India, Nov. 19 -- Sridhar Vembu, the founder and former chief executive officer of Zoho Corp., advises young entrepreneurs to marry and have children early in life, as "a demographic duty to society".

"I advise young entrepreneurs I meet, both men and women, to marry and have kids in their 20s and not keep postponing it," Vembu wrote on X. "I tell them they have to do their demographic duty to society and their own ancestors. I know these notions may sound quaint or old-fashioned but I am sure these ideas will resonate again."

Vembu, who returned to India in 2019-20 after spending nearly two decades in the US, was reposting Upasana Konidela-founder of wellness platform URLife-who during her recent visit to IIT Hyderabad found that male ...