Digitalisation has become amplified after Covid-19: Mahesh Palashikar of GE

In a Q&A, the president of GE South Asia says decision making cycle for new projects got pushed by a few months because of the pandemic

General Electric’s (GE) healthcare arm, in partnership with Wipro, recently got approval from the Union government for production-linked incentives. With its focus on digital technology, it is looking at certain key themes in Covid-19 times. In an interview with Jyoti Mukul, Mahesh Palashikar, president, GE South Asia, says the decision making cycle for new projects got pushed by a few months because of the pandemic. Edited Excerpts:

How has the past one year been? Has business returned to the pre-Covid levels?

We are largely in long-cycle, capital-intensive project businesses. During March and April 2020, ongoing projects were impacted because you