Big personality

2. Narendra Modi
• After putting Gujarat on the world map,
Modi built his pan-India appeal and
created an image of a decisive leader and
an entrepreneur who can pull the nation
out of economic woes. The 15th Prime
Minister of India is also the second most-
followed leader in the world with over six
million followers on Twitter. The social
media-savvy politician became the first to
interact with citizens through live chat on
the internet. Ranked as the 15th most
powerful person in the world by the
Forbes magazine, the ‘Development Man
of India’ has already created a compelling
case for the global companies to come
and invest in India.

3. Kailash Satyarthi
• A devout campaigner against
child labour, Kailash Sharma or
Satyarthi (bearer of truth) is
only the second Indian winner
of the Nobel Peace Prize after
Mother Teresa. The founder of
theBachpan Bachao
Andolan (Save the Childhood
Movement), Satyarthi started
working as a child rights activist
when the country did not have
many. He has directly
contributed towards protecting
the rights of more than 83,000
children from 144 countries.
Satyarthi has been the subject
of many a documentaries, talk
shows, and awareness films.

4. K. Radhakrishnan
• Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) chairman
and Padma Bhushan Dr.
Radhakrishnan created and
unleashed a historical moment
when Mars Orbiter became
first Indian spacecraft to enter
Martian orbit in a maiden
attempt. In December recently,
he also guided ISRO to blast its
heaviest ever rocket GSLV
Mark-III, paving the road to
manned space missions.

5. Amit Shah
• The existing president of BJP
and PM Modi’s confidante,
Amit was ranked among top 3
in the 2014 100 Global
Thinkers’ decision-makers
category circulated by Foreign
Policy magazine in the U.S. The
magazine applauded his
‘otherworldly understanding’ in
building hype around Modi and
steering BJP to a win in the
national polls.

6. Baba Ramdev
• Besides being a yoga guru and a
strong proponent of Ayurveda,
Baba Ramdev is also a business
maven. Owner of a business
empire worth Rs.2,000 crore,
Ramdev’s net worth is greater
than many corporate honchos.
A prominent face of the anti-
corruption movement, Ramdev
is one of the nine people invited
by Modi to join the ‘Clean India’
campaign. He has recently
announced his plans to open
500 schools to
reviveGurukul system of
education in India.