Most Powerful Women - 2015

Fortune India's "Most Powerful Women in Business" celebrates India's top female leaders. This year's ranking explores succession challenges in founder-led firms, spotlights rising stars like Meena Ganesh, and examines strategies for growth in volatile sectors, featuring insights from leaders like Zia Mody and Anita Arjundas.

Aisha De Sequeira-Co-country head & Head of investment banking

Abanti Sankaranarayanan-Business Head, Luxury and Corporate relations

Ireena Vittal-Management consultant, independent director

RANK	NAME	TITLE	AFFILIATION	AGE
1	Arundhati Bhattacharya	Chairman	State Bank of India	59
2	Chanda Kochhar	MD & CEO	ICICI Bank	53
3	Shikha Sharma	MD & CEO	Axis Bank	56
4	Nishi Vasudeva	Chairman and MD	HPCL	59
5	Aruna Jayanthi	CEO	Capgemini India	52
5	Zia J. Mody	Co-founder	AZB Partners	59
7	Suneeta Reddy	MD	Apollo Hospital Enterprises	N/A
8	Mallika Srinivasan	Chairman & CEO	TAFE	56
9	Yasmine Hilton	Chairperson	Shell India	N/A
10	Chitra Ramkrishna	MD & CEO	NSE	52
11	Shobhana Bhartia	Chairperson	HT Media	58
12	Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw	Chairperson & MD	Biocon	62
13	Kaku Nakhate	President & Country Head	Bank of America Merrill Lynch	48
14	Debjani Ghosh	MD	Intel-South Asia	49
15	Roopa Kudva	MD	Omidyar Network	51
16	Renuka Ramnath	Founder MD & CEO	Multiples Alternate Asset Management	53
17	Harshbeena Zaveri	MD & president	NRB Bearings	55
18	Aisha De Sequeira	Co-country head & Head of investment banking	Morgan Stanley India	45
19	Zarin Daruwala	President	Wholesale Banking, ICICI Bank	50
20	Kalpana Morparia	CEO	J.P. Morgan	66
21	Meher Pudumjee	Chairperson	Thermax	49
22	Naina Lal Kidwai	Country Head	HSBC India	58
23	Anita Dongre	Founder	House of Anita Dongre	52
24	Vanitha Narayanan	MD	IBM India	56
25	Reshma Shetty	MD	Matrix India Entertainment Consultants	44
26	Rekha M. Menon	Executive director	Accenture	56
27	Vishakha Mulye	MD and CEO	ICICI Venture	46
28	Renu Sud Karnad	MD	HDFC	63
29	Mira Kulkarni	Chairman and MD	Mountain Valley Springs	58
30	Abanti Sankaranarayanan	Business Head, Luxury and Corporate relations	United Spirits	46
31	Anita Arjundas	MD	Mahindra Lifespaces	48
32	Archana Hingorani	CEO and ED	IL &FS Investment Managers	50
33	Vandana Luthra	Founder and Mentor	VLCC Health-care	56
34	Ektaa R. Kapoor	Joint MD	Balaji Telefilms	40
35	Kirthiga Reddy	Country Head	Facebook India	44
36	Sangeeta Pendurkar	MD	Kellogg India	49
37	Priya Paul	Chairperson	Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Group	49
38	Ireena Vittal	Management consultant, independent director	—	47
39	Ritu Kumar	Founder	Ritu Kumar Design	71
40	Vani Kola	MD	Kalaari Capital	N/A
41	Ashu Suyash	MD	Crisil	47
42	Radhika Roy	Executive co-chairperson	NDTV Group	58
43	Meena Ganesh	MD and CEO	Portea	52
44	Neelam Dhawan	MD	Hewlett-Packard India	56
45	Anuradha Desai	Chairperson	VH Group	32
46	Manisha Girotra	India head	Moelis	N/A
47	Shahnaz Husain	Founder	Shahnaz Husain Group of Companies	71
48	Bala Deshpande	Senior MD	New Enterprise Associates	49
49	Nina Lekhi	Founder	Baggit	N/A
50	Jyoti Deshpande	Group MD and CEO	Eros International	N/A