract world class leadership. > I think its success is a testimony to the fact that if you get your > fundamentals right, it is possible to succeed being in India as much as > > being a Non Resident Indian anywhere in the world. > I have nothing to say for those who study or work abroad with a view to > > return and contribute the richness of the experience back to the > nation. > My message is only for those who feel that staying overseas is the only > way > they can utilise their talent. I would like to emphasise that there is > enough opportunity, not only to be highly successful in India, but also > to > return, in a small measure, the sacrifice and investment made by the > nation > and your alma mater to make your graduation from this coveted institute > (the IIT) possible. > I think the last point is extremely important to derive personal > satisfaction from success. Whether it is wealth of knowledge or > business > wealth, it brings enormous "trusteeship" along with it. To discharge > this > trusteeship honorably is a tremendous responsibility. It is a bigger > job in > terms of challenge than creating wealth in the first place. > I hope you will be able to apply my messages in your lives for success > and > satisfaction. > I look forward with hope and expectation that you will utilise your > talent > in shaping the destiny of your profession and our nation
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From: Dibyendu Majumder <dibyendum@p...>
Date: Thu Oct 14, 1999 5:24 am
Subject: [oec98] mail from debasis... forwarded...
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hi all, everyone keeps saying(sometimes we shout as well) : something or the other is wrong with our own "oec98"....and so on. but this forum is not dibby's property ,not even gyana's . it is ours (dibby n gyana r solid integral part of it ! ).this is not an emotional stuff (no disclaimer though). i am proposing "oeckhattizine"(just a proposal) wherein we all can contribute write-ups.there have occasions when there have complaints about vulgarity n there have been complaints " it's too formal one. no spice in it" as well.this is not an official site for our kind information.those who dislike vulgarity by showing their concerns openly need to write something for the forum. we need performers .everyone loves being an audience but this is a place where we all have to perform for each other.anyway who minds what u've written.we all r friends n we already know each other pretty well. so it's a reminder to those who r dormant to wake up .anything should manage to come in if it's written by us.even language is no barrier(we all know oriya as well ...) . tarini,tanveer,chandrasekhar,shakti(why the hell r u silent...adhika kama achi ?),sasmita (r few names which come to mind)......r being assigned responsibilities in the first slot.they badly need to send some stuff....anything they honestly feel is appropriate. oec98, with concerns. dibby if you feel it can make it to oec groups ,do forward it.all ur mercy! |
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