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Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu has expressed concerns about the dangers of paragliding in light of the tragic death of a 27-year-old entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu. Vembu paid tribute to Jeyesh Ram, the son of his family friend, who was killed in a paragliding accident in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh on Friday, January 17.
In his post on X, the billionaire CEO highlighted the lack of safety measures while performing the adventure sport. “Yesterday I had the very sad duty to attend the funeral of Jeyesh Ram, 27 year old son of my dear friend Cibi Anand and Priya. He lost his life in a para-gliding accident in Kulu, Himachal Pradesh last Friday. Way too many accidents happen with sickening regulatory there and I am deeply saddened Jeyesh became the latest statistic. Much stronger regulatory oversight required here,” Vembu wrote.
The CEO further shared that Jeyesh was an entrepreneur and a risk-taker. “Jeyesh was a dashing young man, very kind to his employees and all those around him. He had the world ahead of him. He was a risk taker. So am I but even at his age I would do a risk analysis and would have declined para-gliding in Kulu as too accident prone. I hope young people, particularly young men, avoid bad risks like this,” he added.
“I hope his death does not go in vain and regulators take a good look at this,” Vembu wrote.
See the post here:
https://twitter.com/svembu/status/1881066458211618945
A day later, a 19-year-old woman tourist from Gujarat died in another paragliding accident in the state’s Dharamshala. The accident occurred as the woman took off from the Indrunag paragliding site.
In another paragliding accident the same day, a tourist from Pune and a pilot were killed in North Goa’s Querim. Shivani Dabale, 27, and the pilot Suman Nepali, 26, fell into a ravine after taking off from a cliff at Keri plateau on Saturday evening.
