India's 10 wealthiest women: HCL's Roshni Nadar at the top

Roshni Nadar Malhotra is India's first female CEO of a publicly traded IT company. She is also the founder of The Habitats Trust, a charity that promotes the preservation of native species and their habitats.

Falguni has won several awards during the course of her career. At the 2019 Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence, Falguni received the Businesswoman of the Year award in recognition of her contributions to the Indian cosmetics industry.

Mazumdar Shaw and her husband John Shaw contributed $7.5 million to the University of Glasgow in 2019 to fund the establishment of a precision oncology professorial chair and research cluster. Her charitable endeavour, the Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, attempts to develop a paradigm of cancer care that is both enduring and reasonably priced.

Ms. Nilima had developed a strong business sense and was familiar with the financing and planning of material requirements before joining Divi's. She holds master's degrees in both international finance and international business.

Vembu, a graduate of the prestigious IIT Madras, works as a product manager for the email provider Zoho Mail. She is adamant about remaining invisible and letting her product do the talking.

Leena Tewari, the media-averse heir of a pharmaceutical business, is the chairmain of privately held USV India, which her late father Vithal Gandhi founded in 1961 alongside Revlon. Tewari adores animals and enjoys exploring India's woods.

The two acknowledge spending a huge amount of time together and describe themselves as more of best friends than mother and daughter. Anu left Thermax in 2004 and returned to social work, her first love.

Narkhede, who was raised in Pune, India, attended Georgia Digital to study computer science and now serves as an advisor to various tech businesses. She quit her previous position in 2014 to co-found Confluent, a company that assists businesses in processing massive volumes of data using Apache Kafka.

In addition to being a Whole Time Director with Dr Lal Pathlabs Limited, Vandana Lal currently holds directorships with Sanya Chemicals Pvt Ltd, Archana Pharmaceuticals Private Limited, Apl Institute Of Clinical Laboratory & Research Private Limited, Kalmatia Sangam Travels Private Limited, Suburban Diagnostics (India) Private Limited, and Delta Ria and Pathology Pvt Ltd.

Renu has consistently taken a leading role in every foundation program's daily operations because she understands how her participation strengthens and sustains these initiatives. She is passionate about empowering women and thinks that for society to advance, women must also advance. (The above list has been compiled from Hurun India)