The most popular name on the list was of Indian women\u2019s cricket team captain Mithali Raj who led India to the final of the ICC Women\u2019s World Cup 2017 earlier this year. She has been revealed as one of the most influential women in India by the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alongside her, there is also Aditi Avasthi, the founder and CEO of a company named Embibe, and Delhi\u2019s Ira Trivedi, who is a writer, Yoga instructor and activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tulika Kiran, who is a journalist and has been teaching children in the Tihar prison for the last eight years. Mehroonisa Siddiqui, a homemaker and Nawazuddin Siddiqui\u2019s mother, and Dr. Urvashi Sahni, a social entrepreneur, women\u2019s rights activist and educationist, also made it on BBC\u2019s 100 Women list 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rupi Kaur, a Canadian-Indian author and illustrator, also made it to the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list also includes Nitya Thummalachettym, who is a business analyst at CareCentra, a healthcare analytics company in New York and Virali Modi, who is a motivational speaker, disability rights activist, model and actress campaigning to make railways more accessible to disabled women in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is indeed a delight to see so many amazing Indian women on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a BBC release, the women featured in their list are \u201ctaken from across all spheres of modern life \u2014 from engineering to the creative industries, from sports to business \u2014 they represent the global wealth of female talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, the women on the list will be part of the 100 Women Challenge, tackling some of the biggest problems facing women around the world. Coming together in four teams, the women will share their experiences and create innovative ways to tackle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe glass ceiling \u2013 #Teamlead<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Girlpower, you guys!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1868,"template":"","press_release-tag":[33,31,21],"press_release-archive":[25],"yoast_head":"\n
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