Nirmala Sitharaman, who was ranked 36th last year in the forbes Most Powerful women list, has moved up to 32nd this year. forbes publishes the list of powerful women every year. Four indian women feature in this year's list. Chief among them is Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Forbes' list of the world's most powerful women includes many celebrities such as Taylor Swift and US Vice President Kamala Harris.
Finance minister nirmala sitharaman is ranked 32nd on the forbes list. HCL CEO Roshni Nadar Malhotra is at 60th, Steel Authority of india Chairman Soma Mondal at 70th and Biocon founder kiran Majumdar-Shaw at 76th. nirmala sitharaman, Roshni Nadar among 4 indians in forbes Most Powerful women list 2023. nirmala sitharaman was appointed as the Finance minister of india in 2019. He has also served as Union corporate Affairs Minister. Before that, nirmala sitharaman also served as India's 28th Defense Minister. She also became the second woman in the country to hold ministerial posts in both the defense and finance sectors.
Last year, she was ranked 36th on Forbes' Most Powerful women of 2022 list. Meanwhile, Fortune also declared her as India's most powerful woman. Second on the list is Roshni Nadar, daughter of indian businesswoman Shiv Nadar. He took over as the Chairman of HCL in July 2020. european Commission President Ursula tops the forbes Most Powerful women list. european Central bank President Christine Lagarde is second and Indian-origin US Vice President Kamala harris is third.