"We will maintain this 3.5 percent expense on the advertising and sales promotion," Anil Rai Gupta, Joint MD, Havells India said.

Confident of achieving 15-20% growth in FY15: Havells

Anil Rai Gupta, joint managing director of Havells India says the company is witnessing increased uptick in all product categories. He is confident of achieving 15-20 percent growth in FY15.

Expect margins to rise to 13% in FY15: Havells

Anil Rai Gupta, Joint Managing Director, Havells India, believes the Indian economy is bottoming out and a turnaround in sentiment should increase demand for its products.

Havells ups full-year growth guidance to 12% from 9-10%

Anil Rai Gupta, Joint MD, Havells India expects to achieve around 12 percent overall growth for the entire year, higher than 9-10 percent guided earlier. He is hopeful that for the entire year overall margins would be at about 13.5-14 percent.

Havells eyes 12-13% EBITDA; 18% consumer biz growth in FY14

The revised target of 18 percent growth from 27 percent last year shall be achieved if India maintained its gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6 percent, Anil Gupta of Havells India said.

Expect improvement in Sylvania's margins this year: Havells

Things have improved in Europe, but the problems still exist. In an interview to CNBC-TV18 Anil Gupta, joint managing director of Havells India says Europe remains sluggish, but other markets are holding up. "Our market share has improved in Europe," he asserts.

Osram ruling, consumer-durables boost Havells' growth

Anil Gupta, joint MD, Havells India explains to CNBC-TV18 the extraordinary item of a favourable ruling in the Osram judgment and the 33-percent growth posted by the consumer-durable division has helped the company post positive results.

Expect 15-20% revenue growth in FY13: Havells India

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Anil Gupta, joint managing director of Havells India says, the company is expecting 15-20% revenue growth this year.

Chinese JV co to earn $100m revenues in 2 yrs: Havells

Anil Gupta, joint managing director, Havells India speaking to CNBC-TV18 about joint venture said that the company already had research and development base in China but wanted a good manufacturing base to support its global requirements.

Sylvania margins to go up from current level of 8%: Havells

Havells posted a good set of second quarter FY12 numbers. Joint managing director Anil Gupta informed that the sales growth was driven by volume growth. He committed to deliver 8% margins for Sylvania. He stated that the company will focus on profitability in Europe and growth in Latin America and India.

Crompton's grief on low demand won't stay for long: Havells

Commenting on Crompton’s fears of being on the eye of a storm of falling consumer demand, Anil Gupta, joint managing director of Havells India, trading in the same sector, says the phenomenon will for only last one quarter.

Waning demand in Europe gives no shock to Havells' profits

In an exclusive, Anil Gupta, joint managing director, Havells India joins CNBC-TV18 to discuss the effect on profits from decreasing demand in Europe. Philips recently issued a statement saying profits will be hit for them. "This is irrelevant for Havells since only 20% of the consolidated revenue comes from the region," the Jt MD assures.

Havells sets plans for China, sees domestic growth at 25%

On the back of the strong numbers in the quarter, the company’s joint managing director Anil Gupta says that the company is initiating “new plans in areas like China and a renewed effort in the US markets with the Havells brand growth.”

See operating margins at 8% next year: Havells

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Anil Gupta, Jt MD, Havells India spoke on the company's business plans going forward.