Every year March 8 is celebrated as International women’s Day. Theme For this year is ‘
Be Bold for Change’ .Women play important role in various fields. Let us see the list of women playing important roles in and around the world.
| Name | Position | Bank/ company/ country/ state |
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| Arundhati Bhattacharya | Chairperson | State Bank of India |
| Chanda Kochhar | MD and CEO | ICICI Bank |
| Shikha Sharma | CEO | AXIS Bank |
| Zarin Daruwala | CEO | Standard Chartered Bank (India)
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| Usha Ananthasubramanian | CEO | Punjab National Bank |
| Usha Ananthasubramanian | CMD | Bharatiya Mahila Bank |
| Lakshmi Swaminathan | President of Administrative Tribunal | Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| Vasundhara Raje | CM | Rajesthan |
| Mamata Banerjee | CM | West Bengal |
| Mehbooba Mufti | CM | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Indra Nooyi | Chairman and CEO | PepsiCo |
| Kirthiga Reddy | Director of Online Operations and Head of Office India | Facebook |
| Kavery Banerjee | Secretary | Postal Department |
| Aditi Khanna | first women President | Indian Journalist’s Association |
| Poonam Khetrapal Singh | Regional Director | World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region |
| Aishwaryaa Dhanush | Women’s advocate for Gender Equality | United Nation |
| Ms. Phumzile Mlambo Nqcuka | Women Head | United Nation |
| Theresa May | Prime Minister | United Kingdom |
| Aung San Suu Kyi | State Counsellor | Myanmar |
| Beata Szydło | Prime Minister | Poland |
| Saara Kuugongelwa | Prime Minister | Namibia |
| Erna Solberg | Prime Minister | Norway |
| Sheikh Hasina | Prime Minister | Bangladesh |
| Angela Merkel | Chancellor | Germany |
| Mallika Srinivasan | CEO | Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited |
| Aruna Jayanthi | CEO | Capgemini, India |
| Ekta Kapoor | Joint Managing Director and Creative Director | Balaji Telefilms |
| Neha Kirpal | Founder and Director | India Art Fair |
| Shobhana Bhartia | Chairperson and Editorial Director | Hindustan Times Group |
| Mallika Srinivasan | CEO | Tafe Motors And Tractors Limited |
| Sangeeta Pendurkar | Managing Director | Kellogg India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Ashu Suyash | MD and CEO | Crisil |
| Roshni Nadar | Executive Director and CEO | HCL Enterprise |
| Vani Venkatesh | CEO | Bharti Airtel Retail |
| Kamala Harris | First Indian-American US Senator | |
| Meriamma Koshy | President | Hockey India |
| Susan Kiefel | Chief Justice (First Woman) | Australia |
| Saina Nehwal | Athletes Commission | IOC |
| Geeta Phogat | DSP | Haryana Police |
| Mariano Rajoy | Prime Minster | Spanish |
| Ms. Irina Bokova | Director General | UNESCO |
| Ms. Baroness Patricia | Secretary General | Commonwealth |
| Ms. Helen Clerk | Director General | UNDP |
| P V Sindhu | Brand Ambassador | Bank of Baroda |
| PV Sindhu | Brand Ambassador | Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) |
| Sakshi Malik | Brand Ambassador to promote the tourism | Arunachal pradesh |
| Sakshi Malik | Brand Ambassador of Beti Bachao, Beti Padao campaign | Haryana |
| Vidya Balan | Brand Ambassador of Samajwadi Pension Yojna | Launched by Uttar Pradesh Govt |
| Shilpa Reddy | Brand Ambassador to Create centres of excellence for women to gain knowledge, develop skills, provide infrastructure, access to resources to their business. | Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) |
| Steffi Graf | Brand Ambassador to promote tourism and position the state of Kerala as home of ayurveda. | Kerala's Ayurveda |
| Dia Mirza | Brand Ambassador | Swachh Saathi Swachh Bharat Mission |
| Madhuri Dixit | Brand Ambassador | MAA- Mother's Absolute Affection' |
| Deepika Padukone | Brand Ambassador | Indian Psychiatric Society The largest association of Indian Psychiatrists |
| Ms. Renu Pall | Ambassador | India to Austria |
| Monika Kapil Mohta | Ambassador | India to Sweden |
| Iris Mittenaere | Miss Universe 2017 | Miss France |
| Dr. Neelu Rohmetra | First women Director | IIM |
| Manjula Chellur | Chief Justice | Bombay High Court |
| Anandi Ramalingam | Director (1st women) | Bharat Electronics Ltd. |
| Yuriko Koike | 1st women Governor | Tokyo |
