India's Leading Women in Business

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PATEL DIPESH G.(100210106030)

India's Leading Women in Business

• Women are the most adored and the beautifulcreation on this planet. They play the role of amother, sister, wife and much more. Without women,the universe is incomplete.

In Indian culture, a woman plays the role of a care-taker as well as the protector of the family. Their roleis no more limited within the four walls of the house-hold activities. Today’s women have proved that theycan also be the leaders in the corporate world.

1. Roshini Nadar

CEO and Executive Director, HCL Corp.

She is the only daughter of business tycoon Shiv Nadar, the founder of the ‘HCL Corp.’. Having the blood of one of the successful industrialists, Roshni Nadar’s destiny lies in the corporate world.She did her graduation from Northwestern University. She holds a Major in radio, television and film. She holds an MBA in Social Enterprise Management and Strategy from the Kellogg School of Management.She is currently the CEO and the Executive Director of the HCL Corp. She is also one of the trustees of the ‘Shiv Nadar Foundation’ which is involved with the ‘Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering’ in Chennai.

2. Chanda Kochhar

MD and CEO, ICICI Bank

Born on November 17, 1961 on Jaipur(Rajasthan), Chanda Kochhar did her schooling in Jaipur. She completed her graduation in 1982 in Arts from ‘Jai Hind College’ in Mumbai. After graduation, she completed her masters in Management studies from Jamanlal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.She is currently the CEO and the Managing Director of India’s largest private bank, ICICI Bank. She is one of the leading leaders in India Inc. She represented India Inc. in the recent Davos Meet of the World Economic Forum.

3. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon

Born in the IT hub of India, Bangalore on March 23, 1953, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is the current Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon.

Despite the wish to have a career in Medical field, she completed her graduation with honours in Zoology. She completed her master’s from BallaratCollege, Melbourne University (1975) in Malting and Brewing.

She started Biocon in 1978 and today she is considered to be one of the most influential women in India. Her achievement list is never ending. It includes ‘Padma Shri’ (1989), ‘Padma Bhushan’ (2005), one of the influential persons in the world (Times Magazine), member of IIT (Hyderabad) and many more.

4. Ekta Kapoor

Joint Managing Director and Creative Director, Balaji Telefilms

Jeetendra ruled millions of hearts in the Indian Cinema. His wife, Shobha Kapoor is one of the prominent names in the Indian Television. Well, being the only daughter ofJeetendra and ShobhaKapoor doesn’t complete the introduction of EktaKapoor.Today, Ekta Kapoor is considered to be the queen of the Indian Television. Even in the Film Industry, she has proved herself as one of the successful ladies.Born on June 7, 1975, she is currently the Joint Director and the Creative Director of ‘BalajiTelefilms’. She is one of the most popular faces in the Indian Television today. She made the television lovers to go gaga with most of her productions.

5. Shobhana Bhartia

Chairperson and Editorial Director, Hindustan Times GroupShobhana Bhartia was born in Kolkata. She is the daughter of the founder of the Hindustan Times Group, KK Birla. She is the current Chairperson and the Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times Group. Hindustan Times Group is her ancestral treasure.Apart from serving the Rajya Sabha as a nominated member 2006-2012 she is also the Pro Chancellor of ‘Birla Institute of Technology and Science’, Pilani.She was the recipient of the ‘Global Leader of Tomorrow’ awards from the World Economic Forum in 1996. She received the ‘Outstanding Business Woman of the Year’ award in 2001 and National Press India Award in 1992.Her other achievements include the ‘Business Woman award’, ‘The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence’ (2007).

6. Nita Ambani

Founder-Chairperson, Dhirubhai AmbaniInternational School

She is the eldest daughter-in-law of the most admired business tycoon of India and is the wife of the richest person in India.

Nita Ambani, born on November 1, 1963 is the Founder-Chairperson of the Dhirubhai AmbaniInternational School. She is the co-owner of the ‘Mumbai Indians’ cricket team. She is also actively involved in ‘Project Drishti’.

Nita Ambani, is a commerce graduate from ‘Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics’. Awards like ‘Samaj Seva VishwaBhushan’ (2005), 'Corporate Citizen of the Year’ (2012) completes the list of her achievements.

7. Zia Mody

Managing Partner, AZB & Partners

Zia Mody holds a masters degree from Harvard Law School. She is one of the prominent legal consultants in India. She is considered an authority on corporate merger and acquisition law, securities law, private equity and project finance.

Mody is married to business tycoon Jaydev Mody. She was enlisted as one of the 25 most powerful business women in India by Business Today during 2004-2011. She has the ‘Financial Express Knowledge Professional of the Year’ Award. During 2004-2006, she was named one of India's 100 Most Powerful CEOs by The Economic Times.

8. Aruna Jayanthi

CEO, Capgemini

Aruna Jayathi made her debut in the corporate world through TCS. She served TCS for 10 years. At present, she is the CEO of one of the leading French IT companies, Capgemini.

She completed her studies from ‘NarseeMonje Institute of Management Studies’. She joined Capgemini in 2000.

In the year 2012, Fortune Magazine ranked Aruna Jayanthi as the third most powerful business women in India. She is considered to be the sole reason for most of the success of Capgemini in the Indian IT sector.

9. Vinita Bali

Managing Director, Britannia Industries

She started her career with Voltas and worked on the launch of the soft drink brand Rasna. She was also related with Cadbury for more than 10 years and with the Coca-Cola for 9 years.

In 2005, Vinita Bali joined Britannia Industries and is currently the Managing Director. It was under her leadership that Britannia’s annual revenue got tripled to $841 million.

She received the ‘Business Woman of the Year’ in 2009. Her name appeared on the Forbes’ list of ‘Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen’ in 2011.

10. Shikha Sharma

Managing Director and CEO, Axis BankShikha Sharma is one of the simplest CEO’s in India. She wears no make-up except a traditional Indian ‘bindi’.After she completed her management studies form ‘Indian Institute of Management’, Ahmedabad, she failed to get selected for any foreign banks. She started her career with ICICI Bank in 1980.She is serving Axis Bank as the CEO and the Managing Director since June 2009.

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