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                                                                    Exhibit 99.8


NDTV 24X7 BUSINESS NEWS
INTERVIEW WITH VIVEK PAUL, VICE CHAIRMAN

CORRESPONDENT: Vivek Paul, welcome as always to our program.

VIVEK PAUL: Thank you, pleasure to be here.

CORRESPONDENT: The markets are not very excited about your results; is it the
direct result of the IT environment in the US, if not, what is this?

VIVEK PAUL: You know, if you look at this quarter gone by, I will characterize
it as a steady quarter; we showed 6.5% volume growth, which was pretty good, I
think better than the guidance that we had given earlier and this is the sixth
consecutive quarter of steady volume growth. So, we felt pretty good about that.
We had indicated that there would be pricing pressure, and indeed we saw that,
our onsite offshore pricing has declined by 2.6% and offshore by 1.4%. So, I
think we did see the pricing pressure that we had talked about.

Offsetting that on the positive side was that our acquisition of the American
Management Systems, Energy and Utility consulting business swung to a profit
this quarter. So, that was good and gave us small confidence in our acquisition
strategy. But offsetting that also was the fact that the new acquisition we
made-Nervewire, which had a big loss. Primarily relating to the fact that
whenever we make an acquisition, we have a retention bonus that kicks in
immediately and as result that drives down the earnings for the first quarter.
So, we did see that as well.

CORRESPONDENT: How much was this Nervewire losses burdened on Wipro?

VIVEK PAUL: I think that if you look at the Nervewire losses what we saw this
quarter; it was roughly Rs. 100 million on the overall number.

CORRESPONDENT: Your telecom sector, which is your strength, has shown excellent
results. What is the position on this going forward?

VIVEK PAUL: I think telecom is beginning to show a nice recovery. We saw a 10%
sequential quarter growth in telecom, but what we are seeing is that the overall
product R&D services business is beginning to show some revival. Telecom has
been the strongest amongst that primarily because while the entire R&D services
was showing more offshoring coming to India, the rest of the segments have
tended to be more focused on their own India development centers. So as a result
our share of work coming to India has been higher in the telecom side than
otherwise. We do see this sector coming back, so we see some growth there and
that is good because the large percentage of our mix is indeed telecom and R&D
services.

CORRESPONDENT: The prices are continuing to show a declining graph. When is this
likely to recover?

VIVEK PAUL: I think the good news is that they are getting better. So, our
outlook for this quarter as we have indicated earlier is that it will decline,
but not decline as much. So, as a result what we are beginning to see is some
stability. We are seeing that the larger companies are beginning to show more
discipline around pricing. We are beginning to see the supply side situation
getting tighter particularly as we see not only people clearing their benches
but also the easy availability of the
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experienced hires out there is also not there anymore. So, I think this
constriction of supply and more disciplined behavior should lead to a slightly
better performance on pricing, but it is too early to call it an update.

CORRESPONDENT: Vivek, your guidance for the next quarter is $210 million. Can
you give us a rough idea of what this is going to be and how you are going to
sustain this for the quarter?

VIVEK PAUL: Well, that it is very much in line with the past in terms of the
growth rates that we have had in both the IT enabled services business as well
as the IT business. So, we think that both growth rates will continue and that
is the basis for our guidance. Since we have provided segment reporting this
time for IT and IT enabled services together, I cannot break that number down to
the multiple segments, but that guidance number does include Nervewire as well.

CORRESPONDENT: You always say that Wipro's business is higher than the industry
standards. Now your competitor Infosys has shown bullish trends in this present
environment, why not Wipro?

VIVEK PAUL: Well, if you compare us against Infosys, they definitely had a good
blockbuster quarter and I would characterize our quarter as a steady quarter.
You do see that one quarter does not complete full year or whatever it makes. I
don't want to spend too much time talking about Infosys, but you know that there
has been too much that has not grown as fast as Infosys because of the large R&D
sector. But if you look at relative to the overall industry, we have continued
to outperform it and our expectation is that we will continue to outperform it.

CORRESPONDENT: There are reports in the market place that you are interested in
acquiring the MBT division of Mahindra's. Is this true?

VIVEK PAUL: I really cannot comment on acquisitions because even if we were in
it and I said no, the next time you ask me and if I cannot not say no then you
would think that that was a yes. So, through our convoluted logic we will only
end up with the results we look for, so all that we can do is say no comment on
any acquisition.

CORRESPONDENT: Alright, Enterprise solution has always been Wipro's strength.
Can we look into the crystal ball for the next 10 years? Is the business model
likely to change?

VIVEK: I don't think so, what we are seeing is the continued strength in the IT
side, R&D services are picking up. As you look out, what we see is that we
should be able to protect our margins except for the impact of the rising rupee.
So, as a result you begin to see sustained volume growth, continued traction in
terms of improving prices. As far as the rupee, I don't know if any one of us is
qualified to make a very accurate forecast right now.

CORRESPONDENT: Well, regardless of all that we wish you all the very best.
Thanks very much for joining us.

VIVEK: Thank you very much too.

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