At Salesforce, Arundhati Bhattacharya bullish on new tech, demand

Former SBI chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya (pictured) joined Salesforce to head its India unit at a time when the firm was facing multiple challenges.

On April 1, when she took over as chairman and CEO of the US-based software major, the country was under a lockdown. Business sentiment, too, was quite low. A couple of months later, she is now more optimistic than before regarding the adoption of newer technologies, even though she acknowledges there could be short-term challenges owing to the pandemic.

“In the short term, it is going to be challenging (due to the pandemic). However, the future is very bright in the medium-to-long term. In India, there is huge demand, which will drive growth for Salesforce,” said Bhattacharya.