Ekta, Farah among Fortune India's Most Powerful Women

Filmmakers Ekta Kapoor and Farah Khan, apart from VLCC founder Vandana Luthra and veteran designer Ritu Kumar, feature on Fortune India's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business list, topped by ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar.

Ekta, joint managing director of Balaji Telefilms, grabbed the 31st spot on the list, while choreographer-turned-filmmaker Farah is on the 42nd position.

Kumar, who has been in the business of fashion for over 25 years, is on the 36th place, and Luthra has been named the 38th most powerful Indian businesswoman.

The list, featured in the November issue of the magazine, has been made considering the changes the women brought in and the way they transformed businesses. Check out the entire list below.


1. Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank
2. Shikha Sharma, MD, Axis Bank
3. Mallika Srinivasan, Chairperson, TAFE
4. Aruna Jayanthi, CEO, Capgemini India
5. Zia Mody, Co-founder, AZB Partners
6. Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industries
7. Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director, HT Media
8. Chitra Ramakrishna, Joint Managing Director, NSE
9. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon
10.Frenny Bawa, ex-MD, RIM India

11. Meenakshi Saraogi, Joint MD, Balrampur Chini Mills
12. Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager & Country Head, HSBC India
13. Preetha Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospital Enterprises
14. Amrita Patel, Chairman, NDDB
15. Harshbeena Sahney Zaveri, MD & President, NRB Bearings
16. Kalpana Morparia, CEO, JP Morgan
17. Mira Kulkarni, MD, Mountain Valley SpringsIndia
18. Sujata Keshavan, Co-founder, Ray+Keshavan Brand Unionp
19. Roopa Kudva, MD & CEO, CRISIL
20. Renuka Ramnath, Founder, MD & CEO, Multiples Alternate Asset Management

21. Kirthiga Reddy, India Head, Facebook
22. Priya Paul, President, Park Hotels
23. Jasmeet Kaur Srivastava & Gitanjali Ghate, Managing Directors, Third Eye
25. Rama Bijapurkar, Marketing Consultant
26. Kaku Nakhate, President & Country Head India, Bank of America & Merrill Lynch
27. Rekha Menon, Executive Director, Accenture
28. Neelam Dhawan, Managing Director, Hewlett-Packard India
29. Sangeeta Pendurkar, MD, Kellogg India
30. Vedika Bhandarkar, Vice Chairperson, Credit Suisse

31. Ekta Kapoor, Joint MD, Balaji Telefilms
32. Vishakha Mulye, MD & CEO, ICICI Venture
33. Reshma Shetty, MD, Matrix India Entertainment Consultants
33. Sminu Jindal, MD, Jindal SAW
35. Renu Sud Karnad, MD, HDFC
36. Ritu Kumar, Ritu Kumar Design
37. Anuradha J. Desai, Non-executive chairperson, Venky's, and chairperson, V. H. Group of companies
38. Vandana Luthra, Founder and mentor, VLCC Health Care
39. Lynn De Souza, Chairman and CEO, Lintas Media Group
40. Bala Deshpande, Country Head and senior MD, New Enterprise Associates India

41. Suvalaxmi Chakraborty, CEO, State Bank of Mauritius (India)
42. Farah Khan, Co-founder, Three's Company
43. Meher Pudumjee, Chairperson, Thermax
44. Ashu Suyash, MD and Country Head, India, Fidelity International
45. Radhika Roy, MD and Executive Co-Chairperson, NDTV Group
46. Rajshree Pathy, Chairman and MD, Rajshree Sugars and Chemicals
47. Swati Piramal, Director, Piramal Healthcare; Vice Chairperson, Piramal Life Sciences
48. Manisha Girotra, Chairperson and MD, UBS
49. Meera Sanyal, Country Executive & Chairperson, RBS India
50. Anita Arjundas, MD, Mahindra Lifespaces