{"id":4559,"date":"2016-08-15T08:03:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T06:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.invoiceberry.com\/?p=4559"},"modified":"2016-10-03T22:08:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T20:08:17","slug":"11-amazing-indian-women-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/11-amazing-indian-women-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Amazing Indian Women Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the past two years, the Indian business scene has changed quite a bit. The number of women in power has been slowly increasing and replacing men in many\u00a0important positions.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0women make up\u00a048% of the 1,2 billion people in India<\/a>, according to Deloitte<\/a>, Indian women hold only around 8% of board seats and just about 3% of board chairs.<\/p>\n

Women\u00a0launch\u00a0only 9% of all Indian startups<\/a>, with\u00a0those numbers significantly decreasing in rural areas.\u00a0But all those women are considered to be the exception rather than the rule.<\/p>\n

In our list today, we’ll look at eleven inspiring\u00a0women who have changed the face of the Indian business scene.<\/p>\n

They are all authentic, with different education, experience and success stories. They are all united in their\u00a0willingness to stand their ground, to fearlessly enter the male territory and rule there.<\/p>\n

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"InvoiceBerry_Kiran_Mazumdar-Shaw\"<\/p>\n

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the\u00a0Founder\u00a0and Managing Director of Biocon, India’s largest biotechnology company.<\/p>\n

At only 25\u00a0she started Biocon India, a subsidiary of the Irish Biocon Biochemicals Limited, in her\u00a0garage in Bangalore with\u00a0a capital of only 10,000 Rs.<\/p>\n

I faced a number of challenges whilst I built Biocon. Initially, I had credibility challenges where I couldn\u2019t get banks to fund me; I couldn\u2019t recruit people to work for a woman boss. Even in the businesses where I had to procure raw materials, they didn\u2019t want to deal with women.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Currently, Biocon Limited employs 3,000 workers<\/a>\u00a0and is India’s leading innovator\u00a0with a yearly profit of\u00a0$54 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kiran’s net worth is $1,46 billion<\/a>,\u00a0making her the 4th richest woman <\/a>in India. She’s also a known philanthropist, supporting healthcare and educational programs, and helps improve infrastructure in India.<\/p>\n

Anu Sridharan<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Indian<\/p>\n

Anu Sridharan is a co-founder of NextDrop, a messaging system that provides\u00a0citizens of India with water supply information.\u00a0She was included\u00a0on Forbes’ \u201c30 Social Entrepreneurs Under 30\u201d list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The service she launched sends an SMS 60 minutes before water will be available in the household, and afterwards\u00a0sends another message\u00a0asking for feedback. It gives\u00a0the government first-hand information on possible issues\u00a0and lets them repair leakages quickly by knowing exactly where they are.<\/p>\n

One thing I\u2019ve learned is that you\u2019re always going to make mistakes. That\u2019s unavoidable. I think the biggest thing that separates successful entrepreneurs from the not so successful ones is how you get back up again. I think the more successful ones recover faster and keep going and fail faster and fail more often.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pranshu Patni<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Indian<\/p>\n

Pranshu Patni is a co-founder of CultureAlley, a company that targets effective communication that\u00a0comes when you know foreign languages.<\/p>\n

Her\u00a0Hello English is the\u00a0#1 language learning application on Google Play in India and many countries of the Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CultureAlley worked with\u00a0language experts to develop a new learning model that\u00a0allows people to learn a language in a fun way while watching videos or interacting on social media.<\/p>\n

For example, while browsing Facebook or Twitter, it will change the words to make learning English a part of the daily routine<\/a>, and therefore\u00a0more effective.<\/p>\n

Sairee Chahal<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Indian<\/p>\n

Sairee Chahal is a founder of\u00a0Sheroes, a career network\u00a0platform created exclusively for female professionals.<\/p>\n

Some time ago Sairee realized that there is\u00a0far less possibility for women than for men to find a job in India. Chances are close to zero\u00a0if you are coming back from maternity leave.<\/p>\n

Her initiative has already helped more than 10,000 women<\/a>\u00a0find their career path, with 300,000 women involved in different platform events, seminars and mentoring programs. Sairee wants these numbers to grow to 1 million in three years.<\/p>\n

Sakshi Bhasin Tulsian<\/span><\/h2>\n
\"Indian
Source: her.yourstory.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sakshi Tulsian is a co-founder of POSist – a SaaS-based platform for the restaurant businesses. It manages online reservations, inventory and billing.<\/p>\n

A restaurant owner, Sakshi came up with the idea when she and her husband needed the same kind of app for their business and couldn’t find it.<\/p>\n

Here’s what she says about being a woman in\u00a0power:<\/p>\n

Men can always take a break as it is socially acceptable; a woman is, however, not entitled to such luxuries, no matter how liberal people around her are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anisha Singh<\/h2>\n
\"Indian
Source: techinasia.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anisha Singh is a digital entrepreneur, the\u00a0CEO and a co-founder of MyDala, a local services marketing platform that connects sellers with customers.<\/p>\n

MyDala started as a Groupon-like website and was at the edge of a failure until Anisha decided to switch to a mobile\u00a0application partnered with Vodafone.<\/p>\n

Currently, MyDala employs more than 300 people, and Anisha has received awards for “Women Leadership” and “Leading Woman in Retail.”<\/p>\n

Naina Lal Kidwai<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Indian<\/p>\n

Naina Lal Kidwai is a\u00a0Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India. She is the first woman to manage the foreign bank in India, and The Guardian <\/a>called her the first female voice of Indian capitalism.<\/p>\n

Apart from a few areas of excellence in the services, where women have reached high positions of responsibility, there is still a great deal to do in industry and in the rural areas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Naina held\u00a0a number of public talks on women’s\u00a0role in business and also initiated discussions against sexual harassment. She wrote the\u00a0book “30 Women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories” which shares the experience of the top business women\u00a0in India.<\/p>\n

Swati Bhargava<\/span><\/h2>\n
\"Source:
Source: her.yourstory.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Swati Bhargava is a girl from a\u00a0small town in India who loves math and refused a\u00a0scholarship from Harvard Business School, preferring instead to attend the London School of Economics.<\/p>\n

She’s a co-founder of the coupon and cashback company CashKaro, which she created with her husband.<\/p>\n

The company works on an affiliate basis and has a pool of 800+ partner companies, including Alibaba and Amazon.<\/p>\n

Ravina Raj Kohli<\/h2>\n
\"Indian
Source: mid-day.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ravina Raj Kohli is India’s Media Queen. She was the first female television CEO and has over 30 years of media experience ranging from journalism to radio broadcasting.<\/p>\n

She started Indian Channel Nine from scratch in 3 months and created the\u00a0multimedia company Sundial which produces movies and TV content.<\/p>\n

Ravina’s company\u00a0JobCorp Solutions was created to help students and recent graduates find their path in the BPO and IT industries.<\/p>\n

Kanika Tekriwal<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Indian
Source: entrepreneur.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kanika is a founder of JetSetGo, an interactive service for search and charter helicopters and aircraft in India.<\/p>\n

When she was 22, she was diagnosed with cancer and the doctors weren’t very optimistic about the outcome. A year later, after beating cancer and with a business plan ready, she\u00a0launched her\u00a0startup.<\/p>\n

Cancer made me a strong person ready to face any challenge, and most importantly, to never give in. So when we began work on JetSetGo and things didn\u2019t go my way \u2013 I didn\u2019t get upset, but just focused on what we could do next.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

JetSetGo now has almost 80% of India’s private jet fleet on board and their customer base is growing daily.\u00a0Kanika is set to get into the list of the top 100 most powerful women in the world.<\/p>\n

Pooja Dhingra<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Source:
Source: finedinelove.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pooja Dhingra is the\u00a0‘Macaron Queen’ of India, Le Cordon Bleu chef and founder of Le 15 Patisserie chain.<\/p>\n

At first she studied law in Mumbai but soon realized that she didn’t want to do that for a living. She then found her passion in food. After tasting her first macarons in Paris, she knew that she would open up her own store.<\/p>\n

With initial funding from her father, she became the\u00a0owner of 6 stores across the country within a couple of years and\u00a0plans to expand further.<\/p>\n

At first she had to educate the Indian population on what macarons are, which meant giving away the first free samples, but that wasn’t it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The biggest problem was to get people to take you seriously. For example, if I had to sign a lease for a place, or buy machinery, I would have to ask my father to make these calls for me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now she’s teaching culinary classes, writing books which have become bestsellers, and planning to open more restaurants in addition to those she already has.<\/p>\n

To sum up<\/h2>\n

The Indian business\u00a0scene is changing\u00a0thanks\u00a0to the enthusiasm and passion of the women\u00a0that started\u00a0altering the conventional way of doing things.<\/p>\n

We’re sure these eleven success stories\u00a0will inspire more talented women\u00a0in the future who’ll create\u00a0even greater and more impressive projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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