Pandemic led to structural changes across industries: Wipro's Rishad Premji

Says WFH is becoming the new normal; doesn't foresee having all employees all the time in the office, sees hybrid model of work taking over

The pandemic has resulted in structural changes across almost all industries, and challenged established ways of working, said Rishad Premji, chairman Wipro at the company's 75th Annual General Meeting. 

"Whether it is digital commerce, or telemedicine, technology-enabled businesses have emerged rapidly over the last 15 months, with Cloud technology becoming the cornerstone of this transformation," he said while addressing the shareholders.

Speaking on the changing nature of work and push for digitisation, he said: " As vaccination efforts ramp up globally, and economies start seeing a rebound, our customers are ever so keen to invest in and accelerate their digital