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Manoj
Kohli, CEO, Bharti Airtel Ltd
"We have a multi-tier leadership development. Our policy is to
retain our employees not detain them. Even if anybody were to leave,
we send them off with a positive heart - this means that they will
continue to be our brand ambassadors even as they move."
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Tata, Chairman, Tata Group
"IT contracts will be there. Offshoring will be there. Offshoring
are the measures, which will help the banks to tide over the crisis.
TCS needs to differentiate itself by creating a deeper domain knowledge,
retain talent, expand its portfolio of products and services, leverage
its network of global network delivery centres, and provide end-to-end
solutions."
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Phaneesh
Murthy, CEO, iGATE
"There were expectations that economy would recover eventually.
But even if it does not recover, clients would invest in IT to bring
down costs. Already we see dollars getting diverted to efficiency
improvement projects."
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Anil
M Naik, CMD, L&T
"We are a multi-national company. We are expanding to new geographies,
while going aggressive in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and
Kuwait. This was in tune with the company's plan that didn't want
to depend only on one economy."
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C Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki
"We have to deal with input costs that are not under our control.
Take manpower cost, which have been going up due to shortage of top
management skills. If top management gets paid in eight digits, there
will be demand to hike worker wages too. So, to tackle the supply
of manpower we need to focus on education." |
Ranjan
Das, CEO, SAP India
"It is a challenge to attract the right kind of talent in booming
economy like India. Our attrition rate in India is in 'single digits',
which is much better compared to industry standards. We do feel the
talent crunch. I firmly believe that having a good team in place can
attract best talent."
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R Nair, CEO, LIC Housing Finance Company
"The current scenario of rising interest rates may discourage
speculative activities and that will benefit genuine home buyers.
The demand has not subsided. Builders are creating the market not
just in Tier I and Tier II but also in Tier III cities."
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K Roongta, Chairman, SAIL
"We are yet to see the peak of steel prices in India. I feel
that the days of low steel prices are over. I don't see resource prices
falling sharply even after the present wave of price rise halts. While
we have to live with higher steel prices now, the solution lies in
increasing the production capacity. This could only check any abnormal
increase in prices based on speculation and perception of a shortage."
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S Sharma, CMD, ONGC
"ONGC Videsh has become the growth vehicle for ONGC over the
last few years, but the parent firm has no immediate plan to list
the fully-owned subsidiary on the national stock exchanges. ONGC has
the financial ability to meet ONGC Videsh's appetite for acquisition
of overseas assets in the near future."
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Atul
Singh, CEO, Coca-Cola India
"We are committed to investments in India. The company is focusing
on BRIC nations, which are the strategic countries. In sparkling drink
category in India, Coca-Cola is the market leader."
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