India's sprawling subcontinent can never become a plus-size Singapore. But perhaps we can weave together an urban web that is the equivalent of a thousand Singapores.
— Anand Mahindra
India's states must compete, not march in lockstep, if India is to develop its own path to sustainable prosperity.
Branding in electric mobility is critical, but I think what Tesla has also demonstrated is that you can build new brands.
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.
Sustainability has to be a way of life to be a way of business.
I have always said that, more than 'big bang' reforms, it is every day what is happening, changing on the ground.
You want educated women if you are going to have a modern society.
Make in India will not work if we take a conventional linear approach. It has to be a leapfrogging into the future, and India is ideally placed to do this.
As far as passenger cars are concerned, I have always said, in the past, we will work more with partners and partnerships. Our focus on our own would be on the SUVs.
The glamorous side is SUVs, but frankly, the tractor side is where we are number one in the world.
Nobody understands how the world will change. The only way you can plan for the future is to have scenarios. You have to have the courage to take a leap of faith on one of them.
I've been criticised for being an eternal optimist.
There is no business in the world - I don't care what it is, whether it's I.T. or manufacturing - that does not have what I may refer to as a blended resource base. You have high-end work. You have engineering work. You have some local knowledge you require. Then, you have some very low-cost work to be done.
The market will evolve into two segments: cars that provide ease of access to transport and are shared by many people, and cars that are exclusive, high-end symbols of the owner's status and aspirations.
Ride-sharing is inevitably going to be 100% electric.
Life has an interesting way of teaching even the most powerful people that joy from wealth is fleeting at best.
The age of access being offered by taxi-hailing apps like Uber and Ola is the biggest potential threat to auto industry.
The best way to propel the economy may be to encourage different parts of the country to go their own way.
I do believe it is important to be future-ready with a portfolio to be able to deal with however the market evolves. This is better than just forecasting accurately but in having the weapons ready to deal with the uncertainties.
Businesses look for stability; they look for direction.
2012 was a good year for the Mahindra Group, as we moved ahead by venturing into new geographies and businesses.
It is imperative for us to protect the flora and fauna around us.
It is processes that are important.
To my mind, the education of children - girl children, specifically - is what really creates an enlightened society. It creates a liberal society.
You go into battle with your strengths.
When you set the right targets, aspirations, and you work efficiently and diligently, the numbers happen.
I'm an optimist about NAFTA merely being updated.
There's this old Frank Sinatra song: 'If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere'... that song was about New York, but it applies to America. People know that if you make it in America, you can make it anywhere, and that is both in terms of sophistication and customer satisfaction.
When we heard that America is pulling out of the Paris Agreement, that's unfortunate, but frankly - speaking purely from my competitive juices point of view - we are delighted that somebody's not going to look at these opportunities. They'll be all there for us.
Whether in services or in manufacturing, the trick is to stay ahead of the curve. I believe we should not wait to be disrupted - we should become disruptors ourselves.
As I have often said, acceptance of the idea of shared mobility is going to be one of the major disruptive trends in the automotive industry.
The government should find regulation to encourage ride-sharing companies. Rather than finding impediments for them, regulate them by all means... create a framework by which ride-sharing companies can survive.
A lot of people who can afford a vehicle are deciding against owning one. They just need access to transport. So, our job is to offer wider choices to consumers with more innovative models.
Can a person be inspirational? Does a person have global sensibility? That's the hardest thing to find.
For India's economy to expand as rapidly and yet more sustainably than China's, we need to make our differences into virtues rather than vulnerabilities.
It is such an uncertain universe out there that you have to create what I call 'real' options and develop capabilities that will enable you to deal with an environment that will change anyway.
I don't think the disruptor and the business model of a disruptor necessarily is an indication of the topography of the future. If it did, you would say then that everyone will make high-end electric cars, when the answer is clearly no.
The more you drive positive change, the more enhanced your business model.
Sustainability is a part of our 'rise' philosophy. You cannot rise if you take more from the community than you put back.
Women need a space that quenches their intellectual hunger, engages and empowers them with relatable content.
It requires a different holistic approach and a recognition that it's not simply a question of stepping into China's shoes. Our 'Make in India' has to be different from China's in the sense that we have to do a 'taal-mel' or 'jugalbandi' of our IT skills that exist and our evolving manufacturing skills and become intelligent manufacturers.
The story of rural India is a lack of empowerment: perceived impotence. Villagers are being constantly threatened by an authority. The Bolero symbolizes empowerment.
I call America our emerging market. They find it very amusing when I said that.
Shared ownership will always mean that you will never sell as many cars as might have been sold without shared mobility... if people are sharing cars, then obviously you are going to sell less cars than would have been sold otherwise. But it doesn't mean that you will have a deceleration in private cars; it just means that the growth will be lower.
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.
We're going to be selling our product to the American consumer. We want to have Americans who understand American consumers.
Autonomous tractors would enable a farmer to focus on the work that matters the most on a farm.
I think Tesla doesn't sound like it has a very collaborative culture.
Just like you have fire regulations, they should have regulations that no building would be made without charging points for electric vehicles.
The job of automobile manufacturers is to passionately build something that others love to own.
