19 JUNE2025Saloni Vijay, General Manager ­ Information Technology, Vodafone IdeaAn adept IT maven with over 20 years of experience, Saloni stands at the forefront of the industry having worn diverse hats so far. She has held various roles and responsibilities in IT operations, Project Management/Delivery, Solution Architect, DevOps & Agile, Application design, Development & implementation, Service delivery, Vendor/Service Governance, IT Service & Infrastructure Management, Data Center Operations, IT Security & Audits, Digitization, and IoT & Big Data & core telecom business & technology i.e. VAS & Packet Core (2G/3G/4G data internet & charging).For her excellent contributions in the IT industry, Saloni was bestowed with Tech-Leader/Innovator/Disruptor of the year-Runner award as a part of Woman Leadership Influencer Award from Kamikaze in Women in Tech Show 2020, CIO of the year award from Enterprise IT world in Dec 2019, ET CIO Award in Enterprise Technology from The Economics Times in March 2019, Women in Redaward from Vodafone in March 2018 that recognized the Top 30 most inspiring women of India, and many other awards.Roshni Nadar Malhotra, CEO & Executive Director, HCL CorporationRoshni Nadar Malhotra is the CEO and Executive Director of the $9.9 billion HCL Corporation, responsible for providing strategic guidance to the organization. She is also the Chairperson on the Board of HCL Technologies, a leading global technology organization with a market capitalization of $20.5 billion, and the Chairperson of its CSR Committee.Roshni is a Trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, which is committed to the process of nation building by driving transformational leadership through education. As the Chairperson and driving force behind VidyaGyan, a leadership academy for the economically underprivileged, meritorious rural students of Uttar Pradesh, Roshni has been working toward nurturing future leaders from rural India who can act as catalysts of change for their communities, villages, and the nation at large Passionate about wildlife and conservation, Roshni established The Habitats Trust in 2018. In recognition of her outstanding work in business and philanthropy, Roshni has received several honors and accolades. Some of these include being featured in `The World's 100 Most Powerful Women list compiled and released by Forbes in 2017, 2018, and 2019, consecutively. She was conferred with the Lewis Institute Community Changemaker Award by Babson College in 2017, and was recognized by Horasis, an internationally renowned think tank, as the Indian Business Leader of the Year 2019. Puneet Kaur Kohli, Group CTO, Manappuram FinancePuneet, an IT Leader brings on board her 25 years of global experience having extensive knowledge on developing and implementing strategic plans and end user services by addressing company needs and promotion of growth. She has lived and worked in different parts of the world with leading companies like Motorola, Reliance, Duncans, Carrier Aircon, UK Land Investments, Bharti Airtel Limited, Soma Networks and Motoricity (AT&T) across the globe in countries namely, Dubai, US, UK, Canada & across APAC.Puneet is proud to have received awards such as TOP 100 CISO award ­ 2011/2012/2013/2014/2015, the TOP Innovation award from IDC in BFSI vertical, Dynamic CIO 100 Awards ­ 2011/2013/2014/Innovator CIO of the year for 2015, Business World Award for IT Acceleration for Innovation in Storage in March 2014, and many more!ConclusionBesides these five tech ladies that we have featured, there are many other women who have contributed significantly to the growth and development of IT sector in India through their phenomenal works. Despite the fascinating progress of India in empowering women in IT, there is still a great amount of work that is yet to be done in this field. On the bright side, most of the initiatives towards women empowerment in this sector have shown incredible results, thereby upscaling its growth substantially. In an extensively male-dominated field like technology, women have been taking its growth to incredible heights by encouraging and empowering their peers with the right potential and skill set.
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