Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu: The Silicon Valley entrepreneur who’s promoting ‘work from hometown’

Nestled at the foothills of the Western Ghats, about 650 kilometers from Chennai is Mathalamparai, a tiny village in Tenkasi district in Tamil Nadu. With a population of a little over 2,000, it might not be your typical location to house a software major. But with his current Twitter location tagged at Tenkasi, Zoho Corporation’s Founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu has been on a mission to redefine the term ‘headquarters’. 

Zoho’s foray into rural India began when the Chennai-headquartered software products firm began operations from Mathalamparai. Termed the Zoho Experiment, this has been Vembu’s initiative to enable his employees to work closer to their homes and boost the rural economy. Unlike other tech giants, Vembu drifted away from the philosophy of having standard office headquarters and has been operating from a rural setup since 2019; urging his employees to do the same.  

Sridhar Vembu: The Silicon Valley entrepreneur who’s working from an Indian village

Sridhar Vembu in Tenkasi

The Software as a Service (SaaS) company is currently working on a model to establish ‘feeder offices’ in rural areas with an emphasis on Tamil Nadu. The initial setup has reportedly been quite successful with both the organization and employees doing well on all fronts; the latter has the advantage of being closer to home, thereby striking a work-life balance.   

Vembu was awarded the 2019 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and earlier this year he was honored with the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honor. He was also recently appointed Read More 

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