List of Indian businesswomen
This is a list of prominent businesswomen from India.
Banking and finance
- Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson, State Bank of India (Oct 7,2013 onwards)[1] - Now Retired
- Archana Bhargava, Chairman and Managing Director, United Bank of India[2]
- Zarin Daruwala, CEO of Standard Chartered Bank (India), before this she was the head of wholesale banking, ICICI Bank
- Aisha De Sequeira, Managing Director and Head, Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley India[3]
- Bala Deshpande, MD, New Enterprise Associates India
- Vijayalakshmi Iyer, Chairman and Managing Director, Bank of India[2]
- Renu Sud Karnad, Managing Director of HDFC
- Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India (40th in Fortune's 50 Most powerful Women in the World-2013)[4]
- Chanda Kochhar (born 1961), ICICI Bank MD and CEO (4th in Fortune's 50 Most powerful Women in the World-2013).[4]
- Kalpana Morparia, CEO of South Asia and India Operations at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Kaku Nakhate, President and Country Head (India), Bank of America Merrill Lynch[2]
- Kavita Nehemiah, social entrepreneur, Co-founder & COO of Artoo
- Shubhalakshmi Panse, Chairman and Managing Director, Allahabad Bank[2][5]
- Chitra Ramkrishna, Managing Director & CEO, National Stock Exchange of India (17th in Fortune's 50 Most powerful Women in the World-2013)[4]
- Renuka Ramnath, founder of Multiples Alternate Asset Management
- Usha Sangwan, Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India
- Shikha Sharma (born 1960), AXIS Bank CEO (37th in Fortune's 50 Most powerful Women in the World-2013)[4]
- Snehlata Shrivastava, Executive Director, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development[6]
Real estate and construction
- Sheila Sri Prakash, Chief Architect and Founder of Shilpa Architects; Independent Board Director of Chennai Smart Cities Ltd and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Nirmana Investments
Books, art and media
- Shobhana Bhartia (born 1957), Chairperson and Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times Group
- Salini Gupta, founder and Director of Zorba Publications
- Ekta Kapoor (born 1975), TV and movie producer, Joint Managing Director and Creative Director of Balaji Telefilms
- Neha Kirpal, founder and director of India Art Fair
- Ritu Kumar (born 1944), fashion designer
- Zarina Mehta, Chief Creative Officer of Broadcasting at UTV
- Chiki Sarkar, publisher, Penguin Books India
- Ashvini Yardi, Programming Head of TV channel Colors
Equipment
- Tanya Dubash, Executive Director & President (Marketing) of Godrej Group
- Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Joint Managing Director of Kinetic Engineering
- Lila Poonawalla, former CEO of Alfa Laval India and TetraPak India
- Mallika Srinivasan (born 1959), CEO of Tafe Motors And Tractors Limited
Food and beverages
- Vinita Bali (born 1955), MD of Britannia Industries Limited
- Schauna Chauhan Saluja, CEO of Parle Agro[7]
- Indra Nooyi (born 1955), Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo
- Sangeeta Pendurkar, MD at Kellogg India Pvt. Ltd.
- Abanti Sankaranarayanan, MD, Diageo India
Health and medicine
- Zahabiya Khorakiwala, Managing Director, Wockhardt Hospitals
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 1953), Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon
- Swati Piramal, Vice Chairperson, Piramal Enterprises
- Preetha Reddy, Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Group
- Sangita Reddy, Executive Director of Apollo Hospitals Group
- Sindoori Reddy, Chief Operating Officer of Apollo Hospitals Group
- Ameera Shah, CEO & Managing Director, Metropolis Healthcare
- Ashvini Danigond, CEO & Executive Director, Manorama Healthcare
Hotels and catering
- Priya Paul (born 1967), Chairperson of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels
Information technology
- Neelam Dhawan, MD of Hewlett-Packard India
- Divya Jain, founder of dLoop
- Aruna Jayanthi, CEO India Capgemini
- Sara Mathew, Chairman & CEO of Dun & Bradstreet
- Roshni Nadar (born 1972), Executive Director and CEO of HCL Corporation
- Kavita Nehemiah, co-founder of the FinTech firm, Artoo
- Ashu Suyash, MD and CEO, Crisil
Others
- Aakanksha Bhargava (born 1985), CEO of PM Relocations Pvt Ltd (PMR) in Gurgaon
- Meena Ganesh, CEO and Managing Director, Pearson Education Services
- Chandni Jafri, CEO of Mumbai Angels and Founder & ED of Sound and Light Social Ventures
- Nabomita Mazumdar, businesswoman
- Zia Mody (born 1956), legal consultant, managing partner of AZB & Partners
- Smriti Nagpal, CEO of Atulyakala
- Leena Nair (born 1969), Executive Director, HR, Hindustan Unilever
- Lavanya Nalli, vice chairman of Nalli Group of Companies
References
- ^ ET Bureau (8 Oct 2013). "Arundhati Bhattacharya becomes first woman to head SBI". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2013.
- ^ a b c d Sreeradha D Basu & Rica Bhattacharyya, ET Bureau (4 Oct 2013). "Why banking mints the most women CEOs in India". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2013.
- ^ "Alumni Stories: Aisha de Sequeira '95, Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking, India, Morgan Stanley". Yale School of Management. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Four Indians among Fortune's list of 50 most powerful women in business". 20 Oct 2013.
- ^ "Arundhati Bhattacharya to Archana Bhargava: A look at women achievers in PSU banks". The Economic Times. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Board of Directors". NABARD, Official Website. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena (2 September 2016). "Embracing The Challenge: Schauna Chauhan Saluja". Verve. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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