India Has Aced The Software Game. Can It Now Focus On Hardware?
NDTV
In 2000, as I started my tech journalism career, everyone asked, "When will India have its own Google or Microsoft?" At the time, India's IT industry, then a robust but unglamorous sector worth $5 billion, was just beginning to emerge as the world's back office.
Zoho and Tally stood out in that period. They were the exceptions, the few names that came up whenever there were discussions about India's role in software product innovation. Hearing these names over and over again felt like listening to a broken record.
Quietly and steadily, a generation of software product companies led by Zoho and Tally grew in the shadows of the multi-billion-dollar software services industry, providing a resounding answer to this question: Today, India's SaaS and software products ecosystem is not just a sector but a growing community of founders committed to the Product Nation mission. From Delhi to Bengaluru, from Indore and Bhopal to Surat and Mumbai, this vibrant community is the driving force behind the 'new makers of India'.
