{"id":29512,"date":"2023-12-07T12:26:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T06:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.researchandranking.com\/?p=29512"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:05:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T07:35:49","slug":"nirmala-sitharaman-among-forbes-most-powerful-women-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equentis.com\/blog\/nirmala-sitharaman-among-forbes-most-powerful-women-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Nirmala Sitharaman Among Forbes’ Most Powerful Women 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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India\u2019s Union Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, may well be the testimony to philanthropist Melinda Gates\u2019s belief, \u2018When money flows into the hands of women, who have the authority to use it, everything changes \u2014 for women, their families, and their communities,\u2019 <\/em><\/strong>as she has been ranked 32nd in the Forbes World\u2019s Most Powerful Women list for 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sitharaman has secured her fifth consecutive appearance, and the spot marks a milestone for the 64-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, as she surpasses her previous rankings: 36 in 2022, 37 in 2021, 41 in 2020, and 34 in 2019. Interestingly, the Indian economist and politician has been the Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister since 2019, when she first made it to the list.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Among the Formidable Foursome from India<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sitharaman stands alongside three other Indian women who have also achieved this recognition: HCL Corporation Chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Steel Authority Of India Chairperson Soma Mondal, and Biocon Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The quartet is among the 100 names featured in Forbes\u2019 annual compilation. Forbes also spotlighted Sitharaman\u2019s distinction as India\u2019s initial full-time female finance minister, emphasizing her prior positions at the UK-based Agricultural Engineers Association and BBC World Service before her foray into politics. She is the second woman to hold the defense portfolio after Indira Gandhi. On the list, American host and television producer Oprah Winfrey and Singapore entrepreneur Ho Ching were featured before and after her, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the Forbes Ranking Took into Consideration<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The categorization of Forbes\u2019s list encompassed six distinct fields: politics and policy, business, finance, media and entertainment, philanthropy, and technology. The breakdown consisted of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n