Talent without tags: Over a third at Zoho, Apple, Nvidia are from tier-III collegesOver a third of Zoho, Apple, and Nvidia employees come from tier III colleges. However, legacy tech firms such as Goldman Sachs, Visa, Atla...
22 Oct, 2025, 06.20 PM IST
Visakhapatnam's AI jackpot; Lenskart IPO scoopGoogle, Adani and Airtel are partnering to build a major AI hub in Andhra Pradesh. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
14 Oct, 2025, 07.32 PM IST
'Study China like a diligent student not American B-schools': Zoho's Sridhar Vembu says Indian intellectuals 'teaching nonsense'Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu urges India to emulate China's industrial transformation, criticizing the dominance of American business school ...
17 Jul, 2025, 10.57 AM IST
AI may turn legacy codebases into liabilities: Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu“If AI makes us 100x productive, why not rewrite the whole thing with AI help?” Vembu asked. The comment points to a possible shift in ente...
23 May, 2025, 12.52 PM IST
Rs 5,000 crore self-made man warns: Avoid EMI, AI won’t just kill IT jobs, no one is safeZoho's Sridhar Vembu and Dr. A Velumani are cautioning India's workforce about the AI revolution. They warn that high-paying tech jobs are ...
21 May, 2025, 04.39 PM IST
Zoho suspends $700 million chipmaking plan in latest setback for India, sources sayIndian software firm Zoho has paused its $700 million chip manufacturing plan. The company struggled to find a technology partner for the c...
01 May, 2025, 04.11 PM IST
Forget Bengaluru or Pune. Zoho's Sridhar Vembu believes villages, small towns could be future of Indian ITSridhar Vembu believes rural India has abundant talent. He argues companies should invest in these areas. Vembu suggests starting with expe...
01 May, 2025, 09.13 AM IST
Don’t blame AI or Trump tariff: Indian IT faces deep trouble, says Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu. And jobs?Zoho's Sridhar Vembu warns that the Indian IT industry faces a deep, long-term transformation, not just a cyclical downturn. He attributes ...
20 Apr, 2025, 12.03 PM IST
Rs 50,000 crore IITian left America for his Tamil Nadu village life and sunset there. Netizens say, ‘Beware of leopards’Sridhar Vembu, founder of Zoho Corporation, relocated to rural Tamil Nadu to champion a decentralized economic development model. By offeri...
01 Apr, 2025, 09.25 AM IST
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu predicts tough times for software jobs. AI is not the only villain for hiring slumpSridhar Vembu, Zoho's founder, believes the software job market's current issues stem from systemic inefficiencies rather than AI. Overcapi...
18 Mar, 2025, 11.04 AM IST
What ails the software jobs market? Zoho's Sridhar Vembu says it's not AIAccording to the Zoho founder, enterprise software firms have built up massive over-capacity on the strength of a flood of venture capital,...
15 Mar, 2025, 12.26 PM IST
Zoho arm to set up Karnataka's first semicon unit in MysuruSilectric Semiconductor would set up its manufacturing unit at an investment of Rs 3,426 crore project at Kochanahalli, adding about 460 jo...
23 Dec, 2024, 08.51 PM IST
Understand layoffs when struggling but this naked greed: Zoho CEO lashes out at company for reducing workforce by 13%Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu criticized Freshworks for laying off 13% of its workforce, despite having $1 billion in cash and announcing a $400 m...
08 Nov, 2024, 09.03 PM IST
Zoho applies for semiconductor manufacturing facility in IndiaSoftware company Zoho, aiming to tap into India's aspirations to become a global semiconductor player, has applied with a partner to set up...
06 Jun, 2024, 03.08 PM IST
Loyalty vs layoff: Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu has a message for entrepreneursZoho CEO Sridhar Vembu believes that entrepreneurs can use the current job market uncertainty to earn employee loyalty. As the economy beco...
03 Apr, 2023, 05.50 PM IST
IT firms turn to small-town India for talent, new hubsCoimbatore, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Madurai and Mysuru are witnessing a surge in technology jobs, as IT companies explore the option ...
29 Aug, 2021, 07.29 AM IST
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu conferred the Padma Shri AwardFounded as AdventNet Inc. in 1996 by Sridhar Vembu, Zoho has now morphed into a global software enterprise with 60 million users and client...
26 Jan, 2021, 09.26 AM IST