Anuradha J. Desai, 

Her investment in British football club Blackburn Rovers was a debacle from which Desai is only now recovering. Although the club is still faring badly, Desai's core business, hatcheries under the Venky's brand, has done well. She has managed to hold the top line, and has seen limited success in containing last year's slide in profits. That's a positive, given that the zooming price of pulses has made the hatcheries business unsustainable and the bulk of Venky's business comes from supplying day-old chicks to hatcheries.