Exceptional interest

Placed in the 5th position amongst Ten Most Admired Indians as per an exclusive opinion poll amongst a list of 100 eminent Indians conducted jointly by The Week and marketing research and opinion polling agency TNS Mode and published in The Week in its issue dated 10 September , 2000. Selected as the Top Most Admired Women in India in another exclusive opinion poll of The Week in September, 2002 Voted 1st amongst Ten Most Admired Women through a nation-wide TN Sofres Mode Poll and published in The Week in its issue dated 15 September 2002.