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Raising funds from investors will be easier: Helios Capital's Samir Arora

FDI in the insurance sector is very realistic, says Samir Arora

Legacy insurers can't go digital overnight, says Oracle's Prasad Rai

Insurers will also need to introspect and bring about changes internally, according to PRASAD RAI, vice-president, Global Strategic Clients Group at Oracle, who spoke to Raghu Mohan

Lady in pink: Designer Rhodes gives a peek into her extraordinary life

She expects things to change quite radically; a "scaling down" of the industry is inevitable and, to her mind, very desirable

Will take up to a year before pvt sector opens purse to capex: L&T chief

The firm's MD & CEO, S N Subrahmanyan, says L&T has reached pre-covid levels and aims to become debt free

Commercial power demand pick-up to take 6 months: Tata Power DDL CEO

"Ultimately, it is state discoms that do not have the desired level of performance. Private discoms have a good level of service and transparency as is evident in Delhi," he says

Prices in India haven't gone up to global level: Seshagiri Rao of JSW Steel

In a Q&A, the firm's Jt MD and CFO says he does not see the govt taking any action on steel import duties, based on 'wild allegations' made on price hikes

Our order book is $1 bn; rolling-out salary hikes: Mindtree CEO Chatterjee

About 98% of employees of the IT services firm are working from home, but Chatterjee said he is expecting a hybrid work model would emerge

With talk of an IPO in the air, Falguni Nayar shares her Nykaa journey

Beauty, Nykaa's founder Falguni Nayar realised, is a very long-tailed business and with e-commerce picking up in India, it seemed like a good idea to venture into

Planning 10 products every year, focus is on premium: Hero MotoCorp CEO

Pawan Munjal, Chairman & CEO of the company, says strengthening premium segment will be the top focus.

Confidence in western QSRs remains intact, says Westlife's Amit Jatia

Month-on-month the business has been getting better, as the government relaxed restrictions

Economic recovery will lead to broader market rally: Rahul Singh of Tata MF

In a Q&A, the CIO-Equities of the fund house says the movement of the dollar and global crude prices will be key factors to watch out for going ahead

People are realising they can't stay locked forever: Sudeep Jain of IHG

In a Q&A, the Southwest Asia MD of the hotel chain says sentiment in the hospitality sector is improving with the reduction in the number of Covid-19 cases and vaccination drive

Mfg can add half a trillion dollars to economy in next 5 yrs: Pawan Goenka

In a Q&A, the MD-CEO of Mahindra and Mahindra says budget should be sharply focused on demand generation and should lay a clear path to make manufacturing more competitive

Talks with Byju's on, but could take several weeks: Aakash Educational MD

Talks for a partnership with Indian unicorn Byju's reflect several prescient moves by this second-generation promoter

The good doctor's mission: Atul Gawande sets out to reform US healthcare

Obamacare, he argues, has already provided a good starting point that can now be taken forward full-throttle with the new administration

We hope investors will continue to support us: Hemant Kanoria of Srei Infra

In a Q&A, the company's chairman says the firm had to freeze interest payment and redemption of NCDs due to the pandemic and related regulatory approach

We're seeing heavy momentum in IT spend by clients: Wipro's Jatin Dalal

In a Q&A, the President & CFO of the IT behemoth says over 90% of employees will continue to work from home at least till April

Delivering quality work will build trust equation: PwC's Sanjeev Krishan

We would continue to focus on building the trust equation, said Chairman Krishan

Google is like a curious child, it keeps trying new things: Sanjay Gupta

Gupta reckons that technology has only been harnessed partially so far. There are immense possibilities with languages and better internet penetration

Rent trends will largely mirror the demand curve: Niranjan Hiranandani

In a Q&A, the chairman of Hiranandani Communities explains that the pandemic has prompted the millennial to move from being a renter of residential property to an owner