<p>"I dont think we should try making excuses about our performance. We have under performed in quarter three relative to our competitors and as relative to our potential as a company," he told reporters here today.<br /><br />"What we are trying to do is trying to improve perfomance in quarter four and also significantly improving performance going forward," he added.<br /><br />Wipro has not been able to take similar strides in the health and financial sector as the competition has done, Premji said.<br /><br />The IT major today reported a 9.60 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,318.8 crore for the third quarter against Rs 1,203.2 crore in the same quarter last year.<br /><br />Shares of Wipro fell by 4.20 per cent to an early low of Rs 457.90 on the Bombay Stock Exchange after the company reported lower-than-expected numbers for the quarter under review.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the BSE 30-share barometer Sensex was trading at 19,013.69, down 32.85 points or 0.17 per cent at 0924 hrs.</p>
<p>"I dont think we should try making excuses about our performance. We have under performed in quarter three relative to our competitors and as relative to our potential as a company," he told reporters here today.<br /><br />"What we are trying to do is trying to improve perfomance in quarter four and also significantly improving performance going forward," he added.<br /><br />Wipro has not been able to take similar strides in the health and financial sector as the competition has done, Premji said.<br /><br />The IT major today reported a 9.60 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,318.8 crore for the third quarter against Rs 1,203.2 crore in the same quarter last year.<br /><br />Shares of Wipro fell by 4.20 per cent to an early low of Rs 457.90 on the Bombay Stock Exchange after the company reported lower-than-expected numbers for the quarter under review.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the BSE 30-share barometer Sensex was trading at 19,013.69, down 32.85 points or 0.17 per cent at 0924 hrs.</p>