Vaishali Nigam Sinha left a finance career on Wall Street and in London to co-found ReNew in 2011, building it into India's second-largest renewable energy company and, in 2025, becoming the first private-sector leader elected president of the UN Global Compact Network India.
Five years after succeeding her father as Chairperson of HCLTech, Roshni Nadar Malhotra has become India's richest woman and its most closely watched technology executive, now tasked with steering a $14.7 billion IT services giant through the industry's most disruptive shift since offshoring itself.
More than one lakh of India's 2.12 lakh government-recognised startups now have at least one woman director or partner, according to data shared in the Lok Sabha, reflecting a structural shift in founder demographics.
Women's activewear brand BlissClub has closed a Rs 160 crore Series B led by Singularity AMC, with founder Minu Margeret and her partner, Meesho CEO Vidit Aatrey, putting in significant personal capital.
Kriti Gupta, Vice President at Peak XV Partners, is set to leave the venture capital firm after five years, in a departure that reflects the broader churn and career mobility increasingly visible among senior women investors within India's maturing venture capital industry.
Typsy Beauty, the makeup brand founded by Kairavi Bharat Ram, has raised ₹20 crore in a funding round led by Saama Capital, with the fresh capital earmarked for quick-commerce and offline expansion, a new skincare line, and growth of its Spritz fragrance sub-brand.
Government data shows 1,02,054 of India's 2,12,283 recognised startups have at least one woman director or partner, with ₹2,995 crore in AIF funding for women-led ventures.
Swiggy has appointed former Myntra CEO Nandita Sinha as Instamart's new CEO from August 3, 2026, as the quick-commerce business battles Blinkit and Zepto.
After two decades helping global retailers extract India's finest textiles and craftsmanship at the lowest possible cost, Dhanya walked away to build Origin and Objects — a slow-fashion studio betting that the world doesn't just want Indian craft, it wants to feel Kerala's quiet backwaters in every stitch
The daughters of Punjabi immigrant families — one who ran a saree shop in Southampton, the other with roots in Huddersfield's Sikh community — now hold ministerial and whip roles as Indian-origin representation in the Labour government reaches a new high