Meet 5 richest women in India

New Delhi: It has been a wonderful year for women in business in India. No surprise then that women are playing a pivotal role in key corporate positions in the country. A recent report by Forbes have put five women in India's 100 richest, having a collective wealth of $8.83 billion and accounting for a little over three per cent of the total net-worth of all in the list.Out of these five women, two are ranked in the top 50, with the highest rank being occupied by Jindal Group's Savitri Jindal at 14th place ($ 4.9 billion).To know more about those five Indian women, read on: 5. Shobhana BhartiaRank: 98Net Worth $645 million (As of October 2013)Age: 56Source of Wealth: Media, inherited and growingResidence: Delhi, IndiaCountry of Citizenship: IndiaMarital Status: MarriedChildren: 2Shobhana Bhartia of the Hindustan Times has been ranked 98th on the list with a net-worth of $645 million. Ms Bhartia chairs and runs listed HT Media, publisher of English daily Hindustan Times, Hindi daily Hindustan and business paper Mint. The group also operates 4 FM radio stations and multiple websites including job portal Shine.com and cinema portal Desimartini.com. In April she launched business weekly MintAsia in Singapore. A month later she bought Webitude, a social and digital media outfit.4. Kiran Mazumdar-ShawRank: 96Net worth $655 million (As of October 2013)Age: 60Source of Wealth: biotechnology, self-madeResidence: Bangalore, IndiaCountry of Citizenship: IndiaEducation: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Bangalore University; Master of Science, Melbourne UniversityMarital Status: MarriedForbes say Shaw is the “wealthiest self-made woman in India“. The magazine ranked her at 96th position. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw founded and runs biotech firm, Biocon, which makes affordable drugs for everything from head and neck cancers to diabetes. Recently she launched Alzumab, a new treatment for chronic psoriasis. An active philanthropist, she recently donated $5 million for a new research unit at her cancer hospital in Bangalore, Forbes said. Biocon has a partnership with Bristol-Myers Squibb for developing an oral insulin. Its insulin plant in Malaysia is due to start production next year.3. Anu AgaRank: 86Net worth $730 million (As of October 2013)Age: 71Source of Wealth: Engineering, inherited and growingResidence: Pune, IndiaCountry of Citizenship: IndiaEducation: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Bombay UniversityMarital Status: WidowedChildren: 1Forbes ranked Anu Aga of Thermax 86th on the list with a net worth of $730 million. Anu Aga saw her fortune, derived from family's 62% stake in engineering firm Thermax. Aga meanwhile dedicates herself to social causes, notably in education, and is also a nominated member of parliament.2. Indu JainRank: 29Net worth $1.9 billion (As of October 2013)Age: 77Source of Wealth: media, inherited and growingResidence: New Delhi, IndiaCountry of Citizenship: IndiaMarital Status: WidowedChildren: 2Indu Jain chairs media conglomerate Bennett, Coleman & Co., the publisher of 13 newspapers and 18 magazines. The company claims that its daily newspaper the Times of India, is the world's largest by circulation; the Economic Times, is world's second-biggest financial newspaper after the Wall Street Journal. It also says Its Times Now television channel dominates primetime English-language news slot. Radio Mirchi is the country's largest FM radio network, with 32 stations. 1. Savitri Jindal and familyRank: 14Net worth $4.1 billion (As of October 2013)Age: 63Source of Wealth: steel, inheritedResidence: Hisar, IndiaCountry of Citizenship: IndiaMarital Status: WidowedChildren: 9 Savitri Jindal is the richest women in India with a net worth of $4.9 billion. She is ranked 14 in the list, which is topped by Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani with a fortune of $21 billion. Ms Jindal, who has been the chairperson of the O P Jindal Group since her husband Om Prakash's death in 2005, saw her fortune decline by close to $10 billion since 2010, amid continuing problems plaguing OP Jindal Group."Company halted work in August at two power plants being built in eastern India at cost of $2 billion, following death threats from Maoist rebels. Son Sajjan reportedly plans to sell US steel mill to reduce debt at JSW Steel," Forbes said.