Each district in India is about 1.5 to 2 million people. I like to think of it as about 20,000 children born per year per district. That is sufficient demographic base to produce good talent - in each district.

The critical questions facing us are 'how do we use this talent to…

For over 20 years, I have been a proponent of gold, not as an investment, but as insurance against relentless central bank inflationism.

In the international arena, if countries were required to settle their external accounts in gold, we would not have had the massive build up…

A few years ago, during the pandemic, a Zoho customer and fan, Mr Abdul Gafoor, who owns Mr Light Global, a major own-brand distributor of electrical and electronics products in the Middle East (and now in India), came to see me in Tenkasi with a box full of hand held tools from…

I strongly support this initiative and want to work together with the Artists for Dharma to spread this.

We teach Carnatic music to every child in our school. We support Nadaswaram artists locally so they can flourish and the art form will endure.

We also want to bring free…

⚡Neo⚡ ASHWANI MAHAJAN Our currency was weak because our nation was weak, in terms of technology capabilities, military strength and national stature. As we gain in each of these areas, our currency will appreciate and we should let our population, particularly our poor, enjoy the fruits of that…

I hope the rupee will appreciate as our external account reaches balance. There is no easier way to alleviate poverty than to let the rupee appreciate. It is an immediate boost to purchasing power.

Of course that is tough on exporters like us but we should focus on raising…

India has one of the highest railway electrification in the world at 90%.

I am glad our government is investing heavily in railways. It is the right thing to do with our population density. I wish for every village to be connected to the electric train network.

With my parents in 1989 before I left for Princeton 🙏

We have reinvented ourselves entirely twice in our 27 year history - first diversifying out of the telecom market and second our reinvention as a SaaS company.

The third reinvention is upon us and we will evolve from being a software company to a deep tech company. Most…

One of the problems large organizations get into is the power-distance between the CEO/leadership and regular employees.

Newer employees don't know me and don't know my younger self when I was happily unknown, so they are often too awe-struck. That is a serious problem because…

B Naveen Kumar பா நவீன் குமார் (INDIAN) 🇮🇳 We have 22 million babies a year in India. By comparison China is at fewer than 10 million babies a year and US is under 4 million.

Even if 2 million Indian students leave a year, we would still have twice as many youth as China.

That perspective is useful.

Our Zakya retail point of sale product crossed 100 new customers last month.

Our vTitan medical instruments shipped over 100 devices to hospitals last month.

I get as much joy from these small milestones as from the fact that Zoho signed up well over 30,000 new businesses…

I have been speaking at industry bodies, large company meets, colleges and various other forums in many parts of India (tomorrow in Mumbai!).

I also hear from a lot of Indians living abroad who want to return to India. Just yesterday I met a FAANG engineer who plans to return to…

Dr P Thiaga Rajan (PTR) Sir, with due respect, since Zoho has been mentioned, I would like to clarify.

At Zoho, we have government institutions as customers in various countries. These deals go through a very strict evaluation process—from applying to the government RFPs, price quotations, and…

It is an unexamined assumption in the MBA driven, Jack Welch inspired corporate world that people are interchangeable 'resources'. The very word 'professional' conveys that meaning - one good professional can do the job of another.

That assumption is false and not just for…