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Customers forgotten in rush for electric vehicles, says TVS Motor chairman

While we need to move to EV, I think we need to move in a calibrated manner, says Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motors

Current tech doesn't enable production of small e-cars: Maruti chairman

Maruti chairman R C Bhargava talks about the reasons for the slump in auto sector and challenges for e-cars

We are growing our biosimilars capacity six-fold: Lupin MD Nilesh D Gupta

We were into APIs in the US and we started finished products, said Nilesh D Gupta

Our next big focus area is Li-Fi, says Signify's Maria Letizia Mariani

There is a huge step to take to make people aware of what light can do for them, explain it to them in a better manner, says Mariani

Liquidity crunch is taking toll on steel sector: JSW Steel's Seshagiri Rao

The demand for steel is on a declining trend as user industries are slowing down. JSW Steel Joint Managing Director and Group Chief Financial Officer Seshagiri Rao tells Ishita Ayan Dutt

Architect Channa Daswatte on how to avoid an urban apocalypse in India

Daswatte tells it is time to radically rethink zoning laws and heighten protection for water bodies to save our cities

GE working to solve battery issues for EVs: South Asia CTO Alok Nanda

We are bringing Edge technology to wind and gas turbines and also aircraft engines, says Nanda

QIPs to lead fundraising activities: Edelweiss Securities' Gopal Agrawal

Four to five IPO launches are planned in the ongoing quarter. Performances of these IPOs after listing shall be a good indicator of the IPO appetite in the market

We'll also build Ram statue if given a chance: Ashish Tandon of Egis Group

The MD of the company building the Shivaji statue says it will lend its expertise to proposed Ram statue at Ayodhya

Will close $150-mn funding in 3-5 months: Medlife CEO Ananth Narayanan

MedLife has seen 100 per cent year-on-year growth. It has built very unique assets that are not there with other players

Market will continue to shift from focus on buyer to user: Jagdish Sheth

He says, while charting uncertain times, the key is not to look at daily changes in weather, but to look at changes in the season

CCD crisis: Without failure, you can't have big success, says Vinod Khosla

He says that there are a lot of start-ups in India now than five years ago

Author Manu Pillai on finding balance in 'conflicted landscape of history'

Indian history is as much about asking questions as it is about sanctified thought, he says

Commercial realty will remain an important area for CPPIB: Senior MD

We are here for the long term and India is an attractive market, says Alain Carrier, CPPIB's senior managing director

Invesco deal better as it meets my timelines: ZEEL's Punit Goenka

We would have liked it to be Comcast too but this is a better deal because it was meeting my timelines, says Punit Goenka

Trying to democratise opportunity for all: Flipkart CEO on 'Samarth'

Flipkart Samarth has been designed to support artisans in their e-commerce journey from onboarding till they get familiar to selling products online, says the CEO

Trust continues to be deterrent in smaller markets: 1-India Family Mart CEO

Consumers from tier-II/III/IV geographies still prefer making planned purchases that are affordable, says the CEO

Our aim is to be a global leader in biosimilars biz: Biocon Biologics CEO

Margins of biologics stood at 38% in Q1 as compared to 33% in the preceding quarter

We expect L&T's Isro business to grow at least sixfold: J D Patil

Isro is going to ask private players to assemble small rockets right away, says the senior executive vice-president of L&T's defence segment

Priyanka Chopra-Jonas on business, Bumble and not caring for online trolls

How did a girl from the East find her groove in the West, or perhaps more appropriately, manage to keep her feet in both?