In the spotlight at Godrej, Nyrika banks on consumer business for growth

She is the only 4th-gen member of the family at the company after cousin Navroze stepped down

Her mother is the richest woman in India and her uncle is at the helm of one the oldest business families in the country. But, 37-year-old Nyrika Holkar wears all of this lightly.

Daughter of Smita Crishna--the wealthiest Indian woman according to the Kotak Wealth-Hurun Report, 2018—and niece of Jamshyd Godrej, the chairman and managing director of Godrej & Boyce, Holkar has been steering the company for the past two years. As executive director, she has been driving talent management, legal and intellectual property management, and mergers and acquisitions.

A solicitor by training, Holkar now finds herself in the spotlight,