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Banker, singer, social activist: Amruta Fadnavis makes a life of her own

Fadnavis talks to Pavan Lall about her vision of India, getting trolled online, and her views on what it would take to fix the country's infrastructure

Now free to pursue growth after RBI's decision, says Indiabulls Housing MD

We have raised about Rs 3,000 crore from banks in the last 10 days, said Gagan Banga

Environmental sustainability is no longer just a buzzword: Gurmeet Singh

It makes a business more profitable, Singh tells Shubhomoy Sikdar

NBA to ramp up investments in India, scout for talent: Mark Tatum

COO of one of the world's biggest sports brands is betting big on the country's youth, says his outfit has engaged with 10 mn boys and girls in its junior programme the past six years

Vedanta-Balco's new products paving way for Make in India: CEO Abhijit Pati

The head of one of India's top aluminium producers is bullish about the offtake of the metal by auto makers and construction players once the slowdown is over

New Amazon Prime sign-ups show users value convenience: Amit Agarwal

Agarwal says embracing technology and not complaining is the way forward.

The man who never had a boss: Gautam Kumra's dream job at McKinsey India

Kumra tells Shyamal Majumdar why consultancy is a dream job and how luck has played a big role in his personal life and career

Fresh equity, building book is a priority for us: Yes Bank's Ravneet Gill

We remain focused on our earlier plan to raise $1-1.2 billion, says Ravneet Gill

Fuel prices are expected to come down in the coming cycle: HPCL Chairman

Supply side worries, which came all of a sudden, have subsided.

India not immune to global slowdown, but fundamentals strong: WEF

The WEF is organising IES at a time when India's economic growth has plunged to a five-year low of 5 per cent - in the first quarter of 2019-20.

Going after digital deals, growth rates will improve, says Cognizant CEO

India is a critical part of Cognizant and will continue to be so, says Humphries

How Kalli Purie is getting India Today group ready for the future

Purie talks to Vanita Kohli-Khandekar about the transformation of the India Today Group into one of the largest digital publishers in India

Auto slowdown has no decipherable impact on Vedanta's performance: CEO

While reducing the cost of production to $1500 per tonne is our mid-term vision, we have given a guidance of $1725 to $1775 per tonne for the current fiscal

Demonstrate value to net the consumer: Avery Dennison's Pankaj Bhardwaj

Consumers adopting technology thanks to smartphone penetration and the government's push for a digitised economy are creating many opportunities

Fossil fuel plants are here to stay, says GE Power's Prashant Jain

The power sector is going through a disruption though the future is clear 10 years from now, says Jain

We have not seen any big impact of slowdown on anything: Flipkart Group CEO

The number of brands and merchants and ecosystem players, who are participating in the festival season this year, has gone up several times, says Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Indian startups can lead way in privacy-focused networks: Omidyar India MD

In the next couple of months, we're going to start a whole series of what we are calling privacy clinics for start-ups, where the start-ups will come and attend, she said

A champion for the rag trade

Shahi Exports MD, Harish Ahuja tells Business Standard the government needs a free trade agreement with Europe fast to ensure a level-playing field with Bangladesh and Vietnam

Worst-case scenario is a 0.5% fiscal slippage: Ashima Goyal on tax cut

If towards the end of the year, government finds that the deficit is rising, then they may cut expenditure, Goyal said

In 2 years, Amazon Prime's viewing hours have grown 10 times: VP Jay Marine

According to Media Partners Asia, it is now the seventh-largest online video player in the Asia-Pacific region, just after Netflix