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We are a follower at global level, but disrupter locally: Ashish Jakhanwala

The Western financial markets prefer ownership and operations to be vested in different hands as owning a business is very different from running it

Vedanta eyes Electrosteel for value addition, says chairman Navin Agarwal

Says the company is investing $8-9 bn in next two to three years to ramp up capacity under a major expansion programme

Credit Suisse's Mickey Doshi stresses the role of relationships in business

Over truffle dumplings, fried rice and hakka noodles, he tells about his journey in the investment banking business and what has led to the firm's success and how

It is time to raise our ambitions, says Spicejet CMD Ajay Singh

The number of aircraft we have on order, we will reach No.3 after US and China even if we do nothing, says Spicejet CMD

Investors should watch out for rising bond yields, oil prices: B Gopkumar

While the risk of higher yield may persist, we believe healthy double-digit growth in corporate earnings will aid markets to sustain high valuations

RP not running transparent process: KK Maheshwari, MD, UltraTech

Fraud allegation report was not given to the bidders in the data room, and this has certainly come as a big surprise to us, he said.

We've moved away from business of chasing the competition: Flipkart CEO

In a Q&A, Kalyan Krishnamurthy says firm's leadership today is defined more by game-changing metrics than numbers

We believe in slow but sure growth in India: MG Motor India's Rajeev Chaba

He says that the company believes in under committing and over delivering

Preferences vary; consumer needs remain the same, says Albinder Dhindsa

The biggest grocery businesses in the world have managed to deliver savings to their customers, says Albinder Dhindsa, Co-founder & CEO, Grofers

Indian market maturing but slowly, says Lord Andrew Hay of Knight Frank

Indian market maturing but still catching up on opportunities for customer service and ancillary functions, says Global head of residental business, Knight Frank

We believe Himalayan can be a global brand: Tata Global Beverages MD & CEO

Ajoy Misra tells what premiumisation means for TGB and why the transition from hotels to the beverages industry was not that difficult for him

India's leadership in cost-efficient generics is unchallenged: Sanjiv Kaul

Price erosion has been in excess of 15 per cent last year and will perhaps be at similar levels this year due to sales channel consolidation, says Kaul

Home cooking needs to be given their due, says Nestle's Maarten Geraets

Many alternatives that target similar consumption moments have come into the noodles space: Maarten Geraets tells Sangeeta Tanwar

Bad loans in power need coordinated central, state action: Hemant Kanoria

Hemant Kanoria, Chairman and managing director of Srei Infrastructure Finance, tells Ishita Ayan Dutt & Namrata Acharya, there must be an alignment between states and the Centre to recover stressed as

The spirit of the law is not to stop us from investing, says Aditya Mittal

For more than a decade, ArcelorMittal has been trying without much luck to establish a presence in India by setting up greenfield plants

You have to find newer ways to work together & collaborate: Raji Ramaswamy

In a Q&A, CEO of Contract Advertising, along with her boss Tarun Rai, who is South Asia CEO of J Walter Thompson, highlights her for the WPP-owned agency

Patanjali's growth only in small segment, not our competitor: Amul MD

In the dairy market, the competition is measured in terms of milk production and not in the commodity market. Patanjali is not our competitor, RS Sodhi says

Uniform rules across India will boost affordable housing: Anita Arjundas

Last month, the government had said the goods and services tax (GST) would be reduced from 12 per cent to eight per cent for low-cost housing

Events sector is organised but environment is disorganized: Sabbas Joseph

Now in Delhi they have started online licensing-which is a big relief

We see ourselves partnering with the govt on healthcare: Sanofi India MD

In a Q&A, N Rajaram says his firm has put the impact of GST behind it and is happy the govt's healthcare policies are becoming more predictable