Most Powerful Women - 2013

Fortune India's "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" celebrates the rising influence of women in India Inc. This annual ranking tracks their achievements, challenges, and impact across diverse industries, highlighting their growing visibility and leadership.

Aisha De Sequeira-Co-country head & Head of investment banking

Radhika Roy-MD & Executive Co-chairperson

RANK	NAME	TITLE	AFFILIATION	AGE
1	Chanda Kochhar	MD & CEO	ICICI Bank	51
2	Shikha Sharma	MD & CEO	Axis Bank	54
3	Aruna Jayanthi	CEO	Capgemini India	50
4	Preetha Reddy	MD	Apollo Hospital Enterprises	56
5	Mallika Srinivasan	Chairman & CEO	TAFE	54
6	Shobhana Bhartia	Chairperson	HT Media	56
7	Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw	Chairperson & MD	Biocon	60
8	Zia J. Mody	Co-founder	AZB Partners	57
9	Vinita Bali	MD	Britannia Industries	57
10	Naina Lal Kidwai	Country Head	HSBC India	56
11	Chitra Ramkrishna	MD & CEO	NSE	50
12	Kalpana Morparia	CEO	J.P. Morgan	64
12	Roopa Kudva	MD & CEO	Crisil	49
14	Yasmine Hilton	Chairperson	Shell India	N/A
15	Harshbeena Zaveri	MD & president	NRB Bearings	53
16	Amrita Patel	Chairperson	National Dairy Development Board	71
17	Prabha Parameswaran	MD	Colgate-Palmolive India	53
18	Aisha De Sequeira	Co-country head & Head of investment banking	Morgan Stanley India	43
19	Vanitha Narayanan	MD	IBM India	54
20	Kaku Nakhate	President & Country Head	Bank of America Merrill Lynch	46
21	Debjani Ghosh	MD	Intel-South Asia	47
22	Renuka Ramnath	Founder MD & CEO	Multiples Alternate Asset Management	51
23	Neelam Dhawan	MD	Hewlett-Packard India	54
24	Meher Pudumjee	Chairperson	Thermax	47
25	Mira Kulkarni	MD	Mountain Valley Springs	56
26	Reshma Shetty	MD	Matrix India Entertainment Consultants	42
27	Vishakha Mulye	MD and CEO	ICICI Venture	44
28	Rekha M. Menon	Executive director	Accenture	54
29	Priya Paul	Chairperson	Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Group	47
30	Abanti Sankaranarayanan	Country head	Diageo India	44
31	Vedika Bhandarkar	Vice Chairman	Credit Suisse India	45
32	Anuradha Desai	Chairperson	VH Group	51
33	Vandana Luthra	Founder and mentor	VLCC Health Care	54
34	Renu Sud Karnad	MD	HDFC	61
35	Sangeeta Pendurkar	MD	Kellogg India	47
36	Bala Deshpande	Senior MD	New Enterprise Associates	47
37	Anita Dongre	Founder	Anita Dongre	50
38	Suvalaxmi Chakraborty	CEO	State Bank of Mauritius (India)	47
38	Ektaa R. Kapoor	Joint MD	Balaji Telefilms	38
40	Swati Piramal	Vice Chairperson	Piramal Enterprises	57
41	Anita Arjundas	MD	Mahindra Lifespaces	46
42	Ritu Kumar	Founder	Ritu Kumar Design	69
42	Rajshree Pathy	Chairperson and MD	Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals	56
44	Sujata Keshavan	Co-founder	Ray + Keshavan The Brand Union	52
45	N. Bhuvaneswari	Vice Chairman and MD	Heritage Foods	51
46	Radhika Roy	MD & Executive Co-chairperson	NDTV Group	56
47	Kirthiga Reddy	Country Head	Facebook India	42
48	Ashu Suyash	CEO	L&T Investment Management	45
49	Asha Gupta	MD	Tupperware India	42
50	Avani Saglani Davda	CEO	Tata Starbucks India	34