Wipro chief Azim Premji meets Ravi Shankar Prasad

By IANS English

Updated: Friday, July 4, 2014, 6:23 [IST]

premji-prasad — Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad with Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Limited during a meeting in New Delhi on Thursday, Junly 3, 2014. PTI

New Delhi, July 3: Wipro chairman Azim Premji Thursday met Communications and Information Technology (IT) Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and discussed issues concerning the IT industry like visa, taxation and security.

"He (Premji) discussed certain issues which are major concerns for Indian IT industry - visa, taxation and security issues of the employees. I have assured them and asked them to give me a proper note and I will take it up with the Prime Minister myself," Prasad told media persons after the meeting.

The two discussed issues that are concerns for the Indian IT industry

"Since IT is a sunshine industry in India, I have asked them to meet the prime minister in a group. They must in a collective voice convey to the prime minister their collective concern," he added.

Later in the evening, the minister met TCS managing director and chief executive officer N Chandrasekaran.

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