Indra Nooyi  

This International Women's Day, let's celebrate the female entrepreneurs of India, who broke the patriarchy and became a huge inspiration for everyone all over the country. 

Indra Nooyi served as the CEO of PepsiCo and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most influential women in business. In the year 1978, Kiran Mazumdar laid the foundation of the company with a small sum of Rs 1200. This was the first Indian company to manufacture enzymes. Arundhati Bhattacharya was a bank PO. She became the first woman Chairperson of State Bank of India. 

World Bank's current president Jim Yong Kim had earlier this month announced that he would step down from his post in February to join a private infrastructure investment firm. His unexpected departure came nearly three years before the end of his term.

US President Donald Trump invited Indra Nooyi and Ajay Banga for dinner at his private golf club in New Jersey to know their viewpoint on the country’s economy.

In an attempt to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor ended up insulting the tribes of North East by calling their headgear outlandish and hilarious. All this and more in My Nation in 100 seconds

Indra Nooyi is the first Indian woman to adorn such a high position in PepsiCo. She has been in the PepsiCo for 24 years in various capacities and 12 years as CEO of the firm. Ramon Laguarta will replace Nooyi as CEO of PepsiCo. Here are seven facts you did not know about Indra Nooyi.

Indra Nooyi, 62, will step down on October 3 after 24 years with the company. She will remain as chairman until early 2019