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Year202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011 2020Most Powerful Women - 2020The Coronavirus pandemic has reshaped global leadership, with studies showing countries led by

women responding more effectively. With Covid-19 in the background, in this Fortune India issue, meet India’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business—leaders who built companies, closed major

deals, and shaped brands, driving their firms to success with sharp acumen and strategic vision.Read More1Nita Ambani2Zia J. Mody3Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw4Suneeta Reddy5Renu Sud Karnad6Samina

Hamied7Vinita Gupta8Kalli Purie9Ashu Suyash10Roshni Nadar Malhotra11Renuka Ramnath12Arundhati Bhattacharya13Zarin Daruwala14Kaku Nakhate15Mallika Srinivasan16Isha Ambani17Shobhana

Bhartia18Nivruti Rai19Ameera Shah20Falguni Nayar21Nisaba Godrej22Rekha M. Menon23Vishakha Mulye24Aisha De Sequeira25Shanti Ekambaram26Soma Mondal27Divya Gokulnath28Schauna Chauhan and Nadia

Chauhan30Meher Pudumjee31Aarthi Subramanian32Ektaa R. Kapoor33Pallavi Shroff34Anupriya Acharya35Priya Nair36Anushka Sharma37Priyanka Chopra Jonas38Apurva Purohit39Meena Ganesh40Radhika

Gupta41Devita Saraf42Anita Dongre43Harshbeena Zaveri44Priya Paul45Mira Kulkarni46Natasha Poonawalla47Monika Shergill48Aparna Purohit49Anamika Khanna50Chiki

SarkarRANKNAMETITLEAFFILIATIONAGE1Nita AmbaniNon-executive director, Reliance Industriesco-owner, Mumbai Indians572Zia J. ModyCo-founderAZB & Partners643Kiran Mazumdar-ShawExecutive

chairpersonBiocon674Suneeta ReddyManaging directorApolloHospitals Enterprise615Renu Sud KarnadManaging directorHDFC686Samina HamiedExecutive vice chairpersonCipla457Vinita

GuptaCEOLupin528Kalli PurieVice chairpersonIndia Today Group469Ashu SuyashManaging director and CEOCRISIL5310Roshni Nadar MalhotraChairpersonHCL Technologies3911Renuka RamnathFounder and

CEOMultiplesAlternate Asset Management5812Arundhati BhattacharyaChairperson and CEOSalesforce India6413Zarin DaruwalaCEO, IndiaStandard Chartered Bank5514Kaku NakhatePresident and

countryhead-IndiaBank of America5315Mallika SrinivasanChairman and MDTractorsand Farm Equipment (TAFE)6016Isha AmbaniDirectorReliance Jio Infocomm and Reliance Retail Ventures2917Shobhana

BhartiaChairperson and editorial directorHT Media6318Nivruti RaiCountry head, Intel Indiavice president, Data Platforms Group, Intel5019Ameera ShahPr

omoter and MDMetropolis Healthcare4120Falguni NayarFounder and CEONykaa5721Nisaba GodrejChairperson, MD, and CEOGCPL4222Rekha M. MenonChairperson and seniormanaging directorAccenturein

India6123Vishakha MulyeExecutive directorICICI Bank5124Aisha De SequeiraCo-country head and headof investment banking, IndiaMorgan Stanley5025Shanti EkambaramGroup President - consumer

bankingKotak Mahindra Bank5726Soma Mondal Director (commercial)SAIL5727Divya GokulnathCo-founder and directorByju’s3428Schauna Chauhan and Nadia ChauhanCEO; Joint MD and chief marketing

officerParlé Agro44, 3430Meher PudumjeeChairpersonThermax5431Aarthi SubramanianGroup chief digital officerTata Sons5332Ektaa R. KapoorJoint managing directorBalaji Telefilms4533Pallavi

ShroffManaging partnerShardulAmarchand Mangaldas & Co6434Anupriya AcharyaCEOPublicis GroupeSouth Asia5035Priya NairExecutive director,beauty and personal careHindustan Unilever4836Anushka

Sharma Co-founderClean Slate Filmz3237Priyanka Chopra JonasFounder, Purple Pebble Picturesinvestor, Bumble3838Apurva Purohit PresidentJagranPrakashan5439Meena GaneshManaging director and

CEOPortea Medical5740Radhika GuptaManaging director and CEOEdelweiss Asset Management3741Devita SarafChairman and CEOThe Vu Group3942Anita DongreFounder and chief creativeofficerHouse of

Anita Dongre5743Harshbeena ZaveriVice chairman and MDNRBBearings6044Priya PaulChairpersonApeejaySurrendra Park Hotels5445Mira KulkarniChairman and MDMountainValley Springs6546Natasha

PoonawallaExecutive director, Serum Institute of Indiachairperson, Villoo Poonawalla Charitable Foundation3847Monika ShergillVice president, contentNetflix India4648Aparna PurohitHead of

India OriginalsAmazon Prime Video4149Anamika KhannaDirector and head designerAnamika Fashionwears &Exports4350Chiki SarkarFounder and publisherJuggernaut Books42 HomeRankingsMost Powerful

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