‘We have the most AI-enthusiastic population,’ says Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu, hails AI as a ‘massive learning booster’

Zoho Corporation co-founder Sridhar Vembu has highlighted the transformative potential of AI in rural education, describing purpose-built AI tools as a “massive learning booster” that can help address foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) issues, while enabling students to undertake innovative, hands-on projects.

Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Vembu drew from Zoho’s direct experience serving a mostly rural student population. “We serve a predominantly rural student population, and so we have seen the education from the ground up,” he said.