Forbes the American Business Magazine has published a list of “Asia 50 Power Businesswomen 2016” in its latest edition and to no one’s surprise, Reliance Industries Director Nita Ambani ranked number one. Following her is the State Bank of India Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya. Along with them there are 8 other Indian business women from fields like banking, bio-tech, pharmacy, data-analysis, textiles etc. who have ranked in the list.
Talking about Nita Ambani and her impact on the young entrepreneur and business women, Forbes said, “In a country where billionaire wives tend to remain in the shadow of their husbands, Nita’s rising profile in the Reliance empire is unusual and earns her a debut spot on our Power Businesswomen ranking this year,”
About Arundhati Bhattacharya, Forbes published, “She facing her most challenging test yet with the State Bank of India, the country’s biggest. Mounting bad loans, which stood at USD 11 billion in December, caused net profit to plunge more than 60 percent to 190 million in a recent quarter.”
Apart from these two influencing Indian ladies, the others who ranked are,
Ambiga Dhiraj, Chief Executive, Mu Sigma
Vinita Gupta, Chief Executive, Lupin
Vandana Luthra, Vice Chair, VLCC Health Care
Dipali Goenka, Chief Executive, Welspun India
Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director, ICICI Bank
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chair, Biocon
This proves the developing country India is not just changing in terms of industries, business or infrastructure but is also improving in giving equal opportunities to the women of the country. Women are nowhere less than the men of the societies. Hopefully, soon the world would see an even better scenario when it comes to women earning the bread and butter.
