Ekta Kapoor makes it to Business Today’s 25 Most Powerful Women in India Business list

Ekta Kapoor makes it to Business Today’s 25 Most Powerful Women in India Business list


After recently being chosen as the “Woman Achiever Of The Year” in the entertainment section by the Ladies’ Wing of the Indian Merchants’ Chamber for her exemplary ‘innovative inclusion’ work, Ekta Kapoor, Joint Managing Director of Balaji Telefilms, adds another feather to her illustrious cap. She was chosen by Business Today, India’s No. 1 business magazine, as one of the “25 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business”.

Awarded by Ms Chua Sock Koong, Group CEO of SingTel, Asia’s biggest communications company, for her great run in movies and television in the past year, Ekta Kapoor joined the ranks of of Nita Ambani (Chairperson Reliance Foundation), Leena Nair (Executive Director-HR, Hindustan Unilever), Tanya Dubash (Executive Director and Chief Brand Officer,Godrej Group) and Schauna Chauhan Saluja (CEO – Parle Agro) to name just a few.

Says Kapoor, “I am honored to receive such a prestigious award and believe that it is an endorsement of the capabilities of women and the power of the content that the Balaji team has created in television and films.”