Padmaja Ruparel is nationally recognized as a key player in the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem
and has
helped co found many of the relevant institutions, besides being an active Angel investor
herself.
Her
operating experience spans large corporates, M&A, and startups/early stage companies.
She has been awarded as one of the 'Top 50 Most Powerful Women in
Business' by Fortune India for 4 years, is listed in Forbes India’s W- Power
Trailblazers and “30 Most Powerful Women in India” by Business Today
for 3 years running.
The Women Economic Forum recognized her with its
“Women of the Decade in Investment Banking” award.
She is Co Founder of Indian Angel Network (IAN), India's single largest
horizontal platform for seed and early stage investments. IAN is the first
and now possibly one of the world’s largest group of business angels,
comprising the who's who of successful entrepreneurs and dynamic CEOs
from India and overseas
