COVER STORY ASIA'S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
With a passion to build businesses complemented by exemplary
entrepreneurial skills, Shikha
Sharma, Managing Director &
CEO of Axis Bank, has emerged
as one of the most powerful
women of India. Sharma has
had to work hard to reach
where she is today. Her strategic
thinking, great execution skills
and enterprising leadership
style helped her accomplish her
goals. Her performance did not
go unnoticed and in 2009, she
was appointed as the Managing
Director & CEO of Axis Bank.
Her work ethics, ability to take
up challenging tasks and executing them in the most transparent
manner garnered great admiration from her colleagues.
2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, was the first
female judge in Iran. She is the
first Iranian and first Muslim woman to win the Nobel
Peace Prize award for her for
her significant and pioneering
efforts human rights advocacy,
in particular for the rights of
Iranian women, children and
political prisoners. But she
has lived in exile since 2009.
During the time that Shirin
Ebadi was waiting for her attorney’s license to be approved, she
taught human rights training
courses at Tehran University with a particular focus on
women and children.
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Up Till October 15, 2015
SHIKHA
SHARMA
Citizenship/Residence
India
SHIRIN EBADI
Citizenship/Residence
Iraq