Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has found place in the list of most powerful women in the world in the recent edition brought out by Forbes Magazine.
The first full-time Finance Minister that India has had till now has been ranked 41. She was ranked 34 in the same list last year.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the Forbes 2020 list, followed by European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde and US Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris, who has made her debut on the list at No.3. Merkel has bagged the No.1 slot every year since 2006, barring 2010 when then-US First Lady Michelle Obama topped the list. The list also includes women who have fought against the coronavirus. Also present were New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinta Artern and Stacy Abrams.
“From fighting the pandemic to re-engineering American politics, these influential women, including New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams, are making history,” Forbes said.
HCL Corporation CEO and Executive Director Roshni Nadar Malhotra has been ranked 55, and Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has been ranked 68.