1. Sridhar Vembu was born on 1968 and is an Indian billionaire business magnate and the founder and former chief executive officer of the Zoho Corporation.
14 Facts About Sridhar Vembu
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Sridhar Vembu was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, in 2021.
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Sridhar Vembu graduated with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1989, and earned his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering degrees from Princeton University in New Jersey.
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Sridhar Vembu launched his professional career working for Qualcomm as a wireless engineer in San Diego, California, before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Sridhar Vembu was renamed Zoho Corporation in 2009, focusing on providing SaaS support to Customer relationship management services.
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In 2021, Sridhar Vembu was appointed to National Security Advisory Board.
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Sridhar Vembu is noted for taking software and product development functions from urban centres into rural villages in India.
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Sridhar Vembu moved from the Bay Area to Mathalamparai at this time.
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The employee stated that Sridhar Vembu was hostile to him for criticising the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist paramilitary organisation.
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In January 2020, Sridhar Vembu met with criticism after he attended, as the guest of honour, a high-profile event organised by the RSS.
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Sridhar Vembu defended his participation as a matter of his personal choice.
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Sridhar Vembu was the recipient of the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2021.
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Sridhar Vembu has been selected as CNN-News18 Indian of the Year 2022.
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Sridhar Vembu was appointed to the National Security Advisory Board of India in 2021.