This document profiles the top 10 women entrepreneurs of India. It provides brief biographies of each entrepreneur, including Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo; Vandana Luthra, founder of VLCC Health Care Ltd; and Naina Lal Kidwai, former Group General Manager of HSBC India. The entrepreneurs represent a variety of industries including media, banking, fashion, e-commerce, and healthcare.

1. TOP 10 WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS OF
INDIA
P R E S E N T E D B Y D R I L E R S

2. TOP 10 WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS OF INDIA
Indra Nooyi
Vandana Luthra
Naina Lal Kidwai
Indu Jain
Falguni Nayar
Ritu Kumar
Richa Kar
Chanda Kochhar
Jyothi Reddy
Upasana Taku
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3. INDRA NOOYI
Indra Nooyi is an Indian American business executive
and former CEO of PepsiCo. She has consistently
ranked among the world's 100 most powerful
women. In 2014, she was ranked at number 13 on
the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful
Women

4. VANDANA LUTHRA
Vandana Luthra is an Indian entrepreneur and the
founder of VLCC Health Care Ltd, a beauty and
wellness conglomerate represented in Asia, the GCC
and Africa.

5. NAINA LAL KIDWAI
Naina Lal Kidwai is an Indian banker, Chartered
Accountant and business executive. She was
formerly a Group General Manager and the Country
Head of HSBC India. She is also a former President
of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
and Industry.

6. INDU JAIN
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.

7. FALGUNI NAYAR
Beauty is Passion. Building Nykaa.com - India’s
leading beauty retailer with over 850 brands along
with robust content through videos, blog and
dynamic social media engagement. Started in 2012,
Nykaa.com stands as a powerhouse of digital
marketing, technology & most recently has become
omni channel with the launch of 17 stores PAN India
in two different formats.

8. RITU KUMAR
Ritu Kumar is an Indian fashion designer. Ritu Kumar,
who needs no introduction, has made a name for
herself. With more than 35 high-end stores across
India, her life as a designer started with a small
thing.

9. RICHA KAR
Richa Kar is the Co-founder of Zivame. Zivame is a
Bangalore based startup for women
apparels. Richa founded Zivame in 2011 along with Kapil
Karekar.

10. CHANDA KOCHHAR
Chanda Kochhar is the former MD and chief
executive officer of ICICI Bank. With her at the helm,
ICICI Bank won the “Best Retail Bank in India” award
for four consecutive years from 2001 to 2004.

11. JYOTHI REDDY
Jyothi Reddy –CEO of Key Software Solutions Inc. in
Phoenix, US. Jyothi Reddy is an Indian entrepreneur
settled in the US, heading a company all by herself.

12. UPASANA TAKU
Upasana Taku, Founder at Zaakpay and Co-Founder
at MobiKwik, is a Self-made woman in Fintech India.
Her current focus is to bring a million retailers into
the MobiKwik payments network. Upasana comes
with a strong background in payments and has
worked as a senior product manager with PayPal in
Silicon Valley and before that, with HSBC in San
Diego, US.

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