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Our IPO signals faith in good old-fashioned profitable cos: LatentView CEO

In a Q&A, Raja Sethuraman talks about the company's journey since 2006, why an IPO now and the growth ahead

Energy prices are starting to hurt: Sunil D'Souza of Tata Consumer

The managing director and CEO of TCPL talks about the FMCG major's e-commerce strategy, inflationary pressures on the business, and expansion of out-of-home brands

Zoom's Iravati Damle on how the platform overcame government scepticism

Iravati Damle of Zoom India, shares how she overcame government's concerns about the videoconferencing platform and emerged as the app of choice among students, professionals and the government

We will be net debt free by July 2022, says JSPL's MD V R Sharma

"Our main interest is not inorganic growth, it is brownfield expansion," said Sharma

All channels except wholesale higher than pre-Covid levels: ITC's B Sumant

In a Q&A, the firm's executive director dwells on the more long-lasting consumer trends, the recovery in distribution channels and emergence of a dual trend in demand

The financial world has to rethink the way it caters to women: salt.com CEO

Shinjini Kumar, the firm's co-founder and CEO spoke to Raghu Mohan

For CoinSwitch Kuber's Ashish Singhal, simplicity is the mantra for success

Singhal, whose company became a unicorn last month, is determined to reach out to sceptics who have FUD - crypto slag for fear, uncertainty and doubt, writes Ritwik Sharma

10Club co-founder Bhavna Suresh on scaling digitally native businesses

What is the business model of 10Club that acquires and grows e-commerce-first businesses? How do brands benefit from its expertise? Co-founder Bhavna Suresh answers these and more in this interview

My fiduciary obligation to ensure Escorts is fully institutionalised: CMD

In a Q&A, Nikhil Nanda dwells at length on the deal with Japanese agri-machinery major Kubota and the value it will create for the stakeholder of his company

Hard to decipher one-day market movements: Paytm Group CFO and President

In a Q&A, Madhur Deora says the company needs to communicate better and shares his key learnings

Meta's counter to hate speech: Ten fact checkers in 11 languages

Meta also has people reviewing potentially problematic content in 20 Indian languages

Trifecta looking to co-lend to tech startups with banks: Rahul Khanna

In a Q&A, the managing partner of the venture debt firm dwells on the returns generated by the company's earlier funds, among other things

Udaan co-founder Sujeet Kumar on ambitions in a post-pandemic world

Co-founder Sujeet Kumar shares the story of how Udaan managed not only to sustain itself but also grow in spite of the pandemic disruption, in an exclusive interview with Business Standard

Repayments not an issue, things are back to normal: Karur Vysya Bank CEO

In a Q&A, B Ramesh Babu dwells on the recovery from Covid, implementation of government schemes and the roadmap for the future

Things have improved rapidly, don't need QIP: IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta

'If we project our cash flow for the next two years, it's only rising', said Dutta

Policybazaar IPO minted 70 millionaires, 350 crorepatis: Yashish Dahiya

In a Q&A, the Policybazaar Founder and Chairman talks about how his staff will gain from the listing, and what his parents feel about the IPO

Will invest in India's metaverse, crypto startups: Antler's Rajiv Srivatsa

The real foundational businesses still take 10 years to build. You can't fast forward it beyond a point, says VC fund's India head

Entry of competitors will open up branded oil market: Adani Wilmar CEO-MD

In a Q&A, Angshu Mallick shares the company's road map towards becoming a nationwide branded food staples consumer major

CEO Tarun Mehta on how Ather achieved $100-mn revenue run rate in a year

How did Ather Energy achieve $100-million annual run rate in less than a year? Its CEO Tarun Mehta discusses answer this and other questions in this exclusive interview with Surajeet Das Gupta

The idea is to bring consumer tech to HR applications: Darwinbox co-founder

CHAITANYA PEDDI, co-founder, spoke to Shivani Shinde about the company's growth so far, and the road ahead