NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- Forbes has named Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, HCL Corporation CEO and Executive Director Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar Shaw among the 100 most powerful women in the world. German Chancellor Angela Merkel ranks first in the 2019 Forbes list of the '100 most powerful women in the world'.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 29th position
In second place is Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, and in the third place is Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the lower house in the US Parliament. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ranks 29th in this list. Forbes says that in 2019, she actively took a leadership role in government, indus...