Interview with Chairman & CEO, General Electric.
'Prime Minister Modi has initiated a host of reforms in the right direction, and I would like to see that continuing.'
The top-notch faculty at Crotonville, including Noel Tichy, Ram Charan, Vijay Govindarajan, along with GE's top leaders Jack Welch, Gary Reiner, Bill Conaty, Jeffrey Immelt and Susan Peters, together delivered sought-after programmes on leadership to generations of early-stage leaders, mid-tier and senior managers from all over the world, recounts Indrajit Gupta.
Managing expectations lies at the core of economic governance in a modern economy.
Jeffrey R Immelt, global chairman of General Electric Company was in New Delhi on Thursday as part of his three-day visit to India
The US economy is suffering its steepest downturn since at least the 1970s and could descend into a depression, Jeff Immelt, General Electric's chief executive, warned on Thursday.
In India, GE expects to grow its business by 20-30 per cent this year. It aims to increase its energy business in the renewable energy segment to $250 million in 2012-13, from $100 million this year.
The facility would focus on equipment for the energy sector, besides aviation and health areas.
GE is also bullish on India's power sector and has chalked out plans in electricity generation from various sources such as wind, solar, gas, etc.
"Initially we would invest $50 million for setting up the manufacturing facility... total investment will be $200 million, including after expansion, and the company will take a call in the next 3-6 months," GE Chairman and CEO Jeffery R Immelt said.
Jeffrey R Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer of GE kickstarted the initiative.
The global giant, which recorded total revenue of 183 billion dollars in 2008, has presence in various verticals, including technology, energy infrastructure, transportation, aviation and enterprise solutions in India.
In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of the $180-billion American giant GE, says he is paranoid and is gearing up for any eventuality.
GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt and Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin will also keynote the Indian Institute of Technology 2007 Global Alumni Conference titled 'Transforming the World through Technology' in California next month.
GE Infrastructure India is aggressively looking at electrification projects
Dara Khosrowshahi has the Herculean task of repairing Uber's image, boosting employee morale and turning the business profitable for the world's most valued startup.
The United States India Business Council has conferred the USIBC 30th anniversary jubilee award for 'The US Company Contributing Most to the Indo-US Commercial Relationship' on US giant General Electric.
In an attempt to find a lasting solution for the troubled $2.9 billion Dabhol Power Project, GE said on Monday it was joining hands with NTPC and BHEL to restart it.
Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani has moved 2 ranks ahead this year on the most powerful list.
8 CEOs on the list are female, and they far outpace the median pay for the Equilar 100 as a whole
Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan took charge of India's central bank when the rupee seemed to be in a tailspin while the country was facing runaway inflation.
Western businesses and diplomats in Delhi privately say Modi's reputation as a man of action has been hurt by setbacks on economic reform.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York on Friday on a five-day US visit, he was greeted with 'Har Har Modi' slogan.
"Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!" Trump said in a tweet.
No business delegation has been cleared yet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's visit to America from Friday.
The reason for the windfall: the soaring value of their stock awards.
He is meeting stalwarts such as Google's Eric E Schmidt, Carlyle's David M Rubenstein, Cargill's David W MacLennan, MasterCard's Ajay Banga, and Pepsico's Indra Nooyi.
Whether they live away from their families or with them, all CEOs struggle with work-life balance, says Shyamal Majumdar.
Most successful and ambitious business leaders feel persuaded that they have no competent successor, says R G Vilakudi.
India Inc is facing threat from non-traditional sources.
India Inc is either shutting loss making businesses or is hiving off allied verticals to enhance revenues.
Start-ups have their own sub-cultures their language and ways of working.
Indian-American business leaders meet to discuss ways to make this initiative a success.
Over lunch with Jyoti Mukul, Banmali Agrawala, president and CEO, GE South Asia, discusses how GE is transforming itself into a digital industrial company.
Arvind Subramanian talks about US and China's power play and where India figures in these dynamics.
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