This document profiles 5 of India's most successful female entrepreneurs. It discusses their educational backgrounds and career accomplishments. Indra Nooyi is the CEO of PepsiCo, Naina Lal Kidwai is the country head of HSBC India, and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is the founder of Biocon Ltd. Chanda Kochar is the CEO of ICICI Bank, and Indu Jain was the former chairperson of The Times Group media house. These women have achieved great success in business and industry, and serve as inspirations for other Indian women.

1. India's 5 Most
Successful Female
Entrepreneurs

2. Introduction
• Male dominated world has always thought that
women cannot compete with them
• They were always unwillingness to even
acknowledge the fact that women are as good
as men
• The are equal with them on factors like:
o Hard Work
o Intelligence
o Leadership

3. New generation women
• They have proved themselves in the society &
came across as successful businessperson &
entrepreneur
• There are many women who are confident and
believe in themselves
• They have enormous fire in their bellies to take on
the best in the business
• India too has its own pool of such bold & fearless
women
• They made a mark for themselves both within the
country as well as overseas

4. Let’s meet 5 such Indian
women who inspiration
for every Indian

5. 1. Indra Nooyi
• She is 56 and is currently Chairman & CFO of the 2nd
largest food & beverage business, PepsiCo.
• Born & brought up in Chennai she completed her
Bachelor’s degree in Science from Madras Christian
College in 1974
• In 1976 she was a Post Graduate Diploma in Management
(MBA) from Indian Institute of Managemnet, Calcutte
• In the beginning of her career in India she worked as a
Product Manager at Johnson & Johnson & textile firm
Mettur Beardsell
• She joined PepsiCo in 1994 & became President & CFO in
2001
• She received prestigious Padma Bhushan for her business
achievements & for being an inspiration to India’s corporate

6. 2. Naina Lal Kidwai
• She is 55 & presently is the Group General Manager &
Country Head of HSBC India
• Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Delhi
University & is a MBA from Harvard Business School
• As a matter of fact she is the 1st Indian woman to graduate
from Harvard Business School
• Began her career with ANZ Grindlays
• Currently is also serving as a Non-Executive Director on the
Board of Nestle SA
• Is one of the Global Advisor at Harvard Business School
• Indian government conferred Padma Shri award on Naina
for her contributions in the field of Trade & Industry

7. 3. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
• She is 59 & is the Founder Chairman and Managing Director
(CMD) of Biocon Ltd.
• Born in Bangalore she did her Bachelor’s in Zoology from Mount
Carmel College, Bangalore University
• Later she completed her Post Graduation from Ballarat College,
Melbourne University in Malting and Brewing
• At Carlton and United Breweries, Melbourne she worked as a
trainee brewer & at Barrett Brothers and Burston, Australia as a
trainee maltster
• In 1978 she started Biocon & spearheaded its evolution from an
industrial enzymes manufacturing company to a fully integrated
bio-pharmaceutical company
• Today Biocon under her leadership has established itself as a
leading player in biomedicine research with a focus on diabetes &
oncology
• She is also a member of the board of governors of the prestigious

8. 4. Chanda Kochar
• She is 51 & presently the MD and CEO of India’s largest
private bank ICICI Bank
• She was born in Rajasthan
• She did her Master’s from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of
Management Studies, Mumbai in Management Studies
• She received the Wockhardt Gold Medal for Excellence in
Management Studies as well as the J. N. Bose Gold
Medal in Cost Accountancy
• She is married to Deepak Kochar, an entrepreneur & her
Business batchmate

9. 5. Indu Jain
• She is 76 & used to be the Chairperson of Indian largest
and most powerful media house “The Times Group”
• A strong votary of women’s rights and women
entrepreneurship and her contribution towards the growth
of Times Group is immeasurably
• She has two sons Samir and Vineet and currently they run
the company
• She is also Founder President of the ladies wing of FICCI
(FLO)
• She is also the Chairperson of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust,
which awards India's most prestigious & highest literary
award “The Jnanpith Award”
• She addressed the United Nations in 2000 at the
Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual

10. “We need women at all
levels, including the top, to
change the dynamic, reshape
the conversation, to make
sure women's voices are
heard and heeded, not
overlooked and ignored”
By - Sheryl Sandberg