"With the second wave causing widespread chaos and damage, we have formed Blue Dart Med-Express Consortium with a single goal in mind and that is, to deliver vaccines and other critical medical equipment in a reliable manner that helps us reach every village & city in India. " says Mr Aneel Gambhir, CFO, Blue Dart Express Limited.

At the present valuations, we advise investors to invest in a combination of balanced advantage fund, Flexi-cap/large & mid-cap fund along with small allocations in sectoral as well as small-cap funds.

Despite the second wave of the corona virus resulting in localised lockdowns across the country and creating an economic setback for businesses, Niraj Kumar, Chief Investment Officer, Future Generali India Life Insurance Co. Ltd., is quite optimistic about the overall scenario.

"Our top three strategic priorities include forging synergic partnerships for our leading generic & research products, optimising organisational leverage to maximise our gains as well as astute capital investment", says Mr Saransh Chaudhary, CEO, Venus Medicine Research Centre (VMRC), and President, Critical Care Division, Venus Remedies in an exclusive interview with Geyatee Deshpande, Senior Research Associate, Dalal Street Investment Journal.  

Here is our detailed conversation with Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), a leading player in steel, power, mining, oil and gas and infrastructure in India.

A good question for investors to handle volatility would be to ask themselves as to ‘what per cent of my financial exposure can suffer a 40 per cent fall and I can continue without panicking’. It is the question of how you react at a psychological level, rather than your age. 

As the pharmaceutical sector is a defensive play, an investor may consider allocating 5 to 10 per cent of their corpus in such funds for the long term. 

"We have a digital-first business model wherein everything, from client acquisition to onboarding and servicing, is done online", highlights Prabhakar Tiwari, Chief Growth Officer, Angel Broking in an exclusive interview with Geyatee Deshpande, Senior Research Associate, Dalal Street Investment Journal.  

In this interview, R Venkataraman, Chairman, IIFL Securities Limited, presents an overview of both the economy and the markets and the way ahead . Below is the detailed discussion.

We follow a ‘growth at a reasonable price (GARP) investing style’ since it combines the best of both worlds. We have identified themes that provide secular growth opportunities such as private banks, unorganised to organised, speciality chemicals, manufacturing in India, and technology/digital.