We'll be investing, hiring heavily in India over 5 years: Zoom President

Velchamy Sankarlingam also addressed the issue of Zoom's origin and identity, which has often been wrongly mentioned as Chinese

India is an important market for Zoom, and the company is planning to invest and hire more talent in the country, Velchamy Sankarlingam, the videoconferencing app’s president of engineering and product, said in a blogpost on Medium.

Sankarlingam joined his new role on June 12, and in a post titled ‘Why I Joined Zoom and Our Commitment to India’, spoke at length about why India is a key market for Zoom and the company’s commitment towards building a great video communications product. 

“We also have plans for significant investment in the country over the next five years and beyond, including