Uber may be in the midst of a major controversy over a rape incident in India, but Infosys' CEO Vishal Sikka feels that digital services like this app-based taxi provider have huge potential in the country.
"The e-commerce services like Uber, these have a huge opportunity in India because there is a tremendous embrace of the digital. It's a young country, it's a young work force -- huge opportunities (are) there," Sikka said.
The comments, made by Sikka on Tuesday during a TV interview, come at a time when Uber and other such operators are facing a government crackdown and public outrage after rape of a young woman last Friday, allegedly by the driver of an Uber cab. The driver is now in police custody, while Uber services have been already banned in Delhi, where this incident took place, while it has come to notice of the authorities that such players were not registered to offer taxi services.