Stop sending Indians on H-1B visas, says Narayana Murthy
Posted on: 03/Feb/2017 11:42:15 AM
Infosys co founder N. R. Narayana Murthy has said that Indian software companies need to stop sending people on H-1B visas+ and focus on local hiring in the US. The statement was made amid rising concerns over Donald Trump administration`s proposals to restrict inflow of foreign workers.
Speaking to a national TV channel, Mr. Murthy said, By and large Indian mindset is always to take the soft option. Becoming multi- cultural is not easy and is a very, very hard option. They (Indian software companies) must recruit American residents in the US, Canadians in Canada, British people in Britain etc. That`s the only way, we can become a true multi-national company and in order to do that, we should stop using H1-B visas and sending a large number of Indians to those countries to deliver services.
Recruitment from colleges should be done and local people be trained to add value to Indian companies. I think even if the executive order comes, we should look at it more as opportunity for Indian companies to become more multi-cultural than we have been, rather than looking at it as a lacuna. I think by and large, the Indian mindset is always to take the soft option. Becoming multi-cultural is a very, very hard option, it`s not easy. Our managers will have to learn with non-Indian professionals, how to get the best out of them, how to work in teams that are multi-cultural, how to make sure that we understand the rules of crossing cultures. This is the only way to remove the risk of government mandating things like the executive order.
