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There will be a coronavirus vaccine, likely by 2022-end: Zavaray Poonawalla

Founder-Director Serum Institute of India tells Business Standard that India's social containment of the epidemic so far has been good

We have a strong launch pipeline: Godrej Properties MD Mohit Malhotra

Mohit Malhotra, managing director of the company, tells Business Standard how the company is going ahead with its plans

Mergers take time to evolve, says Wunderman Thompson's Tarun Rai

Merger of Wunderman and J Walter Thompson has allowed us to step into areas we weren't exploring much earlier Rai tells Viveat Susan Pinto

Genpact CEO Tyagarajan explains how he came to be known as 'Tiger'

Tyagarajan tells Nivedita Mookerji why the coronavirus outbreak is a wake-up call for people across the world

2019 was a tough year but optimistic about future: L&T's Subrahmanyan

He said the stoppage of infrastructure projects in multiple states, macroeconomic concerns, and the coronavirus scare have led to the company losing its growth momentum briefly

Tea with BS: Ashoka University's Gautam Menon on getting ready for Covid-19

Menon explains to Rahul Jacob why viruses are "a given of humankind" and why wearing masks as protection is ineffective for most people

BMW will continue to gain segment share despite slowdown: President & CEO

In an interview with T E Narasimhan & Gireesh Babu, Rudratej Singh of BMW Group India says the company has remained competitive despite headwinds

We'll keep investing in India as long as we see opportunities: Blackstone

Schwarzman spoke to Pavan Lall, and fielded questions on concerns about the coronavirus, the next few quarters for the world economy, and doing business in India

The age of integrated planning is upon us, says Essence India MD

'Ad frauds are becoming more and more sophisticated, so are detection tools', says Anand Chakravarthy

Mercedes India CEO on why luxury space is yet to take off in the country

Schwenk talks to Pavan Lall about learning from foreign markets, issues that hold back luxury products sales in India and the route Mercedes takes to integrate with local systems and processes

Wall Street is beginning to see renewed vigour in Cognizant: CEO Humphries

'We have beaten Wall Street estimates for three quarters in a row now', said Brian Humphries

We won't sign MFI code as we already lend responsibly: Bandhan Bank chief

'MFIs need to lend responsibly. We don't do target-based lending', said Ghosh

Brazil can help accelerate India's ethanol blending programme: Raizen CEO

Raizen, one of Brazil's biggest ethanol producers is looking for partnerships with Indian firms, the company's CEO tells Business Standard in an interview

We don't have any plans for listing: Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance MD & CEO

We are disclosing as much and sometimes more than what the listed companies are disclosing

Vineet Rai on being an early bird in impact space and becoming a top dog

Vineet Rai tells Anjuli Bhargava that a high risk appetite combined with a strong survival instinct is the recipe for success

Larger balance sheet helps you give bigger loans: Indian Bank's Chunduru

'Indian Bank is strong in terms of business correspondents', said Chunduru

Have lined up Rs 10,000 cr to get future-ready: Hero MotoCorp chairman

As the future of electric mobility (e-mobility) knocks on the door of the Indian auto industry, Munjal, 65, tells Arindam Majumder about his future-ready plans

ITC Hotels has an aggressive growth strategy in place, says Nakul Anand

ITC Hotels offers comprehensive hospitality solutions through more than 100 hotels in over 70 destinations in the country

We will strengthen our board, bring in experts before IPO: UST Global CEO

The IT services firm, which has its roots in Kerala, has a revenue base of about $1.1 billion with 60 per cent of its 25,000 employees working in India

Mandira Bedi talks about life's curveballs and why she still feels grateful

Bedi has been very candid about battling what she now believes was undiagnosed and untreated depression in her thirties