List of Indian businesswomen explained

This is a list of notable businesswomen from India.

Banking and finance

• 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

• 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
• 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

• 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

• Vinita Bali (born 1955), former MD of Britannia Industries Limited
• Indra Nooyi (born 1955), Former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo

Health and medicine

• 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

• Priya Paul (born 1967), Chairperson of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels

Information technology

• Divya Jain, founder of dLoop
• Aruna Jayanthi, CEO India Capgemini
• Roshni Nadar (born 1972), Executive Director and CEO of HCL Corporation

Others

• 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]

External links

• Most powerful women in Indian business, Business Today

Notes and References

1. Web site: Why banking mints the most women CEOs in India . The Economic Times . 4 Oct 2013 . Sreeradha D. . Basu . Rica . Bhattacharyya . 8 Oct 2013.
2. Web site: Arundhati Bhattacharya becomes first woman to head SBI . The Economic Times . 8 Oct 2013 . ET Bureau . 8 Oct 2013.
3. Web site: Board of Directors . NABARD, Official Website . 30 November 2013.
4. Book: Sathe-Patwardhan, Radhika . Femina presents Pune's Most Powerful 2018-19 . 2019 . . Chaitanya . Tanya . The Boss Lady: Sheetal Agashe, MD, Brihans Natural Products . . . 64–65 . RNI 6253/59.