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List Of 20 Self-Made Indian Women On Forbes India’s W-Power 2022

By Zainab Kantawala

| Published on December 9, 2022

The year 2022 was full of hope after a particularly long and intense battle with the COVID-19 pandemic. And this year saw also saw the rise of women entrepreneurs and changemakers, brushing sceptics and smashing clichés aside.

Forbes released a list W-Power 2022 list, that featured over 20 women, across categories like business, law, sport, social impact, entertainment, academics and more, that have made a difference to society in general.

They are self-made and they made headlines this year with their work. Let’s check the list.

1. Madhabi Puri Buch

February 2022 saw the appointment of Madhabi Puri Buch to the post of Chairperson of SEBI. In a short while, she enhanced insider trading surveillance and brought a new focus to markets regulator.

2. Anju Srivastava

The founder and CEO of Wingreens Farms, raised $17 million a year back and acquired RAW Pressery, Postcard Snacks and Monsoon Harvest.

3. Anjali Bansal

51-year-old Anjali Bansal, the founding partner of Avaana Capital, was appointed as a member of the Advisory Council for the Open Network for Digital Commerce. She invested in 6 climate-based startups this year.

4. Katrina Kaif

She launched India’s first celebrity makeup brand- Kay Beauty, whose current Gross merchandise value is more than 100 crores.

5. Kainaz Karmarkar

The Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy, Kainaz Karmarkar lead some of the outstanding campaigns like Dove #StopTheBeautyTest, Cadbury Good Luck Girls, Bournvita #ForcedPacks etc. She was also on the international jury panel of the Cannes advertising awards

6. Nikhat Zareen

India’s gift to the world in international Boxing, 26-year-old Nikhat Zareen won a gold medal at the Commonwealth games. She is touted to be a hot favourite at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

7. Radha Basu

72-year-old Radha’s achievements include a high talent retention rate, agility and quickly professionalising the workforce at IMERIT.

8. Rashi Narang

She raised $37 million in funding for her venture Heads Up for Tails’, which also has Kriti Sanon endorsing it.

9. Ritu Arora

The CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Allianz Investment Management spearheaded Allianz’s first $100 million+ green blended finance investment in India and also worked with King Charles SMI Climate Summit.

10. Sakshi Chopra

The managing director of Sequoia India’s Growth investing team, Sakshi Chopra helped many companies reach the IPO stage.

11. Smita Deorah

Educationist Smita Deorah heads the largest school edutech company and has touched the lives of over 1.2 million children.

12. Kavita Devi and Meera Devi

Co-founders of Khabar Lahariya, were honoured with IWMF Courage in Journalism Award. This year Kavita Devi has been nominated for the Reporters Without Borders press freedom Award.

13. Radhika Gupta

She is credited with getting assets under Edelweiss’ management to INR 80,000 crore this year.

14. Neena Gupta

A Statistics and mathematics professor at ISI, Neena Gupta was awarded the Ramanujan prize for her brilliant work in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.

15. Devleena Bhattacharjee and Nandhini Karthikeyan

Co-founders of Numer8, a company that applied data science for building an end-to-end seafood ecosystem, their revenue grew from INR 6 lakhs to INR 1.5 crore in 2022 in a span of just three years.