Kiran Mazumdar  

Learn about the educational backgrounds of successful Indian businesswomen like Sudha Murty, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, and Indra Nooyi. 

The 2024 Hurun India Rich List highlights the wealthiest Indian women who have built their fortunes through immense hard work. Their remarkable achievements serve as an inspiration to aspiring entrepreneurs across the nation.

The list features some of the most influential women achievers including Sudha Murty, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Tessy Thomas, and Sania Mirza.

Biocon Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw strongly reacted to a video discussing the 'Pink Tax,' a term used by the World Economic Forum to describe gender-based price discrepancies. This inequality is notably observed in personal care items like razor blades, soaps, lotions, and deodorants. The video features Dr. Arora highlighting how women often pay more for products in the same category compared to men, leading to the concept of 'pink tax.' He points out various examples across industries, emphasising that women are charged higher prices for similar products marketed towards men. 
 

As per the Hurun Philanthropy List, these women industrialists donated large sums as donations in the financial year 2022-23.

According to the list released by Forbes, these women industrialists are the wealthiest in the country.

Forbes recently released the list of the world’s most powerful women for 2023. The list features four accomplished Indian women. Nirmala Sitharaman is India’s Finance Minister. She secured the 32^nd rank in the Forbes list. Previously, she was ranked 36^th in the same list.

Here is a list of Indian achievers who despite facing several challenges in life, worked hard and rose to the pinnacle of success. Born into a Tamil Muslim family, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the 11^th President of India, once worked as a newspaper distributor. Due to his scientist achievements, he is also called the Missile Man of India.

Indra Nooyi served as the CEO of PepsiCo and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most influential women in business. In the year 1978, Kiran Mazumdar laid the foundation of the company with a small sum of Rs 1200. This was the first Indian company to manufacture enzymes. Arundhati Bhattacharya was a bank PO. She became the first woman Chairperson of State Bank of India. 

Dressed up in the hues of brown, the three ladies, Deepika Padukone, PV Sindhu and Kiran Mazumdar exude confidence as they pose all together for the 60-year anniversary issue of the magazine.