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Aruna was the Global Delivery Officer for Capgemini <strong>Out</strong>sourcing,<br />
where she improved quality, productivity and profitability of<br />
Capgemini’s outsourcing operations worldwide. Aruna has over<br />
two decades experience in the IT services industry and has worked<br />
in both multinationals and pure-play companies. She was ranked<br />
3rd in Fortune India’s list of 50 Most Powerful Women in Business<br />
2012 and 4th in 2011.<br />
lCORPORATES<br />
» NITA AMBANI<br />
Chairperson, Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation<br />
Married to Reliance Chairman<br />
Mukesh Ambani, Nita is the<br />
founder and chairperson<br />
of the Dhirubhai Ambani<br />
International School. Nita Ambani<br />
also is the co-owner of the Mumbai<br />
Indians cricket team and is actively<br />
involved in various philanthropic<br />
activities in the fields of education,<br />
human resources and disaster<br />
relief. She is also actively involved<br />
in Project Drishti, a social initiative<br />
taken by Reliance Industries (RIL)<br />
and National Association for the Blind initiative that helps<br />
provide eyesight to blind people from the underprivileged<br />
segment, free of cost.<br />
» KIRAN MAZUMDAR SHAW<br />
CMD, Biocon<br />
A<br />
leading<br />
entrepreneur,<br />
Kiran,59, is a household<br />
name in India for having<br />
ventured into pharma sector<br />
and making a mark. Founder<br />
Chairman and Managing Director<br />
(CMD) of Biocon Limited, Kiran<br />
has led the company to be a leading<br />
player in biomedicine research with<br />
a focus on diabetes and oncology.<br />
Born in Bangalore, Kiran completed<br />
her bachelors in Zoology from<br />
Mount Carmel College, Bangalore<br />
University and later did her post-graduation in Malting and<br />
Brewing from Ballarat College, Melbourne University. She<br />
worked as a trainee brewer in Carlton and United Breweries,<br />
Melbourne and as a trainee maltster at Barrett Brothers and<br />
Burston, Australia. She started Biocon in 1978 and spearheaded<br />
its evolution from an industrial enzymes manufacturing<br />
company to a fully integrated bio-pharmaceutical company.<br />
Kiran is also a member of the board of governors of the<br />
prestigious Indian School of Business and Indian Institute of<br />
Technology Hyderabad. She received was awarded Padma Shri<br />
in 1989 and Padma Bhushan in 2005.<br />
» PRIYA PAUL<br />
Chairperson, Apeejay Park Hotels<br />
A<br />
bachelor of Economics from<br />
Wellesley College, USA, She<br />
is the Director the Apeejay<br />
Surrendra group and joined<br />
the Group’s hospitality business as the<br />
Marketing Manager, The Park, New<br />
Delhi, in July of 1988 at the age of 22.<br />
She worked under the guidance of<br />
her father and later succeeded him in<br />
1990. She took though the company’s<br />
hospitality business through choppy<br />
waters and made a name in the business.<br />
For her contribution in hospitality industry the government of<br />
India honoured her with the Padma Sri award in 2012. Ms Paul<br />
is the President, Hotel Association of India (HAI) and member of<br />
the Advisory Board of Directors, IIM Lucknow.<br />
» ROSHNI NADAR MALHOTRA<br />
CEO, HCL Corporation<br />
As CEO and Executive Director<br />
of the HCL Corporation,<br />
Roshni, is responsible<br />
for strategic decisions<br />
regarding the overall direction of<br />
the Corporation including the key<br />
areas of determining its governance<br />
structures, treasury, risk and<br />
portfolio management, and for the<br />
diversification plans of HCL. The<br />
vision and strategy for the HCL brand<br />
and the Shiv Nadar Foundation are<br />
strategically driven by her as well. She has previously worked<br />
with Sky News U.K. and CNN America as a news producer.<br />
Roshni is a Trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, which among<br />
its transformational educational initiatives has established the<br />
SSN Institutions in Chennai, today among the top private<br />
engineering and business schools in India.<br />
» MALLIKA SRINIVASAN<br />
Director, TAFE (Tractor and Farm Equipment)<br />
Mallika joined TAFE in 1986<br />
and has turned the company’s<br />
turnover from Rs 85 crore to<br />
about Rs 6,000 crore in two and<br />
half decades. Today she heads the second<br />
largest tractor manufacturing company<br />
in India and third largest in the world.<br />
Her moment was when she acquired<br />
Eicher Motors in 2005. Her emphasis<br />
is now on farm equipment and making<br />
them to suit local conditions and use, for<br />
she feels labour shortage in agriculture<br />
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