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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
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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
W-Power 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
