“Jee, Neet, UPSC does not matter”: Sridhar Vembu says

Zoho SRIDHAR VEMBU’s founder has sparked a new debate about India’s talent, innovation and deep separation between preserving the elite gate and the ability to real the real world. In a post on X, Vembu wrote, “Once you discover what we discovered, you will stop fighting about reservation and so on.”

VEMBU’s sharp criticism targets narrow filters for traditional merit systems in India such as Je, Neet and UPSC. “I do not care about any of these exams. I ignore all these” signals “and go with evidence of our eyes to discover talent and sponsors,” adding that his team in research and development reflects the true social diversity of India – without any government coercion.

Beyond the so-called “Washington’s consensus”-a belief in its age decades between the educated elite in India (including itself) that globalization and western models of development will raise India. “That era died during the epidemic. Today, we perform the last rituals,” he wrote.

Instead, the bold national innovation agenda that focuses on “primary technology” – from DC engines, batteries to combat aircraft, drones, jet engines and biological interaction. “Every technique we do not have is a deep technique,” Vembu wrote, as it insisted that India must now treat the current global appointment as an opportunity for generations.

Calling to catch up with 5-15 years, VEMBU referred to China’s success in developing strategic technologies. He said: “We have raw human talent in abundance and we can train. This is a lot I know.” But he warned that the short -term investment capital is the wrong car for such ambitions. “Investment capital with 7 to 8 years of exit courses cannot do this. It enhances the short range at odds with what our nation needs now.”

Instead, he said that industrial homes in India should lead them in the field of research and development, not only in capital but in the mentality. He pointed out that “catching up with research and development is not expensive. It is heavy time.”

VEMBU also warned against chasing the American model of higher financing, describing it as “a miscalculation of enormous resources.” It follows the financial crisis of America and political repercussions – from the occupation of Wall Street to Maga – to the smartest minds in the financing of floods. “India cannot be addicted to high financing. This will lead to societal ruin.”

On the climatic front, India called for the leadership of a new model of “effective energy intelligence”, saying: “The spices of Mata is the mother nature.” Unlike rotating in the silicon valley from the climate to artificial intelligence, VEMBU stressed the opportunity of India to build a technology -based society but environmentally conscious.

He concluded with a quiet provocation: Bharat Rural youth are ready, raw, and they are waiting. “The sick capital revolves around the care of this talent. Bring it on the current,” he wrote. “We have faced worse than before. If we take this moment, we will come to see it as a blessing.”