9 Successful Women Inspired Us on Women's Day

Indra Nooyi is an Indian American business executive and former CEO of PepsiCo. She has consistently ranked among the world's 100 most powerful women. She etched her name in the annals of international business after became the Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of PepsiCo. She is ranked at number 11 on Forbes’ list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2017 and second on the list of Most Powerful Women by Fortune for the same year. Having joined PepsiCo in 1994, she has governed the organization’s international planning over the past decade.

Irom Chanu Sharmila, also known as the "Iron Lady" or "Mengoubi" is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur. A civil rights and political activist, and poet; she went on a hunger strike lasting 16 years, protesting against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act ordained by the Indian government, which grants the Indian armed forces unregulated powers of action. Due to the misuse of power by the army, which resulted in civilian massacres, Irom vouched to renounce food and water, in what led to the longest hunger strike in the world.

Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes. Arundhati Roy has donned several hats throughout her life. After studying Architecture, she wrote screenplays for a couple of Indian short films and also had a stint in acting. Thereafter, she took to social activism, for which she received critical responses for her espousal of controversial causes. Despite the disputes, Arundhati has a loyal fan following and is much respected for her literary repute and support for environmental and humanitarian undertakings.

A well-known name for the women's inspiration is our Kiran Bedi. She is the inspiration for all the women across the country when she joined our Indian Police Service. 

Kiran Bedi is a retired Indian Police Service officer, social activist, former tennis player, and politician who is the current Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. She is the first female Indian Police Service officer and started her service in 1975

Even after Retirement, no one forgot her hard work and many girls still follow her for their career. She has served for 35 years, in which she had done numerous reforms, also resolve multiple cases against women crime

A well-known name & great inspiration for Indian women to do something for themselves even after marriage & live their dreams.
She is a great inspirational lady. This is the woman who lurched into the international amateur boxing scenario from a remote village in the depths of North East India, Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte, better known as Mary Kom, opened the vista of women’s boxing in India

Laxmi Agarwal is an Indian acid attack survivor, a campaigner for rights of acid attack victims, and a TV host. Agarwal was attacked in 2005 at the age of 16, after rebuffing the romantic advances of Naeem Khan. Her story, among others, was told in a series on acid attack victims by Hindustan Times.

Saalumarada Thimmakka, also known as Aalada Marada Timakka, is an Indian environmentalist from the state of Karnataka, noted for her work in planting and tending to 385 banyan trees along a four-kilometre stretch of highway between Hulikal and Kudur. She has also planted nearly 8000 other trees

One of the most powerful women in Indian politics, Sushma Swaraj rose to the position of the Minister of External Affairs of India, becoming only the second woman to don the role after the late Indira Gandhi. She began as an advocate in the Supreme Court of India. Her political career was launched with a bang when she became the youngest cabinet minister in India at the age of 25, a record as yet unsurpassed. The public’s admiration towards her has only grown since, as she has been influential in rescuing numerous Indian expatriates from positions of crises from across the world.

Last but least Seema Rao, India's first women commando trainer, has trained our Indian Special Forces over two decades without any compensation. She is an expert in close quarter battle (CQB) — the art of fighting in tight proximity — and is involved in training various Indian forces.