Shaping the new world order: India Inc's 8 most powerful women

[caption id=“attachment_100922” align=“alignleft” width=“860”]  According to Fortune’s list of the 25 most powerful women “shaping the new world order” in the Asia Pacific region, ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar featured the highest among eight women from the country. Kochhar was second on the list. Here’s who else made it to the list.[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_100923” align=“alignleft” width=“860”]  State Bank of India’s chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya was ranked fourth on the list. She is is the first woman to hold the three-year post at the country’s largest bank. AFP image[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_100924” align=“alignleft” width=“860”]  HPCL chief Nishi Vasudeva was fifth on the list. She is the first woman to head an Indian oil company and is one of only four women to helm a Global Fortune 500 firm in the Asia-Pacific region, noted Fortune.[/caption]

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[caption id=“attachment_100925” align=“alignleft” width=“860”]  Axis Bank chief Shikha Sharma also made it to the top 10.[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_100926” align=“alignleft” width=“860”]  Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw was 19th on the list. Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_100927” align=“alignleft” width=“860”]  National Stock Exchange CEO Chitra Ramkrishna was 22nd on the list. Forbes India image[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_100928” align=“alignleft” width=“860”]  HSBC’s Naina Lal Kidwai was featured 23rd in the list. Reuters image[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_100929” align=“alignleft” width=“860”]  TAFE chairman and CEO Mallika Srinivasan was 25th on the list.[/caption]