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Clients should see growth through AI in the next few years: Rafee Tarafdar

Tarafdar spoke about Agentic Foundry, which develops AI agents for enterprises

Our model is built on recruiting consumers into our products: Krishnakumar

We have been trying out all the categories that are possible in consumer business, be it food, beverages, impulse foods and home and personal care, said T Krishnakumar, director at RCPL

Chalet Hotels may consider own brand in long term: MD & CEO Sanjay Sethi

Sanjay Sethi says that bulk of the company's growth will come from its existing pipeline taking the total keys to over 5,000 on the back of the domestic hospitality boom till 2030

Happy as NBFC unless there's glide path to becoming a bank: Umesh Revankar

Microfinance can never be a sunshine sector because every 5-6 years it gets into some kind of challenges, says Revankar

Lenovo will double output of Make-in-India devices in 2 years: Katyal

We assembled 6.4 million Made-in-India devices across segments in 2023-24. We doubled it in FY25, Shailendra Katyal, Lenovo India vice-president and managing director said

Swiggy names Saurav Goyal SVP to head Driver and Delivery Organisation

Goyal, who led business finance and contributed to Swiggy's IPO, will now oversee delivery operations and drive partner empowerment as part of leadership transition

Bata Group names Panos Mytaros global CEO, replacing Sandeep Kataria

Mytaros, former ECCO CEO, to join Bata on 15 September as global chief executive, as Sandeep Kataria steps down after leading the firm through a key transition

Aim is to produce two-thirds of 1 bt coal from 3 states by FY29: P M Prasad

To improve the coal supply chain, the remaining 55 of 92 FMC projects will be operationalised by FY29

Sandeep Kataria, first Indian global CEO of Bata, steps down after 5 years

An alumnus of IIT-Delhi and XLRI Jamshedpur, Sandeep Kataria joined Bata in 2017 and headed Bata India for three years before taking on the role of global CEO in 2020

PLI auto scheme for e2Ws needs to be revisited: Ather Energy cofounder

PLI should've been directed at startups - the real pushers of innovation, Tarun Mehta said

Will be present across India over next 3-5 years: Namma Yatri's Shan M S

Namma Yatri recently crossed 100 million rides but the traction is largely from Bengaluru and some Southern and Eastern regions

Sunjay Kapur obit: Polo enthusiast who galvanised Sona Comstar's fortunes

Kapur was playing polo when reportedly a bee flew into his mouth triggering complications that led to a cardiac arrest and his death

India will be among our top 3 markets in 3 years: Agoda's global CEO

Morgenshtern noted that India is not only the company's top market for growing it's tech workforce but also one of the only three countries where it advertises

Meta India's public policy head Shivnath Thukral to step down on June 30

Meta's Shivnath Thukral exits after 7.5 years as India public policy head, as leadership transitions continue under Sandhya Devanathan's expanded SEA role

The goal is a solid bank with tight credit, governance: Jana SFB MD & CEO

Jana Small Finance Bank's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer discusses the bank's future plans and growth strategy

We're the largest gig worker employer in the country: Rapido cofounders

We're currently in over 35 cities with taxis and aim to be present in every district headquarters, says Rapido

We should just go for unified licences; must open up distribution: Singhel

Human memory is very short. The demand for health insurance is still fine, we still have a double digit growth, Tapan Singhel said

Berger is number 2 by a margin in the decorative paint space: MD & CEO

Acquisitions are a high risk strategy; there are advantages in utilizing one's own strengths

Uco Bank plans to raise ₹2,700 cr in FY26 via QIP in tranches: MD & CEO

In Q4 FY25, we recovered around Rs 1,666 crore, taking the total recovery for the full year to Rs 4,400 crore, Ashwani Kumar said

Tata Steel bets big on India growth, says Chairman N Chandrasekaran

Chandra said global steel output in FY2024-25 was stable at 1.83 bln tonnes, but despite this, margins remained under pressure due to supply chain volatility, although coking coal prices were lowe