At the company’s Chennai Headquarters, Shereen Bhan sits down with Mani Vembu - the man who joined Zoho at 20, helped shape its journey for nearly three decades, and took over as CEO earlier this year.They discuss the IT Minister’s ‘Swadeshi switch’ to Zoho, the company’s unique transnational-local model, its AI bets with Zia LLM, why Zoho refuses to go public, and how R&D for them also means Rural & Development!Find out why Zoho is betting on a 20–30 year horizon and how its ultimate ambition is to build world-class products while transforming local communities. This is Zoho’s India-to-the-world story!