Inspirational Indian Women CEOs
India’s growth in science and technology has been increasing ever since the independence and it is truly commendable how progressive we have become in the said field. That being said, the amount of women entrepreneurs in our country has been increasing as well. However comparatively, there is a difference among men and women entrepreneurs but it is praiseworthy how everyone have been contributing to the science and tech field of our country. The percentage of Indian Women in the work place has been increasing and it is actually said that our GDP would increase much more by 2025, if more women are involved in the workplace. So, what do these women have in common? Their inspiring confidence!
To celebrate Women’s Day, let’s look at some amazing women CEOs of our country.
Falguni Nayyar (Nykaa)
Falguni Nayar is the CEO and founder of beauty start-up Nykaa and it has recently been established that she has become India’s wealthiest self-made billionaire. Her inspiring story is that she quit her job as the managing director of Kotak Mahindra Group at the age of 50 to start something of her own. She took the brave step by leaving a 20-year-long career in investment banking and shifting to the beauty industry in India which was lagging behind the rest of the world. She gave the beauty industry of India a swift and path-breaking change, which led to success in in the said industry.
Chanda Kacchar (ICICI Bank)
One of the most featured in Fortune’s list for being ‘Most Powerful Women in Business’, Chanda Kacchar is the managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank. We need more women in the banking sector and women like Chanda Kacchar prove it to be true with her aspiring journey. She is highly determined and has been instrumental in shaping the retail banking in India, taking ICICI bank to its peak. She is responsible for the bank’s diverse operations in India. She is one of the highest paid women CEOs in India. Under her leadership, ICICI bank has won the ‘Best retail bank in India’ award several times.
Vineeta Singh (SUGAR)
Viewers of Shark Tank India already know her for her generosity and sweet remarks on different business ideas. She is one of the youngest CEOs of India who was among the top hundred mindful women in the world. Her inspiring story is that, at the age 23, Vineeta Singh became the youngest postgraduate in India to refuse a 1 Crore yearly placement offer from a worldwide investment company. She wanted to start something on her own and she succeeded. She is the CEO of SUGAR cosmetics brand whose Brand Ambassador is Tapsee Pannu and is being appreciated a lot in the said industry.
Meena Ganesh (Portea Medical India)
MD and CEO of Portea Medical, India’s largest healthcare company and she managed to let the company stay at that place even during pandemic, making it her ultimate inspiring story. Portea has helped about 5,00,000 COVID-19 patients, working with seven different city and state governments, including Delhi, Mumbai, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Chennai, Bengaluru and all of Karnataka. She maintained her company’s growth even through these difficult times and managed to overcome that. She won the ET Start-up Award in the Women Ahead category in 2016 and was chosen as Health Entrepreneur of the Year (2016) at the India Health Summit & Awards. Meena has been part of Fortune India’s 50 ‘Most Powerful Women in Business’ for six consecutive years. She was recently awarded the Kempegowda Award by BBMP for contribution to the city of Bengaluru.
Leena Nair (Chanel)
Leena Nair, the newly appointed global chief executive officer (CEO) of the French luxury house Chanel, hails from Kolhapur in Maharashtra. Her inspiring story is that she joined the Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) three decades ago as a management trainee. At 52, she became the first female and first Asian chief human resources officer of the company and was also featured among Fortune India’s Most Powerful Women 2021.
This is the tip of the iceberg. There are many more women that have been one of the biggest help in the said sector. But even then no amount of women in the working sector would ever be enough. We need more of them in every industry for a more progressive country.
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