Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu has referred to as on expert professionals to think about returning to rural areas, advocating for a extra distributed strategy to expertise and financial growth.

“Within the final 40 years, villages in Tanjavur district have misplaced a whole lot of expertise, with deserted homes and temples in so many locations. It’s time to return,” Vembu stated, urging people to maneuver away from city focus and contribute to development in villages.

Vembu has been a robust proponent of rural growth and has beforehand relocated to a village in Tamil Nadu, the place Zoho has constructed workplaces and coaching facilities to create native employment alternatives.

“We’re doing our half – we’ve got an workplace and we’re constructing a campus close to Kumbakonam,” he stated. He additionally stated that Zoho is investing Yali Aerospace, a drone startup in Tanjavur city.

He argues that decentralizing work might help scale back strain on cities whereas enabling extra balanced financial development throughout areas.

Vembu was responding to a put up by Krishnan, who described driving by way of elements of Papanasam, Neduntheru and Ayyampettai and noticing the absence of locals to take care of temples in villages like Appakudathaan and Anbil.

“…We now have to understand that it was our speedy earlier gen and grandfathers who made the error of leaving our ancestral villages. No level blaming others for what we did to ourselves, our temples and our sampradayams. Speeding to Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi Mumbai and overseas for white collar jobs abandoning our temples. It’s on us,” the put up learn.

Within the final 40 years, villages in Tanjavur district have misplaced a whole lot of expertise, with deserted homes and temples in so many locations. It’s time to return. We’re doing our half – we’ve got an workplace and we’re constructing a campus close to Kumbakonam. We’re additionally funding Yali Aerospace, a… https://t.co/67NG7M9rwF

— Sridhar Vembu (@svembu) April 6, 2026

The remarks come amid ongoing conversations about distant work, expertise distribution and the way forward for India’s workforce past main city facilities.