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Sashidhar Jagdishan on what the deal with HDFC means to HDFC Bank

Sashidhar Jagdishan, managing director and chief executive officer of HDFC Bank, tells Manojit Saha what the deal with HDFC means to the bank and the opportunities it provides

Indian sign language is our key focus: Rohini Srivathsa of Microsoft India

In a Q&A, the firms National Technology Officer talks about how AI is impacting language translation, and how Microsoft is reducing the complexity of Indian languages for machines

Chip shortage still a challenge for commercial vehicle players: STFC MD

In an interaction with Shine Jacob, Revankar says the company is expecting a growth rate of 10 per cent in assets under management (AUM) in 2022-23

Many lives: Actor & entrepreneur Lara Dutta Bhupathi is a woman on the go

Having launched Arias three years ago, 'after two years of R&D', she is determined to make a dent as the go-to, affordable, quality Indian brand in a very competitive segment

We're doubling down investment in institutional biz: Citi Asia-Pacific CEO

In this exclusive interview with Tamal Bandyopadhyay, Citi Asia Pacific CEO Peter Babej explains why his bank has chosen to sell its retail business in India and what it plans for the future

'Very large' cost hike for steel industry can come next qtr: Seshagiri Rao

Senior executive of JSW Steel sees 'distortions in market' after Russian invasion of Ukraine

India will be even more important in the new world: Rodolphe Belmer of Atos

In a Q&A, the CEO of the French IT behemoth talks about the transformation at Atos, the firm's growing business from cloud and digital, and India's role in this transformation

Board is charting out glide path for listing of BharatPe: Rajnish Kumar

The company's transition from an individuals-driven private firm to a board-driven listed public one will be carried out in a well-thought-through and well-executed manner, said the BharatPe chairman

There's a huge opportunity for growth In India: Lamborghini CEO

'What we can see in the Indian market is that we have more and more ultra-high net individuals from the second generation too entering the market,' says Stephan Winkelmann

PVR-Inox merger: We want to roll out 200 screens a year, says Bijli & Jain

From a macro angle, with the consumer behaviour change that has happened, content is getting consumed everywhere: Bijli and Jain

Fintech delinquency rates are not alarming: LenDenClub CEO Bhavin Patel

The government is focusing on certain sectors like, say, infrastructure, and you will have a boom as a result of this: Patel

We want to increase our offline capability, says Policybazaar.com CEO

The demand for term products is always there. The problem is the supply: Policybazaar.com CEO

We plan to lease aircraft for short term to start US flights: Vistara CEO

In a Q&A, Vinod Kannan dwells on a range of issues including the impact of soaring ATF prices on his airline

Deep insights: Venkat Viswanathan, founder-chairman, LatentView Analytics

Promoters believe they know their business entirely until they see the data, which is black and white, and then they sit up, Viswanathan tells Pavan Lall

We will continue to live stream the fashion week: FDCI chairman Sunil Sethi

The upcoming edition of FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week, a fully on-ground event, is the first indication of the industry returning to normalcy, says Sethi

Silicon Valley adage of fail fast not feasible in fintech: Zerodha CTO

In a Q&A, Kailash Nadh dwells on the complexities of building fintech products and ensuring engineers fit in culturally

100% of portfolio's revenues from online channels: RPSG Capital's CIO

In a Q&A Abhishek Goenka dwells on the VC fund's investment strategy, the sectors within the consumer space that he is bullish on, and the road ahead

We hope to have 3,000 operational beds in 2-3 yrs: Paras Hospitals founder

'Our Kanpur facility of around 400 beds will be in the investment range of Rs 200 crore', said Nagar

For FASTag, EV charging is the next big opportunity: Numadic CEO

The introduction of FASTag has almost entirely digitised governance in transport, which was until very recently a 100 per cent cash industry: Numadic CEO

'PE/VC funds replacing global strategic investors', says Amit Chandra

PE/VC investments are dwarfing foreign institutional investor (FII) flows: Chandra