Page 12 - Q&a

Focus on capital formation is the best way to create employment: L&T CEO

In a Q&A, S N Subrahmanyan says he is confident of margins through overhead recovery despite high input costs

'Retail participation in equity market has reached an inflection point'

In spite of a stellar run last year, India's retail participation is around the 4 per cent mark, unlike the US and China, where participation is 32 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively, he said

We look to continue the pace of investing: Investcorp's Gaurav Sharma

'Indian conglomerates and companies have realised the importance of both tech and tech-enabled businesses', said Gaurav Sharma

'Next quarter, there will be a boom in steel demand': JSW Steel Joint MD

Investment in infrastructure by various governments and energy transition are driving demand for steel, says Seshagiri Rao

Real money in market is made by remaining invested for long: Vikas Khemani

'India is very well placed from an investing point of view. There is no other market that offers such attractiveness', said Khemani

Will take up to a year before pvt sector opens purse to capex: L&T chief

The firm's MD & CEO, S N Subrahmanyan, says L&T has reached pre-covid levels and aims to become debt free

We aim to double our direct distribution in 12 months: Tata Consumer chief

In a Q&A, Sunil D'Souza, who took over as MD & CEO of the company in April, dwells on his company's e-commerce strategy and other plans

Open to wind, solar modes for future projects: Prashant Jain, JSW Energy

JSW Energy's joint MD and CEO Prashant Jain speaks about the company's growth opportunities

Focus on client mining, building depth in verticals: Happiest Minds heads

Q&A with Joseph Anantharaju, Executive Chairman, & Venkataraman Narayanan, MD & CFO, Happiest Minds Technologies

Ashok Leyland's output at 75% of pre-Covid levels: COO Anuj Kathuria

In a Q&A, Anuj Kathuria dwells on the segment shift towards intermediate commercial vehicles (ICVs) and tippers

We want all our stakeholders to be rewarded post Q2: Tata Consultancy COO

In a Q&A, N Ganapathy Subramaniam explains why his company went for a pay hike in the face of economic concerns brought on by the pandemic

Exit was outcome of being truthful and ethical: Dhanalaxmi Bank's Gurbaxani

In a Q&A the lender's MD and CEO dwells on the drama surrounding his ouster at the AGM and how the directors pressurised him to quit after he raised various Governance issues

'Automobile sales growth would sustain going ahead': Kansai Nerolac MD

As the paint company completes 100 years of operations, Bharuka highlights that it would continue to maintain its leadership position in the industrial paints segment going ahead

Wrong idea in market that we are not professionally run: Top UTI AMC exec

In a Q&A, three of the firm's top brass dwell on its forthcoming IPO, the state of the MF industry and issues surrounding the company's ownership structure

We want a million vehicles on our platform in 3-5 yrs: SUN Mobility's Maini

In a Q&A, Chetan Maini, reiterates the need for uniform GST in the EV space; he's bullsih on two- and three-wheeler demand coming from delivery-based companies

We aren't interested in spending outside the country: Jindal Steel MD

In a Q&A, V R Sharma says the Oman asset sale has helped ease the firm's balance sheet; the deal was part of a plan to prune the company's debt by about a third

Karur Vysya Bank's focus areas will be MSME, retail: MD & CEO B Ramesh Babu

'Won't participate in consortium accounts where our share is least as we will have no say', said B Ramesh Babu

L&T deal will push Make in India for the world: Schneider India chief

In a Q&A, Anil Chaudhry says the combined business will actively contribute to make the country green and digital

Better off than most competitors during Covid crisis: Jindal Aluminium MD

In a Q&A, Pragun Jindal Khaitan says his firm has a well-diversified product mix, so if there is a loss in demand in one sector, it makes up by pushing innovation and new products in another

Cartiers took several generations to build trust, reputation: Brickell

'In the Cartiers' case, a few strategic marriages to the next generation of founders brought in funds to the family', said Brickell