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Lensman Steve Winter on his iconic shots, big cats and love for Indian food

Winter talks to Ruchika Chitravanshi about how he composes shots in his mind before actually shooting them and why he took up an Indian cooking course

Have seen much better planning, operations via AI system: Sanjay Kirloskar

We have seen a much better planning and operations process via our AI system which is reducing delivery times to customers, says Sanjay Kirloskar

Auto scrappage policy targeting CVs a way to start revival: Sajjan Jindal

If we are to become a $5 trillion economy, then we need at least 7 per cent to 8 per cent GDP growth, if not higher, says Sajjan Jindal

Policymakers must stop treating cars like sin goods: Maruti's R C Bhargava

R C Bhargava says the government's attitude of increasing the ownership cost of cars is the main reason why sales have been going down

Rebel Foods CEO on restaurant's move from a QSR to multi-brand internet biz

Rebel Foods CEO and co-founder Jaydeep Barman is disrupting the 500-year-old restaurant industry, which he says hasn't changed at all

Hero MotoCorp betting big on scooters, EVs a work in progress: Pawan Munjal

He says Hero aims to sell over 10 million units in the coming year

Long-term outlook of Indian market remains positive: JCB India MD & CEO

Despite witnessing demand compression in 2019, JCB India has decided to go ahead with its Rs 650-crore new facility

Malabika Sarkar on what it takes to head liberal campus in illiberal times

Over lunch, Sarkar talks about critical differences between the pedagogies followed by older universities and Ashoka and what it is like to be at the vanguard of an academic revolution

There is scope for increase in steel prices: Seshagiri Rao, JSW Steel

"We would primarily want demand to be stimulated by way of increased outlays on infrastructure"

We are building a financial marketplace, says PhonePe CEO Sameer Nigam

Its co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Sameer Nigam tells Yuvraj Malik about the firm's "platform" strategy, monetization, and future capital-raising plans

NBFCs need to be incentivised to become banks, says Hiranandani Group MD

'The government's decision to reduce corporation tax rate to 17% for new companies is faulty', said Hiranandani

Subhash Garg explains why RBI's surplus profits belong to the govt

Over lunch with Arup Roychoudhury, Garg talks about his two years as finance secretary as the government went into an unprecedented confrontation with the Reserve Bank of India

Voice is the new normal, not just a threat or an opportunity: Virat Tandon

'As per Google data, voice search has grown by 270% in the past one year', said Virat Tandon

Battery swap technology will lower the cost of acquiring EVs: Piaggio MD

We will also be studying a fixed battery solution, so that when a customer is ready for it, we are in a position to market it, said Diegio Graffi, MD & CEO at Piaggio India

Assam's MFI crisis may mirror Andhra's: Founder Ujjivan SFB Samit Ghosh

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (Ujjivan SFB) is now getting on to a higher growth orbit after having been listed

NTPC, ONGC slow on their Bangladesh projects: Sheikh Hasina's advisor

Bangladesh's relationship with India should be mutually beneficial, says Bir Bikram Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, adviser (minister) to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

If an idea works locally, it deserves a run globally: DDB Worldwide's Weiss

DDB had its first global creative council meet in Mumbai this week. Broadly, I wanted to understand the Indian market better, says Ari Weiss

YouTube a reflection of what India is evolving into, says Satya Raghavan

'YouTube is an economy by itself', said Raghavan

Govt needs to forget fiscal prudence to revive demand: Shriram Transport MD

'the government should be little on the expansionary mode for two years', said Umesh Revankar, MD and CEO, Shriram Transport Finance

Real growth story to start next festive season: M&M Finance MD Ramesh Iyer

RAMESH IYER, vice-chairman and managing director of the company, tells Shreepad S Aute that NBFCs may not be able to cover the fall in loan sanctions in the second half