W-Power 2025
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Competence silences doubt: Savitha Balachandran
The youngest head of investor relations at Tata Motors in the 2000s, Savitha Balachandran, led the first IPO for the Tata Group in over 19 years
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Shefali Goradia: The problem solver
Shefali Goradia is chairperson of Deloitte South Asia, and the first woman to chair a Big Four firm in India
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Rohini Iyer: Bringing professionalism to entertainment industry
Rohini Iyer has forged her own path in the world of publicity
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Mira Kulkarni: Pioneer of luxury ayurveda
How a serendipitous meeting with Leonard Lauder changed Forest Essentials founder Mira Kulkarni's entrepreneurial journey
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Renuka Ramnath: The value creator
Ramnath, who has built and leads a homegrown private equity firm, says her focus is on nurturing worthy entrepreneurs and converting smart graduates into high-quality professionals
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PV Sindhu had a middling 2024, but she remains a torchbearer for badminton in India
Sindhu is one of India's most decorated Olympians who has inspired a generation to take up badminton, and is now building her academy to nurture the next
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Bhansali Productions' Prerna Singh: Counting on stories
Hailing from Dhanbad, she has risen through the ranks to hold top positions at esteemed media and film companies
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Dr Pratima Murthy: Creating systemic change to mental health access
As the director of Nimhans, Dr Murthy wants to take mental health and neuroscience interventions closer to the people
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Mona Khandhar: The IAS officer heading Gujarat's semiconductor play
From becoming the assistant collector after securing the seventh All India Rank in 1996 to spearheading Gujarat's semiconductor projects today, Khandhar has climbed the ladder entirely on her own abilities
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Payal Kapadia: The filmmaker with a strong voice of her own
Kapadia has emerged as a strong filmmaker after the global accolades for her directorial feature All We Imagine As Light
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I feel the responsibility to make things better for those who come after me: Leena Nair
Nair has fought stereotypes before becoming Chanel's global CEO, making her the only woman of colour leading a major global luxury brand