List of Indian businesswomen
This is a list of notable businesswomen from India.
Banking and finance[edit]
- Archana Bhargava, Chairman and Managing Director, United Bank of India[1]
- Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson, State Bank of India (since October 7, 2013)[2] - now retired
- Bala Deshpande, MD, New Enterprise Associates India
- Chanda Kochhar (born 1961), ICICI Bank Former MD and CEO
- Chitra Ramkrishna, Former Managing Director and CEO, National Stock Exchange of India
- Kalpana Morparia, CEO of South Asia and India Operations at JPMorgan Chase
- Manisha Girotra, CEO, Moelis India
- Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India
- Renuka Ramnath, founder of Multiples Alternate Asset Management
- Shikha Sharma (born 1960), AXIS Bank Former CEO - now retired
- Snehlata Shrivastava, Executive Director, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development[3]
- Usha Sangwan, Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India
Real estate and construction[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Shobhana Bhartia (born 1957), Chairperson and Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times Group
- Ekta Kapoor (born 1975), TV and movie producer, Joint Managing Director and Creative Director of Balaji Telefilms
- 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[edit]
- Tanya Dubash, Executive Director and 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[edit]
- Vinita Bali (born 1955), former MD of Britannia Industries Limited
- Indra Nooyi (born 1955), Former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo
Health and medicine[edit]
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 1953), Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon
- Swati Piramal, Vice Chairperson, Piramal Enterprises
- Preetha Reddy, Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Group
- Ameera Shah, CEO and Managing Director, Metropolis Healthcare
- Namita Thapar, Executive Director, Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited
Hotels and catering[edit]
- Priya Paul (born 1967), Chairperson of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels
Information technology[edit]
- Divya Jain, founder of dLoop
- Aruna Jayanthi, CEO India Capgemini
- Roshni Nadar (born 1972), Executive Director and CEO of HCL Corporation
Others[edit]
- Meena Ganesh, CEO and Managing Director, Pearson Education Services
- Jyoti Gogte (born 1956), Indian entrepreneur
- 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
- Rajani Pandit, founder of the Rajani Investigative Bureau
- Vineeta Singh, CEO and Co-Founder of Sugar Cosmetics
- Sheetal Agashe (born 1977), managing director of Brihans Natural Products[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Basu, Sreeradha D.; Bhattacharyya, Rica (4 Oct 2013). "Why banking mints the most women CEOs in India". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2013.
- ^ ET Bureau (8 Oct 2013). "Arundhati Bhattacharya becomes first woman to head SBI". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 Oct 2013.
- ^ "Board of Directors". NABARD, Official Website. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ Sathe-Patwardhan, Radhika (2019). "The Boss Lady: Sheetal Agashe, MD, Brihans Natural Products". In Chaitanya, Tanya (ed.). Femina presents Pune's Most Powerful 2018-19 (Coffee table book). Mumbai: Worldwide Media. pp. 64–65. RNI 6253/59.
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