Ritu Nanda

Ritu Nanda (born Ritu Kapoor; 30 October 1948 – 14 January 2020) was an Indian businesswoman and insurance advisor.^[1] She was the chairperson and CEO of Ritu Nanda Insurance Services (RNIS). Nanda was initially managing a household appliances manufacturing business Nikitasha which got closed due to poor growth. She was the recipient of the Brand and the Best Insurance Advisor of the Decade awards from the Life Insurance Corporation of India, the largest life insurance company of India.

Nanda entered the Guinness Book of Records for selling 17,000 pension policies in a single day.^[2] She also managed companies like Escolife and Rimari Corporate art services.

Early life[]

Nanda was the daughter of actor-director Raj Kapoor and his wife, Krishna. She was born in Mumbai on 30 October 1948. Her grandfather was actor Prithviraj Kapoor, and maternal uncles were actors Prem Nath, Rajendra Nath and Narendra Nath. Her paternal uncles were Shammi Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Devinder Kapoor and Ravinder Kapoor. Her paternal aunt was Urmila Sial. Actor Prem Chopra is her uncle-by-marriage. Her brothers, Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor, are film actors. She also has a sister, Rima Jain. Film actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor are her nieces, while actor Ranbir Kapoor is her nephew.

Personal life[]

Ritu Kapoor was married to Rajan Nanda, an industrialist of India. She had two children, a son Nikhil Nanda who, and a daughter Nitasha Nanda. Nikhil is married to Shweta Bachchan daughter of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. She was battling cancer and died of it on 14 January 2020.^[3][4]

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Further reading[]

• The Voyage To Excellence (ISBN 81-223-0904-6) by Nichinta Amarnath, Debashish Ghosh and Amrita C Samaddar

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