22 Quotes by Jamshyd Godrej

Godrej is committed towards improving quality of life in society.

Our CII building in Hyderabad has zero discharge of water. Every drop of water is treated and reused.

While academic abilities remain integral, it is the work ethics that form the soul of the business.

Typically, market-driven growth spawns urbanisation and leads to migration. Urban centres expand into humongous entities that thrive on an unending supply of energy.

When there is a situation where one does not see demand for a year or two, then capex is suspended. It will reverse only when the situation improves.

The government is a very large constructor. They have schools, colleges, hospitals and courts, offices. We are trying to influence the public works department to adopt green buildings.

The government shouldn't step in at the first stage and create land banks. Industry should buy the land as much as they can, and if they get stuck, then the government should step in.

We have to develop the whole system of early stage investors and a tax system around it. For every Google that has come on the scene, there are hundred entrepreneurs who never did.

Besides infrastructure, there is a huge opportunity in housing and urbanisation of cities - not only building new ones, but also renewing the infrastructure of old cities to make them more livable. This provides tremendous scope for large investments to fuel growth.