Ananya Birla

Ananya Birla is the founder of microfinance company Svatantra Microfin and design house Ikai Asai; she is the elder daughter of Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla

There are many contributing factors to the growth and new-found enthusiasm for microfinance

Huge business prospects for all players to grow

Combined entity to become 2nd-largest MFI player

The acquisition is set to position Svatantra as the second largest NBFC-MFI in India, fostering a boost to microfinance reach and impact

TMS Ep366: Oil and gas, Ananya and Aryaman Birla, Mark Mobius, public float

Have India's oil and gas ambitions hit a tax wall? Ananya and Aryaman: Who are the new Birlas? What does Mark Mobius think of the Adani - Hindenburg saga? What is public or free float? Answers here

Ananya Birla is a business woman and platinum selling artist. She founded her first company, Svatantra Microfin at the age of 17 which is amongst India's fastest growing MFI's

The singer and artist, daughter of Kumar Mangalam Birla and Neerja Birla, took to Twitter to share her ordeal, saying "this is not okay"

Successful pop musician and busy entrepreneur Ananya Birla talks about the privileges and tribulations of being a scion of one of India's most prominent industrialist families

The 22-year-old CEO of Svatantra Microfin and daughter of K M Birla has just launched her debut single