Three powerful women from India have made it to the Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women 2025 list. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, HCL CEO Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar Shaw. Know their global ranking, achievements and influence.
Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women 2025: Forbes has released its new list of World’s Most Powerful Women 2025, in which those women of India have been included whose decisions directly affect the lives of crores of people. Three women from India have made the country famous on the global stage by making it to this year’s list. The dominance of these Indian women is clearly visible in all three sectors: politics, technology and healthcare. In this year’s list of the world’s most powerful women 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen remained at number one. She is the first female President of the European Commission and under her leadership, laws are made which impact more than 45 crore people. Both his power and responsibility are historical. Know which 3 women of India are included in this list.
Nirmala Sitharaman: Number one in India, ranked 24th in the world
From India, the top name in this list is that of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who has been ranked 24th in the world and is at number one in India. She commands the country’s economic policies and handles the budget of the economy with a population of 1.4 billion. Nirmala Sitharaman fulfills the responsibility of presenting the Union Budget every year and in 2025, she created history by presenting the budget for the eighth consecutive time. She has become the first person in India to do so. From tax reforms to economic policies, his decisions directly affect both the general public and businesses.
Roshni Nadar Malhotra: India’s strength in technology sector
India’s second big entry in this list is HCL CEO Roshni Nadar Malhotra, who has been ranked 76th in the world. According to Hurun 2025, his net worth is around Rs 2.8 lakh crore ($31 billion). She is the first Indian woman to head a listed tech company. A giant company like HCL, which earns annual revenue of around $14 billion, has every major strategy decided under the leadership of Roshni Nadar. His influence in the world of technology is continuously increasing.
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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw: India’s identity in healthcare
The third place from India in the list of Most Powerful Women 2025 is Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Founder, Chairperson and MD of Biocon, who has been ranked 83rd in the world. With a net worth of around $3.6 billion, she is considered to be India’s richest self-made woman. His company Biocon manufactures affordable and high quality medicines for serious problems like diabetes, cancer and autoimmune diseases. His work in the healthcare sector is very important not only for India but for the whole world.
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