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After Upasana Kamineni's Egg-Freezing Pitch Goes Viral, Zoho's Vembu Urges Marriage and Kids in 20s

The viral exchange has become a proxy for competing views on fertility autonomy versus early family formation.

Overview

  • At IIT Hyderabad, Upasana Kamineni called egg freezing "the biggest insurance for women," tying it to financial independence and control over marriage and motherhood.
  • The clip spread widely on X, where users accused her of promoting Apollo’s IVF and egg-freezing services and of misleading young women about outcomes and risk.
  • X user Swetha Chowdary alleged she was "selling Apollo IVF egg freezing business" by linking finances to childbearing and downplaying that egg freezing offers no guarantee.
  • Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu reposted the video and urged entrepreneurs to marry and have children in their 20s, describing this as a "demographic duty."
  • Coverage notes her family ties to Apollo and her role at the Apollo Foundation, and also reports that she and Ram Charan recently announced a second pregnancy.