{"id":886,"date":"2015-03-08T10:13:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T04:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.officechai.com\/?p=886"},"modified":"2016-09-01T11:03:04","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T05:33:04","slug":"top-business-women-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officechai.com\/stories\/top-business-women-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Businesswomen In India in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

India has produced a remarkable number of women who have made a name for themselves in the workplace. Cutting across business verticals, these women have risen to the top of their chosen fields and in doing so have inspired a generation of new businesswomen to follow in their footsteps. They have shown that while the glass ceiling might most definitely still exist, it certainly seems to be cracking under their combined onslaught.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, OfficeChai presents a list of top women in business in India in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/a>1. Chanda Kochhar, Banker<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Possibly the most recognizable female name in Indian business, Chanda Kocchar is the MD and CEO of ICICI Bank, the biggest private sector bank in \u00a0the country. This graduate of Jai Hind College and Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies joined ICICI in 1984 and rose through the ranks to become CEO in 2009.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2011 for her contributions to Indian banking.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Entrepreneur\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Chairman and MD of Biocon attended Mt. Caramel’s School, Bangalore, and then went on to study Zoology at Bangalore University. Her father, a brewmaster at United Breweries, encouraged her to study fermentation science, and she went to Federation University in Australia to study Malting and Brewing.\u00a0She started Biocon India in 1978 in the garage of her rented house in Bangalore with a seed capital of Rs. 10,000. Today the company is worth Rs. 15.55 billion, making her the richest self made woman in India.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Banker<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Arundhati Bhattacharya became the first female Chairperson of SBI in 2014. Like Chanda Kochhar at ICICI, she has been an SBI lifer, joining the company in 1978 as a probationary officer.\u00a0She has held several positions during her 36-year career with the bank including working in foreign exchange, treasury, retail operations, human resources and investment banking. Since becoming Chairperson, she has been promoting the cause of women empowerment in the workplace, introducing\u00a0a two-year sabbatical policy for women employees for child or elder care.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4. Kirthiga Reddy, Businesswoman<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kirthiga Reddy is the head of Facebook’s operations in India. She was Facebook’s first Indian employee and holds an MBA from Stanford University and MS in Computer Science from Syracuse University. Prior to joining Facebook in 2011, she had had long stints in Motorola and Silicon Graphics.<\/span><\/p>\n

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5. Shereen Bhan, Journalist<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Shereen Bhan is the head of CNBC TV 18, India’s premier business channel. She began her career working as a\u00a0news-researcher for\u00a0Karan Thapar. She has produced shows for UTV and SAB TV.\u00a0Bhan graduated from St. Stephen’s College\u00a0with a degree in Philosophy\u00a0and a master’s in Communication Studies\u00a0from the University of Pune, with film and television as her area of specialization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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6. Ritu Kumar, Designer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ritu Kumar deserves to be on this list because she’s probably dressed all the other women on this list. Kumar\u00a0is one of the most recognizable names on the Indian fashion scene. She has made a name for herself for her unique design style, reflecting the ancient traditions of Indian craftsmanship in a contemporary vocabulary. Even at 70, she is still going strong and was awarded the Padma Shree in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

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7. Ekta Kapoor,\u00a0Producer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The reigning queen of the Indian Television television industry is the head of Balaji Telefilms. She’s the creator of the two of the most iconic Indian TV series, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahan Ghar Ghar Ki, which transformed Indian prime time television\u00a0in the 2000s. She turned around\u00a0the fortunes of the struggling Balaji Telefilms group and turned\u00a0it into the media giant that it is today, with a revenue of US$67\u00a0million in 2014.<\/span>
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8. Vinita Bali, Businesswoman<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Vinita Bali is the CEO of Britannia India.\u00a0Before Bali joined the confectionary giant\u00a0in 2005, the company was going through\u00a0a lean period. \u00a0She turned the fortunes of Britannia around, and in 2011, she debuted in Forbe\u2019s list of \u201cAsia\u2019s 50 powerful Businesswomen\u201d. She is a graduate of Lady Shri Ram College for Women and holds an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. Before Britannia, she had worked at Voltas, Cadbury, Coca Cola and Zyman Group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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9. Shahnaaz Hussain, Entrepreneur<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Shahnaz Husain is the CEO of the eponymous Shahnaz Herbals Inc. – a name that’s been identified\u00a0with beauty in India for\u00a0the past 40 years. Hussain grew up in Lucknow\u00a0and later went to Tehran to study cosmetology and trained in cosmetic therapy \u00a0in London, Paris and New York. \u00a0She came back to India in 1977 and established her first beauty salon. Today the Shahnaz Husain Group<\/i> has over 400 franchise clinics across the world covering over 138 countries.\u00a0<\/span>She was awarded the Padma Shree\u00a0in 2006,\u00a0and won the Success Magazine’s “World’s Greatest Woman Entrepreneur” award in 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n

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India has produced a remarkable number of women who have made a name for themselves in the workplace. Cutting across business verticals, these women have risen to the top of their chosen fields and in doing so have inspired a generation of new businesswomen to follow in their footsteps. In doing so, they have shown that while the glass ceiling might most definitely still exist, it certainly seems to be cracking under their combined onslaught.<\/p>\n

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, OfficeChai presents a list of top women in business in India in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[66,67,64,65],"class_list":["post-886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-66","tag-business","tag-indian-businesswomen","tag-women"],"yoast_head":"\ntop-business-women-india<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On the occasion of International Women's Day, OfficeChai presents a list of top women in business in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/stories\/top-business-women-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"top-business-women-india\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On the occasion of International Women's Day, OfficeChai presents a list of top women in business in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/stories\/top-business-women-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OfficeChai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficeChai\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-08T04:43:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-01T05:33:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Unique-startup.jpg?fit=1536%2C1033&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1033\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bart Eshwar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OfficeChai\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@OfficeChai\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bart Eshwar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/stories\/top-business-women-india\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/stories\/top-business-women-india\/\",\"name\":\"top-business-women-india\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/stories\/top-business-women-india\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/stories\/top-business-women-india\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Unique-startup.jpg?fit=1536%2C1033&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-08T04:43:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-01T05:33:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b33bbc9cd71f8bebf290a266692ec380\"},\"description\":\"On the occasion of International Women's Day, OfficeChai presents a list of top women in business in India.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/stories\/top-business-women-india\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/stories\/top-business-women-india\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/officechai.com\/stories\/top-business-women-india\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Unique-startup.jpg?fit=1536%2C1033&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Unique-startup.jpg?fit=1536%2C1033&ssl=1\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1033,\"caption\":\"India Inc. is also home to startups that fulfill needs that you didn\u2019t even realize you had. 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