I came from a Hindi medium school the principal felt that I would not fit into an English medium college. Though I was top in my class in school, and I got admission in other colleges, but I really wanted to study in St. Xavier's.

I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees, that this is in their best interests.

It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?

We have no intention of shutting down plants. We have always said there will be no redundancies or lay-offs as a result of this merger.

There will be no job cuts arising out of this merger in Europe - this is in the interest of jobs in Europe.

I have confidence that the government of Luxembourg will not make any decision that frustrates this transaction.

I understand that this has taken a lot of politicians by surprise. But we believe that this is an important and right step for the steel industry.