India’s top women achievers to be felicitated today at mega Fortune India Most Powerful Women celebrations

All roads will lead to Mumbai’s Jio World Convention Centre this evening as the cream of India Inc and top women achievers come together to celebrate women power at the glittering Fortune India Most Powerful Women awards and celebrations.

From Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, who will preside as chief guest, to Ex-G20 Sherpa and former star bureaucrat Amitabh Kant who will be the guest of honour, the evening will see an array of some of India Inc’s biggest names in attendance at the event.

This year, the iconic Fortune India Most Powerful Women—also widely known as MPW—has honoured as many as 100 women achievers in its list, up from the earlier 50.This is evidence of the growing number of women who are making a mark in the world of business and policy and creating a deep impact on the Indian business environment as India marches on to 2047. From policy to law, entertainment to technology, this year’s MPW winners represent a wide variety of sectors. That is what makes this list truly representative of the new India, where women are equal contributors to the India growth story.

Zia Mody , Sangita Reddy , Ananya Birla , Jyoti Deshpande , Radhika Gupta , Manisha Girotra , Devita Saraf , Monika Shergill , Jyotsna Suri , Shradha Suri Marwah , Smriti Irani , Jayanti Khan Chauhan , Prativa Mahapatra , Devina Mehra and Dipali Goenka are just some among the women achievers who will be present at the celebrations.

In keeping with Fortune India’s tradition of cutting edge thought leadership sessions at the MPW events, the evening will also see engaging panel discussions and fireside chats with several key names.

Vaishali Nigam Sinha , Dipali Goenka , Preeti Bajaj and Ritu Gangrade Arora will discuss the role of ‘Women as Climate Warriors’, while Soumya Rajan , Amisha Vora , Devita Saraf and Madhura Dasgupta Sinha will be part of a session on ‘Women and Entrepreneurship.’ This apart, with entertainment undergoing a rapid shift, some of the top names in the world of entertainment—Jyoti Deshpande, Monika Shergill, Vikram Malhora, Ram Madhvani and Kiran Rao—will discuss ‘The Changing Face of Content’.

Fireside chats with Amitabh Kant and Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation managing director Ashwini Bhide will also be part of the engaging evening. A conversation with chief guest Nitin Gadkari—who has transformed India’s highways sector and who also believes deeply in women’s empowerment—will be part of the grand finale of the evening, the awards ceremony where the minister will confer the MPW trophies to the winners.

As always, the Fortune India MPW celebration will be an unmissable event, and will also be livestreamed on www.fortuneindia.com and all of Fortune India’s social handles.