I appreciate and applaud the efforts of the two students-budding writers for their wonderful work! When students chit-chat and while aawy their time now a days, the venture of these students without losing focus on their studies, is indeed remarkable and to be emulated by other students as well. I congratulate them and wish them a long innings in their pursuit of journalism.. Who knows there may be another Arundhathi Roy or Salman Rushdie in making, in them? But the only factor that was intriguing me was the book was attempted by these two,just because there was no such book on women CEOS so far ! Nonetheless all the best to them in future too! Would like to receive a complimentary copy if possible for review! Thanks and good wishes! Prof.B.venkateswaran Mylapore Chennai 30th April 2005
All the women listed are not there on their own. Many have a powerful father or husband. The authors should have eliminated such persons as those can, by no stretch of imagination, be called 'entrepreneurs'.
Given this choice of 'entrepreneurs', pray, why does Parmeshwar Godrej not figure in it? Was she too big to find time for them?
I looked at the list of top CEOs (women) but you have omitted an important name, Mrs Shanti Subbaraman, Managing Director of AAROHI Communications Pvt.Ltd. located at Koramangla, Bangalore 95. This company is formed with partnership from US computer engineers located at California, USA. Shanti is a B.Tech. from IIT Madras and did her MS Computer Science in USA some years back. She worked with Digital Equipment Corpn USA and came back to Bangalore to join WIPRO. Later on she resigned and started her own company. You might have not noticed this person. Please include her name also in the top CEOs (Women only). Thanks PS Subbaraman, Bangalore Tel. 25350217
This is good work. But, there are a couple of things to consider: 1. Out of the list more than 50% are from established business families. 2. Terming them entrepreneur's is incorrect. Most of them have been successful in no small part due to the fact that they come from established business families. Hence, it would be more appropriate and factual to list these women (who come from established business families) as successful businesswomen than as entrepreneurs.
This in no way takes the sheen off the success that they have achieved, it only places things in the right perspective for readers.
The correct spelling is 'Stella Maris' and not 'Stella Mary's'. This is an inexcusable error because Stella is one of the best women's colleges in India. Sobha Warrior should have known better. Ooops...I meant 'Shobha Warrier'...but it doesn't matter, does it?
There are many women EDs/GMs in PSUs who have not been interviewed or listed while retired persons like Ms.Tarjani Vakil have been nominated. What is your criteria ? Ask me, I have a list.
