new delhi within months of taking over as ceo of global soft drink giant pepsico indra nooyi is all set to transact business in india a country of her origin beginning with an interaction with industrialists and taking an overview of the business operations here from mondaynooyi will visit indian operations during her stay in india for the next few days she will also be vacationing during the visit starting monday a pepsico spokesperson said hereapart from addressing a gathering at the american chamber of commerce in india on monday nooyi will interact with media on the same daynooyi succeeded steven s reinemund as the chief executive officer of pepsico from october one she had joined the 33 billion dollar global convenient foods and beverages company in 1994 and has served as president and cfo since 2001 when she was also named to pepsicos board of directorsborn in chennai she graduated in science from the madras christian college after doing her mba from iimc she did her graduation in management from yale universityfortune magazine had named her among the 50 most powerful women in america in 2005 wall street journal named her in its list of 50 women to watchafter being named the ceo nooyi described her elevation as a humbling experience i am humbled by the opportunity to lead pepsico and profoundly grateful to follow in the footsteps of steve reinemund roger enrico wayne calloway and don kendallnooyi also serves on the boards motorola the international rescue committee and the lincoln center for the performing arts