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- 3. She was a child prodigy, Indian independence activist and a great poet! The first woman ---------- of an Indian state. Think "Nightingale" and name this post.
- 5. This Indian designer's company is the first designer label to have its own centralized production. The company have diversified into Indian retail with a number of brands. She has a store in Chandigarh too.
- 6. This lady sometimes called "Iron Lady" was one of the few female Prime Minister's of a South Asian country. Nickanamed BB, she was assassinated in by her very own countrymen.
- 9. This woman was once the youngest director of Engineering for an American manufacturer of high performance computing solutions in the Silicon valley. When she started the operations of a Fortune 500 company in India in 2010 she was their employee in India and had to open office shutters on first day of her job. "code Wins Arguments" is this company's mantra. Enough said name this lady.
- 10. She founded the 30% Club to bring more women onto United Kingdom corporate boards, aiming for a minimum of 25% female representation by 2015. What is her name?
- 12. The popular merger of a beverage company with a healthy foods company had an Indian Yale business graduate as the mastermind. This lady was also responsible for spearheading Stayfree marketing campaign when marketing of sanitary napkins was banned in India. Name her.
- 14. This Indian TV Baroness was the Creative Director behind a huge number of TV series whose name started with alphabet K
- 15. This Indian Company has the highest number of women in its Board of Directors. You might have to visit them if you are beaten up by a woman ! Just Saying!
- 16. ‘Bundeskanzlerin’ is a term which had never been used before 2005. Which political leader’s ascension to office is connected with the use of this term
- 17. She was one of the three women recognized "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work" and awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. She currently is the Prime Minister of a country. Name the Country
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- 1. Ms Roddick opened the first store of this multi national beauty prodcuts chain with the aim of making an income for herself and her two daughters while her husband was away in South America. This chain today has around 2000 retail stores worldwide and Elante mall has one ! Name the chain.
- 2. Indian Banker. First woman chairperson of a prominent Indian public sector bank. She has broken the glass ceiling by reaching to the highest position in the public sector. Can also be found in the Forbes list of MOST POWERFUL WOMEN in the world.first name please.
- 4. This lady statistician was also the founder of modern nursing. But she is celebrated the most because of her contribution to the "Crimean War"
- 7. daughter of a famous romantic poet and known as the “Enchantress of numbers”, she was one of the world’s first computer programmer!
- 8. The Chair of the most influential central bank in the world has been a known name in world's most powerful women's list. She has big bucks and is married to a Noble Prize winning economist. Some women have it all. Name her.
- 11. Indian boxer and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships. Currently her name is doing rounds for other reasons though.
- 13. A beautiful and seductive dancer and courtesan, her name became synonym for the seductive female spy. She was shot ruthlessly by the French on charges of allegedly spying for Germany during World War I in a dubious trial.