Nita Ambani Tops Fortune India Most Powerful Women (MPW) 2026 List
14 July 2026National
Nita Ambani, founder-chairperson of Reliance Foundation, was felicitated with the Fortune India Most Powerful Women (MPW) honour in Mumbai, topping the Fortune India MPW 2026 list of 100 women. Top 5: Nita Ambani (1), Roshni Nadar, CEO of HCL Technologies (2), the Reddy sisters of Apollo Hospitals (3), Savitri Jindal (4), and Dr. Priti Adani (5).
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Reliance Foundation founded: 2010 | HCL Technologies CEO (Chairperson): Roshni Nadar Malhotra — first woman to head a listed Indian IT company
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Nita Ambani (Reliance Foundation) topped the Fortune India Most Powerful Women 2026 list of 100 women; Roshni Nadar ranked 2nd.
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