Forbes's latest rankings of Asia's most powerful businesswomen has placed Nita Ambani of Reliance Industries at the top spot, closely followed by Arundhati Bhattacharya of SBI at the second spot. Forbes's "Asia 50 Power Businesswomen 2016" acknowledges the new paths Indian women are carving for themselves in spite of gender inequalities. The list ranks a total of 8 Indians including Ambani and Bhattacharya. Other women enlisted hail from diverse backgrounds such as banking, bio-tech, data analytics, textiles, pharma, and wellness and beauty. Here's what Forbes has to say on these powerful Indian achievers. Nita Ambani, Director Reliance Industries. "In a country where billionaire wives tend to remain in the shadow of their husbands, Nita’s rising profile in the Reliance empire is unusual and earns her a debut spot on our Power Businesswomen ranking this year"

Dipali Goenka, CEO, Welspun India

"Five years ago, when Goenka took charge of home textiles maker Welspun India (part of her family’s $3 billion in revenue Welspun Group), the buzz in the male-dominated industry, she recalls, was: "Welspun has lost its mind." Goenka has doubled down to disprove that. Revenue and earnings are up severalfold, with a net profit of $81 million on revenue of $790 million in the year ended March 2015."

Vinita Gupta, CEO, Lupin

"Gupta runs India’s third-largest pharmaceutical company, with $2 billion in revenue. In the past year she has spearheaded $1.2 billion in acquisitions, the biggest of which was the $880 million purchase of Gavis Pharma, giving Lupin its first manufacturing facility in the U.S., a market that contributes nearly half its total revenue."