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Does India really need young people to work 70 hours a week for economic development?
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Many professionals, like Rahul Mohanto, say workers should be judged on the quality of their work rather than the number of hours in the office.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF RAHUL MOHANTO
NEW DELHI – A debate is raging in India over what constitutes a productive work culture after the co-founder and former chief executive of an information technology giant said young people need to work at least 70 hours a week in order to make the country an economic powerhouse.
In his remarks made in a podcast on Oct 27, Infosys co-founder and former chief executive N.R. Narayana Murthy noted that India’s “work productivity is one of the lowest in the world”.
