Her contribution to Lupin Ltd, where she is a director, was best acknowledged when, in an interview in August, her brother Nilesh Gupta, also a director in Lupin, said Vinita was ahead of him in the race to lead the company, headed by their father and Chairman Desh Bandhu Gupta.

"There has been a major change over the last 10 years, with the acceptance of more women in leadership positions in India," says Vinita. "This is a very positive change for women at a time when they are increasingly making their careers an important part of their life balance."

KNOW YOUR LEADERS
Preetha Reddy	Kalpana Morparia	Shobhana Bhartia	Zia Mody	Renu Sud Karnad
Ritu Kumar	Debjani Ghosh	Neha Kirpal	Leena Nair	Renuka Ramnath
Tanya Dubash	Sangeeta Pendurkar	Archana Hingorani	Roopa Kudva	Schauna Chauhan Saluja
Aisha De Sequeira	Arathi Krishna	Vinita Bali	Kirthiga Reddy	Zarin Daruwala
Jyotsna Suri	Ekta Kapoor	Abanti Sankaranarayanan	Vinita Gupta	Aruna Jayanthi
Lynn De Souza	Chiki Sarkar	Nita Ambani	Meher Pudumjee