Geneva/New Delhi: As many as 12 Indians,
including the youngest parliamentarian Agatha Sangma, Shree
Renuka Sugars co-founder Narendra Murkumbi and actress Nandita
Das, figure in the list of young global leaders for 2010,
prepared by the World Economic Forum.
Global non-profit organisation WEF annually compiles a
list of up to 200 young leaders across the globe for their
outstanding leadership, professional accomplishments and
commitment to the society.
The other Indians named in this year's young global
leaders list include Wipro's Sangita Singh, Tejpreet Singh
Chopra of General Electric and Manisha Girotra MD and
Chairperson UBS Securities India.
In addition, Ashok Aram of Abraaj Capital, Ashok Giri
Durgesh of Vindhya e-Infomedia, Sandeep Naik and Sangeeth
Varghese of Leadcap Trust also appear in the list.
Sanjeev Sanyal of Sustainable Planet Institute and Sriram
Raghavan of Comat Technologies are the other two Indians.
The list also comprises four people having Indian routes
-- Shamina Singh of CitiGroup, Openwave Systems' Anand
Chandrasekaran, Sanjay Gupta of Abraxis BioScience and
Ricken Patel of Avaaz.org.
"The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a true multi
stakeholder community of global decision-makers in which the
Young Global Leaders represent the voice for the future and
the hopes of the next generation," the WEF Founder and
Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab said.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, March 04, 2010, 00:11