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New Delhi: GQ India, the country’s ultimate authority in men’s fashion and lifestyle, presented its list of the 50 Most Influential Young Indians of 2017.
The evening saw the announcement of 50 most influential Indians under the age of 40 from a diverse range of backgrounds and professions - Business and Entrepreneurship, Politics, Fashion, Design, Media, Food & Drink, Entertainment, Sports, and Real Estate to name a few.
Hosted by the charming and stately social observer cum media expert Anish Trivedi, the evening began with an engaging conversation between GQ India’s Editor, Che Kurrien, and India’s heartthrob Ranveer Singh, the poster-child for driven, passionate, young powerhouses.
When asked what success means to him, Ranveer Singh said, “Success is ‘The magnitude of beneficial footprints that you leave on society”. I am not saying that at a very large level. I am talking about your immediate circle, your family and friends. If you can positively affect the lives of others, that to me is success.”
Apart from Ranveer Singh, from GQ’s list of 50 Most Influential Young Indians of 2017, the event was attended by Rajkummar Rao, Badshah, Dhruv Kapoor, Keshav Suri, Mallika Dua, Satya Rajpurohit, Malini Agarwal, Keshav Bansal, Krishna Ram Bhupal, Ishaan Puri, Amrita Pandey, Chhavi Rajawat, Madhukeshwar Desai, Arjun Sagar Gupta, Gautom Menon, Prabhat Choudhary, Samar Singla, Chinmay Agarwal, Umang Bedi, Nitesh Kripalani, Urban Clap, Ashiesh Shah, Rooshad Shroff, Ritesh Agarwal, Trishneet Arora, Abhiraj Bhal, Raghav Chandra, Varun Khaitan, to name a few.
The distinguished league of individuals, in no particular order of ranking, on GQ’s list of The 50 Most Influential Young Indians of 2017 are:
1) Alankrita Shrivastava – Writer & Film-maker
2) Akash Ambani – Executive Director of 4G service provider Jio
3) Ameera Shah - Managing Director of Metropolis Healthcare Ltd., one amongst the top 10 pathology labs in India
4) Amrita Pandey – Vice President (Studios) at Disney India
5) Aneeth Arora – Founder & Designer (pero)
6) Anjana Reddy - Founder of Universal Sportsbiz Pvt Ltd (USPL), which owns the brands Collectabillia, Imara and Wrogn
7) Arjun Sagar Gupta - Owner of The Piano Man Jazz Club, Delhi
8) Ashiesh Shah – Architect & Interior Designer
9) Badshah – Rapper & Music producer
10) Chhavi Rajawat – Sarpanch of Soda, Rajasthan
11) Diljit Dosanjh – Actor & Singer
12) Dhruv Kapoor - Designer
13) Gauri Devidayal – Co-Founder, The Table & Magazine Street Kitchen
14) Gautom Menon - Founder & Owner of Wild Tiger Rum
15) Ishaan Puri – Founder & Director, White Rhino Brewing Co.
16) Kanan Gill – Comedian
17) Keshav Bansal - Director of Intex Technologies and also, owner of Gujarat Lions
18) Keshav Suri – Restauranteur (Executive Director of The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group)
19) Krishna Ram Bhupal - Managing Director at GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited
20) Lalnunpuia – Co-creator of Mizoram Premier League
21) LV Lalthantluanga – Co-creator of Mizoram Premier League
22) Madhukeshwar Desai – Politician (Also, CEO at Mumbai Centre For International Arbitration)
23) Mahesh Narayanan - Managing Director, Saavn
24) Mallika Dua – Comedian & Actor
25) Malini Agarwal – Founder, MissMalini.com
26) Manu Chandra – Chef & Restauranteur
27) Neeraj Chopra - Track and field athlete (Competes in javelin throw. He won a gold medal in 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Set to make IAAF Diamond League debut)
28) Nitesh Kripalani - Director and Country Head, Amazon Prime Video
29) Prabhas - Actor
30) Prabhat Choudhary – Founder, Spice PR
31) P.V. Sindhu – Current World #4 in the BWF World Ranking. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal
32) Radhika Apte - Actor
33) Rajkummar Rao - Actor
34) Ranveer Singh - Actor
35) Rega Jha – Editor-in-Chief, BuzzFeed India
36) Ritesh Agarwal – Founder & CEO, OYO Rooms
37) Rooshad Shroff – Architect & Designer
38) Sanjay Garg – Founder & Designer (Raw Mango)
39) Satya Rajpurohit - Co-founder of Indian Type Foundry (ITF) in Ahmedabad, India (His fonts are being used by some of the world's most iconic brands including Apple, Starbucks, Amazon, Sony, Discovery and 21st Century Fox to name a few. In 2010, he received the prestigeous "SoTA Catalyst Award” presented by the Society of Typographic Aficionados. In the same year, his foundry (ITF) was nominated for the Design Museum's "Designs of the year" award for its contribution to the Indian typography.)
40) Shashwat Goenka – Sector Head, Retail, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group
41) Trishneet Arora - CEO of TAC Security Solutions (This Cyber Security Author, Tech Entrepreneur and Speaker is a 23 year old school dropout whose client portfolio includes names such as Reliance Industries Limited, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Gujarat Police, Punjab Police, AMUL, Avon Cycles, International Tractors Limited (Sonalika), and RALSON, amongst others)
42) Umang Bedi - Managing Director of Facebook India & South Asia
43) Vijay Shekhar Sharma – Founder, Paytm
44) Vir Das – Comedian, actor, writer
45) Zorawar Kalra – Founder & MD, Massive Restaurants
46) Abhiraj Bhal - CoFounder at UrbanClap
47) Raghav Chandra - Co-founder @UrbanClap
48) Varun Khaitan - Co-founder @UrbanClap
49) Samar Singla - CEO at Jugnoo
50) Chinmay Agarwal - Co Founder at Jugnoo
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