The World Economic Forum has named 17 Indians, including budget carrier GoAir Managing Director Jeh Wadia and market regulator SEBI's Executive Director Sandeep Parekh, in its annual list of Young Global Leaders for 2008.
However, India has scored below China in terms of total presence in the list of 245 leaders from across the world. There are as many as 31 Chinese individuals on the list against the 17 from India. The chosen ones are from all walks of life, including business and politics.
WEF said in a statement that the honour is bestowed each year to recognise the top 200-300 young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world.
Indians on the list
Other Indians on the list include Lok Sabha MP Sachin Pilot, SKS Microfinance's CEO and founder Vikram K Akula, Chairman of Bhatia Enterprises Sabeer Bhatia, Managing Director of Wipro Infrastructure Engineering Anurag Behar, senior NDTV journalist Barkha Dutt, Global ITeS' CEO and President Suhas Gopinath, Director of PRS Legislative Research C V Madhukar and Thermax Ltd Chairperson Meher Pudumjee.
Besides, music composer Allah Rakha Rahman and noted sitar player Anoushka Shankar also find a place in the list.
The World Economic Forum is a true multi-stakeholder community of global decision-makers. We need the Young Global Leaders to be a voice for the future in the global thought process and as a catalyst for initiatives in the global public interest, Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum said in a statement.
Further, Moser Baer India's Executive Director Ratul Puri, Adlabs Films' Director Pooja Shetty, Petro Tiger founder and President Joseph Sigelman, DLF Universal ad DLF Retail's Managing Director Pia Singh and founder and Director of Association for Democratic Reform & Centre for Collective Development Trilochan Sastry figure in the list.
Young global leaders
The young global leaders represents over 60 countries and includes the like of Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of search engine Google, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Hiroshi Nakada, Mayor of Yokohama, Japan, and Jack Ma Yun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Alibaba Group, People's Republic of China.
All the individuals named are aged 40 years or younger.
From about 5,000 candidates, the young global leaders for this year were chosen by a selection committee of 31 eminent international media leaders, including Arthur Sulzberger, Chairman and Publisher of The New York Times, and Robert Thomson, the Publisher of The Wall Street Journal. The committee is chaired by H M Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Business leaders
Among the names are 121 business leaders, as well as leaders from government, academia, the media and society at large from 65 countries. Further, the new class represents all regions, including East Asia (64), Europe (58), the Middle East and North Africa (12), North America (45), South Asia (24), sub-Saharan Africa (21) and Latin America (21).
Thanks Doc (BMD 08) for highlighting this achievement.
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