Harshbeena Zaveri ’82 Managing Director & President, NRB Bearings Limited
Under her leadership NRB Bearings Limited was selected by Forbes Magazine as one of Asia’s Best 200 companies under US $ 1 Billion in the year 2007. She joined NRB as a trainee in 1987 and rose to become the Managing Director of NRB Bearings Limited in 2001. As President of NRB Bearings Limited, Harshbeena spearheaded NRB’s foray into Design Engineering and R & D which enabled NRB to become a supplier to the world’s foremost automotive companies such as Mercedes, Volvo and Daimler apart from leading Indian Automotive companies. She is Chairperson of the Board of SNL Bearings Limited; she currently serves as a Board member at Karam Chand Thapar & Bros (Coal Sales) Ltd and was earlier on the Board of IL&FS Asset Management Company Limited.
• Fortune India ranked her amongst the 15 “Most Powerful Women Leaders in India” (November 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
• India Today named Harshbeena among the 25 Most Influential Women Professionals in India
• Business Today named her amongst the “50 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business”
• Awarded The Leading Woman in Manufacturing Sector by Women in Leadership Forum
• Named Innovator of the Year (Manufacturing) in 2013 by the International Women’s Leadership Forum, which is co-sponsored by Ernst and Young
• Co-Chaired the Indo-UK Summit sponsored by Prime Minister Cameroon and the City of Liverpool
• She was invited to present NRB as a case study of innovation at IMD Business School’s Innovation Forum: “The Hunt for New Ideas”, a joint program between IMD and MIT Sloan
Harshbeena accompanied the Hon’ble President of India on his Mission to Sweden on June 2, 2015 where she delivered a presentation on Innovate, Make and Grow with India. She is committed to education, particularly for underserved communities and women and has served as a Vice Chairman on the Board of Bombay International School. She is the only woman founder of the Ashoka University, the first liberal arts university in India.