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6 Indian Women Figure In Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women List

6 Indian Women Figure In Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women List

by The Daily Eye Team May 30 2015, 5:46 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 50 secs

At a time when 49% of Indian women have never accessed Internet, this comes as a gentle reminder that Indian women cannot be taken lightly. In the recent Forbes List of 100 Most Powerful Women, 6 Indians have been included.
These are:
• Arundhati Bhattacharya (SBI chief) (# 30 this year; was ranked 36th last year)
• Chanda Kochhar (ICICI bank head) (#35 this year; was ranked 43rd last year)
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Biocon founder) (#85 this year; was ranked 92nd last year)
• Shobhana Bhartia (HT Media chairperson) (New Entrant)
The remaining two are women of Indian origin:
• Indra Nooyi (PepsiCo Chief )
• Padmasree Warrior (Cisco Chief Technology and Strategy Officer)
About Arundhati Bhattacharya, SBI Chief, Forbes said that she manages a 2,20,000 employees spread across 16,000 branches all over India. With 22 crore customers of SBI, she is responsible for assets worth $400 billion. Forbes also mentioned the fact she pioneered and implemented a unique sabbatical policy for women employees, wherein they can get 2 years of maternity leave.

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