Chennai: After the tragic death of 27-year-old Tamil Nadu entrepreneur Jayesh Ram, Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu has raised concerns about paragliding because of the risk associated with the adventure sports.
Vembu, 57, has also shared a heartfelt tribute to Jayesh. The deceased was the son of Vembu’s family friend. Ram had died in a paragliding accident in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, last Friday.
Claiming that ‘way too many accidents happen’ while taking up such adventure sports, the billionaire CEO also stressed upon the lack of regulatory oversight safety measures.
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… pic.twitter.com/dZsmE0hW5M
— Sridhar Vembu (@svembu) January 19, 2025
In an X post, Sridhar Vembu, wrote: “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 Kullu, 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,” he added.
According to Vembu, Jeyesh was “very kind” to his employees.
“We had invested in Jeyesh’s venture Tools Hub, a fast growing hardware retail store franchise. His father Anand suggested the name Karuvi and it was Tools Hub distributor Abdul Gafoor, a long time Zoho customer and good friend of Anand who suggested the idea of Karuvi to us,” wrote the CEO of Zoho.
The 57-year-old CEO also claimed that Jeyesh was a risk taker, just like himself.
“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 Kullu as too accident prone. I hope young people, particularly young men, avoid bad risks like this,” wrote Vembu.
According to the Indian Express, Jeyesh was killed and his pilot severely injured after their paraglider collided with another paraglider.
