TOP 10 INDIAN BUSINESS WOMEN

TOP 10 BUSINESS WOMEN IN INDIA

1) NITA AMBANI 
Chairperson of Reliance Foundation and director of Reliance Industries.

She leads India's biggest corporate CSR outlay of over Rs 1,500 crore annually. Reliance Foundation's flagship programme Bharat India Jodo (BIJ) is an attempt at capacity building and rural transformation to help make India a developed nation by the 100th year of Independence. Her 13 schools teach over 15000 children. She launched the Health For All initiative through community outreach programmes around the hospitals for the underprivileged. Reliance Foundation has touched over 4.5 million lives till date.

2) PRIYA NAIR

Executive Director, Home Care, Hindustan Unilever

Priya Nair heads the home care business of Hindustan Unilever. Her division contributes over 45 per cent of the company's revenues. Nair, who made it to HUL's management committee last year, says that the big game changer for her has been the movement from an operational leadership role to a more strategic part of leadership. She is now engaged in making the business responsive to society.
 

 

3) DEEPIKA ARORA

Regional Vice President (Eurasia), Wyndham Hotel Group 

          When Deepika Arora quit Hilton hotels to join Wyndham in India, it was a big risk because the world's biggest hotel chain had very little brand recall in this country. But in the past five years, she has taken Wyndham from eight hotels and one brand to 24 hotels in 13 cities across four brands, making it India's 12th largest.  

4) ARUNDHATI BHATTACHARYA
Chairman, State Bank of India

        Arundhati Bhattacharya, the first woman to head India's largest bank, the State Bank of India, has managed to deliver an encouraging performance despite the challenging economic environment. In the past two years, she has managed to put a check on non-performing assets, delivered profitable growth and introduced new initiatives in the digital banking space.  
 

5) ISPITA DASGUPTA
Chief Commercial Officer, GE, South Asia

       Ipsita Dasgupta believes being a woman in manufacturing is an amazing experience. She is responsible for development and execution of marketing and strategy, new products & solutions, and business development across GE's businesses in South Asia. In 2014-15 she also worked on building the China strategic marketing team and pivoting the company's strategy for two of GE's biggest businesses - Oil & Gas and renewable.

6) JYOTI DESHPANDE

 Group CEO and Managing Director, Eros International

    Jyoti Deshpande leads India's biggest and most profitable film-making and distribution company, Eros International. With a string of hits like Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, and Dabaang2 to her credit, Deshpande's passion now is taking consumers digital. With Erosnow, she wants to make latest movies and other content available for free on the web and on mobiles for people to enjoy. Jyoti Deshpande, Group CEO & Managing Director, Eros International Plc.

7) Tanya Dubash
Executive Director and Chief Brand Officer, Godrej Group

        Tanya Dubash is heading the Godrej Group's Mastermind 2.0, a customer connect initiative that looks at products ranging from hair colour to fridges to hi-tech engineering products. She is spearheading the mission to create a brand identity for the group among the new generation, and grow its revenues exponentially. 

8) SHANTI EKAMBARAM
President, Consumer Banking, Kotak Mahindra Bank

      Shanti Ekambaram is responsible for driving in 1/3rd revenue of Kotak Mahindra Bank. She is driving digital innovations at the bank, which integrate conventional banking with social media seamlessly, offering the best of both worlds to customers. In addition to being a quintessential banker, Ekambaram is deeply involved in SOPAN, an NGO that works for educating and rehabilitation of autistic kids and always makes time for it on the weekends. 

9) ARUNA JAYANTHI
 Chief Executive Officer, Capgemini India

      Aruna Jayanthi heads one of the biggest business units of the Capgemini group with as many as 85,000 people. Jayanthi has grown into one of the most powerful leaders in the IT services industry today. She is also an Executive Council member of NASSCOM. When she gets time Jayanthi loves to read and listening to music. 

10) Radhika Piramal 
 Managing Director, VIP

     Radhika Piramal's role model in business is Warren Buffett. When she took over as Managing Director of VIP in 2009, her goal was to strengthen its leadership position. And like Buffet, Piramal was determined to achieve this by consistently offering excellent, cutting-edge luggage solutions to her consumers. So, she resurrected Skybags, a range of funky luggage for youth, the Caprese brand for women, and Carlton.