{"id":18873,"date":"2025-10-18T16:03:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T16:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/demographic-bust-in-india-sridhar-vembu-says-he-wants-zoho-workers-to-marry-have-kids-exclusive-tech-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T16:03:57","slug":"demographic-bust-in-india-sridhar-vembu-says-he-wants-zoho-workers-to-marry-have-kids-exclusive-tech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/demographic-bust-in-india-sridhar-vembu-says-he-wants-zoho-workers-to-marry-have-kids-exclusive-tech-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Demographic Bust In India&#8217;: Sridhar Vembu Says He Wants Zoho Workers To Marry, Have Kids | Exclusive | Tech News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9636235\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">October 14, 2025, 20:52 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9636235\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-4190804208 asubttl-schema\">Calling it Zoho&#8217;s &#8220;culture&#8221;, Sridhar Vembu said Zoho is like an &#8220;extended family&#8221; and ensures that all employees have the best facilities on campus, especially childcare<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artsharwrp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en-btn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"jsx-91f4da8d48c13a79 gglebtn bgylw\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" title=\"font\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-4190804208 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zoho's Sridhar Vembu, whose company has made significant contributions to what he calls the &quot;Swadeshi tech movement&quot;, spoke on the importance of building indigenous tech ecosystems. (Image: News18\/File)\" title=\"Zoho's Sridhar Vembu, whose company has made significant contributions to what he calls the &quot;Swadeshi tech movement&quot;, spoke on the importance of building indigenous tech ecosystems. (Image: News18\/File)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-4190804208\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Zoho&#8217;s Sridhar Vembu, whose company has made significant contributions to what he calls the &#8220;Swadeshi tech movement&#8221;, spoke on the importance of building indigenous tech ecosystems. (Image: News18\/File)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Zoho co-founder and chief scientist Sridhar Vembu said he encourages his employees to marry and have children because there is a \u201cdemographic bust&#8221;, particularly down South but all over India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cToday we have a demographic bust everywhere, particularly in the south, but all over India. So I encourage our own employees, get married, have children,&#8221; Sridhar Vembu told <em>News18<\/em> in an exclusive interview.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Calling it his company\u2019s \u201cculture&#8221;, Vembu said Zoho is like an \u201cextended family&#8221; and ensures that all employees have the best facilities on the campus, especially with respect to childcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cOnly if the company provides the environment, can employees think of having families. So we try to go out of our way to help, you know, by providing the facilities here\u2026 We do take care of childcare because now it\u2019s working parents \u2013 both father and mother. They can work more at peace if they know that their child is in a certain place,&#8221; Vembu said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Vembu, whose company has made significant contributions to what he calls the \u201cSwadeshi tech movement&#8221;, spoke on the importance of building indigenous tech ecosystems. He shared deep insights on the future of Indian technology while discussing Zoho\u2019s growth and the vision behind Arattai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">He said his company is exploring the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, digital sovereignty, and how India can lead the next wave of innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cWe are in this for the long haul. We are, you know, a company with an ethical core. We value your privacy. We value that you own your data. We make sure that we stay in our lane. What you are interested in, we know the trust and the responsibility. We have been around for 30 years,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Multiple government offices, union ministers and other officials have adopted the Indian made Zoho mail in the last few days as part of a push for adopting Swadeshi products. On September 22, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said he had switched to Zoho, and urged others to join in on Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s call for Swadeshi by adopting indigenous products and services.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oindrila Mukherjee\" title=\"Oindrila Mukherjee\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2023\/11\/oindrila-2023-11-1e87383c1ad02e619763e4db1279f9af.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/oindrila-mukherjee-19628.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Oindrila Mukherjee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oindrila Mukherjee is a senior sub-editor who works for the rewrite and breaking news desks. Her nine years of experience in print and digital journalism range from editing and reporting to writing impactful st&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Oindrila Mukherjee is a senior sub-editor who works for the rewrite and breaking news desks. 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