Fortune India's 100 Most Powerful Women 2026
Pavitra Shankar, Managing Director, & Nirupa Shankar, Joint Managing Director have been named among Fortune India's 100 Most Powerful Women 2026.
This is their second appearance on the list, recognising their continued leadership and impact across business and industry.
They were also recognised by Business Today among the Most Powerful Women 2025, making a second appearance in those rankings as well.
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A Few Thoughts
Last few months have been tumultuous to the world order. As if the ongoing four-year Russia-Ukraine war is not enough, Israel and the United States have waged a war on Iran, resulting in destabilizing the world to a greater degree. The West Asia war has created havoc in the middle eastern countries, apart from several countries who depend on petroleum oil, particularly India. Our leaders have to intensify the efforts to reduce dependence on imported oil by increasing green power generation and by successfully identifying more sites for oil exploration. The on-again, off-again war has made many economies very volatile and has resulted in huge uncertainty for businesses and industries, apart from pushing up cost of living to the citizens across the world. As non-layers in this ongoing mindless war, we Indians can only hope and pray for normalcy to return soon.