Azim Premji
Azim Premji is the fifth richest Indian businessman and the chairman and CEO of Wipro, one of the largest software companies in India. He was born on July 24, 1945. In 2000, the Manipal Academy of Higher Education conferred him with an honorary doctorate. In the same year he was also declared the Businessman of the Year, by Business India.Premji is a member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee for Information Technology in India. On 18th of June, 2008 on the occasion of 58th Convocation Ceremony of the Aligarh Muslim University, he was awarded a Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.), an honorary degree