Over 50 Indians find place in the Forbes’ list of super achievers from Asia under the age of 30 who are “pushing boundaries of innovation“.
The second Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ Asia list 2017 features 300 impressive young entrepreneurs — 30 in 10 categories, including entertainment, finance and venture capital, retail, social entrepreneurs and enterprise technology, under the age of 30 years who are pushing the boundaries of innovation.
India has 53 achievers on the list, second only to China which has 76 honorees.
Leading the pack from India are Karmakar, 23, who became the first Indian female gymnast to ever compete in the Olympics during the last games held in Rio de Janeiro — and the first Indian gymnast to compete in 52 years.
Athlete Sakhi Malik, 24, became the first Indian woman to win a medal in Rio in wrestling, where she bagged the bronze.
Srikanth Bolla, 25, founder of Bollant Industries has been featured in the manufacturing and energy category.
Alia Bhatt, 24, has acted in over 20 high—grossing Bollywood movies, with at least six of them grossing well over USD 15 million worldwide in opening weeks.
The list also features Sharath Gayakwad, 25, India’s first Paralympic swimmer, coach and Arjuna award winner who has won 96 medals.
Trisha Shetty, 26, is the founder of SheSays, an Indian non—profit that empowers the country’s women to act against sexual violence by providing education, legal, medical as well as psychological support.
On the list is Ankit Kawatra, 25, who founded Feeding India, which aims to solve the country’s hunger problem by providing free meals through volunteers and donation centres.
The youngest Indians on the list are brothers Sanjay, 15, and Shravan Kumaran, 17, who founded GoDimensions, a mobile app developer five years ago.
The list also features 29—year—old Kavin Bharti Mittal, founder of hike, an instant messaging service designed to rival WhatsApp, 29—year—old Vaishnavi Murali, founder of Eikowa Art, an India—based online art gallery curating works from many of the country’s contemporary artists.
Indian—American author, screenwriter and filmmaker Kovid Gupta, 28, and Amanat Anand, 24, Shubham Issar, 23, and Yogita Agrawal, 23, co—founders of SoaPen, a teaching tool in the form of a wearable soap crayon, are also featured in the list.
