Jamia Professor Among Business World's 100 Influential Women 2025

The BW Most Influential Women 2025 reflects these women leaders whose work in the past year has made a difference

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Jamia Professor Among Business World's 100 Influential Women 2025

Jamia Professor Mini Thomas Among Business World's 100 Influential Women 2025

‘Business World, ’ the prominent Business Magazine, released the list of 100 most influential women of 2025, Powering growth, fueling GDP, on International Women’s Day 2025. Prof. Mini Shaji Thomas, Dean of Faculty of Engg & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, is listed among ‘The Champions’ along with many women Industry leaders.

The list includes 7 categories, starting with ‘The Titans,” with Honorable President Droupadi Murmu, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, and other Illustrious Corporate leaders, policymakers, and Social Influencers representing sectors such as Tech, Healthcare, FMCG, Beauty& Personal Care, and BSFI this year.

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The BW Most Influential Women 2025 reflects these women leaders whose work in the past year has made a difference not only to their businesses and their work but also to the industry and the Indian economy”.

Dr. (Mrs) Mini Shaji Thomas, who is featuring in ‘The Champions’ in the list is currently Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Technology and Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, JMI, and was the Director of National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT, Trichy) from 2016-2021. As the Dean of Engineering, she has revamped the curriculum of UG and PG as per NEP 2020, with Minors and Honors, and started 3 new B Tech and 2 M Tech programs in Emerging Areas in 2024.

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Another India women listed by Business World is Sima Ganwani Ved who is the founder and chairwoman of the Apparel Group, an international retailer based in the Middle East.