Uday Kotak wants world to 'hire Indians', says country capable of producing top-class human capital

NEW DELHI: As people learn to navigate their lives around remote working and social distancing in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, many industry leaders believe that the post-Covid world is expected to change drastically.

And Uday Kotak, the CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, is optimistic that in a changed world order that will create new opportunities for the country, the Indian talent pool will outshine its international peers. Lauding Indian talent, the top banker through a series of tweets on Sunday afternoon, said that finance analysts, marketers, architects and engineers are a more efficient talent pool that the world should take a second look at. And that the time had come for India to become the 'office' of the world even as a post-Covid China, known as the world's factory that manufactures several things, tries to recover.

The 61-year-old businessman posed a question: "Why should Google pay $200,000 to work-from-home US engineers, when they can cheaply hire Indians here to do the same job on VC?"

While many on his timeline appreciated his views, some were disappointed with his usage of the word 'cheap'. The unhappy followers said that the CEO should have pitched for quality, and not cheap labour, and that India is capable of becoming the next best manufacturing hub.

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