Indian entrepreneurs have responded to crisis quickly: Sequoia's Rajan Anandan

Indian entrepreneurs have responded to crisis quickly: Sequoia's Rajan Anandan

Rajan Anandan, managing director of Google India, speaks at the Android One launch event in New Delhi on Sept. 15, 2014. PHOTOGRAPHER: KUNI TAKAHASHI/BLOOMBERG

The first two months of the COVID-19 crisis were very difficult for startups as they had to take tough decisions, but Rajan Anandan, managing director, Sequoia Capital India LLP said he was surprised at how quickly Indian entrepreneurs responded to the crisis. In an interview, Anandan, also president of TiE Delhi, a non-profit organization for startups, discussed the start-up ecosystem and the Indian Internet economy being at a tipping point. Edited excerpts: