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Our competition is the stock market, not private equity firms: KKR CEO

We are investing in infrastructure, education, waste management, and healthcare, says KKR CEO Henry Kravis

We are likely to start with an acquisition in India, says Martin Sorrell

If anybody could do a global creative job from India, then it is Piyush Pandey, says the veteran ad executive

Don't want to do any major surgery to our financials: Flipkart CEO

'We've brought in a lot of cost discipline into the company', says Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Ideas and idlis: Oyo's Ritesh Agarwal loves southern food, the front desk

Oyo CEO Ritesh Agarwal tells Ajay Modi how he digs south Indian food and why he still stands behind the reception desk of OYO properties to check in guests

We will be more receptive to hotel owners, says MakeMyTrip CEO Deep Kalra

How can we stop a hotel from discounting? They are the owners, says MakeMyTrip CEO Deep Kalra

Raw material prices may hit margins, says JSW Steel's Seshagiri Rao

India requires eight to nine mt (more) every year. The capacities that are coming up might not be sufficient to meet this growing demand, says Rao

Royal Enfield can fill global vacuum with Twins, Singles: Rudratej Singh

In India, the middleweight segment did not exist until Royal Enfield grew, said the president of Royal Enfield

My best campaign is 'Ami KKR' for Kolkata Knight Riders, says Jitto George

For us, the campaign is special because for a primarily digital agency, this was the first mainline campaign we ever did

Rise in risk-averseness after IL&FS created panic: HDFC CEO Keki Mistry

The worst of the liquidity crisis is over and confidence is returning slowly, but surely, says Keki Mistry

We're working on cutting down on paperwork: Anup Rau of Edelweiss GI

The CEO Edelweiss General Insurance dwells on his company's strategies as a new player in the highly competitive health insurance market

How Dinesh Keskar's life is deeply intertwined with the machines he sells

It was in June 1980 that Dinesh Keskar started working with Boeing - initially in flight control system design when Boeing was designing B757 and B767

Next-gen cars will be embedded with much more technology: Skoda India MD

We are okay with regulatory changes. The perception is that we are expensive to own, which is partly true. But, we are working on by deepening localisation

Biocon aims to be global biopharma leader in 20 yrs: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

She said that diabetes and cancer care are going to be the two major focus areas in the coming years

We can put our best foot forward in the domestic market: Rajiv Bajaj

When exports were down, we tried to address that, and our efforts are now paying off, says Bajaj Auto MD

Mutual funds should start disclosing retail assets: Reliance MF CEO

Sundeep Sikka explains how mutual funds can create business models that can deliver long-term growth and profitability.

Hope Alturas redefines M&M the way Scorpio and XUV500 did: Pawan Goenka

'With Alturas, it's the third time we're pushing the envelope in terms of price'

Why former journalist, author Mark Tully will always be a 'Janata' man

Tully says he now wants to be free of the trappings of city life and all the fake news episodes have perhaps strengthened his resolve to 'spend more time in the countryside'

India is still an underserved market, says Tetra Pak's Ashutosh Manohar

Be it through social media, or the product pack, the consumer wants to 'talk' to brands, not be 'spoken to', says Manohar

R&D spend will continue to be around 12% of revenue, says Glenmark CMD

A bigger chunk of our R&D investment is towards our innovative and specialty pipeline, said CMD

Seeing faster adoption of Cloud products in India: SAP Labs India MD

If you look at how the world is adopting cloud, there is a generic thinking that countries like the US or UK want to move towards cloud faster, says MD Khandelwal