I entirely agree with Afridi. Azimji's is an outstanding example of humanity, humbleness and sacrifice without pretence. Hats off to him. We all are proud of Azimji.
Rao
From: S K Afridi <afridisk@yahoo.com>
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Subject: ~:C.C.4.U:~ AZIM TRANSFERS RS. 12,300 CRORERS
Now this shows loyalty to your country...giving back what the motherlandgave you from her "womb"...and shows how people can bind themselvesin a common bond of humanity....an example for you all to adopt and emulate...what a great guy?I salute him...also he is very much down to earthand does not live in the skies....I wish others should also do the samefor their own countries instead of filling their own pockets !Azim Premji transfers Rs 12,300 crore to
his not-for-profit foundation
BySujit JohnSujit John, TNN | Feb 22, 2013, 05.37 PM ISTBANGALORE: Azim Premji, chairman of the Azim Premji Foundation, announced on Friday thathe has transferred 295.5 million equity shares representing 12% of the total shares of Wipro Ltd,held by certain entities controlled by him, to an irrevocable trust. With this transfer(valued at about Rs 12,300 crore based on current market price), the trust's shareholding inWipro will go up to about 19.93%. This trust will utilize the endowment to fund social,not-for-profit initiatives of the foundation, which are expected to scale significantly overthe next few years. The "Giving Pledge" campaign had recently announced that Premji wasamongst the billionaires around the world to commit half their wealth to philanthropy.The campaign, led by billionaires Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and others, is a commitment bythe world's wealthiest individuals and families to dedicate the majority of their wealth tophilanthropy. Azim Premji Foundation is a not-for-profit organization set up in 2001 withthe goal to create and sustain initiatives to contribute to a just, equitable, humane andsustainable society. The foundation has worked largely in rural India, often in close partnershipwith various state governments, to help contribute to the improvement of quality and equity ofschool education. Currently the foundation's work is spread acrossKarnataka, Uttarakhand,Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. The foundation'sstrategy focuses on creating and scaling up a network of institutions at various levels tocontribute to improvement in the school education system and allied areas. As part of this strategy,over the last two years, the foundation has set up the Azim Premji Universityat Bangalore, statelevel institutes in three states, district level institutes in seven districts and six demonstration schoolsassociated with the district institutes. Seven more district level institutes are in various stages offormation. The University has been established with the social purpose of developing outstandingprofessionals in the domains of education and development for the entire country. The Universitydoes this through offering various kinds of degree programmes, continuing education programmes andcreation of knowledge in education and allied development areas. Currently, the university offersMA Education and MA Development programmes. It offers specializations in school leadership &management and curriculum & pedagogy under MA in education, and livelihood, public policy,health & nutrition and law & governance under MA in Development. As part of scaling up of theinstitutional strategy, over the next 4 to 5 years, the number of district level institutions willexpand to 50-60, state level institutions to 6-8 and the university will expand to have 3,500students with 350 faculty members across multiple programs. The foundation will also have50-100 demonstration schools associated with district level institutions. During this period,the team size is expected to grow from the current 800 people to about 4,000 people.
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