Govt should give a strong push for private sector investment in R&D in the Budget: Zoho cofounder Sridhar Vembu

The Centre should push the private sector to invest in R&D and hold it accountable, Sridhar Vembu, cofounder and chief scientist of software firm Zoho, said Friday, ahead of the upcoming Budget.

He said the combination of the ‘carrot and stick’ approach could do the trick to supercharge such investment in the country.