Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has issued a pointed critique of India’s hyper-educated elite, arguing that the nation’s brightest minds are increasingly disconnected from the country they should be helping to build.

Vembu, in an interview with Moneycontrol, contrasted the national spirit in rural India with what he sees as a growing detachment among urban professionals. Advertisement

“If you look at rural India, or our smaller towns, that sense of belonging to the nation is very much alive,” he said. “Unfortunately, it’s gone missing a bit among our hyper-educated elite.”

Vembu didn’t mince words, warning that a “global citizen” mindset—where location is a matter of convenience—undermines national development. “That attitude must change. It’s definitely not the case in China or Japan,” he

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