Wipro finalising land purchase in Coimbatore
Its a major boon to the local business and economy of coimbatore as Wipro’s Billionaire Chariman Mr.Premji recently announced the acquisition of land in Coimbatore for their software development center. Through other unofficial sources I have also learnt that the land being targeted near the beautiful landscapes at the foothills of Western Ghats Mountains, enroute to the Marudhamalai Temple. Having grown up there, I can vouch its a marvelous place to write code with lots of blessings next door Lorg Muruga!. The interesting thing to note here is Wipro is opening a center to cater the local business around coimbatore and not necessarily the US or Europe markets. With thriving industrial market combined with computerization of everying from banks to supermarkets, Wipro has all the reasons to make this move.
[After first hour, We used to bunk college, go to ooty, ensoy and come back for last hour to give the attendance! Stupid System, only the first and last hour counts for the day!]
Coimbatore or Covai as its lovingly called, has a wealth of resources, both natural and man-made. The best of the natural ones being the renowned cozy weather, water(Though less and less parts of covai is getting siruvani water these days!) and the spectacular Ooty. The best among the man-made being the large pool of talents from around the town. These top-notch institutions churn out 10,000 graduates a year. Wipro is targeting the cream of that, about 100 or so everyyear. I bet the best among the city talents will find a reason to stay home in cbe instead of venturing out to Chennai or Bangalore or farther out. With TCS already in town, and Wipro almost there, I am optimistic more world-class companies will follow their paths to transform the textile city into a Java Town.
Mr.Premji apparently also appeared on Television interview for the very first time. Surprising isnt it? This interview for experss india has some good pointers to everyone of us. Remember, this is one of the wealthiest Individual in the universe talking. So we better listen. I am fascinated by the some of his responses.
He still goes by autorickshaw…at times.
His focus is on Education and he has visited primary schools in remotest villages and even had eaten their mid-day meals with the children.
Which country in the world has this combination of political leadership, in terms of people in power, of different religions, of different communities, of different parts of the country?
India is the best!
