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{{short description|Indian businesswoman|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Vinita Bali
| image = Vinita Bali, Managing Director & CEO Britannia Industries Ltd. (7295083942).jpg
| caption = Vinita Bali, Managing Director & CEO of Britannia Industries
| image_size = 150px
| birth_date = 11 November 1955
| birth_place =
| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = [[Managing Director|M.D]] of [[Britannia Industries|Britannia]]
| alma_mater = [[Delhi University]]<br>[[Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies|JBIMS]] ([[MBA]])<br>[[Michigan State University]]
| yearsactive = 1980-present
}}
'''Vinita Bali''' is an Indian businesswoman who was formerly the Managing Director of [[Britannia Industries]] Limited.<ref name=forbes2012>{{cite magazine|last=Karmali|first=Naazneen|title=Britannia's Tough Cookie|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/naazneenkarmali/2012/01/31/tough-cookie/|access-date=10 March 2013|magazine=[[Forbes.com]]|date=31 January 2012}}</ref>

==Education==
In 1975, she received a bachelor's degree in Economics from [[Lady Shri Ram College for Women]] at the [[University of Delhi]]. Then she earned an MBA from [[Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies]]. She received a scholarship to [[Michigan State University]] in the United States and served as an intern at [[United Nations Headquarters]].<ref name=brittania>{{cite web|title=Management Team: Vinita Bali|url=http://www.britannia.co.in/bnf/aboutus.html|publisher=Britannia Industries|access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>

==Career==
Her first job was at [[Voltas]], where she worked on the launch of the [[soft drink]] brand [[Rasna]]. She worked for the Indian division of [[Cadbury]] for 14 years, expanding the company's markets in India and [[Africa]]. In 1994, [[Coca-Cola]] hired her as its Marketing Director and she was later appointed Vice President of Marketing for Latin America. During her nine years at Coke, Bali also worked as Vice President of Corporate Strategy.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Vinita Bali |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=24918631&ticker=878217&previousCapId=3138393&previousTitle=Tata%20Sons%20Limited|magazine=[[Businessweek]]}} {{dead link|date=August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Vinita Bali, Britannia CEO|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/nov/08profile.htm |date=8 November 2004 |publisher=[[Rediff.com]] Money }}</ref> She left Coca-Cola in 2003 to work at the [[Sergio Zyman|Zyman Group]]. She was Managing Principal and Head of the Business Strategy at the group's [[Atlanta]] location.<ref name=brittania/>

She left in 2005 to take up the position of CEO at Indian food company [[Britannia Industries]], where she was eventually appointed Managing Director in 2006. Under her direction, Britannia's revenue tripled to $841 million.<ref name="asia" /> Bali was awarded the "Business Woman of the Year" Award at the 2009 [[Economic Times Awards]].<ref name="et2009">[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Top-10-of-India-Inc-show-guts-grace-under-pressure/articleshow/4931080.cms "ET Awards 2009 winners"] ''[[The Economic Times|Economic Times]]'', 25 August 2009.</ref> In 2009, she founded the Britannia Nutrition Foundation which combats [[Malnutrition in India|child malnutrition]] through the distribution of [[Food fortification|fortified biscuits]] to Indian schoolchildren. She won a Corporate Social Responsibility Award for her work with the foundation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Britannia Industries get CSR Award|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/article947114.ece|access-date=6 March 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 December 2010}}</ref> In 2011, ''[[Forbes]]'' named her on its list of "Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen".<ref name="asia">{{cite news|title=Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen: Karen Agustiawan|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2012/13/power-women-asia-12_Karen-Agustiawan_N2AR.html|access-date=6 March 2012|newspaper=Forbes|date=March 2012}}</ref>
Vinita is Chair of the Board of the Directors of the [[Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition]] (GAIN).

[[Cognizant|Cognizant Technology Solutions]], a US-based IT company with a large presence in India, appointed Vinita Bali as an independent director effective February 24, 2020. "We are delighted that Vinita Bali has joined the Cognizant Board," said Michael Patsalos-Fox, Cognizant's Chairman of the Board. "We believe Vinita's extensive and successful experience at large companies, both India-based and multinational, will make a significant contribution to Cognizant."

[[File:Vinita Bali and Dr Bala (5009411868).jpg|thumb|300px|Vinita Bali and Dr. Bala at [[Great Lakes Institute of Management]]]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{cite news |title=Vinita Bali (Interview) |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/teabs-vinita-bali/450487/ |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |date=27 September 2011 }}
* {{cite web |title=Vinita Bali Interview |url=http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/question-time/question-time-with-vinita-bali/57650 |publisher=[[New Delhi Television|NDTV]]}}
* {{cite news |title=Vinita Bali Independent Director - Cognizant Board of Directors |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cognizant-names-vinita-bali-to-board-of-directors-vice-chairman-francisco-dsouza-to-step-down-300999746.html |newspaper=[[PRNewsWire]] |date=6 February 2020 }}

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