Azim Premji turns nostalgic over 40-yr association between Wipro, IISc

Founder Chairman of WiproNSE -0.29 %, Azim Premji turned nostalgic on Thursday at the Indian Institute of Science, where the company’s information technology business was born four decades ago.

Addressing Convocation 2019 at IISc, he recalled that in 1979, Wipro approached the newly set up Centre for Scientific and Industry Consultancy at IISc for a consultancy project.

The city-headquartered company had then just set up its information technology division, having decided to diversify into IT.

“The institute constituted a committee to advise us on what computer we should make,” Premji said.