Page 4 - Interviews

Marginal growth in demand expected in 2023: JSW Steel's Seshagiri Rao

The world economy is not growing in a robust manner so I don't expect a big turnaround in steel demand as seen in 2021, says Rao

By March, we'll be closer to pre-Covid levels: ESAF Small Finance Bank MD

Thomas says the bank expects to bring the microfinance portfolio down to 60 per cent of its book

Adani to unlock value in airports, data centres in future, says group CFO

AEL will be investing $70 billion in incubating new businesses and at the group level we will be investing close to $107 billion in the next decade, Singh says

Can help Indian govt replicate digital public goods in other EMs: IBM CEO

The pandemic definitely accelerated digital delivery in India - Aadhaar, UPI, how securities are working and mobile banking being some examples - says Arvind Krishna

Why economist Ashoka Mody feels India needs to rethink its priorities

The Princeton professor, Mody tells Kanika Datta, "Nehru, though an honourable man, had an Achilles heel: he knew what he wanted but did not know how to get from there to his goal"

Facebook co-founder's investment fund closes third series at $2.1 bn

Firm will invest in financial services, healthcare tech, enterprise software space

Plenty of scope to generate and sell carbon credits in India: IEX CMD

In a Q&A, Satyanarayan Goel, CMD of the exchange, dwells on the current and future power distribution scenario in India and his plans to set up an International Carbon Exchange

Ceat is planning to invest in off-highway tyres segment: Anant Goenka

At Ceat we wanted to grow in our international business, and our OEM customers were becoming more and more exacting in their specifications, said Goenka

IT may turn the corner, banks' outperformance to continue: ABSL AMC CEO

India is likely to see broader economic growth going forward, equity should be the preferred asset class, the Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company CEO says

Price hike due to new BS VI norms will be within 5%: VECV CEO Aggarwal

Auto industry has 'mostly overcome' semiconductor issue, says leader of Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles

Pent-up demand in real estate will continue in 2023: Knight Frank India

Despite geopolitical challenges, the office sector saw a strong recovery in demand and saw a rise of 36 per cent YoY

When journalistic standards drop, many stop following news: David Kenny

David Kenny, head of Nielsen, talks to Vanita Kohli-Khandekar during his visit to India this week

India team a core innovation engine across Applied Systems: CTO Belanger

India offered a large base of talented and capable engineers, said Rich Belanger, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Illinois-based Applied Systems

We'll return to pre-Covid rhythm next year: TCS COO N Ganapathy Subramaniam

We are executing well, gaining market share in vendor consolidation and revenue will start coming in from next few quarters and we are actively participating in the growth and optimization deals

Lunch with BS: 'G20 is about thinking and acting big', says Amitabh Kant

From tourism to development to projecting India's soft power to the world, Kant tells Ruchika Chitravanshi and Nivedita Mookerji that G20 is about thinking and acting big

'Fluff of high valuations' has settled for firms: Padmaja Ruparel

Entrepreneurial expectations have become more realistic, says co-founder of India's largest group of angel investors

PVR-INOX merger should get done by Feb next year: Director Siddharth Jain

'We would love to have more players entering the market because that is how the business will grow'

Post-LVB integration, DBS aiming to treble growth in 5 years: MD & CEO

Surojit Shome, MD and CEO of DBS Bank India, said having crossed the Rs one trillion business (deposit and loans) mark in September, the bank is looking to grow 3x in five years

Green hydrogen will not be limited by borders: ReNew Power Founder & CEO

'People are looking to get into the manufacturing supply chain, governments are looking at expanding transmission infrastructure,' said ReNew Power founder & CEO, Sumant Sinha

Have adequate funds to survive any Covid curbs: MakeMyTrip CEO Magow

In an interview with Business Standard, MakeMyTrip CEO Rajesh Magow talks about the steps the company took to emerge stronger from the Covid setback will help them withstand any uncertainty