Most Powerful Women - 2016

In 2016, Fortune India released its Most Powerful Women in Business list, recognising trailblazing leaders. Topping the list was Arundhati Bhattacharya, then SBI Chairperson, followed by Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO of ICICI Bank, and Shikha Sharma, MD & CEO of Axis Bank. Legal stalwart Zia Mody secured the fourth spot, reflecting the dominance of finance and law.

Aisha De Sequeira-Co-Country Head and Head of Investment Banking in India

Shanti Ekambaram-President, Consumer Banking

Ireena Vittal-Management consultant, Independent director

Abanti Sankaranarayanan-Business Head- Luxury and Corporate Relations

RANK	NAME	TITLE	AFFILIATION	AGE
1	Arundhati Bhattacharya	Chairman	State Bank of India	60
2	Chanda Kochhar	MD & CEO	ICICI Bank	54
3	Shikha Sharma	MD & CEO	Axis Bank	57
4	Zia J. Mody	Co-Founder	AZB & Partners	60
5	Aruna Jayanthi	CEO	Capgemini India	53
6	Yasmine Hilton	Chairman	Shell India	N/A
7	Mallika Srinivasan	Chairman & CEO	TAFE	57
8	Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw	Chairperson & MD	Biocon	63
9	Suneeta Reddy	MD	Apollo Hospitals	58
10	Chitra Ramkrishna	MD & CEO	NSE	53
11	Debjani Ghosh	MD South Asia	Intel	50
12	Shobhana Bhartia	Chairperson	HT Media	59
13	Kaku Nakhate	President & Country head	Bank of America- Merill Lynch	49
14	Zarin Daruwala	CEO	Standard Chartered Bank India	51
15	Renuka Ramnath	CEO & Founder	Multiples Alternate Asset Management	54
16	Meher Pudumjee	Chairperson	Thermax	50
17	Harshbeena Zaveri	MD & Vice Chairman	NRB Bearings	56
18	Aisha De Sequeira	Co-Country Head and Head of Investment Banking in India	Morgan Stanley	46
19	Usha Ananthasubramanian	MD & CEO	Punjab National Bank	56
20	Ashu Suyash	CEO & MD	Crisil	41
21	Anita Dongre	Founder	House of Anita Dongre	53
22	Vanitha Narayanan	MD	IBM India	57
23	Shanti Ekambaram	President, Consumer Banking	Kotak Mahindra Bank	53
24	Reshma Shetty	MD	Matrix India Entertainment Consultants	44
25	Rekha M. Menon	Chairperson & MD	Accenture	57
26	Aarthi Subramanian	Executive Director	Tata Consultancy Services	49
27	Vishakha Mulye	Executive Director	ICICI Bank	46
28	Anita Arjundas	CEO & MD	Mahindra Lifespaces	49
29	Kalpana Morparia	CEO	J.P. Morgan India	67
30	Renu Sud Karnad	MD	HDFC	64
31	Mira Kulkarni	Chairman & MD	Mountain Valley Springs	59
32	Ektaa R. Kapoor	Joint MD	Balaji Telefilms	41
33	Archana Hingorani	ED & CEO	IL&FS Investment Managers	51
34	Vandana Luthra	Founder	VLCC Healthcare	57
35	Kirthiga Reddy	MD	Facebook India	45
36	Sangeeta Pendurkar	MD	Kellogg India	50
37	Roopa Kudva	MD	Omidyar Network India Advisor	52
38	Ireena Vittal	Management consultant, Independent director	NA	48
39	Priya Paul	Chairperson	Apeejay Surrendra Hotels Group	50
40	Ritu Kumar	Founder	Ritu Kumar Design	72
41	Abanti Sankaranarayanan	Business Head- Luxury and Corporate Relations	United Spirits	47
42	Vani Kola	MD	Kalaari Capital	52
43	Radhika Roy	Executive co-chairperson	NDTV	59
44	Meena Ganesh	MD & CEO	Portea	53
45	Neelam Dhawan	MD	Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, India	57
46	Anuradha Desai	Chairperson	VH Group	54
47	Shahnaz Husain	Founder	Shahnaz Hussain Group of Companies	72
48	Manisha Girotra	CEO	Moelis India	N/A
49	Bala Deshpande	Senior MD	New Enterprise Associates	50
50	Devita Saraf	CEO	VU Technologies	34