I think that this view is partially correct, or rather, is right but for the wrong reasons; having had the privilege of attending board meetings at the heart of commercial and industrial districts in cities like Ludhiana, Noida, Bangalore and Kolkata for both domestic and multinational corporations that turn over thousands of crores in revenue per year in terms of domestic or regional sales alone in various markets, there's one thing that's generally notable even in big business meetings and deals, at least around the northern Indian states, which is that Indians, even if considerably quite bright, educated, competent and more than fluent enough in English, to find themselves in the positions they are at - as excutives, prefer to speak to each other and feel much more comfortable speaking to each other, to subcontractors and customers in Hindi.
When you consider that India is the country where most of these tech giants house their headquarters for the entire south Asian region and also where the largest number of their workforce of any given country reside, and as such, also probably where the most profitable investements are at stake, it makes sense to have someone who both ticks all the boxes when deciding for a CEO on a general level but also is able to collaboarte with and correspond clearly and effectively with managers on a local level who overlook the vast majority of some these corproations total global workforce.
The last thing that these multibllion dollar companies would want is to have some white American Guy completely overlook and haphazardly misinterpret some figure of speech in Hindi or have a rogue interpreter being paid peanuts, leak secrets which either way could potentially cost them billions.
So it is all a matter of social and geographic practicalites. It should have nothing to do with any collective sense of superiority. There's no magic ayurvedic pill or innate intellectual savvy that makes Indians inherently superior so as to produle list these individuals in such a manner. Its essentiallly because labour can be hired for much cheaper, land can be aquired for much cheaper and it all needs to be managed properly.
Nor should anyone else of Indian origin feel a sense of pride or have a share in the acheievments of these individuals.
Would they invite you into their homes for a brew and some banter if you went knocking at their doors, just because you're indian? No. So then please drop the empty nationalist pride and focus on your own work ffs.
As for tech as an industry, Amazons recent victory over Reliance was possibly the biggest blow to Indian technological soverignity in history. All that being said, the title should more correctly state: India is leading the strategies and objectives of western tech giants and conglomerates
When you consider that India is the country where most of these tech giants house their headquarters for the entire south Asian region and also where the largest number of their workforce of any given country reside, and as such, also probably where the most profitable investements are at stake, it makes sense to have someone who both ticks all the boxes when deciding for a CEO on a general level but also is able to collaboarte with and correspond clearly and effectively with managers on a local level who overlook the vast majority of some these corproations total global workforce.
The last thing that these multibllion dollar companies would want is to have some white American Guy completely overlook and haphazardly misinterpret some figure of speech in Hindi or have a rogue interpreter being paid peanuts, leak secrets which either way could potentially cost them billions.
So it is all a matter of social and geographic practicalites. It should have nothing to do with any collective sense of superiority. There's no magic ayurvedic pill or innate intellectual savvy that makes Indians inherently superior so as to produle list these individuals in such a manner. Its essentiallly because labour can be hired for much cheaper, land can be aquired for much cheaper and it all needs to be managed properly.
Nor should anyone else of Indian origin feel a sense of pride or have a share in the acheievments of these individuals.
Would they invite you into their homes for a brew and some banter if you went knocking at their doors, just because you're indian? No. So then please drop the empty nationalist pride and focus on your own work ffs.
As for tech as an industry, Amazons recent victory over Reliance was possibly the biggest blow to Indian technological soverignity in history. All that being said, the title should more correctly state: India is leading the strategies and objectives of western tech giants and conglomerates
