Eventful Visit
On her second visit to India, Safra Catz, CEO, Oracle. spoke on a range of topics – the immigrant issue in the US, start-ups, GST and the India plans of Oracle. Catz opposed the restrictions on the entry of skilled professionals in the US, and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Digital India mission. A veteran at Oracle, Catz announced the expanded availability of Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP) cloud in India that delivers built-in features to facilitate compliance with the new GST rules. Last year, she had said that Oracle is building a new facility in Bangalore with $400 million investment. Oracle is actively engaged in providing tech support, business advice and mentoring to startups through its nine incubation centres in the country. With over 40,000 people, India is the largest centre for Oracle outside of the US.