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3. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Age: 59
Founder, Chairman and Managing Director Biocon India

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw owns the tag of India's richest self-made woman. She established Biocon in 1978 at the age of 25 as a garage startup to make industrial enzymes and now the company is the country's largest listed biotech firm, with annual revenue of $572 million. It manufactures drugs for diabetes, cancer and autoimmune diseases. She has supported the Mazumdar-Shaw Cancer Center in Bangalore, where the poor are treated for free.

4. Chitra Ramkrishna
Age: 49
Joint Managing Director, National Stock Exchange

Ms. Chitra Ramkrishna serves as Joint Managing Director of National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Chitra has been with the National Stock Exchange of India from its birth. Chitra Ramakrishna is a Chartered Accountant and she considers the opportunity to become a part of the team that set up the National Stock Exchange as the most important turning point of her career.

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