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Vembu explained how being “world-class in technology” is crucial to “restoring true pride in ourselves as a nation”.
Zoho co-founder and chief scientist Sridhar Vembu. (File Photo)
Zoho founder and chief scientist Sridhar Vembu on Monday shed light on his political ambitions, emphasising that his goal in life is to make India a technologically developed nation.
In a detailed post on ‘X’, Vembu highlighted that the self-reliant aspect is crucial to India’s economic prosperity, as well as rural and civilizational revival.
“My single point agenda in life is to make Bharat a technologically strong and self reliant nation, which I see as critical to our economic prosperity as well as our rural and civilisational revival. Our civilisation has to show the world through living example how to combine prosperity with humility and contentment, and show the sustainable path to harmonize humanity and the natural world”, he wrote in a post on ‘X’.
Further in the post, Vembu explained how being “world-class in technology” is crucial to “restoring true pride in ourselves as a nation”.
“Our past 1000 year history has left us deep civilisational wounds and the defeatist, colonial mindset is one of them. Being world-class in technology is the key to restoring true pride in ourselves as a nation, and building that technology with rural talent spreads the wealth across society”, Vembu wrote.
Explaining his point further, the Zoho founder added that he sees politics as a tool of serving the public. “I view politics as public service and as a democratic duty in which citizens must be involved but given my overriding priority in life, I cannot be and will not be in active electoral politics.Bharat Mata ki Jai”, Vembu wrote.
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My single point agenda in life is to make Bharat a technologically strong and self reliant nation, which I see as critical to our economic prosperity as well as our rural and civilisational revival. Our civilisation has to show the world through living example how to combine…— Sridhar Vembu (@svembu) January 12, 2026
Vembu’s comments come in the backdrop of him stepping down from the role of CEO last year and taking over as Zoho’s chief scientist. At that time, too, as the buzz spread about him joining politics, he clarified that he had no such intentions.
Netizens laud Vembu’s remarks
Sridhar Vembu’s thoughts resonated with many, with netizens weighing in on the remarks.
“True! Not everyone needs to enter electoral politics to serve the nation. Contribution through competence is equally powerful,” one user wrote.
Another commented, “India’s wealthiest business leaders grow through financial and business ‘engineering’. Sridhar grows and invests through actual engineering with a very long-term focus. That makes him an outlier of one in India”.
January 13, 2026, 08:18 IST
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