COVER STORY ASIA'S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
CHITRA
RAMAKRISHNA
Citizenship/Residence
India
On April 1, 2013, Chitra Ramkrishna became the third person, and most importantly the
first woman, director and chief executive officer of the National Stock Exchange (NSE),
India’s largest stock exchange.
She was one of five people handpicked to start the National Stock Exchange (NSE). As
the MD and CEO, Ms. Ramkrishna has not only maintained the rich legacy of this great
institution, but her tireless endeavour has ensured it has scaled new heights. Ramkrishna,
is a true patron of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideologies and wants to make stock markets
accessible to India’s middle classes using the exchange-traded baskets of securities
known as ETFs. She was awarded with Forbes Women Leader of the year (2013)