Chanda Kochar  Has Been A Front Runner In The Corporate World For Three Decades Now. She Is One Of The Very Few Women Who Have Been Able To Break The Glass Ceiling And Reach The Top In A Male-Dominated World. As The MD And CEO Of ICICI Bank, Chanda Has Done It All, Seen It All. Because Besides Being On The Board Of ICICI Bank, She Is A Member Of The Prime Minister’s Council On Trade & Industry, US-India CEO Forum And Is A Member Of The Board Of Governors Of Indian Council For Research On International Economic Relations (ICRIER). 
Chanda Inspires Women In The Corporate World To Stand Up For Themselves, And To Believe That They Are No Less Than Their Male Counterparts. She Shows Us That The Glass Ceiling Can Indeed Be Broken! In Her Words, “ My Passion Lies In The Pursuit Of Excellence. Can I Do It Very Well, Better Than Others.” But When Quizzed About The Work-Life Balance That Women Often Find Hard To Maintain, Chanda Says, “You Often Feel As If You Are Walking Tightrope.”

Most Star Kids Would Just Follow In The Footsteps Of Their Parents And Try Their Hand At Acting. But Ekta Kapoor Is Different. She Is The Mother Of Modern Indian Television. Her Production Company Has Produced India’s Most Successful TV Shows, And Is Continuing To Do So. After A Decade Of Producing India’s Most Successful Shows, Ekta Saw A Lull In Her Chosen Industry. The Saas-Bahu Drama Bubble Burst And It Seemed Like The Audience Was Tiring Of The Same Formula Shows. In Spite Of Still Criticism From All Quarters, Ekta Continued Making New Shows And Diversified Into Film Production. Her Film The Dirty Picture, Is One Of The Biggest Grossers Of Our Times. Ekta Inspires Us To Follow Our Dreams, And To Be Passionate About Whatever We Do. She Has Shown Us That Criticism Should Be Taken Constructively, If One Aims For The Greater Things In Life.

Nirupama Rao Is An Indian Foreign Service Officer And Has Been Serving As The Ambassador Of India To The USA Since 2011. She Was The First Woman Full-Term Foreign Secretary In Our Country. Apart From This, She Was Also The First Female Spokesperson Of The Ministry Of External Affairs. She Is An Inspiration To All Those Girls Who Have Been Brainwashed Into Thinking That The Civil Service Is For Men Only.

Barkha Dutt Is A Modern Journalist Who Has Set New Bars For The People In Her Profession. Her Fearless Reporting Of The Kargill War Won Her Many Fans. It Cannot Be Easy To Face Mortar Shells And Gunfire Just To Do Your Job. Though It Was An Extremely Courageous Thing, This Particular Reporting Also Got Barkha A Lot Of Criticism. But She Has Not Let It Daunt Her. She Is Still Doing What She Does Best Being A Journalist. Barkha Inspires Us That No Profession Is Out Of Bounds For The Modern Indian Woman. She Tells Us To Stand Up For What We Believe In And To Fight Social Injustice At All Levels.
 
 

In A Country Where Living With Dignity Is An Everyday Fight For Most Women, Mary Kom Has Been Awarded The Third Highest Award Of The State, The Padma Bhushan. This Honour Has Been Bestowed Upon Her For Her Contribution To Indian Sports And Boxing. As A Mother Of Two, Mary Kom Must Have Faced Huge Challenges In Her Sporting Career, But They Did Not Deter Her From Winning At The Olympics 2012. Mary Is An Inspiration To All The Women That Sports Can Be Taken Up As A Profession Too. She Was Successful In Her Field, Even Though Indians Don’t See Boxing As A Women’s Sport So She Shows Us That One Can Achieve Anything If One Puts Her Mind To It.
 
 
 
 
 

Vidya Balan Has Done A Lot More For Indian Women Than Any Of Her Contemporaries. She Has Given The Indian Women A Space To Breathe Freely, Without Fear Of Being Judged. At A Time When Size Zero Ruled The Roost, Vidya Had The Guts To Appear On The Big Screen Showing Off All Her Sexy Curves In Their Full Glory. She Even Put On A Bit Of Extra Flab For This Film. Yet, She Is The Only Female Actor In Bollywood Who Can Carry A Film On Her Own Shoulders, Without Any Help From A Male Star! Vidya Is The Reason Why Women No Longer Feel The Need To Veer Towards Size Zero. Vidya Inspires Us To Be Individuals; She Tells Us That We Should Be Proud Of Whoever We Are, And Not Try To Copy Someone Else.
 

At 64, Kiran Bedi Is Not Satisfied With Being Just A Granny. She Is A Social Activist Who Is Still Fighting For Social Justice, Long After Shunning Her Police Uniform. Kiran Bedi, As Everyone Knows, Is India’s First Female IPS Office. Her Very Successful Stint At Delhi’s Tihar Jail Made Her Popular And Well Known. Her Career Has Been Marred By Controversies, But She Is Not One To Be Bogged Down.
Kiran Bedi Is An Inspiration To The Women Of India Because Of Her Unflinching Stand Against Social Injustices And Corruption. In Her Words, “Convictions, Beliefs, Value For Time And For Personal Growth And Constant Contribution For Others. These Things Drive And Sustain Me. When I Look Back, The Fondest Memory Of My Career In The Indian Police Service Was When I Conducted A Meditation Programme For Prisoners At Tihar Jail In 1994. That Set In Motion Everything That Was To Come Later In Life”.