NRI entrepreneurs coming back to scale

More Indian entrepreneurs from Europe and the United States are heading back to India where the economy is growing and opportunities are large, Saurabh Srivastava, the former NASSCOM chairman, has said. “Today, more and more Indian entrepreneurs are heading back to India from Europe and the US have achieved success in those markets,” Srivastava, the co-founder of the National Association of Software and Services Company (NASSCOM), said on the sidelines of Singapore Fintech Festival from November 15-17 here.

“This is because the economy is growing and the opportunities are large and the government is very focused on entrepreneurs.” Srivastava said he wants to see the Indian economy growing at double-digit though it is stable at the current 6.5 per cent growth. Given the large 1.4 billion population, India should have a million startups to drive the economic growth, said the Padma Shree Awardee, who has funded about 150 startups.