New Delhi, July 15 -- Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu recently reflected on his meeting with 80-year-old Morihiro Saito-san - leading Japanese car designer. In a social media post, he expressed his admiration for local level engineering skills and emphasized the importance of grassroots innovation for long-term economic growth.

Taking to X Sridhar Vembu wrote, "Last week, I was fortunate to visit the workshop (the Tamil word pattarai பட்டறை is so appropriate) of the leading motor designer in the world Morihiro Saito-san," as he likened Japanese workshop to Tamil concept of "pattarai". Inspired by Saito's dedication to designing cutting-edge motors at such an advanced age and impressed by hands-on engineerin...