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New leadership will stick to mid-term growth strategy: Cognizant CEO

We have focused on high-quality sustainable revenue growth, but at the same time focused on running the business efficiently, he said

Our fund will help firms move up the ESG scale: Mukund Rajan & Ajit Dayal

Mukund Rajan has joined hands with Quantum Advisors' Ajit Dayal to launch a $1-billion ESG fund

Deal wins strong, our digital focus is yielding results: Tech Mahindra CEO

We will keep the discipline on operating margins and growth rates as we look at acquisitions, says Gurnani

My first choice would be a foreign partner: Zee Entertainment MD & CEO

The challenge is how to counter the irrational behaviour some companies - the likes of Netflix and Amazon - are displaying, says Punit Goenka

My best campaign is Britannia's 'exciting goodness': Interbrand India MD

This campaign is special because the project repositioned and re-imagined an old and well-established brand, says Ashish Mishra

Better prepared to privatise Air India next year: Dipam's Atanu Chakraborty

"We have pursued mergers and acquisitions in the PSU space because it unlocks better value for the firms concerned"

Axis Bank needs to be conservative on corporate loans: CEO Amitabh Chaudhry

The current market environment and the strength of our balance sheet provide us with an opportunity to grow the wholesale loan book, says Chaudhry

Learn from the discipline of international studios: Viacom18's Ferzad Palia

The headroom for growth in India for pay TV in the English language is the highest in the world, Palia tells Shubhomoy Sikdar

Blackstone portfolio giving us strong growth avenues, says Mphasis CEO

If you look two years back, the portion of fixed price contracts has risen from 11% to around 25%, said Mphasis CEO Nitin Rakesh

Biocon's US generic formulations grew seven-fold in Q3: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Biocon's year-to-date earnings have more than doubled over last year, led by the biologics segment, says Shaw

We are confident Siddhartha won't harm Mindtree: Exec chairman Natarajan

Mindtree Executive Chairman Krishnakumar Natarajan told Debasis Mohapatra that Siddhartha would not harm the company

Laid path to make Ashok Leyland great company from average: MD Vinod Dasari

In a Q&A, the CV man of the South, as he is known, talks about his 14-year stint at the company, and the road map he laid to catapult it into big league

Doctors no longer gods, patient trust has to be rebuilt: Radiant Life head

In a Q&A, the man who bought the Max Hospital chain recently, dwells on his plans to take his health care institutions to the next level of excellence in patient care

Market disruptors are often over-played, says HUL's Sanjiv Mehta

At an overall level, about 28% of the FMCG market is premium. Our aim would be to help consumers trade up, says HUL's Chairman and Managing Director Sanjiv Mehta

Chef Manish Mehrotra explains how he manages restaurants in 3 countries

Mehrotra tells Rahul Jacob why he is excited about the rise of regional cuisines in India and explains how he manages restaurants in three different countries

IPO market is double-edged sword for the PE investors: S Sriniwasan

S Sriniwasan, managing director at Kotak Investment Advisors, discusses real estate markets and the PE segment with Business Standard

We're giving MCX a stable cost base to ramp up profits: Mrugank Paranjape

In a Q&A with Business Standard, MD & CEO of the commodity bourse says he expects Sebi to allow trading in MFs, PMS and index-based derivatives this quarter

US can do better in visa policy for tech workers, says John T Chambers

Chambers, who has 2 investments in India, is optimistic that with strong start-up ecosystem built by the central government in the past five years, India will produce more unicorns in the years ahead

Discounts cannot disrupt the furniture market: Ashish Shah of Pepperfry

Price comparison is difficult in an unorganised market like furnitures, Shah tells Shubhomoy Sikdar

Brexit or not, clients will have to spend on technology: TCS' Subramaniam

Depending on how the Brexit scenario works out, people will figure out what they will do, says COO Subramaniam