Anand Mahindra

There is a growing interest in team ownership and promoting sports beyond cricket in India. I always felt it is important to encourage other sports, especially those that bring communities together and promote active lifestyles to Indian youth. ”

My aspiration is that M&M become one of the most customer-centric organizations in the world. If we focus on understanding our customers, we will be able to develop customer-centric innovations. ”

Sustainability is a part of our 'rise' philosophy. You cannot rise if you take more from the community than you put back. ”

You incubate a product in an atmosphere where that product is best incubated. So, for example, we incubated our electric scooter in California. Because it's low-volume manufacturing but high-intelligence, intensive manufacturing, we are starting in Michigan. ”

Branding in electric mobility is critical, but I think what Tesla has also demonstrated is that you can build new brands. ”

If your strategy calls for you to be in America, then you will go into America. If your strategy calls for you to be in M&A, then you'll do an acquisition. You usually acquire a company to acquire technology, geographic advantage, etc. Similarly, geographic expansion is very much like M&A. It's done to advance a strategy. ”

Mahindra's brand strategy is about niches across areas of mobility. ”

I have fond memories of my kabaddi exploits at Lawrence School. I also enjoyed tennis and swimming. ”

Anyone who makes time frames beyond tomorrow probably isn't pushing himself hard enough. ”

If you are planning to save the planet, it will not be Tesla that will do it, since only a finite number of people can afford to buy one, even a $35,000 Model 3. ”