India, May 13 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent advisory urging companies to adopt work from home (WFH) amid the ongoing West Asia conflict has triggered concern across corporate India, including the startup ecosystem. While large companies, especially IT giants, are contemplating going remote following the PM's WFH directive, Indian startups appear reluctant.

As of today, Zoho is one of the few prominent startups to have actively embraced remote work. Conversations with over a dozen startup founders across sectors suggest that the broader startup ecosystem is not in favour of returning to the pandemic-era work arrangements.

Most founders based in Delhi NCR, Bengaluru and Mumbai told Inc42 that they are not considering a company-...