The burning anti-China sentiment in the nation has been creating fairly a stir and the warmth of that’s being felt by many corporations together with Zoom. The platform has seen a large development this yr, turning into one of the standard decisions amongst those that are working remotely.
However, the company is true now going through a little bit of a backlash as folks are calling it a Chinese company. In order to clear the air about its origins, the Indian-origin president of engineering and product Velchamy Sankarlingam, has posted a weblog.
“We do recognize that as we continue to introduce ourselves to the Indian market, there has been some confusion about the facts as it relates to Zoom. We want to work through these. Some of the misconceptions are disheartening, especially those about Zoom and China. Zoom has been clear about its identity: Zoom is a US company, publicly traded on the NASDAQ, founded and headquartered in San Jose, California. And like many global technology companies, Zoom has offices in China operated by subsidiaries of the US parent company,” stated Sankarlingam.
Not solely that, he additionally mentions the company’s plans to improve hiring in the nation in addition to ramp up investments and help authorities initiatives. “We look forward to engaging with more stakeholders in India in the coming months to support key priorities such as Digital India, StartUp India and Skills India, as well as introducing them to Zoom. We also have plans for significant investment in the country over the next five years and beyond, including expanding our footprint and hiring more top talent in the region. India is and will continue to be an important market for Zoom, and we are excited to build on the exciting opportunities we see in the region,” he added.
Sankarlingam goes on to clarify the foothold in India and mentions that the company has an workplace in Mumbai, in addition to two Data Centres — one in Mumbai and one in Hyderabad. Besides him, Zoom has two extra high executives who are Indian-origin — Aparna Bawa, chief working officer and Sunil Madan, company chief data workplace.
This weblog put up comes days after Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio launched its personal video conferencing software — JioMeet — that gives options that are comparable to Zoom.
To recall, that is not the primary time that the identification of Zoom has been underneath the lens. Back in May, CEO Eric S. Yuan too had posted a weblog the place he additionally described how he’s an American citizen since 2007 and has been residing in the US since 1997.