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Following criticism by rival Flipkart over comments on lack of quality engineers in the country, Snapdeal co-founder Rohit Bansal clarified that while India has some of the "smartest engineers on the planet", other geographies have built out far more 'at-scale' products. This set off a short Twitter spat with Flipkart chief Sachin Bansal, who argued to the contrary. (Image: Snapdeal)
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1. Snapdeal co-founder Rohit Bansal was quoted as saying, "If you think about the landscape in India, not too many product companies got built here". After this set off a row, Rohit Bansal posted his response on the company blog last night. (Image: Snapdeal)
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2. Snapdeal's Rohit Bansal indicated that he was misquoted in the report and that it "hurts when people do that as a way to get headlines for themselves". (Image: Snapdeal)
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3. Snapdeal's Rohit Bansal said India, being the engineering centre for the world, has "some of the smartest engineers on the planet" but at the same time, the internet industry in India has been very small until recently and hence the building of at-scale technology products out of India is a more recent phenomenon.” (Image: Snapdeal)
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4. Snapdeal's Rohit Bansal added that, "In many other geographies around the world, the market has been much larger for a while and hence far more at scale products have been built out here." (Image: Snapdeal)
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At an event, Khan had said his wife Kiran Rao had asked if they should move out of the country, as she feared for the safety of their child in a climate of insecurity. Following the remarks, many netizens vented their frustration on social networks and even deleted Snapdeal’s app to show protest against the company. (Snapdeal)
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