HCL Technologies chairperson and billionaire businesswoman Roshni Nadar Malhotra soon caught the attention of many as she was announced as the richest Indian woman in Kotal Private Banking and Hurun India’s list of Leading Wealthy Women List in the country. Roshni Nadar Malhotra was reported to have a wealth of Rs 84,330 crore and topped the list for a consecutive second year. 

While she is regarded as one of the most inspiring women in India, having been the first Indian woman to lead an A-listed IT company, she does not get the limelight of society much. However, after becoming the most wealthy woman in India for two consecutive years, her life and career are under a scanner and everyone wants to know who she is and how she became what she is today.

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The only child of the founder of HCL, Shiv Nadar, Roshni was born in 1982. She spent her childhood in New Delhi and went to the Vasant Valley School. After finishing school, she attended Northwestern University in the US, pursuing her undergraduate degree in Communication. Later, she also pursued an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

Roshni began her career as a producer and worked for several companies before she decided to join HCL Technologies. After a year of joining HCL, she was promoted to the position of executive director and CEO of HCL Corporation. Later, she also became the chairperson of the company as the successor to her father, Shiv Nadar, a position that she holds until today.

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Roshni went on to marry Shikhar Malhotra, the vice chairman of HCL Healthcare in 2010, with whom she has two children, Armaan and Jahaan.

She was featured on the Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list in 2019, ranking in the 54th position. 

The HCL chairperson has been the recipient of several awards over the years, some of which being the NDTV Young Philanthropist of the Year (2014), The World’s Most Innovative People Award (2015), Vogue India Philanthropist of the Year (2017).