Wipro Ltd Chairman Azim Premji receives prestigious Global Vision Award for furthering India-US relations from US-India Business Council

Wipro Ltd Chairman Azim Premji receives prestigious Global Vision Award for furthering India-US relations from US-India Business Council

Mr. Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro Ltd, was awarded the US-India Business Council’s (USIBC) 34TH Anniversary “Global Vision” Award for his work furthering India-US relations through commercial partnership on June 17th, 2009. The 34th Anniversary USIBC Global Vision Award was presented by Retired President and CEO of GE India Scott Bayman, USIBC President Ron Somers and PepsiCo Chairman & CEO Indra K. Nooyi on behalf of the USIBC. “Despite all his success and recognition, he is the same person I met in 1993 – humble, passionate and committed to quality – a very, very good guy,” Scott Bayman, Retired President and CEO of GE India, said of Mr. Premji.

USIBC will make a donation to Operation Smile, a children’s charity treating facial deformities, in the name of Global Vision Awardee Mr. Azim Premji. This donation will allow 14 children to receive life-changing surgery during Operation Smile’s August 2009 medical mission to the Indian state of Gujarat.

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