They got here, they noticed, they conquered. In an inspiring celebration of ladies breaking boundaries, The Specific Awards for Girls Entrepreneurs 2025 (Specific AWE 2025), held on Saturday on the President in Mumbai, shone a highlight on what jury member and co-founder and managing companion of AZB, Zia Mody, rightfully described as ‘one half of the sky’. “You may’t maintain them again,” she stated in a panel dialogue on entrepreneurship on this planet of tariffs and AI.
She was joined by fellow jurors Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder and government chairperson, Biocon; Meher Pudumjee, chairperson, Thermax, and jury chair Deepak Parekh, finance veteran and former chairman of HDFC. Preetha Reddy, government vice-chairperson, Apollo Hospitals, and Sachin Bansal, founder, co-founder, Navi Applied sciences, had been additionally a part of the jury.

The occasion introduced collectively 13 trailblazing ladies from numerous fields, every with their very own story of braveness, dedication, and ambition. The sectors included social affect, media and leisure, sustainability, finance and enterprise capital, schooling and ability improvement, amongst others. A few of the key winners of the night included Mallika Srinivasan (Lifetime Achievement), Isha Ambani (Newsmaker of the 12 months) and Kiran Nadar (Icon of the 12 months).
Cheering the winners had been the who’s who from company India.
These included Reliance Industries’ chairman Mukesh Ambani, chairman-emeritus of TVS Motor Firm Venu Srinivasan, chairperson of HCL Applied sciences Roshni Nadar, vice-chairperson of Piramal Enterprises Swati Piramal and her son Anand Piramal, who’s the manager director of the Piramal group.
Specific AWE is an occasion that celebrates the excellent success of ladies achievers who’re doing their bit to interrupt stereotypes. (Specific Picture by Amit Chakravarty)
Isha counted herself 3 times fortunate — for having dad and mom like Mukesh and Nita who handled her equal to her brothers, for having in-laws just like the Piramals, and for having a help system of sisters like Shloka and Radhika, each sisters-in-law.
Specific AWE is an occasion that celebrates the excellent success of ladies achievers who’re doing their bit to interrupt stereotypes.
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