Lunch With Bs

Plateful of vision: Sanjiv Puri takes us through ITC's ambitious menu

Puri notes that tax stability in recent years has allowed the cigarette industry to recover from illicit trade, a trend that has been unfolding over several quarters

Shot stories: Meet Bharat Biotech's Krishna Ella, the man behind Covaxin

As the pandemic raged, India developed its own vaccine. Those weren't easy days, Ella, the man behind Covaxin, tells Sohini Das

Man of priorities: Ficci, family biz and food, Panda has his focus clear

Lunch with BS: Meet Subhrakant Panda, Ficci president

We need to create opportunities in rural areas: Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu

With his move from Bay Area to a faraway farm, Vembu is living his 'locally rooted, globally connected' philosophy, writes Shine Jacob

Lock, stock and barrel: Meet Jamshyd N Godrej, chairman and MD, G&B

Godrej speaks with Pavan Lall about future-proofing, why his companies are private and the reason he's a hands-off manager

Food and feelings amid spells of imaginary rain: Chef Vikas Khanna

Khanna takes Chintan Girish Modi through his journey to the Michelin Star, which started with his Biji's kitchen

Why economist Ashoka Mody feels India needs to rethink its priorities

The Princeton professor, Mody tells Kanika Datta, "Nehru, though an honourable man, had an Achilles heel: he knew what he wanted but did not know how to get from there to his goal

Lunch with BS: 'G20 is about thinking and acting big', says Amitabh Kant

From tourism to development to projecting India's soft power to the world, Kant tells Ruchika Chitravanshi and Nivedita Mookerji that G20 is about thinking and acting big

From the cockpit: Meet Vinay Dube, co-founder and CEO of Akasa Air

Avid golfer and tea aficionado, Dube speaks to Aneesh Phadnis about food, family and flights

Next UK PM Rishi Sunak on being British, Indian and Hindu at the same time

Sunak, son-in-law of Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy, will be the first person of Indian origin to be sworn in as the UK's PM

'Entrepreneurs must have courage to continue', says Snapdeal CEO Kunal Bahl

From Snapdeal's birth and evolution to his faith in startups and possible lessons from upcoming IPO, Bahl has a freewheeling conversation with Nivedita Mookerji

How CEO Vinod Kannan led Vistara with zero layoffs, minimal pay cuts

Vistara is not the same airline it was when Kannan was deputed to India in 2019. It now has a 50-plus fleet - up from 32 just three years ago

A taste for success: Chef Sanjeev Kapoor on TV, restaurants, business

A trailblazer, Kapoor tells Akshara Srivastava about reinventing himself in the kitchen

Lord of the rings: Audi India head Balbir Dhillon on 'simplest business'

The first Indian executive to head the German luxury carmaker in the subcontinent, Dhillon has worked his way up the ranks, writes Pavan Lall

As Seagull Books turns 40, Naveen Kishore explains the world it encompasses

Breakfast with BS: Meet Naveen Kishore, founder, Seagull Books

Investing all my money in biz not best way to grow wealth: Ambit's Wadhwa

Veteran financier Ashok Wadhwa talks to Pavan Lall about mistakes and opportunities

Shitij Kapur on why India offers opportunities in educational partnerships

'Drink' with BS: Meet Shitij Kapur, president & principal of King's College London

Deep insights: Venkat Viswanathan, founder-chairman, LatentView Analytics

Promoters believe they know their business entirely until they see the data, which is black and white, and then they sit up, Viswanathan tells Pavan Lall

The man in the background: Meet NP Singh, CEO, Sony Pictures Networks India

Being quiet is a strength, otherwise I wouldn't have survived, says Singh

A teller of uneasy stories: I want to make honest films, says Onir

His latest film has run into a wall but Onir, the director who says it as it is, is forging on with projects on a subject less discussed