50 most influential Indians
Coinciding with the happiness and proud moment of the celebrations of 60 years of Indian Independence came the list of 50 powerful Indians leading change in politics, the economy and the society, compiled by the worthy and esteemed US-based BusinessWeek magazine.
The list declared by BusinessWeek editors circumscribes names of the who’s who of Indian business sector, film fraternity, Politics and T wizards. Those coming in from the business, films and politics included:
Ratan Tata
Mukesh Ambani
Sunil Mittal
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath
Aviation Minister Praful Patel
UP Chief Minister Mayawati
Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan
Amitabh Bachchan
Rajnikant
Shahrukh Khan
Aishwarya Rai
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
While acknowledging the role of IT wizards the list took a turn towards:
Infosys’ N R Narayana Murthy
Wipro’s Azim Premji
Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) S Ramadorai
The magazine heralded the position of Indian subcontinent in the world across putting that “There’s more to India than just outsourcing.There are politicians who actually work, corporates who think globally, athletes who aim high, and designers who ensure India is in season. And Bollywood is now teaming up with Hollywood for a whole new script,” wrote the publication. With a view to divert the minds towards the achievements made by some sectors and those which are booming with an equal zest the magazine said, that initially it was the Tech gurus who dominated the show, but today the economy is seeing a swell in new sectors of growth including Telecom, financial services, retail, which are sure to bring forth new heroes, and new businesses.
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