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4. Chanda Kochar
Current position: MD & CEO – ICICI Bank
Chanda Kochar, 51, is currently the MD & CEO of india’s largest private bank ICICI Bank.
Rajasthan born chanda got Masters Degree in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of
Management Studies, Mumbai. She received the Wockhardt Gold Medal for Excellence in Management
Studies as well as the J. N. Bose Gold Medal in Cost Accountancy.
Chanda Kochhar is married to Deepak Kochhar, a wind energy entrepreneur and her Business schoolmate.
Designation – Chairperson (former), Times Group
Indu Jain,76, used to be the chairperson of India’s largest and most powerful media house – The Times
Group. A strong votary of women’s rights and women entrepreneurship, Indu contributed immensely to the
growth of Times group. Now, her two sons Samir and Vineet are running the company. Indu Jain is also
founder President of the Ladies wing of FICCI (FLO).
Indu is also the Chairperson of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust, which awards India's most prestigious and
highest literary award, the Jnanpith award.
She addressed the United Nations in 2000 at the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual
Leaders, a speech in which she stressed the need for oneness among faiths and went on to chair a special
session of the conference.
6. Simone Tata
Current position: Chairperson (Former), Lakme Chairperson (Present),Trent Limited
French by birth and educated in Switzerland, Simone is wife of Naval Homey Jahangir Tata and step mother
to Ratan Tata. She is better known as ‘Cosmetic Czarina of India’.
She has the distinction of changing a small subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills into the largest cosmetic brand in India
– Lakme , that became synonymous with indigenous Indian cosmetics.
In 1996 Tata sold off Lakmé to Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL), and created Trent from the money it made
through the sale. Presently, Simone is the chairperson of Trent Limited.Kiran is also a member of the board
of governors of the prestigious Indian School of Business and Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
Kiran received the prestigious Padma Shri (1989) and the Padma Bhushan (2005) from the government of
India.
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5. Indu Jain