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Roshni Nadar: India's Richest Woman Tops Asia's Powerful Women List
12 Oct
Summary
- Roshni Nadar ranked eighth on Fortune's 2026 Asia's most powerful women list.
- She leads HCLTech's strategic repositioning towards becoming an AI-native enterprise.
- Nadar is also dedicated to philanthropy and conservation through the Shiv Nadar Foundation.
Roshni Nadar Malhotra, chairperson of HCLTech, has secured the eighth position on Fortune's 2026 ranking of Asia's most powerful women. She is the highest-ranked Indian leader on this list, which features 100 influential women across the Asia-Pacific region.
Malhotra took over the chairperson role at HCL in July 2020 from her father, Shiv Nadar, becoming the first woman to lead a major Indian IT firm. She is currently guiding HCLTech's transformation into an AI-native enterprise, with last year's advanced AI revenue reaching $620 million.
Her group's joint venture with Foxconn is developing a $440 million chip-packaging plant in Uttar Pradesh, India. Additionally, HCLTech's board now comprises 50% women. Nadar also champions environmental causes through The Habitats Trust and serves as a trustee for the Shiv Nadar Foundation.
She remains India's wealthiest woman according to the 2026 Hurun India Rich List. Previously, Nadar was a news producer and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
