Kalpana Saroj is the first woman in India who is widely recognised as India’s first female entrepreneur. She took over the distressed Kamani Tubes Company in 2001 and transformed it into a ...

One of them is the story of Kalpana Saroj, a woman who achieved success from dire poverty and turned into a business tycoon whose net worth stands at about ₹2,000 crore ($112 million).

One of Saroj’s most remarkable achievements was reviving Kamani Tubes, a company on the brink of closure due to financial mismanagement and labour disputes. Personally negotiated with creditors ...