Since so much of NussbaumOnDesign’s audience is in India, I thought I’d break out the names of those Indians who were just selected as members of the World Economic Forum’s exclusive club of Young Global Leaders. Here they are:
Vikram, K Akula, Founder, SKS Microfinance
Sabeer Bhatia, Chairman, Bhatia Enterprises
Anurag Behar, Managing Director, Wirpro Infrastructure Engineering
Barkha Dutt, Senior Editor, New Delhi Television (NDTV)
Suhas Gopinath, CEO, Globals ITeS Pvt.
C V Madhukar, Director, PRS Legislative Research
Sandeep Parekh, Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Sachin Pilot, Member of Indian Parliament
Meher Pudumjee, Chairperson, Thermax Limited
Allah Rakha Rahman, Music Composer
Trilochan Sastry, Founder, Association for Demoractic Reform
Anoushka Shankar, Musician, Sitar player
Pooja Shetty, Director, Adlabs Films
Joseph Sigelman, Founder, PetroTiger
Pia Singh, Managing Director, DLF Universal and DLF Retail
Jeh Wadia, Partner, Quvat Management Pte.
Who else should be on the list next year? Remember, YGLers have to be 40 years old or younger.
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