NSA's advisory board names Sridhar Vembu as their part
Sridhar Vembu, Zoho founder and Padma Shri recipient has been appointed to the newly reconstituted National Security Advisory board (NSAB) headed by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. The NSAB is meant to provide consultation services to the NSA, who is the key advisor to the Prime Minister and Cabinet Committee of security.
Sridhar Vembu tweeted, "I want to thank Shri Ajit Doval-ji for appointing me to the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB). I returned to India to serve the cause of technology led rural development and this advisory role affords me another opportunity to be of service to the nation."
Vembu is currently working from his company's office in Tamil Nadu's Tenkasi district. The other members of the NSAB are former ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan, IIM Bangalore faculty Anshuman Tripathy and former ambassador to France and United Nations Arun K Singh. The NSAB is meant to provide consultation services to the NSA, who is the key advisor to the Prime Minister and Cabinet Committee of security. Their advice will be in regard to internal security, strategic affairs, defence, space, intelligence and external affairs.
Vembu is the co-founder and CEO of SaaS giant Zoho Corporation and was awarded Padma Shri under the Trade and Industry category. Born in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district, he studied at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Princeton University. Vembu has also been a vocal supporter of the current government and addressed RSS ideologue Gurumurthy as his mentor.
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