By Mrs. Dipali Dayal Mathur, Mrs India 2025
Power is often described through titles, authority, and public recognition. Dipali Mathur Dayal, entrepreneur, board-level leader, and Mrs India 2025, brings a cross-sector, execution-led perspective to that definition, shaped by years in banking, brand-building, and growth strategy. She presents a grounded version of power built on access, platform creation, and shared opportunity for women. Her journey connects corporate discipline with entrepreneurial scale and public influence with practical outcomes.
Her career path grew through depth and range. She spent more than twelve years in private banking with global institutions such as HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank, handling wealth portfolios and advising high-net-worth clients. That phase built habits including measured risk-taking, compliance led discipline, and long-term value thinking, that continue to shape her decisions today. She worked closely with clients on portfolio growth, succession thinking, and structured investments, which strengthened her understanding of how wealth, risk, and trust interact. When she entered entrepreneurship, she carried forward a structure-first, clarity-led approach and focused on building stable, scalable ventures.
Her entrepreneurial journey began when she decided to take a leap of faith and chase purpose, leaving a well paying career behind. With her first venture in retail in 2015 and then a D2C brand for the youth of the country, she was known in the entrepreneurial world for her vision, clear thinking and her gumption to follow through for her purpose.
Her leadership reflects a strong sense of responsibility—through thoughtful product standards, consumer education, and rigorous control over quality.
Currently as the Chief Executive Officer at Kestone Utsav she uses her lived experience and business acumen to take the business to new heights in India and internationally as well as focuses on generating large-scale women-led employment and first-time entrepreneurship. The outcome is business expansion that also widens income pathways for women across skill levels, including flexible and skill-based roles.
Her board-level roles add further weight to her leadership journey. As a director and independent director across companies, she contributes to governance, compliance, and strategy conversations where female representation remains limited. These positions carry decision-making authority around capital, controls, and long-range direction. Her presence brings operating experience, financial discipline, and risk awareness into formal oversight structures, strengthening decision quality at the top.
Her Mrs India 2025 win at age forty-four strengthened her public platform and amplified her advocacy around financial independence and career continuity. Selected from thousands of applicants and winning among 111 finalists, she brought visibility to age-inclusive ambition and second-phase growth. She speaks frequently about career re-entry, business ownership, and income security for women across life stages, and actively engages through mentorship and founder conversations.
Her leadership style stays direct and outcome-driven. She builds teams, mentors founders, drives partnerships, and supports governance standards. Empowerment appears in hiring choices, scalable business models, and board participation. Dipali Mathur Dayal defines power as participation and progress; more women earning, deciding, and leading through real, workable platforms.
