Narayana Murthy says Indian tech firms need to stop using H1-B visas

Amid the rising concerns over US President Donald Trump administration's proposals to restrict inflow of foreign workers, Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy said that Indian software companies need to stop sending people on H1-B visas and focus on local hiring in the US.

While stating that the large Indian mindset is always to take the "soft option", Murthy said that becoming multi-cultural is not easy and is a "very, very hard option".

"They (Indian software companies) must recruit American residents in the US, Canadians in Canada, British people in Britain etc. That's the only way, we can become a true multi-national company and in order to do that, we should stop using H1-B visas and sending a large number of Indians to those countries to deliver services," Murthy told NDTV.

He also said that recruitment from colleges should be done and local people be trained to add value to Indian companies.

The proposed overhaul of popular H-1B visa regime by US President Donald Trump has raised concerns among the Indian IT firms.