She was the chief executive officer of South and Southeast Asia, JPMorgan, the Indian extension of a 2.1 trillion dollar American company.
A graduate in law from Bombay University, Morparia has served on several committees constituted by the Government of India.
[2][3][4][5] Kalpana Morparia, youngest of her three sisters, was born on 30 May 1949 in a Lohana family of Bhawandas and Lakshmiben Tanna.
At 16 years old, she completed her schooling and joined Sophia College for Women to study Science and then she was a B.Sc.
She took up teaching after completing graduation but had to take a break for 11–12 months as she developed speech complications and had to remain confined to home.
In 1991 the management sent her to the US to study capital market in America where she worked at New York's David Polk and Wardwell for three months.
Today she is the CEO of J P Morgan, she is also the independent Director of Dr. Reddy's Lab, Bennet & Colman, CMC Limited of Tata Consultancy.