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Year202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011 2012Most Powerful Women - 2012Read More1Chanda Kochhar2Mallika Srinivasan3Aruna Jayanthi4Shikha Sharma5Vinita Bali6Shobhana

Bhartia7Preetha Reddy8Zia J. Mody9Chitra Ramkrishna10Roopa Kudva11Kirthiga Reddy12Naina Lal Kidwai13Harshbeena Zaveri14Amrita Patel15Kalpana Morparia16Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw17Prabha

Parameswaran18Mira Kulkarni19Meenakshi Saraogi20Aisha De Sequeira21Sujata Keshavan22Priya Paul23Rama Bijapurkar24Debjani Ghosh25Sangeeta Pendurkar26Kaku Nakhate27Vedika Bhandarkar28Rekha M.

Menon29Ektaa R. Kapoor30Neelam Dhawan31Reshma Shetty32Renu Sud Karnad33Renuka Ramnath34Jasmeet Kaur Srivastava & Gitanjali Ghate36Abanti Sankaranarayanan37Vishakha Mulye38Vandana

Luthra39Suvalaxmi Chakraborty40Lynn De Souza41Ritu Kumar42Meher Pudumjee43Bala Deshpande44Anita Arjundas44Anuradha Desai46Radhika Roy47Swati Piramal48Anjali Bansal49Rajshree Pathy50Asha

GuptaRANKNAMETITLEAFFILIATIONAGE1Chanda KochharMD and CEOICICI Bank502Mallika SrinivasanChairmanTafe533Aruna JayanthiCEOCapgemini India494Shikha SharmaMD &CEOAxis Bank535Vinita

BaliMDBritannia Industries566Shobhana BhartiaChairpersonHT Media557Preetha ReddyMDApollo HospitalEnterprises558Zia J. ModyCo-founderAZB Partners569Chitra RamkrishnaJoint-MDNSE4910Roopa

KudvaMD and CEOCRISIL4811Kirthiga ReddyIndia HeadFacebook4112Naina Lal KidwaiCountry HeadHSBC India5513Harshbeena ZaveriMD & PresidentNRB Bearings5214Amrita PatelChairmanNational Dairy

Development Board7015Kalpana MorpariaCEOJP Morgan6316Kiran Mazumdar-ShawChairman & MDBiocon5917Prabha ParameswaranMDColgate Palmolive India5218Mira KulkarniMDMountain Valley

Springs5519Meenakshi SaraogiJoint MDBalrampur Chini Mills6820Aisha De SequeiraCo-country head & Head of investment bankingMorgan Stanley India Investment Banking4221Sujata

KeshavanCo-FounderRay+Keshavan The Brand Union5122Priya PaulChairpersonApeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Group4623Rama BijapurkarCo-FounderNext Practice Retail5524Debjani GhoshMDSales &

Marketing Group, Intel South Asia4625Sangeeta PendurkarMDKellogg India4626Kaku NakhatePresident & Country HeadBank Of America Merrill Lynch4527Vedika BhandarkarVice Chairman & MDCredit

Suisse, India4428Rekha M. MenonExecutive Director Accenture5329Ektaa R. KapoorJoint MDBalaji Telefilms3730Neelam DhawanMDHewlett-Packard India5331Reshma Shetty

MDMatrix India Entertainment Consultants4132Renu Sud KarnadMDHDFC6033Renuka RamnathFounder, MD & CEOMultiples Alternate Asset Management5034Jasmeet Kaur Srivastava & Gitanjali GhateMDsThe

Third Eye48, 4836Abanti SankaranarayananCountry HeadDiageo India4337Vishakha MulyeMD & CEOICICI Venture4338Vandana LuthraFounder & MentorVLCC Healthcare5339Suvalaxmi ChakrabortyCEOState Bank

of Mauritius (India)4640Lynn De SouzaChairman & CEOLintas Media Group5141Ritu KumarN/ARitu Kumar Designs6842Meher PudumjeeChairmanThermax4643Bala DeshpandeSenior MDNew Enterprise

Associates4644Anita ArjundasMDMahindra Lifespaces4544Anuradha DesaiChairpersonV.H. Group5046Radhika RoyMD & Executive Co-chairpersonNDTV5547Swati PiramalVice ChairpersonPiramal

Enterprises5648Anjali BansalManaging PartnerSpencer Stuart4149Rajshree PathyChairperson & MDRajshri Sugar & Chemicals5550Asha GuptaMDTupperware41 HomeRankingsMost Powerful Women2012Follow

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