Sonia ranked sixth in forbes most popular woman of the world

New York : UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi is the sixth sixth most powerful woman of the world,  says Forbes magazine, which announces its list of 100 Powerful women of world. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has toppedd in the list.

Gandhi, 65, is among the five Indian women who have been named in this list. She was ranked 7th last year.
Pepsico’s chairman and CEO, Indra Nooyi ranked at 12th followed by Cisco Systems Chief Technology and Strategy Officer Padmasree Warrior at 58th place. ICICI Bank Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar gets 59th spot while Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw at 80th rank.
The longest serving chief in the Congress party’s history, Gandhi has had to defend herself and the party after a spate of key assembly elections this year, blaming the drubbing on weak candidates and state party organisations.
“Lauded for overseeing heavy economic growth, she is also criticized for tolerating political corruption and failing to forge connections with India’s fastest-growing demographic–younger voters,” the publication said.
An avid scholar of the arts, Gandhi holds a degree in oil painting conservation.
Merkel occupied the spot of the world’s most powerful woman for the second year in a row. Calling her the “Iron Lady” of Europe, Forbes said she is the lead player in the eurozone economic drama that continues to threaten global markets.
“As Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal have teetered on the brink of an economic collapse, she has vowed to do everything in her power to preserve the 17-country European Union,” Forbes said.
“As Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal have teetered on the brink of an economic collapse, she (Merkel) has vowed to do everything in her power to preserve the 17-country European Union,” Forbes said.