Fortune India’s 2025 Most Powerful Women in India is out. It features extraordinary women leaders who are driving change across business, government, media and the social sector.
Technology and IT services
Key leaders in technology and IT services include Ogilvy Global CEO Devika Bulchandani (35th position), Chanel director Leena Nair (16th position) and HCLTech chairman Roshni Nadar Malhotra (4th position).
Media and entertainment
Key leaders in the media and entertainment sector include Bollywood actresses Alia Bhatt (40th position), Deepika Padukone (39th position) and Priyanka Chopra Jonas (37th position).
Also on the list is Jyoti Deshmukh (Rank 32), President Media & Content Business – RIL and Monika Shergell (Rank 44), Vice President Content – Netflix India. Netflix boss Bela Bajaria is in 5th place.
Healthcare and pharmacy
The Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals sector includes the Reddy Sisters, head of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise. Shobhana Kamineni, Sangita Reddy, Preetha Reddy and Suneeta Reddy jointly hold the 3rd position.
The list also includes Vibha Padalkar (30th position), MD & CEO – HDFC Life, Lupine CEO Vinita Gupta (18th position), Bharat Biotech MD Suchitra Ella (36th position) and Serum Institute of India CEO Natasha Poonawalla (49th position).
Finance and banking
The Finance & Banking sector is headed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (1st position). Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty (6th position) and Adani Foundation Chairperson Priti G Adani (19th position) also made it to the list.
Gita Gopinath, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), holds the 9th position.
Other key leaders
Nita Ambani, founder and chairperson of Reliance Foundation, holds the 2nd position. Other key leaders include Isha Ambani (ranked 8), director of Reliance Retail Ventures; Malika Srinivasan (ranked 22), Chairman and MD, TAFE; and Nandini Piramal (ranked 33), non-executive director, Piramal Enterprises.
At number 25 is Prabha Narasimhan, Managing Director and CEO – Colgate-Palmolive India. Nyrika Holkar, Managing Director – Godrej & Boyce, is at the 24th position. Kalli Purie, Vice President – India Today Group, at 10th position.
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