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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

Vineeta Singh: Sugar Cosmetics, and the passion for the impossible

Sugar cosmetics is Singh's third startup, and one that she is determined to make ubiquitous in Indian women's makeup kits

How we found the superwomen of Forbes India W-Power 2021

The list strives to feature women who have taken charge, coped with crises and scripted success. It is my no means exhaustive but it is representative of women from diverse fields like business and science, entertainment to social impact and sports

Matilda Kullu: The purpose of saving lives

Grassroots health workers were instrumental in taking Covid-19 care to the bottom of the pyramid, but like Kullu, they remain overworked and underpaid

Ashwini Asokan: Bringing gender parity to AI

The founder and CEO of Mad Street Den helps companies in their digital and AI transformation journeys, with the aim to make every person an AI native

Avani Lekhara: Making impossible, possible

Paralysed at 10, this para-shooter didn't let the tragedy hold her down. Armed with her supportive father, former India shooter Suma Shirur, and Abhinav Bindra's autobiography, she gunned and broke Paralympic records

Bhavina Patel: Making smashing history

This para-athlete surpassed numerous odds to clinch a historic silver in table tennis at the Tokyo Paralympic Games this year, a remarkable achievement for someone who started playing the game as an adult

Lizzie Chapman: Pioneering buy now pay later in India

ZestMoney's Chapman has been in fintech before it became a rage, and has cracked the consumer market in her adopted home—India

Laina Emmanuel, Rimjhim Agrawal: Making a Google Map of the brain

The cofounders of BrainSightAI piloted their neuro-infomatics platform Voxelbox in 2021, a technology they hope will help mental health practitioners, including psychiatrists understand the brain better

Dr Jayanti Shastri: One step ahead of Covid-19 variants

Dr Shastri's genome sequencing lab is the first of its kind in Mumbai to decode Covid variants, and her research helps inform civic and state authorities on the best course of action

Hardika Shah: Helping small businesses grow

Shah's Kinara Capital works on financial inclusion and has led to an incremental income generation of Rs 700 crore for small business entrepreneurs, and led to more than 250,000 jobs created or sustained

Neha Satak: Taking high-speed internet to Bharat

Astrome Technologies' Satak calls herself an innovator at heart, and is using creative methods to take high-speed internet to the masses, including rural India

Aparna Purohit: Creating a space for stories to breathe

From wanting to be a filmmaker to enabling other storytellers, Purohit has come a long way, and her stint with Amazon Prime Video India as the head of Originals is full of wins

Arundhati Bhattacharya: Reinventing herself, again and again

From former banker to chairperson of Salesforce India, Bhattacharya is proof that corporate leaders can keep reinventing themselves, successfully

Soumya Rajan: The financial advisor of the rich

Waterfield Advisors' Rajan identified a market niche and gap in the wealth advisory business catering to family businesses and UNHIs. Her two goals: Being a global firm, and helping women with money

Pratima Joshi: Putting slums on the map

This architect and social entrepreneur has given every household in slums across seven Maharashtra cities a distinct digital address so that they can access basic services like clean water, safe sanitation and even doorstep delivery

Dr Priya Abraham: For the love of virology

As the head of the National Institute of Virology, her team came across the first sample of Covid-19 in India and isolated the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Abraham on how virology can help cure diseases from infections to cancer, and more

Rani Rampal: Scooping a historic finish

Rani Rampal has led the women's hockey team to a historic fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics, helping them build a legacy

Rasika Dugal: When chaos is your fuel

Streaming platforms have taken the Mirzapur star's work to a wider audience and made her a sought-after actor

Rema Rajeshwari: The good cop

With anti-misinformation campaigns through storytelling and cultural performances, IPS officer Rema Rajeshwari is effectively tackling fake news in India's low-literacy regions

Sanya Malhotra: The inquisitive actor

The Pagglait actor is a diligent learner, according to filmmaker Umesh Bist, and has some memorable roles under her belt. She's now ready to scale new heights

Forbes India W-Power 2021: Role models who will inspire a generation

The purpose of the W-Power list is to ensure a bagful of success stories will beget a million more

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