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Shark Tank India judge Namita Thapar has criticised Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia for saying that Indian engineers have a poor work ethic. Speaking on a recent Singh in US podcast, Bhatia examined India’s engineering education system and work culture, highlighting what he sees as a lack of critical thinking and innovation.
Hitting back at Bhatia, Thapar wrote on X, “Latest news ‘Sabeer Bhatia giving gyan on quality of Indian engineers’ … I lived in the US for 8 years & met many Indians living there who loved bashing India… dear government, please note that brain drain is a real concern & needs introspection… however, back to Mr Bhatia… please note that its easy to move to another country & give gyan but the real impact & challenge lies in staying in your own country & facilitating change!”
Thapar’s remarks received mixed reactions online, with some social media users supporting Bhatia’s statements. “Though I totally agree with you as I have friends who moved abroad and started bashing our country for everything but I disagree on the point that it’s easy to move to other countries. Getting PR/GC in good countries not that easy now,” a user wrote.
Another user commented, “Criticism is healthy If we take it. someone criticising then needs introspection instead of bashing them.”
“Somehow I agree here with Namita, I am staying abroad since last 11 years it’s really common from NRIs to talk against Indian on every aspects not all but max may be 90%,” a third user reacted.
In the podcast, Bhatia emphasised that India must rethink how it values technical skills to become an innovative nation. “Till we change our work ethic and we actually start doing work with our own hands and start respecting people who write software, who write code, who do things, or who think about these problems in a critical way… we’ve got to change the education system,” he said.
