This document highlights 10 of the best Indian women entrepreneurs of 2016. It provides details about each entrepreneur, including their background, education, and achievements. Some of the entrepreneurs featured include Indu Jain (chairman of Bennett Coleman & Co), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (founder of Biocon), Indra Nooyi (CEO of PepsiCo), and Vandana Luthra (founder of VLCC). The entrepreneurs come from a variety of industries and have all made significant contributions to business and society in India.

1. 10 best Indian woman entrepreneurs of the year
2016
- CHITIPOLUSRISUDHEERA
It was the society where the men have the power , authority and success in any
field.So if we think it is the land of the men then we are absolutely wrong there is a
quote that every successfulman back there will be supportof women but in the
present scenario women are not only standing for the supportofmen they also
proving themselves as they are very successfuland best entrepreneurs from
stepping out of their kitchen rooms.To know about it lets us see the 10 bestIndian
woman entrepreneurs of the year 2016.
And these 10 women are turned as role models for the every female in India.And
those 10 women are
1. Indu Jain
Indu Jain born on 8th September 1936 in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. Religion is
Jainism.And she belongs to Sahu Jains family. Married to Late Ashok Kumar Jain.

2. She has two sons Sameer Jain and Vineet Jain.She works for Bennett Coleman &
Co Ltd. Position as Chairman and CEO. She writes spiritual columns for the
philanthropic genre of the Times foundation. The President of India in 2003,
formally launched Oneness Forum and it works under the leadership of Indu Jain.
The Forum recently awarded the Mahatma-Mahavira Award. She is not only the
founder but also President of the Ladies wing of FICCI(FLO). An International
Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded by the Indian Congress of Women
(ICW) to Indu Jain.Under the guidance of Indu, The Times Foundation has
successfully collected national and international acclaim for it. In January 2016,
the Government Of India awarded the Padma Bhushan to Indu Jain.
2. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Kiran Mazumdar was born on 23 March 1953 Bangalore,to the Gujarati parents.
Her father, Rasendra Mazumdar, was the head brewmaster at United
Breweries.Her husband name is John Shaw .Kiran studied at Bangalore’s Bishop
Cotton Girl's High Schoolthen attended Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She
studied biology and zoology, graduated from Bangalore University with a B.Sc. in
Zoology in 1973. She completed the degree of Master Brewer in 1975. She worked
as a trainee brewer in Carlton and United Breweries, Melbourne and as a trainee
maltster at Barrett Brothers and Burston, Australia. In 1978 she started Biocon its
evolution spread from industrial enzymes manufacturing company to a fully
integrated biopharmaceutical company.Under Shaw’s leadership, today Biocon has

3. established itself as a leading player in biomedicine research in order to focus on
diabetes and oncology.Kiran is also a member of the board of governors of the
prestigious Indian Schoolof Business and Indian Institute of Technology
Hyderabad. From the government of India Kiran received Padma Shri (1989) and
the Padma Bhushan (2005). Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw was named among TIME
magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2010.In 2011 she was the
Financial Times’ top 50 women in business list.she was listed as the 92nd most
powerful woman in the world by Forbes in 2014.In 2015, she had risen to 85th in
the Forbes ranking.In 2014 she received the Othmer Gold Medal.
3. Indra Nooyi
Indra Nooyi full name is Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi. She was bornon 28 October
1955 ,Madras to the Saurashtra-speaking family.Her husband name is Raj K.
Nooyi.She has two daughters. She was studied at Holy Angels Anglo Indian
Higher SecondarySchool in Madras. She did bachelor's degrees in Physics,
Chemistry, and Mathematics from Madras Christian College in 1974 and a Post
Graduate Programme (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in

4. 1976.In 2001 she became the CEO and president of PepsiCo.Shenamed as one of
the 25 Greatest Global Living Legends by NDTV.In 2007 she received the Padma
Bhushan from President of India.In 2013 she received the Honorary Degree from
North Carolina State University In 2015 she received the Honorary Doctorate of
Humane Letters from. She works as a member of the Foundation Board of the
World Economic Forum, International Rescue Committee, Catalyst and the
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. She is also a member of the Board of
Trustees of Eisenhower Fellowships and has worked as Chairperson of the U.S.-
India Business Council. Nooyi works as Co-Chair for the World Justice Project.
4. Vandana Luthra
Vandana Luthra was born on 12th July 1959 Delhi.Her father was the
mechanical engineer and her mother was an NGO. She married Mukesh
Luthra in 1980 and has two daughters. Vandana started VLCC in 1989 as a
beauty and slimming services center. She is also the Chairperson of the
Beauty & Wellness SectorSkill Council (B&WSSC). She received Padma
Shri from Government of India in 2013. She received Asian Business

5. Leaders Forum Trailblazer Award in 2012.She received the Enterprise Asia
Women Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010.Mrs. Vandana Luthra has
been ranked 26th in annual Forbes Asia 2016 list.
5. Naina Lal Kidwai
Naina Lal Kidwai was born on 1957 and she married to Rashid K. Kidwai,for
Women he runs an NGO named GrassrootTrading Network and she also having
the two children. Kidwai completed Bachelor's degree in Economics from the
University of Delhi in 1977 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1982
and she was the first Indian woman to graduate from Harvard Business Schooland
also the first woman to guide the functioning of a foreign bank in India. She also
did the chartered accountant.Kidwai has also worked as the Manager of West India
of Investment Bank from 1984 to 1987.She worked at Price Waterhouse & Co.
from 1977 to 1980.She shows her interests in microfinance and livelihood creation
for rural women and environment.Currently, she is Country Head and Group
General Manager HSBC Group India.And she received a Padma Shri award for her
contributions in the field of Trade and Industry from the government of India.

6. 6. Chanda Kochar
Kochhar was born on 17 November 1961 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. She did schooling
at St. Angela Sophia School, Jaipur. She then completed her bachelor's degree in
Jai Hind College,Mumbai. Then in 1982, she studied cost accountancy and later
completed a master's degree in management studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute
of Management Studies, Mumbai.For Excellence in Management Studies, she
received the Wockhardt Gold Medal as well as she received in CostAccountancy
the J. N. Bose Gold Medal.She married to Deepak Kochhar and having two
children.By The Asian Banker under her leadership,ICICI Bank won the "Best
Retail Bank in India" award in 2001 to 2005 and "Excellence in Retail Banking
Award" in 2002.At the Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards in 2011,
Kochhar was awarded the "ABLF Woman of Power Award. In Forbes' list of 'The
World's 100 Most Powerful Women, 2013’Kochhar was ranked as the most
powerful businesswoman in India.By the Time magazine Kochhar was selected in
the list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World 2015.In 2015,in Asia,

7. Pacific, Kochhar was ranked first in the Fortune List of 100 Most Powerful
Women.By the India Today,Kochharranked 40th in‘High and Mighty Power List
2016’ in 2016.In the same year,in the Forbes Asia she was in the 22nd position in
the‘50 Power Businesswomen List 2016.
7. Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor was born 7 June 1975 and she is the daughter of Jeetendra (father),
Shobha Kapoor (mother). She did her schooling at Bombay Scottish School,
Mahim and attended college at Mithibai College.She has changed the face of
Indian television by the establishment of the Balaji serials and Ekta Kapooris the
single woman who founded and made Balaji Telefilms as the household name in
the today’s world.For her contribution to the Indian television industry, She has
won the Hall of Fame award at the 6th Indian Telly Awards during 2006.In 2012
she won Asia's Social Empowerment Award- Freedom Through Education.

8. 8.SuchiMukherjee
Suchi started Limeroad in 2012 along with Manish Saksena, Ankush Mehra, and
Prashant Malik. From Lightspeed venture partners, Matrix partners and Tiger
Global the company fund has raised to $20 Million.Suchi did her graduation from
St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and completed her postgraduation from London
Schoolof Economics.Suchireceived K.C. Nag Economics Prize for best student in
Economics.Under 40 Suchi was selected as 1 of 15 women worldwide ‘Rising
Talents, high potential leaders. Suchi is an ex-eBay, Skype, and Gumtree

9. 9.Richa
Richa is the first women founder of online lingerie store named as Zivame. In 2002
she did her engineering in BITS Pilani.In 2007 she completed her Master degree in
Narsee Monji Institute of Management Studies.Before starting of Zivame.com she
worked as a retailer for the global technology company.Forthe intimate wear and
shaping consumer behavior Richa played a role in India for educating women
across the country.

10. 10. Aditi Gupta
One of the thing in women bodycycle is Menstruation so society needs to accept
the fact and should talk openly about it for this Aditi Gupta has been taken an
initiative step.Aditi was bornin Garhwa,Jharkhand.Aditi Gupta did her graduation
in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering and a post-graduate in New Media
Design from National Institute of Design.So during her post –graduation at NID
she got the idea for Menstrupedia.In 2012,Aditi Gupta with Tuhin Paul co-founded
the Menstrupedia.This company provides information for the women to stay
healthy and active during their menstruation.
Hats off to all of these women entrepreneurs!