List of Indian businesswomen

This is a list of notable businesswomen from India.

Banking and finance

 * Archana Bhargava, Chairman and Managing Director, United Bank of India
 * Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson, State Bank of India (since October 7, 2013) - now retired
 * Bala Deshpande, MD, New Enterprise Associates India
 * Chanda Kochhar (born 1961), ICICI Bank Former MD and CEO
 * Chitra Ramkrishna, Former Managing Director and CEO, National Stock Exchange of India
 * Kalpana Morparia, CEO of South Asia and India Operations at JPMorgan Chase
 * Manisha Girotra, CEO, Moelis India
 * Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India
 * Renuka Ramnath, founder of Multiples Alternate Asset Management
 * Shikha Sharma (born 1960), AXIS Bank Former CEO - now retired
 * Snehlata Shrivastava, Executive Director, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
 * Usha Sangwan, Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India

Real estate and construction

 * Sheila Sri Prakash, Chief Architect and Founder of Shilpa Architects; Independent Board Director of Chennai Smart Cities Ltd and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Nirmana Investments

Books, art and media

 * Shobhana Bhartia (born 1957), Chairperson and Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times Group
 * Ekta Kapoor (born 1975), TV and movie producer, Joint Managing Director and Creative Director of Balaji Telefilms
 * Ritu Kumar (born 1944), fashion designer
 * Zarina Mehta, Chief Creative Officer of Broadcasting at UTV
 * Chiki Sarkar, publisher, Penguin Books India
 * Ashvini Yardi, Programming Head of TV channel Colors

Equipment

 * Tanya Dubash, Executive Director and President (Marketing) of Godrej Group
 * Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Joint Managing Director of Kinetic Engineering
 * Lila Poonawalla, former CEO of Alfa Laval India and TetraPak India
 * Mallika Srinivasan (born 1959), CEO of Tafe Motors And Tractors Limited

Food and beverages

 * Vinita Bali (born 1955), former MD of Britannia Industries Limited
 * Indra Nooyi (born 1955), Former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo

Health and medicine

 * Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 1953), Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon
 * Swati Piramal, Vice Chairperson, Piramal Enterprises
 * Preetha Reddy, Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Group
 * Ameera Shah, CEO and Managing Director, Metropolis Healthcare
 * Namita Thapar, Executive Director, Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited

Hotels and catering

 * Priya Paul (born 1967), Chairperson of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels

Information technology

 * Divya Jain, founder of dLoop
 * Aruna Jayanthi, CEO India Capgemini
 * Roshni Nadar (born 1972), Executive Director and CEO of HCL Corporation

Others

 * Meena Ganesh, CEO and Managing Director, Pearson Education Services
 * Jyoti Gogte (born 1956), Indian entrepreneur
 * Nabomita Mazumdar, businesswoman
 * Zia Mody (born 1956), legal consultant, managing partner of AZB & Partners
 * Smriti Nagpal, CEO of Atulyakala
 * Leena Nair (born 1969), Executive Director, HR, Hindustan Unilever
 * Lavanya Nalli, vice chairman of Nalli Group of Companies
 * Rajani Pandit, founder of the Rajani Investigative Bureau
 * Vineeta Singh, CEO and Co-Founder of Sugar Cosmetics
 * Sheetal Agashe (born 1977), managing director of Brihans Natural Products