Most Powerful Women - 2026

Most Powerful Women - 2026

The Most Powerful Women ranking recognises India's most influential women leaders in business, politics, and entrepreneurship. These inspiring women are breaking barriers, leading change, and making a lasting impact on the corporate world and society.
Nita Ambani - Chairperson
1
Nita Ambani
Roshni Nadar Malhotra - Chairperson
2
Roshni Nadar Malhotra
Reddy Sisters: Shobana Kamineni; Sangita Reddy; Preetha Reddy; Suneeta Reddy - Promoter Director/Jt MD/ Exec. Vice Chairperson/MD
3
Reddy Sisters: Shobana Kamineni; Sangita Reddy; Preetha Reddy; Suneeta Reddy
Savitri Jindal - Chairperson Emeritus
4
Savitri Jindal
Dr Priti Adani - Chairperson
5
Dr Priti Adani
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw - Executive Chairperson
6
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Isha Ambani - Executive Director
7
Isha Ambani
Priya Nair - MD & CEO
8
Priya Nair
Bela Bajaria - Chief Content Officer
9
Bela Bajaria
Leena Nair - Group CEO
10
Leena Nair
Kalli Purie - Vice Chairperson
11
Kalli Purie
Sudha Murty - Member
12
Sudha Murty
Zia J. Mody - Co-founder & Managing Partner
13
Zia J. Mody
Sangita Jindal - Chairperson
14
Sangita Jindal
Shobhana Bhartia - Chairperson & Editorial Director
15
Shobhana Bhartia
Avarna Jain - Vice Chairperson
16
Avarna Jain
Vinita Gupta - Global CEO
17
Vinita Gupta
Smriti Irani - Former Union minister
18
Smriti Irani
Pallavi Shroff - Managing Partner
19
Pallavi Shroff
Mallika Srinivasan - Chairman & MD
20
Mallika Srinivasan
Neerja Birla - Founder & Chairperson
21
Neerja Birla
Jyoti Deshpande - President (media and content business)
22
Jyoti Deshpande
Arundhati Bhattacharya - President & CEO
23
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Vibha Padalkar - MD & CEO
24
Vibha Padalkar
Shereen Bhan - Managing Editor
25
Shereen Bhan
Suchitra Ella - MD
26
Suchitra Ella
Daisy Chittilapilly - President, India & South Asia
27
Daisy Chittilapilly
Vaishali Nigam Sinha - Co-founder; Chairperson
28
Vaishali Nigam Sinha
Prabha Narasimhan - MD & CEO
29
Prabha Narasimhan
Swati A. Piramal - Vice Chairperson & ED
30
Swati A. Piramal
Nyrika Holkar - Executive Director
31
Nyrika Holkar
Alia Bhatt - Actor & entrepreneur
32
Alia Bhatt
Gita Gopinath - Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics
33
Gita Gopinath
Sindhu Gangadharan - MD
34
Sindhu Gangadharan
Falguni Nayar - Founder & CEO
35
Falguni Nayar
Ananya Birla - Chairperson/Director
36
Ananya Birla
Monika Shergill - Vice President, Content
37
Monika Shergill
Nivruti Rai - MD & CEO
38
Nivruti Rai
Shivika Goenka - Director, Luxury & Education
39
Shivika Goenka
Dipali Goenka - MD & CEO
40
Dipali Goenka
Priyanka Chopra Jonas - Actor & entrepreneur
41
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Deepika Padukone - Actor & entrepreneur
42
Deepika Padukone
Kaviya Kalanithi Maran - Executive Director/Head
43
Kaviya Kalanithi Maran
Lakshmi Venu - Vice chairman
44
Lakshmi Venu
Rashmika Mandanna - Actor & entrepreneur
45
Rashmika Mandanna
Ghazal Alagh - Co-founder & CIO
46
Ghazal Alagh
Anamika Khanna - Fashion Designer/Founder
47
Anamika Khanna
Nandini Piramal - Executive Director & Chairperson
48
Nandini Piramal
Rekha Jhunjhunwala - Investor
49
Rekha Jhunjhunwala
Gunjan Soni - Country MD
50
Gunjan Soni
Ravneet Kaur - Chairperson
51
Ravneet Kaur
Geetanjali Kirloskar - Chairperson & MD
52
Geetanjali Kirloskar
Renuka Ramnath - Founder & CEO
53
Renuka Ramnath
Soumya Rajan - Founder & CEO
54
Soumya Rajan
Vishakha Mulye - MD & CEO
55
Vishakha Mulye
Masaba Gupta - Designer & Founder
56
Masaba Gupta
Manisha Girotra - CEO
57
Manisha Girotra
Poonam Gupta - Deputy Governor
58
Poonam Gupta
Upasana Taku - Co-founder, Executive Director & CFO
59
Upasana Taku
Prativa Mohapatra* - Vice President & MD
60
Prativa Mohapatra*
Jayshree V. Ullal - CEO & Chairperson
61
Jayshree V. Ullal
Alisha Moopen - MD
62
Alisha Moopen
Ameera Shah - Promoter and Executive Chairperson
63
Ameera Shah
Priya Agarwal Hebbar - Director/Chairperson
64
Priya Agarwal Hebbar
Schauna Chauhan and Nadia Chauhan - CEO/Joint MD and CMO
65
Schauna Chauhan and Nadia Chauhan
Manasi Kirloskar Tata | Maya Tata - Executive Director & CEO | Director, Marketing
66
Manasi Kirloskar Tata | Maya Tata
Suchita Oswal Jain - Vice Chairman & Joint MD
67
Suchita Oswal Jain
Jayanti Khan Chauhan - Vice Chairperson
68
Jayanti Khan Chauhan
Shradha Suri Marwah - Chairperson & MD
69
Shradha Suri Marwah
Sminu Jindal - MD
70
Sminu Jindal
Meghna Agarwal - Co-founder
71
Meghna Agarwal
Ritu Arora - Country Head, India
72
Ritu Arora
Devina Mehra - Founder, Chairperson & MD
73
Devina Mehra
Vinati Saraf Mutreja - MD & CEO
74
Vinati Saraf Mutreja
Kriti Sanon - Actor & Entrepreneur
75
Kriti Sanon
Radhika Gupta - MD & CEO
76
Radhika Gupta
Meher Pudumjee - Chairperson
77
Meher Pudumjee
Preeti Bajaj - Executive Vice President, Home Solutions Division,
78
Preeti Bajaj
Pavitra Shankar and Nirupa Shankar - MD & Joint MD
79
Pavitra Shankar and Nirupa Shankar
Aditi Kare Panandikar - MD
80
Aditi Kare Panandikar
Ipsita Dasgupta - SVP & MD
81
Ipsita Dasgupta
Ashwini Bhide - Municipal Commissioner
82
Ashwini Bhide
Falguni Peacock - Creative Director
83
Falguni Peacock
Jyotsna Suri - Chairperson & MD
84
Jyotsna Suri
Amisha Vora - Chairperson & MD
85
Amisha Vora
Devita Saraf - Founder, Chairperson & CEO
86
Devita Saraf
Hephzibah Pathak - CEO/Executive Chairperson
87
Hephzibah Pathak
Mahima Datla - MD
88
Mahima Datla
Anita Dongre - Founder
89
Anita Dongre
Bina Modi - Chairperson & MD
90
Bina Modi
Anupriya Acharya - CEO
91
Anupriya Acharya
Bhuvaneswari Nara | Brahmani Nara - Vice chairperson & MD | ED
92
Bhuvaneswari Nara | Brahmani Nara
Rohini Nilekani - Chairperson
93
Rohini Nilekani
Kami Viswanathan - President-Middle East, Indian subcontinent and Africa
94
Kami Viswanathan
Sulajja Firodia Motwani - Founder & CEO
95
Sulajja Firodia Motwani
Namita Thapar - Whole-time Director
96
Namita Thapar
Bhakti Modi - Co-founder & CEO
97
Bhakti Modi
Shveta Arya - MD
98
Shveta Arya
Ranju Alex - CEO, South Asia
99
Ranju Alex
Akshali Shah - Executive Director
100
Akshali Shah
RANKNAMETITLEAFFILIATIONAGE
1Nita AmbaniChairpersonReliance FoundationN/A
2Roshni Nadar MalhotraChairpersonHCLTechN/A
3Reddy Sisters: Shobana Kamineni; Sangita Reddy; Preetha Reddy; Suneeta ReddyPromoter Director/Jt MD/ Exec. Vice Chairperson/MDApollo Hospitals EnterpriseN/A
4Savitri JindalChairperson EmeritusOP Jindal GroupN/A
5Dr Priti AdaniChairpersonAdani FoundationN/A
6Kiran Mazumdar-ShawExecutive ChairpersonBiocon and Syngene International LtdN/A
7Isha AmbaniExecutive DirectorReliance Retail Ventures LimitedN/A
8Priya NairMD & CEOHULN/A
9Bela BajariaChief Content OfficerNetflixN/A
10Leena NairGroup CEOChanelN/A
11Kalli PurieVice ChairpersonIndia Today GroupN/A
12Sudha MurtyMemberRajya SabhaN/A
13Zia J. ModyCo-founder & Managing PartnerAZB & PartnersN/A
14Sangita JindalChairpersonJSW FoundationN/A
15Shobhana BhartiaChairperson & Editorial DirectorHT Media LtdN/A
16Avarna JainVice ChairpersonSaregama India LtdN/A
17Vinita GuptaGlobal CEOLupin LtdN/A
18Smriti IraniFormer Union ministerN/AN/A
19Pallavi ShroffManaging PartnerShardul Amarchand MangaldasN/A
20Mallika SrinivasanChairman & MDTAFEN/A
21Neerja BirlaFounder & ChairpersonAditya Birla Education TrustN/A
22Jyoti DeshpandePresident (media and content business)RILN/A
23Arundhati BhattacharyaPresident & CEOSalesforce, South AsiaN/A
24Vibha PadalkarMD & CEOHDFC LifeN/A
25Shereen BhanManaging EditorCNBC-TV18N/A
26Suchitra EllaMDBharat BiotechN/A
27Daisy ChittilapillyPresident, India & South AsiaCiscoN/A
28Vaishali Nigam SinhaCo-founder; ChairpersonReNew; SustainabilityN/A
29Prabha NarasimhanMD & CEOColgate-Palmolive (India)N/A
30Swati A. PiramalVice Chairperson & EDPiramal GroupN/A
31Nyrika HolkarExecutive DirectorGodrej Enterprises GroupN/A
32Alia BhattActor & entrepreneurN/AN/A
33Gita GopinathGregory and Ania Coffey Professor of EconomicsHarvard UniversityN/A
34Sindhu GangadharanMDSAP Labs IndiaN/A
35Falguni NayarFounder & CEONykaaN/A
36Ananya BirlaChairperson/DirectorSvatantra Microfin/Aditya Birla Management CorpN/A
37Monika ShergillVice President, ContentNetflix IndiaN/A
38Nivruti RaiMD & CEOInvest IndiaN/A
39Shivika GoenkaDirector, Luxury & EducationRP-Sanjiv Goenka GroupN/A
40Dipali GoenkaMD & CEOWelspun LivingN/A
41Priyanka Chopra JonasActor & entrepreneurN/AN/A
42Deepika PadukoneActor & entrepreneurN/AN/A
43Kaviya Kalanithi MaranExecutive Director/HeadSun TV Network/SunrisersN/A
44Lakshmi VenuVice chairmanTAFEN/A
45Rashmika MandannaActor & entrepreneurN/AN/A
46Ghazal AlaghCo-founder & CIOHonasa Consumer LtdN/A
47Anamika KhannaFashion Designer/FounderAK-OKN/A
48Nandini PiramalExecutive Director & ChairpersonPiramal Pharma LtdN/A
49Rekha JhunjhunwalaInvestorN/AN/A
50Gunjan SoniCountry MDYouTube IndiaN/A
51Ravneet KaurChairpersonCompetition Commission of IndiaN/A
52Geetanjali KirloskarChairperson & MDKirloskar SystemsN/A
53Renuka RamnathFounder & CEOMultiples Alternate Asset ManagementN/A
54Soumya RajanFounder & CEOWaterfield AdvisorsN/A
55Vishakha MulyeMD & CEOAditya Birla CapitalN/A
56Masaba GuptaDesigner & FounderHouse of MasabaN/A
57Manisha GirotraCEOMoelis IndiaN/A
58Poonam GuptaDeputy GovernorRBIN/A
59Upasana TakuCo-founder, Executive Director & CFOMobiKwikN/A
60Prativa Mohapatra*Vice President & MDAdobe IndiaN/A
61Jayshree V. UllalCEO & ChairpersonArista NetworksN/A
62Alisha MoopenMDAster DM HealthcareN/A
63Ameera ShahPromoter and Executive ChairpersonMetropolis HealthcareN/A
64Priya Agarwal HebbarDirector/ChairpersonVedanta Group/Hindustan ZincN/A
65Schauna Chauhan and Nadia ChauhanCEO/Joint MD and CMOParle AgroN/A
66Manasi Kirloskar Tata | Maya TataExecutive Director & CEO | Director, MarketingKirloskar Systems | Tata DigitalN/A
67Suchita Oswal JainVice Chairman & Joint MDVardhman TextilesN/A
68Jayanti Khan ChauhanVice ChairpersonBisleri InternationalN/A
69Shradha Suri MarwahChairperson & MDSubrosN/A
70Sminu JindalMDJindal SAW LtdN/A
71Meghna AgarwalCo-founderIndiQubeN/A
72Ritu AroraCountry Head, IndiaAllianz Services Pvt LtdN/A
73Devina MehraFounder, Chairperson & MDFirst GlobalN/A
74Vinati Saraf MutrejaMD & CEOVinati OrganicsN/A
75Kriti SanonActor & EntrepreneurN/AN/A
76Radhika GuptaMD & CEOEdelweiss Mutual FundN/A
77Meher PudumjeeChairpersonThermaxN/A
78Preeti BajajExecutive Vice President, Home Solutions Division,Schneider ElectricN/A
79Pavitra Shankar and Nirupa ShankarMD & Joint MDBrigade GroupN/A
80Aditi Kare PanandikarMDIndoco RemediesN/A
81Ipsita DasguptaSVP & MDHP India, Bangladesh, and Sri LankaN/A
82Ashwini BhideMunicipal CommissionerBrihanmumbai Municipal Corp. (BMC)N/A
83Falguni PeacockCreative DirectorFalguni Shane PeacockN/A
84Jyotsna SuriChairperson & MDThe Lalit Suri Hospitality GroupN/A
85Amisha VoraChairperson & MDPL Capital Group (Prabhudas Lilladher)N/A
86Devita SarafFounder, Chairperson & CEOThe Vu GroupN/A
87Hephzibah PathakCEO/Executive ChairpersonWPP Creative India/Ogilvy IndiaN/A
88Mahima DatlaMDBiological E.N/A
89Anita DongreFounderThe House of Anita DongreN/A
90Bina ModiChairperson & MDGodfrey Phillips IndiaN/A
91Anupriya AcharyaCEOPublicis Groupe, South AsiaN/A
92Bhuvaneswari Nara | Brahmani NaraVice chairperson & MD | EDHeritage Foods LtdN/A
93Rohini NilekaniChairpersonRohini Nilekani PhilanthropiesN/A
94Kami ViswanathanPresident-Middle East, Indian subcontinent and AfricaFedExN/A
95Sulajja Firodia MotwaniFounder & CEOKinetic Green Energy & Power SolutionsN/A
96Namita ThaparWhole-time DirectorEmcure PharmaceuticalsN/A
97Bhakti ModiCo-founder & CEOTira BeautyN/A
98Shveta AryaMDCummins IndiaN/A
99Ranju AlexCEO, South AsiaAccorN/A
100Akshali ShahExecutive DirectorParag Milk FoodsN/A