In 2005, Vineet became president of HCL Technologies and during the next five years he led a remarkable turnaround of the company, which saw its revenues and employee base triple.
Gaurav Choudhury in conversation with
Vineet Nayar.
Rashesh Shah, chairman and CEO of the Edelweiss Group, has been in the Indian financial services sector for over 20 years. Before Edelweiss, he worked with ICICI, then India’s premier industrial development bank and today its largest private sector bank. Excerpts from an interview:
Kazutada Kobayashi, president and CEO, Canon India, has spent the majority of his 33-year career working overseas in Germany, the Netherlands, Philippines, Taiwan, Macau, Mongolia and Hong Kong.
Kazutada Kobayashi tells
Himani Chandna GurtooShe is the first woman to head one of India's biggest multinational energy company, Shell India. Yasmine Hilton spoke with Hindustan Times on a variety of issues, and said Shell is scouting for a big opportunity in India.
Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer expects India to enter the company's list of top 5 markets by 2020. Jean-Christophe Babin, president and CEO, Tag Heuer, spoke to HT on the firm's growth strategy. Himani Chandna Gurtoo reports.
Shahnaz Husain, chairperson and managing director of the Shahnaz Husain Group of Companies, is a pioneering Indian woman entrepreneur. She sparked a trend that drove the growth of the herbal beauty business in India. Excerpts from an interview:
Ingersoll Rand, has been a pioneer of innovation in the industrial technology. The company’s India chairman and president, Venkatesh Valluri, spoke to
Gaurav Choudhury on various aspects of leadership.
Known as one of the founding fathers of the Internet, 69-year-old Vinton G Cerf, is now spreading Google's gospel of an open culture of sharing information. On a visit to India to meet policy-makers, he spoke to Hindustan Times in a wide-ranging interview. Excerpts from the interview to
N Madhavan.
SN Sharma is the chief executive officer (CEO) of DEN Networks Limited, one of India's largest cable television distribution companies. He has over 20-years of experience in the electronic media and is a veteran of the Indian cable TV industry, which he has been associated with since its infancy. He spoke to HT on a range of leadership issues. Excerpts from the interview:
Mark-Hans Richer, senior vice-president and chief marketing officer at iconic motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson, tells Hindustan Times about what makes Harley-Davidson a globally enduring brand icon.
Anita Sharan reports.
Despite better-than-expected results, Infosys managing director Shibulal, maintains that the environment is volatile and client confidence is low. Excerpts from the interview:
Rahul Johri, senior vice-president, Discovery Networks (Asia-Pacific), overlooks the growth strategy of India's leading factual and lifestyle portfolio of TV channels. He spoke to HT on a range of issues covering leadership and management. Himani Chandna Gurtoo reports.
Leading developer RK Arora, chairman and managing director of Supertech, spoke to Amit Kumar on a range of issues, including the scope of real estate in Ghaziabad and Noida. Here are some excerpts.
Gaurav Choudhury interviews Deepak Kapoor, Chairman, Price waterhouse Coopers (PwC).
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL), situated in the Golaghat district of Assam has been conceived as a vehicle for speedy industrial and economic development of the region. The refinery was set up in accordance with the provisions made in the 1985 Assam Accord. Its MD Dipak Chakravarty spoke to HT on a range of issues. Excerpts: