Inspiring And Powerful Women Entrepreneurs To Follow In 2025

In a world where innovation meets intention, a new generation of women entrepreneurs is rewriting the rules of success. These trailblazers aren’t just building companies, they’re building change. With empathy as strategy, creativity as currency, and impact as their bottom line, they are transforming how we think about leadership and purpose.

From boardrooms to art studios and even senior homes, these women are proving that entrepreneurship can be as soulful as it is strategic. They’re blending heart with hustle, turning passion into progress, and leaving a mark that inspires everyone to dream a little bigger and lead a little bolder.

Meet these three remarkable women whose stories redefine what it truly means to lead with vision, courage, and compassion.

Empathy as a Strategy, Equity as an Advantage

Some leaders chase numbers. Some chase applause. Ankita Singh, Board Director and Chief People Officer at Relevance Lab, chooses to chase something bigger—purpose. For her, building organizations isn’t about choosing between people and performance; it’s about proving that when people are placed at the center, performance follows naturally and exponentially.

With over 25 years in the ITES industry, she has mastered the art of transforming businesses by transforming people. At Relevance Lab, she has reimagined people practices as powerful business levers—creating models that protect profitability while fueling trust, innovation, and inclusion. Her belief is simple yet radical: empathy is not the opposite of efficiency, and equity is not a drag on growth. When done right, they become the very engines that drive success.

This philosophy powers her journey as Founder of HR Association of India (HRAI). In a space often confined to policies and processes, she built a vibrant community where HR professionals share openly, learn together, and rise collectively—turning HR from a support function into a strategic driver of business impact.

Beyond the workplace, she champions inclusion through Wordscape Publishing, creating a platform for aspiring authors to share their voices and stories.

Her impact has been recognized globally—she has been named a Great People Manager by GMI and Forbes for four consecutive years and contributes to shaping the future of work as part of the Forbes HR Council.

Her leadership is defined not by commanding the room but by creating space for others to shine. Her mantra is powerful: when passion and compassion unite, magic happens—leading to stronger businesses, thriving people, and communities that uplift each other.

Nehha Kandhari's Painting: A Source of Positivity, Abundance and Healing

Blend of Spirituality and Creativity Gave Birth to World's First Vastu Compliant Painter

Spiritual people believe that the knowledge gained in one lifetime by a person, forever remains with the soul even after it leaves the body and hence in the next birth, the journey of the same soul does not start from scratch. An Internationally renowned, Mumbai based Vastu compliant artist, Nehha Kandhari attributes her quick success in the Art World to this belief and defines the purpose of her paintings to be a blend of spiritual and creative work.

She wants to use her art to bring Positivity, comfort and good fortune in the lives of people. She has cleared C.A. Inter and her other life works includes working as a NCFM certified professional, a business woman and a mother of two. Currently she is the C.E.O of Vinfab Engineers India Private Limited'.

She was felicitated by the Governor of Maharastra for Iconic Woman in Arts and Creativity 2022. She has been honoured with 1 .the Times Business Award North 2022 for Culture and Art.and 2. Economic Times Most Influential Leader 2022 . She has been featured in Economic Times newsmakers 2022 and Forbes India for her exemplary contribution to the field of Art for being World's First Vastu Compliant Painter.

Vastu compliant painting can heal problems of life

Things like faith and intuitions are difficult to define as their presence can only be felt and results can merely be seen. When I experienced some remarkable positive changes in my personal and professional life by placing my first artwork in my house, in the appropriate direction as per Vastu, it was not easy for me to fathom that a painting would work wonders to such a great extent. My kids started performing better in academics; my husband noticed stronger business relations, harmony and more clarity of mind towards successful and firm decision making. It was, as if, the positive energy had started pouring into the house through the artwork. Retrospectively, when I think about these things, I get goose bumps.

How Vastu Complaint Painting works

"Results of my first painting in my life opened doors to a new career, hence I decided to use every painting of mine as a medium to emit positivity in society. Basically Vastu Shastra is a science of architecture and design, In Hindu ancient way. It simply means it enhances positive energies by eliminating the negative ones from every direction of house or office .To make a Vastu Compliant Painting have more positive impact in the client's life, I approach the whole process as a long deed meditation Imbibing focus and positivity with every stroke of colour." Ms Kandhari elaborated.

Customised Paintings

Based on the direction, wall, size and Interior of the space, Ms Kandhari customises paintings in which there is a personal or digital meetings held with the client. In preliminary discussion, Ms Kandhari is briefed about the chief problem of client's life. Ms Kandhari assures that her client's information is kept confidential and discreet. All the professional ethics are maintained by her.

"If we pay attention to small or major changes which take place after we place a painting at home, we realise that each painting has its effect. The endeavor should be to make the impact more positive than negative and can be made possible with figures, colours, Image in the painting which are suitable for the space as well as for the direction in which the artwork is placed," Ms Kandhari enlightened.

As her popularity increases, demand for her work has also jumped by leaps and bounds. No doubt each artwork hence becomes time consuming, but it is rewarding  . With people noticing and appreciating her work , Nehha has been commissioned on many projects for the next several months by new clients and even repeated work by existing ones.

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