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'The approach to credit underwriting has to change', says Lendingkart CEO

'Lendingkart has always focussed on leveraging the available technological tools to build capabilities that will be required in scaling up operations', says Harshvardhan Lunia

May have to absorb some of last quarter's severe cost hike: JSW Steel Jt MD

In a Q&A, Seshagiri Rao, who is also group CFO, says the firm could introduce a surcharge to pass on the spike, but may still absorb $90-100 cost per tonne of coking coal in Q3

'Expect things to get normal for multiplexes by Q4FY22,' says PVR MD

Ajay Bijli tells Business Standard multiplexes will thrive by Q4 if 100% capacity is restored and third Covid wave doesn't happen

Metaverse exceeds current virtual reality simulations tenfold: Sinha, Kumar

The metaverse is yet to become a reality but many industry leaders are obsessed with the idea

We hired 1,200 freshers last quarter, will hire 2,000 more: L&T Tech chief

In a Q&A, the CEO and Managing Director of L&T Technology Services, Amit Chadham spoke about attrition, the way forward and the Covid impact on business

Vaccine working on new variants next challenge: SII CEO Adar Poonawalla

'We are delivering 220 million doses a month, and almost everything is being consumed', said Poonawalla

Not looking at big-bang buys, just small tuck-ins: HCL Tech MD & CEO

C Vijayakumar speaks about the way forward and the demand scenario for HCL Tech's business

Standing tall in Hollywood: DNEG CEO Malhotra is an out-and-out Bandra boy

Malhotra, whose special-effects house has 5 Oscars to its credit and is behind the latest Bond movie

Multi-cloud is here to stay, it's for us to simplify it: VMware global CEO

In a Q&A over Zoom, Raghu Raghuram talks about his company's business propositions, and its plans post its spin off from Dell later this year

Our order book has been impressive at $360 million: Mindtree MD & CEO

Debashis Chatterjee discusses the strategies that have worked and the road ahead

Deal pipeline is bigger than ever before: Wipro CEO Thierry Delaporte

Delaporte speaks about the company's deal pipeline, the need to lower attrition, and how the firm plans to chart its growth path

Govt should fix a deadline for phasing out IC engines: Hero Electric MD

In a Q&A, Naveen Munjal outlines his plans for the company and his learnings

This quarter is all about consolidation of growth momentum: TCS CEO & MD

'Two years back we experimented and took in 32,000-35,000 freshers in the first two quarters and this allows us to bring freshers into the company in an accelerated way', said Gopinathan

Montek Singh Ahluwalia: A combination of balance, optimism and resilience

Looking into yesterday while he assesses today, Ahluwalia retains his entrenched belief in India's ability to overcome

Why is Uber India President Prabhjeet Singh bullish on three-wheelers?

With coronavirus situation getting better now, how is the ride-sharing business faring? Uber India president Prabhjeet Singh talks about the recovery and plans ahead in this exclusive interview

Demerger to give a push to both pharma and financial services: Ajay Piramal

In a Q&A, the Chairman of Piramal Group talks about the prospects of both businesses, the rationale for the demerger and how supply side issues are impacting Indian companies

We hadn't expected such retaliation by bankers: Hemant Kanoria of Srei

In a Q&A, the promoter and former chairman of Srei Infra says the firm had moved the NCLT to facilitate payment, account was not stressed

Make In India boosted our smartphone manufacturing biz: Richard Hopkins

"After mobile handsets, Flex is now bullish about turning India into an IT and telecom gear hub"

Growth slowdown can be a bigger risk than liquidity: BNP Paribas' Tikekar

'The company's structural drivers need to be in place for investor sentiment to stay bullish', said Tikekar

Will step down from Tata board if there's a conflict, says Ajay Piramal

In an interview, Piramal Group chairman said he would not hesitate to step down from Tata Sons board if there is a sense of conflict of interest after his acquisition of DHFL