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Long-term outlook of Indian market remains positive: JCB India MD & CEO

Despite witnessing demand compression in 2019, JCB India has decided to go ahead with its Rs 650-crore new facility

Malabika Sarkar on what it takes to head liberal campus in illiberal times

Over lunch, Sarkar talks about critical differences between the pedagogies followed by older universities and Ashoka and what it is like to be at the vanguard of an academic revolution

There is scope for increase in steel prices: Seshagiri Rao, JSW Steel

"We would primarily want demand to be stimulated by way of increased outlays on infrastructure"

We are building a financial marketplace, says PhonePe CEO Sameer Nigam

Its co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Sameer Nigam tells Yuvraj Malik about the firm's "platform" strategy, monetization, and future capital-raising plans

NBFCs need to be incentivised to become banks, says Hiranandani Group MD

'The government's decision to reduce corporation tax rate to 17% for new companies is faulty', said Hiranandani

Subhash Garg explains why RBI's surplus profits belong to the govt

Over lunch with Arup Roychoudhury, Garg talks about his two years as finance secretary as the government went into an unprecedented confrontation with the Reserve Bank of India

Voice is the new normal, not just a threat or an opportunity: Virat Tandon

'As per Google data, voice search has grown by 270% in the past one year', said Virat Tandon

Battery swap technology will lower the cost of acquiring EVs: Piaggio MD

We will also be studying a fixed battery solution, so that when a customer is ready for it, we are in a position to market it, said Diegio Graffi, MD & CEO at Piaggio India

Assam's MFI crisis may mirror Andhra's: Founder Ujjivan SFB Samit Ghosh

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (Ujjivan SFB) is now getting on to a higher growth orbit after having been listed

NTPC, ONGC slow on their Bangladesh projects: Sheikh Hasina's advisor

Bangladesh's relationship with India should be mutually beneficial, says Bir Bikram Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, adviser (minister) to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

If an idea works locally, it deserves a run globally: DDB Worldwide's Weiss

DDB had its first global creative council meet in Mumbai this week. Broadly, I wanted to understand the Indian market better, says Ari Weiss

YouTube a reflection of what India is evolving into, says Satya Raghavan

'YouTube is an economy by itself', said Raghavan

Govt needs to forget fiscal prudence to revive demand: Shriram Transport MD

'the government should be little on the expansionary mode for two years', said Umesh Revankar, MD and CEO, Shriram Transport Finance

Real growth story to start next festive season: M&M Finance MD Ramesh Iyer

RAMESH IYER, vice-chairman and managing director of the company, tells Shreepad S Aute that NBFCs may not be able to cover the fall in loan sanctions in the second half

Investors are convinced with CSB Bank's transformation story: CEO Rajendran

Our positioning as a competition to the NBFCs and not the bigger banks impressed investors, says Rajendran

Edelweiss AMC can pay investors exiting Bharat Bond ETF in kind: CEO

In a Q&A, Radhika Gupta explains the finer points about investing in India's first debt ETF, which is likely to be launched next week

Focus will be on express, last-mile biz, not cold chain: AllCargo's Shetty

The chairman of AllCargo Logistics says his aim is is to double the margin in the express segment to 10%

Fashion's lensman: J J Valaya reveals why he's an artist with a camera

Fashion photographer? Photographer fashionista? J J Valaya talks to K S Shekhawat

MG Motor India will lead race to build EVs priced below Rs 10 lakh: Chaba

'Direction from the government is very clear that EV is the future', said MG Motor India President

E-commerce is bridging the gap in infrastructure: Montblanc CEO Baretzki

'We should expand our presence in cities that we are already present in', said Baretzki