Shobhana Bhartia

Shobhana Bhartia
Bhartia at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in 2013
Born	(1957-01-04) 4 January 1957 (age 67) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Business magnate
Term	2006–2012
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Shyam Sunder Bhartia
Parent	KK Birla (father)
Awards	Padma Shri
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 16 February 2006 – 15 February 2012
Constituency	Nominated

Shobhana Bhartia (born 4 January 1957) is an Indian businesswoman. She is the chairperson and editorial director of the HT Media, one of India's largest newspapers and media houses,^[1] which she inherited from her father. She has also recently taken charge as the Chancellor BITS School of Management and Pro-Chancellor of BITS-Pilani (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani) which was founded by her grandfather G. D. Birla and is the current chairperson of Endeavor India.

Closely associated with the Congress party, Shobhana served as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Indian parliament from 2006 to 2012. In 2016, she was listed as the 93rd most powerful woman in the World by Forbes.^[2] She is married to Shyam Sunder Bhartia, owner of Noida based Jubilant Bhartia Group.