Most Powerful Businesswomen 2016

Updated : Nov 21, 2016

The First Ladies' Club

In the mid-1970s, when women started pursuing professional education - engineering, accountancy, business administration - outlooks changed and it progressively started to change things on the ground.

Sonali Kulkarni, 52, President & CEO, Fanuc India (Photo: Nilotpal Baruah)

Updated : Oct 8, 2016

Understated But Effective

Sonali Kulkarni has added substantially to the customer base of Fanuc India over the past year.

Schauna Chauhan Saluja, 40, CEO, Parle Agro (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Sep 29, 2016

Making a Point

Parle Agro Pvt Ltd had registered a revenue of Rs 1,260.99 crore in the financial year ended in March 2015, up 26 per cent over the previous financial year. The net profit rose to Rs 107 crore from a loss of Rs  66 lakh in the same period.

Vishakha Mulye, 47, Executive Director, ICICI Bank (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Sep 29, 2016

Back in the Saddle

The 47-year-old Vishakha Mulye, who started as a corporate banker at the erstwhile financial institution ICICI Ltd, recently completed two productive stints at the group's subsidiaries - ICICI Lombard General Insurance and ICICI Venture.

Updated : Sep 27, 2016

Renewing Big Blue

According to Narayanan, her competitive attitude dates back to her growing-up years. "I had a mother, who, when told, that I had got 96 in math, would ask 'why did you lose those four marks?' So, I am a bit of a perfectionist and driven to win."

Lupin CEO Vinita Gupta. Photo: Rachit Goswami

Updated : Sep 26, 2016

Stay Focused on Your Goals

I have always been inherently passionate and ambitious about work and family, and perhaps it has a lot to do with my genes. Growing up, it was often hard to separate the family from the business of Lupin.

Rekha Menon, 57, Chairman, Accenture India (Photo: Nilotpal Baruah)

Updated : Sep 26, 2016

Playing to Win

With Menon at the helm, Accenture India is breaking new ground.

Roshni Nadar, 35, CEO, HCL Corp (Photo: Vivan Mehra)

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

Carrying on a Legacy

The past few years have been about the rise of Shiv Nadar's only child Roshni - the inheritor of everything he has created. She joined the board of HCL Corporation in September 2008 and was appointed the CEO in April 2009.

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

Business Today celebrates India's most powerful women entrepreneurs

The 30 winners were a virtual who's who in the world of business. As many as nine achievers were repeat winners, making it to our list this year too.

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

Alice G. Vaidyan, Chairman and MD, GIC

Alice G. Vaidyan is known to take up new challenges and making a success out of it. It was this single-minded focus on taking up newer challenges that took her to the top at General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re).

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

Ashu Suyash, MD and CEO, Crisil

Crisil's revenue has seen an upswing under Ashu Suyash's innovation-led agenda. Ashu Suyash took over as Managing Director and CEO of rating agency Crisil in June 2015, at a time of great uncertainty for the company.

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

Kaku Nakhate, President and Country Head, Bank of America

2015 has been a record year for the bank in India, with the country emerging as the most profitable market in the Asia-Pacific region for it. All credit goes to Nakhate, President & Country Head at BoAML.

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

Rekha Menon, MD and Chairman, Accenture India

MD & Chairman of Accenture India, Rekha Menon's discipline and passion has helped her manage the 140,000 employees of Accenture India and ensure the Indian operations continue to remain core to the global technology major.

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

Chitra Ramakrishna, MD and CEO, National Stock Exchange

Chitra Ramakrishna, MD & CEO, National Stock Exchange always believe that our women are unique in many ways as they come with stronger social values, ethos, diversity, resilience, etc.

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

Sonali Kulkarni, President and CEO, Fanuc India

Sonali Kulkarni, President & CEO, Fanuc India leads the Indian operations of the world's leading CNC and robot seller. She has added substantially to the customer base of Fanuc India over the past year.

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

Why Gender Diversity Is a Business Imperative

Women matter for business and economic growth. It is a no-brainer, but somehow requires constant reminding and research.

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

Hall of Fame - 2016

A brief look at the women in BTs elite club

Alice G. Vaidyan, 57, CMD, GIC Re (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

The Insurance Trailblazer

It was this single-minded focus on taking up newer challenges that took her to the top at General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) in a decade that saw many women executives bag top jobs in the country's financial services companies.

Aarthi Subramanian, 49, Executive Director (Global Head â Delivery Excellence, Governance & Compliance) TCS (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Sep 23, 2016

TCS's Ms Fixit

Colleagues fondly call Subramanian, who last year became the first woman employee to make it to the board of directors of TCS, as 'Ms Fixit'. "She has a solution for any challenge," says a young team member.