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In 5 yrs, India will be among top 2 contributors to Zoho: CEO Sridhar Vembu

Vembu said Zoho is adding India language support to address requirements of local customers. It is also adding the implementation support to help people map out how to implement Zoho products

Aim to have 450 outlets by 2022 from 280 now: Hardcastle MD Smita Jatia

The firm is prepared to battle higher inflation and face anti-profiteering authorities

We don't have problem of poor yields, no need to cut capacity: SpiceJet CFO

An interview with Kiran Koteshwar, Chief Financial Officer of SpiceJet, which has bucked the trend of airlines with faltering businesses

Lunch with BS: MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a politician and an entrepreneur

Chandrasekhar tells how he keeps his two lives - that of a politician and an entrepreneur - separate, and how his family came to deal with being constantly under public glare

Rural markets are seeing an uptick in demand, says Bajaj Electricals CMD

From about 10% now in terms of manufacturing in-house, we would like to take the figure to about 25-30% in the next three years, says chairman and managing director of Bajaj Electricals, Shekhar Bajaj

MF retail assets crossing Rs 10 trn a big achievement: Amfi's N S Venkatesh

Overall, the net outflows was Rs326 billion in July, despite higher gross sales compared to the preceding month

We want categories outside biscuits to grow: Britannia MD Varun Berry

There is going to be inflation so far as wheat is concerned and we will probably be going for a 3-4% price increase starting Q4 across categories on an average

I believe the health of the company is much better now: UTI AMC's Leo Puri

'Yes, we may have ceded some market share, but we are among the most profitable fund houses', says Leo Puri

Rajan Nanda: The man who fast-tracked Escorts' tractor business

It is interesting that Nanda tried his hands over multiple businesses but in his lifetime realised the need to focus on the core, which is, tractor beside construction and railway equipment

I don't see a revival in private sector investments: Srei's Sunil Kanoria

No committee of creditor (CoC) will hand over assets to promoters who wilfully defaulted

Why will promoters exit if we double revenue in 5 yrs: Mindtree's Natarajan

Mindtree is going to be a billion-dollar (revenue) firm in next three quarters

We will continue our worldwide expansion: CEO Girish Mathrubootham

We have always been a conservative company and on the verge of attaining profitability

I am opposed to the word agency, says Gozoop CEO Ahmed Aftab Naqvi

We like an equal seat from where we can influence business decisions, Ahmed Aftab Naqvi tells Shubhomoy Sikdar

Freshworks a conservative company, on verge of profitability, says CEO

It is something that was bound to happen with the intensity we have shown right from the start, says Girish Mathrubootham

We see rural turning back to 1.4-1.5 times urban growth this year: GCPL MD

For the 2018-19 financial year, we feel comfortable we will be able to drive profit growth ahead of sales growth and deliver margin expansion

We are building a war room to boost client engagement: Tech Mahindra CEO

Tech Mahindra's Q1 FY19 numbers lacked the financial firepower of its larger Indian rivals

Our acquisition strategy has been playing out well: HCL Technologies CEO

Apart from engineering services, Vijayakumar said telecom, BFSI, retail and consumer packaged goods would drive growth in the quarters ahead

K M Birla on why Novelis will buy American aluminium products maker Aleris

We bought Novelis for $6 billion and we got equity of $3 billion in the first three years itself, says K M Birla

We'll bring down our US exposure to 70% by 2020: Hexaware CEO R Srikrishna

On the service lines, we have diversified to a great extent, says Srikrishna

Success story: India's first female founder of a billion-dollar startup

Only way to reach all Indians is by bringing offline bazaars to the internet, says Radhika Aggarwal of ShopClues