Mayawati in the Forbes list
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Mayawati, the chief minister of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh is now in the forbes list. Yes thats true, Mayawati have made it to the Forbes list of 100 Most Powerful Women, she is currently ranked at 59.
Apart from Mayawati its Sonia Gandhi (the chairperson of ruling United Progressive Alliance) and Indra Nooyi (the chief executive officer of PepsiCo) are in the list.
In 1995, at 39, she was the youngest politician elected to the post and was also the first Dalit (India's lowest, "untouchable" caste) to head a state government.
Other famous names that appear on the list include that Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and Laura Bush.
The complete Forbes list is available here
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posted by Rishil Babu @ 8:21 AM,
