10 Best CEOs in India 2025

In an era defined by disruption, resilience, and reinvention, leadership is no longer about titles, it’s about transformation. TradeFlock’s latest edition, “10 Best CEOs in India 2025”, shines a spotlight on the visionary minds shaping India’s economic, technological, and social future, not just through profit, but through purpose. This year’s list traverses sectors as diverse as aerospace, retail, agritech, legal wellness, ESG, and digital commerce. These India’s best CEOs are driving revenues and they’re rewriting the rules of engagement, building inclusive ecosystems, and solving the problems that matter most. From powering rockets to streamlining rural water governance, from reinventing legacy FMCG to building structured access to alternative investments, their leadership styles reflect a new ethos: rooted in empathy, data, innovation, and impact. What sets these leaders apart is their ability to see the big picture while fine-tuning the smallest detail. Top CEOs in India dared to rethink what’s possible, transforming challenges into frameworks, user needs into business models, and gaps into opportunities.

Kumar Nitesh

CEO

Ajio Business/Trends Footwear/Lee Cooper/Catwalk

Kumar Nitesh leads with a rare blend of strategic clarity and operational precision. From turning multimillion-dollar losses into profit engines at Bata to scaling iconic brands across MENA, his career is built on making retail relevant, not just visible. He’s crafting a franchise-first, tech-powered retail ecosystem that’s as scalable as it is sustainable.

Gaurab Sen

CEO

Sasakawa-India Leprosy Foundation

Gaurab leads with purpose at the intersection of dignity, justice, and inclusion. With two decades in the development sector, he has championed rights-based change across disability, gender, and community development. At S-ILF, he redefines leadership by empowering lives, decentralising impact, and reshaping narratives around leprosy through empathy and action.

Mohit Malhotra

CEO

Dabur International Ltd

Mohit Malhotra’s journey mirrors Dabur’s own evolution, rooted in Ayurvedic tradition, but reimagined for the modern world. With a deep understanding of both rural India and global markets, he has led Dabur through expansion, disruption, and reinvention, growing its presence across 100+ countries. His leadership blends heritage, human insight, and strategic audacity, turning challenges into catalysts for inclusive, resilient growth.

Pawan Kumar Chandana

Co-Founder & CEO

Skyroot Aerospace

A former ISRO scientist, Pawan Kumar Chandana is pioneering India’s private space revolution through Skyroot Aerospace, redefining access to space with cost-effective, innovative launch systems. From building India’s first private rocket to raising $68M in funding, he’s transforming deep-tech ambition into real-world lift-offs. His journey reflects the new face of Indian aerospace: bold, agile, and globally relevant.

Pillai C Sureshbabu

CEO & Founder

csPILLAI

A system-thinker at heart, Pillai C Sureshbabu is reshaping the alternative investment space with his Broad Venture Builder (BVB) model, bridging investors, startups, and scaleups with clarity and structure. His mission: to make wealth creation accessible from small towns to boardrooms. By blending innovation with inclusion, he’s building more than ventures, he’s building economic ecosystems.

Priyanka Saxena

Founding & Designated Partner

Clinilegal Wellbeing Solution LLP

Priyanka Saxena is transforming how India experiences legal support, by weaving it into everyday wellbeing. With Clinilegal Wellbeing Solutions LLP, she has built a pioneering 24/7 healthcare-legal support system that doesn’t just respond to crises, but anticipates them. Blending legal expertise with empathy and real-world relevance, she’s making law more intuitive, preventive, and truly accessible for India’s professionals.

Dr Ramesh V Sasanur

Global Head & Executive Director and CEO

Bhoruka Welfare (Bhoruka Group of Companies)

Dr. Ramesh V Sasanur isn’t retrofitting sustainability, he’s redefining it. With over two decades of experience across Oxfam, World Bank projects, and global development initiatives, he has turned ESG into an organisational core, not a compliance add-on. As CEO of Bhoruka Welfare and Global Head at Bhoruka Group, he leads with a rare blend of grassroots wisdom and corporate strategy, making business a force for enduring, inclusive change.

Dr Satbir Singh Kadian

CEO

Haryana Water Resources Authority

Dr. Satbir stands at the confluence of engineering, governance, and sustainable transformation. As CEO of Haryana Water Resources Authority and Engineer-in-Chief of the Irrigation & Water Resources Department, he has reimagined public infrastructure through data, reform, and precision. Backed by a Ph.D. in ERP & Sustainability, he’s redefining how regulatory bodies drive impact, balancing policy with real-world application, and turning water governance into a model of systemic change.

Supam Maheshwari

MD & CEO

First CRY

Supam’s journey is the blueprint of modern Indian entrepreneurship. With FirstCry, he transformed a fragmented, underserved childcare market into a ₹22,000 crore omnichannel empire. Drawing from his engineering and edtech roots, Supam fused logistics, brand-building, and customer empathy to scale India’s largest baby and maternity platform. His story is one of r innovation, growth, and belief that solving real problems builds lasting businesses.

Tanveer Alam

Director and Country Manager

SCL Commercial India Pvt. Ltd.

Tanveer Alam’s leadership is rooted in empathy, experience, and evolution. From walking fields with farmers to steering the India operations of a global agri-solutions brand, his journey reflects a deep commitment to sustainable agriculture. Drawing from years at industry stalwarts like Rallis India and Dow AgroSciences, he now leads FertiGlobal India with a sharp focus on innovation, introducing biostimulants and eco-friendly crop nutrition that elevate both yield and soil health.