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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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