Top Five Powerful Businesswomen in India
By siliconindia   |   Friday, 11 November 2011, 00:33 IST   |    10 Comments
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2. Shikha Sharma : The IIM graduate Shikha Sharma became the CEO of Axis Bank in 2009. Earlier she was the head of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. She has been instrumental in setting up various group businesses for the axis bank, including investment banking and retail finance. She was honoured as the Woman Business Leader' by CNBC TV18 in 2007 and 'Business Woman of the Year' by Economic Times in 2009.Shikha was also ranked 89th in the list of 'World's 100 Most Powerful Women' by Forbes magazine, 2010. She also launched an innovative micro insurance cover of 1 dollar a month for poor people in India.

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