# Sridhar Vembu > Sridhar Vembu is founder and chief scientist of Zoho. Zoho Books, Zoho Mail API, Zoho People, Zoho Recruit and Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail) on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sridhar-vembu/ - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sridhar-vembu/index.md (~1,450 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sridhar-vembu/index.min.md (~1,180 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sridhar-vembu/index.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key) - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data) - Updated: 2026-10-27 Founder and chief scientist, Zoho. Sridhar Vembu founded AdventNet, the network management software company that became Zoho Corporation in 2009, and led it as chief executive until January 2025, when he became chief scientist to focus on research and development. He began his career as a wireless engineer at Qualcomm and set up Zoho Schools in 2004. ## What Sridhar builds - [Zoho Books](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-books.md), graded C, 61.1/100, in Accounting & invoicing. Zoho Books is hosted accounting software from Zoho for small and mid-sized businesses. Agents reach it through the REST API v3, covering invoices, bills, payments, banking, journals and the chart of accounts behind OAuth 2.0. Founder and chief scientist, Zoho, researched 2026-10-27. - [Zoho Mail API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-mail.md), graded D, 53.8/100, in Mailbox access. Zoho Mail is Zoho's hosted business email service. Its REST API lets an application read, search, send and organise mail in a Zoho Mail account and administer an organisation's users, domains, groups and policies, with OAuth 2.0 access. Founder and chief scientist, Zoho, researched 2026-10-27. - [Zoho People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-people.md), graded C, 55/100, in HR & employee operations. Cloud HR system from Zoho covering employee records, leave, attendance, timesheets, onboarding, performance and learning. Agents reach it through a REST API with OAuth 2.0, available on paid plans. Founder and chief scientist, Zoho, researched 2026-10-27. - [Zoho Recruit](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-recruit.md), graded C, 59.8/100, in Recruiting & applicant tracking. Zoho Recruit is a hosted applicant tracking system from Zoho for in-house HR teams and staffing agencies. Agents reach it through the REST API v2 and asynchronous bulk read and write APIs, behind OAuth 2.0. Founder and chief scientist, Zoho, researched 2026-10-27. - [Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-zeptomail.md), graded C, 61.8/100, in Email delivery APIs. Transactional email service from Zoho, renamed from ZeptoMail to Zoho CPaaS in September 2026. It sends application email through a REST API or SMTP relay, with templates, domain management, suppression lists, logs and webhooks. Founder and chief scientist, Zoho, researched 2026-10-27. ## Works with - [Aishwarya Murugesh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aishwarya-murugesh/), Senior Product Manager, CRM - [Ashok James](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ashok-james/), Product Manager, Zoho Desk - [Rahul JR](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rahul-jr/), Senior Product Manager, Zoho Desk - [Shailesh Kumar Davey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shailesh-kumar-davey/), Co-founder and CEO, Zoho Corp - [Tony Thomas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tony-thomas/), Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US ## Questions ### Who is Sridhar Vembu? Sridhar Vembu founded AdventNet, the network management software company that became Zoho Corporation in 2009, and led it as chief executive until January 2025, when he became chief scientist to focus on research and development. He began his career as a wireless engineer at Qualcomm and set up Zoho Schools in 2004. ### What does Zoho, Zoho Corporation make? Anchor Terminal lists Zoho Books, Zoho Mail API, Zoho People, Zoho Recruit and Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail) from Zoho, Zoho Corporation. Zoho Books is hosted accounting software from Zoho for small and mid-sized businesses. Agents reach it through the REST API v3, covering invoices, bills, payments, banking, journals and the chart of accounts behind OAuth 2.0. ### How are Sridhar's tools graded? Zoho Books is graded C, 61.1 out of 100; Zoho Mail API is graded D, 53.8 out of 100; Zoho People is graded C, 55 out of 100; Zoho Recruit is graded C, 59.8 out of 100; Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail) is graded C, 61.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist. ## Sources - https://www.zoho.com/books/ - https://www.zoho.com/books/help/ - https://www.zoho.com/aboutus.html - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoho_Corporation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sridhar_Vembu - https://www.zoho.com/mail/ - https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/ - https://www.zoho.com/people/ - https://www.zoho.com/people/resources.html - https://www.zoho.com/recruit/ - https://www.zoho.com/recruit/resources.html - https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/ - https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/help/ - https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/contact.html These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. 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