Three Indian Businesswomen Among 20 Asian Lady Entrepreneurs in Forbes’ November Issue

Namita Thapar, executive director (India business) of Emcure Pharma.

Soma Mondal, Namita Thapar, and Ghazal Alagh are on the Forbes list

Three top Indian businesswomen have been featured in the November issue of Forbes Asia. It has highlighted 20 Asian women who came up with varying strategies that helped their businesses soar despite the uncertainty of the new normal and three years of COVID-19.

Soma Mondal, chairperson of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL); Namita Thapar, executive director (India business) of Emcure Pharma; and Ghazal Alagh, co-founder and chief innovation officer of Honasa Consumer, are on the list.

Forbes in a statement on Tuesday said some of these women operated in hard-hit sectors such as shipping, property, and construction, while others continue to innovate in areas such as technology, pharmaceuticals, and commodities.

The Asia-Pacific region this year has mostly moved on to a post-pandemic era where governments, people, and businesses are learning to live with COVID-19, it said. The other women on the list are from Australia, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.

(With Inputs From PTI)

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