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We are more of a specialty product company: DuPont South Asia President

'Strategically, we are looking at what are the major trends in India', said Anupam Jaiswal

Home prices will remain flattish for another year, says Pirojsha Godrej

Real estate is a cyclical industry and adjusting the supply of projects is not very easy, unlike in manufacturing, says Godrej

Creative continuum: Nair narrates a journey that shaped Indian media market

Nair tells how various industries - devices, payments, telecom - have created the perfect storm in the media business

Will invest $2-3 billion a year in India, says IFC country head Zhang

Jun Zhang speaks to Business Standard on how IFC views India's growth story. He says the institution will invest $2-3 billion in the country every year in the next few years

We take 50 planes a year, but I still think we need more: IndiGo CEO

'Our plans for the A321 XLR are similar to our current single-aisle, all economy', said Ronojoy Dutta

Broking industry has moved from pricing to product offering: Zerodha CEO

Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath says not being answerable to anyone is the best part of his life, so the company is not looking for a funding

Fable is working to improve cognitive fitness, says CEO Padmasree Warrior

The application of AI and blockchain is going to reshape the financial services sector. Health tech is going to be reshaped too, says Warrior

Share of digital in our revenues will grow to 20% in 5 years: Viacom18 MD

'We don't want further changes to the new tariff order', said Sudhanshu Vats

Moody's rating action unwarranted; things in India not so bad: Mark Mobius

The founder of Mobius Capital Partners LLP suggests India should invest more in building infrastructure to return to the high-growth path

Years after selling UTV, Screwvala explains his shift to online education

Over a fish and salad lunch, Screwvala talks to Pavan Lall about why he's betting big on online education, how a crocodile disrupted his charitable work and what India needs to do to fix the economy

WhatsApp snooping: Castro stresses need for good cybersecurity policies

He says the government needs to come up with good policies to encourage digital literacy and collaborate with research institutes to identify various vulnerabilities

Trying to address some of BSNL's legacy issues through VRS, says CMD Purwar

For any organisation that is too big, becoming an outcome-oriented organisation is challenging, says BSNL CMD

Will become retail asset-light model by next quarter: Indiabulls Housing

The business model the way we are looking at will undergo a change as we stop doing any wholesale lending incrementally apart from supporting existing projects.

We have most relevant patent portfolio for 5G, says Ericsson's Erik Ekudden

We are very confident about the leadership in the technology space, and that is reflected in the fact that we are providing 20 5G commercial networks in all geographies around the world, he said

Shriram Group is driven by culture, not person: Thyagarajan on Piramal exit

"Anybody sitting at the top is not going to make much of a change in the culture, except in the long run of five to 10 years"

We're expecting CV mkt to revive strongly: Ashok Leyland's Dheeraj Hinduja

In core areas like modular vehicles, BS VI and a new LCV platform, we have not slowed.

Cautious about growing HDFC's non-individual loan book: CEO Keki Mistry

I think a lot of NBFCs are still struggling for liquidity and have been meeting the liability requirement by selling loans, says Keki Mistry

We will ensure zero risk to our business, promises Infosys COO Pravin Rao

An executive director in the board, Rao, in an interaction with Bibhu Ranjan Mishra and Debasis Mohapatra, says the IT services firm is in a much better position today

We'll be better placed in future downturns: Ashok Leyland Chairman

Dheeraj Hinduja is positive the bad times are over and hopes to see his company become a top-10 CV player going forward

Recipe for growth: Don't bet everything you have, says Lemon Tree's Keswani

The fast-talking Keswani tells Pavan Lall what he learnt from former boss Russi Mody, how he was let down by a private equity investor and why he launched an upscale hotel in Udaipur