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With Zoho around, we are determined to work on Arattai: Sridhar Vembu

In a conversation with Business Standard, Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu talks about his role as a scientist, his vision for the firm and India's AI journey

'Feels like Day Zero': Lenskart CEO shares emotional note ahead of listing

Lenskart is set to debut on the stock market today after the successful completion of its ₹7,278 crore initial public offering

Enterprises must partner with consulting firms for AI: IBM's Mohamad Ali

IBM Consulting SVP Mohamad Ali says AI will be "net positive" as firms adopt human-plus-digital worker models and shift investments toward automation

Technology to disrupt every aspect of healthcare: Narayana Health founder

Narayana Health's founder Devi Shetty says UK acquisition of Practice Plus Group will help integrate technology-driven efficiency into global healthcare, as the group prepares its next growth phase

'Prime is building for Bharat': Amazon Prime VP on localising service

Jamil Ghani says Prime in India will evolve through ultra-fast delivery and local content

India stands at intersection of clean energy and AI, says Gautam Adani

He said the goal is to make India the world's most sustainable intelligence hub

Ports, shipbuilding, and logistics: APM-Maersk charts bold India plan

Maersk eyes India's maritime boom with $2 billion plan for ports, shipbuilding, and logistics as global supply chains shift and India positions itself as a shipping and manufacturing hub

Want to list our firm while it's in growth phase, says Alakh Pandey

Founder Alakh Pandey says the IPO aims to strengthen governance, expand affordable education, and reward retail investors as the company enters its next growth phase

Zydus gets USFDA's orphan drug designation for beta-thalassemia product

The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) grants orphan status to support development of medicines for the treatment of rare diseases

Paytm founder Sharma bets on AI-led revenue growth, cost-efficiency

Vijay Shekhar Sharma says AI will fuel Paytm's next phase of growth after cost efficiencies, as company eyes revenue opportunities from smart devices

Birla Opus CEO Rakshit Hargave resigns to pursue new opportunities

The company said the appointment of Hargave's successor will be announced in due course. In the meantime, MD Himanshu Kapania will directly oversee the paints business

Need to drive double-digit top line, and margins in excess of that: TCPL

We've got good volume growth. We continue to expand distribution and innovation and we continue to power up. We are on track for a full year of 5 per cent innovation to sales this year as well

Satyakam Arya set to take over as president and CEO of Hino Motors

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles MD and CEO Satyakam Arya will lead Hino Motors, a Toyota Group company, marking the first time an Indian will head a Japanese automobile major

Hinduja Group chairman Gopichand Hinduja passes away in London at 85

Gopichand was part of the second generation of the Hinduja family and assumed the role of chairman in May 2023, following the death of his elder brother, Srichand Hinduja

Achin Gupta to succeed Umang Vohra as Cipla MD & GCEO from April 2026

Umang Vohra joined Cipla in 2015 as global chief financial and strategy officer and thereafter served as the company's MD & GCEO since 2016

Banks increasingly looking towards retail customers, says K V Kamath

K V Kamath says Indian banks must reinvent, focus on retail, and invest in the right tech as corporates rely less on loans and new-age finance reshapes money flows

Max Healthcare's 10,000-bed expansion built with zero debt: MD Abhay Soi

Max Healthcare's ₹6,000 crore plan to add 10,000 beds over four years will be fully funded through internal accruals, says CMD Abhay Soi, outlining a strategy for growth without margin dilution

Flipkart Minutes VP Kabeer Biswas resigns within a year of joining

While Biswas had joined Minutes in January this year, the company's qcom operations had started just a few months ago in August 2024

Our eventual aim is to serve a billion people: Lenskart's Peyush Bansal

Bansal said that as a consumer brand, Lenskart has to be an internationally renowned brand because it raises the quality bar

TCS not dependent on H-1B visas, can survive without them: CEO Krithivasan

H1B is now far less of a retention policy than it once was, and we should not be assessing today's scenario through yesterday's lens