Nirmala Sitharaman, 3 other Indians among Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is ranked 32nd on the Forbes' list of 100 Most Powerful Women.

New York, December 06, 2023: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, HCL Corporation Chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Steel Authority Of India Chairperson Soma Mondal and Biocon Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw are the four Indians among the 100 named in Forbes’ annual list of ‘The World’s Most Powerful Women’.

Ranked at number 32, Sitharaman has made it to the list for the fifth time in a row. In 2022, the 64-year-old minister was ranked at number 36 on the list, while she was in the 37th spot in 2021, 41st in 2020 and 34th in 2019.

In the profile, Forbes highlighted that Sitharman is India’s first full-time female finance minister and her roles at the UK-based Agricultural Engineers Association and BBC World Service before her political entry.

While Malhotra was ranked 60th, Mondal took the 70th spot and Mazumdar-Shaw the 76th. They had made it to the prestigious list last year also at 53rd, 67th and 72nd spots respectively.