US visa curbs can accelerate IT work to Bengaluru, says Nilekani

More people will set up centres in India and access local human capital, he says

Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani says that the proposed curbs on H1B visas that is given to attract technology talent to the US would help India, with more work coming to its tech hub Bengaluru.

"I think every time there has been any efforts to stem visas, the work on IT in places like Bengaluru has only grown. We will have more people set up centres here and access our human capital. I think it will just accelerate the work happening right here," said Nilekani, who built Infosys along with five colleagues including its founder N R Narayana Murthy.

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