Top 10 Women Entrepreneur of India

Mallika Srinivasan Position: Director TAFE (Tractor and Farm Equipment) Mallika Srinivasan is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TAFE - Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, a US $1.6 billion tractor major incorporated in 1960 at Chennai, India. TAFE is today, the third largest tractor manufacturer in the world and the second largest in India, by volumes, with presence in over 82 countries, including developed countries in Europe and the Americas.

Priya Paul Position: Chair Person, Appejay Park Hotels She joined the company after finishing her studies at the Wellesley College (US) working under her father, as Marketing Manager at The Park New Delhi, at the age of 21. After the death of Surrendra Paul, she succeeded him in 1990 as the Chairperson of the Hospitality Division of the Apeejay Surendra Group. Her contributions to industry and commerce, particularly in the field of hospitality, have been repeatedly recognized and she has received several awards and citations, including the following: Paul has been conferred with the Padma Shri award by Government of India on eve of the Republic Day, January 2012 Tatler magazine rated The Park Bangalore, a part of her Group, as one of the 101 Best Hotels Worldwide in 2003.

Sulajja Firodia Motwani Position: JMD, Kinetic Motors Before joining Kinetic Motor Company, she worked for a period of four years with an investment analytics company, BARRA International, based in California. She played a major role in setting the operations of the Kinetic Motor Company in India. Sulajja played a major role in designing and implementing new strategies for the company. She is also performing the role of the Director of Kinetic Motor Company and Kinetic Marketing Services Limited. She is the in charge of the Company`s overall business developmental activities. Kinetic has collaborated with the well known Italian company, Italjet Moto. This acquisitions has given full rights to the Kinetic Motor Company to launch seven new scooter models in the country. Kinetic is also working in partnership with Hyosung Motors of South Korea.

Neelam Dhawan Position: MD, HP-India Neelam Dhawan is the Managing Director of Hewlett-Packard India. She has countrywide responsibility for revenues and profitability and ensuring the greatest leverage from HP’s Services, Personal Systems and Imaging and Printing businesses Established in 1988, HP India is one of the largest and most diverse sites for HP outside of the US. HP India provides invaluable business leadership—focused both on supporting HP customers around the world and growing the market in India. HP is one of the nation’s largest employers, with businesses spanning PCs and laptops, printers, software, enterprise storage networking, services, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and R&D to systems engineering, application development and infrastructure management services

Simone Tata Chair Person, Trent Limited Simone Tata, née Dunoyer is an Indian Business woman belonging to the Tata group family. Simone Tata was born and brought up in Geneva, Switzerland and graduated from Geneva University. She visited India as a tourist in 1953, where she met Naval H. Tata. They got married in 1955 and Simone settled permanently in Mumbai India. Simone Tata joined the Lakme Board in 1962 when it was a minor subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills, as managing director in 1961, rising to become its chairperson in 1982 and served as Non-Executive Chairman of Trent Ltd. until October 30, 2006.

Indu Jain Position: Founder President: The Ladies wing of FICCI and Chair Person: The Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust Indu Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family and is the current chairperson of India's largest media group, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., which owns the Times of India and other large newspapers. Indu Jain is Chairperson of The Times Group. In her capacity as Chairperson of The Times Group, Indu has since infused new energy into the growth of India's largest media house.

Chanda Kochar Position: MD and CEO: ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar (Born 17 November 1961) is the managing director (MD) of ICICI Bank and its chief executive officer (CEO). ICICI Bank is India's largest private bank and overall second largest bank in the country. Kochhar has also consistently figured in Fortune's list of "Most Powerful Women in Business" since In 2009, she debuted at number 20 in the Forbes "World's 100 Most Powerful Women list

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Position: CMD, Biocon Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian entrepreneur. She is the chairman and managing director of Biocon Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore (Bengaluru), India and the current chairperson of IIM-Bangalore. In 2014, she was awarded the Othmer Gold Medal, for outstanding contributions to the progress of science and chemistry.

Naina Lal Kidwai Position: Country Head, HSBC Bank Naina Lal Kidwai is an Indian banker, Chartered Accountant and business executive. She is currently the Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India. She is also a former President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Mrs. Kidwai serves as a Group General Manager of HSBC Holdings Plc since 1 October She also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of HSBC India of HSBC Holdings Plc since 5 May 2006.

Indra Nooyi Position: Chairman and CEO: PepsiCo. Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi (born 28 October 1955) is an Indian- born, naturalized American, business executive and the current Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, the second largest food and beverage business in the world by net revenue. She has consistently ranked among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. In 2014, she was ranked 13 in the list of Forbes World's 100 most powerful women.

By Kashyap Patel 9 B Navrangpura