Every year March 8 is celebrated as International women’s Day. Theme For this year is ‘
Be Bold for Change’ .Women play important role in various fields. Let us see the list of women playing important roles in and around the world.
| Name |
Position |
Bank/ company/ country/ state |
| Arundhati Bhattacharya |
Chairperson |
State Bank of India |
| Chanda Kochhar |
MD and CEO |
ICICI Bank |
| Shikha Sharma |
CEO |
AXIS Bank |
| Zarin Daruwala |
CEO |
Standard Chartered Bank (India)
|
| Usha Ananthasubramanian |
CEO |
Punjab National Bank |
| Usha Ananthasubramanian |
CMD |
Bharatiya Mahila Bank |
| Lakshmi Swaminathan |
President of Administrative Tribunal |
Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| Vasundhara Raje |
CM |
Rajesthan |
| Mamata Banerjee |
CM |
West Bengal |
| Mehbooba Mufti |
CM |
Jammu and Kashmir |
| Indra Nooyi |
Chairman and CEO |
PepsiCo |
| Kirthiga Reddy |
Director of Online Operations and Head of Office India |
Facebook |
| Kavery Banerjee |
Secretary |
Postal Department |
| Aditi Khanna |
first women President |
Indian Journalist’s Association |
| Poonam Khetrapal Singh |
Regional Director |
World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region |
| Aishwaryaa Dhanush |
Women’s advocate for Gender Equality |
United Nation |
| Ms. Phumzile Mlambo Nqcuka |
Women Head |
United Nation |
| Theresa May |
Prime Minister |
United Kingdom |
| Aung San Suu Kyi |
State Counsellor |
Myanmar |
| Beata Szydło |
Prime Minister |
Poland |
| Saara Kuugongelwa |
Prime Minister |
Namibia |
| Erna Solberg |
Prime Minister |
Norway |
| Sheikh Hasina |
Prime Minister |
Bangladesh |
| Angela Merkel |
Chancellor |
Germany |
| Mallika Srinivasan |
CEO |
Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited |
| Aruna Jayanthi |
CEO |
Capgemini, India |
| Ekta Kapoor |
Joint Managing Director and Creative Director |
Balaji Telefilms |
| Neha Kirpal |
Founder and Director |
India Art Fair |
| Shobhana Bhartia |
Chairperson and Editorial Director |
Hindustan Times Group |
| Mallika Srinivasan |
CEO |
Tafe Motors And Tractors Limited |
| Sangeeta Pendurkar |
Managing Director |
Kellogg India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Ashu Suyash |
MD and CEO |
Crisil |
| Roshni Nadar |
Executive Director and CEO |
HCL Enterprise |
| Vani Venkatesh |
CEO |
Bharti Airtel Retail |
| Kamala Harris |
First Indian-American US Senator |
|
| Meriamma Koshy |
President |
Hockey India |
| Susan Kiefel |
Chief Justice (First Woman) |
Australia |
| Saina Nehwal |
Athletes Commission |
IOC |
| Geeta Phogat |
DSP |
Haryana Police |
| Mariano Rajoy |
Prime Minster |
Spanish |
| Ms. Irina Bokova |
Director General |
UNESCO |
| Ms. Baroness Patricia |
Secretary General |
Commonwealth |
| Ms. Helen Clerk |
Director General |
UNDP |
| P V Sindhu |
Brand Ambassador |
Bank of Baroda |
| PV Sindhu |
Brand Ambassador |
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) |
| Sakshi Malik |
Brand Ambassador to promote the tourism |
Arunachal pradesh |
| Sakshi Malik |
Brand Ambassador of Beti Bachao, Beti Padao campaign |
Haryana |
| Vidya Balan |
Brand Ambassador of Samajwadi Pension Yojna |
Launched by Uttar Pradesh Govt |
| Shilpa Reddy |
Brand Ambassador to Create centres of excellence for women to gain knowledge, develop skills, provide infrastructure, access to resources to their business. |
Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) |
| Steffi Graf |
Brand Ambassador to promote tourism and position the state of Kerala as home of ayurveda. |
Kerala's Ayurveda |
| Dia Mirza |
Brand Ambassador |
Swachh Saathi Swachh Bharat Mission |
| Madhuri Dixit |
Brand Ambassador |
MAA- Mother's Absolute Affection' |
| Deepika Padukone |
Brand Ambassador |
Indian Psychiatric Society The largest association of Indian Psychiatrists |
| Ms. Renu Pall |
Ambassador |
India to Austria |
| Monika Kapil Mohta |
Ambassador |
India to Sweden |
| Iris Mittenaere |
Miss Universe 2017 |
Miss France |
| Dr. Neelu Rohmetra |
First women Director |
IIM |
| Manjula Chellur |
Chief Justice |
Bombay High Court |
| Anandi Ramalingam |
Director (1st women) |
Bharat Electronics Ltd. |
| Yuriko Koike |
1st women Governor |
Tokyo |
