By : Neha Dhyani
Updated : Jun 16, 2022, 6:26
The Most Powerful Women in India have broken the age-old patriarchal norms and are excellent in areas where men were traditionally considered dominant.
Women have conquered the world of business in India and have been a part of it for quite some time now. The strongest and wealthiest women in India are featured in top-notch lists like the Forbes and Fortune's Most Powerful Women in India list, which has been published annually by Fortune Magazine since 1998.
The list of 50 Most Powerful Women in India are:
Sr. No. | Name |
1 | Nirmala Sitharaman |
2 | Nita Ambani |
3 | Soumya Swaminathan |
4 | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw |
5 | Suchitra Ella |
6 | Arundhati Bhattacharya |
7 | Gita Gopinath |
8 | Tessy Thomas |
9 | Rekha M. Menon |
10 | Reddy Sisters |
11 | Anshula Kant |
12 | Renu Sud Karnad |
13 | Shohana Bhartia |
14 | Kalli Purie |
15 | Revathi Advaithi |
16 | Leena Nair |
17 | Mallika Srinivasan |
18 | Swati Piramal |
19 | Vishakha Mulye |
20 | Vibha Padalkar |
21 | Isha Ambani |
22 | Bela Bajaria |
23 | Falguni Nayar |
24 | Aparna Bawa |
25 | Zia Mody |
26 | Soma Mondal |
27 | Vinita Gupta |
28 | Priya Nair |
29 | Sindhu Gangadharan |
30 | Pallavi Shroff |
31 | Anjali Bansal |
32 | Kaku Nakhate |
33 | Divya Gokulnath |
34 | Samina Hamied |
35 | Ameera Shah |
36 | Zarin Daruwala |
37 | Geetha Manjunath |
38 | Priyanka Chopra |
39 | Meena Ganesh |
40 | Mira Kulkarni |
41 | Nivruti Rai |
42 | Neerja Birla |
43 | Aruna Jayanthi |
44 | Aparna Purohit |
45 | Renuka Ramnath |
46 | Monika Shergill |
47 | Suparna Mitra |
48 | Aashu Suyash |
49 | Harshbeena Zaveri |
50 | Padmaja Ruparel |
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