16 Indian origins among young global leaders

Bangalore: World Economic Forum, which recognizes young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments every year, featured 16 Indian origin leaders among the 197 Young Global Leaders.

The list includes people like Agatha Sangma, Minister of State for Rural Development of India, Ashok Aram, Managing Director, Abraaj Capital, Ashok Giri Durgesh, CEO and Founder, Vindhya e-Infomedia, Manisha Girotra, Managing Director and Chairperson, UBS Securities (India), Nandita Das, Filmmaker and Actress and many more. The list also includes tennis superstar Roger Federer of Switzerland, Twitter CEO Evan Williams from the U.S, Google's user experience czarina Marissa Mayer, and ace Swimmer and Founder of Fountain for Youth Ian Thorpe.

The new list of Young Global Leaders has 43 people from East Asia, 21 from South Asia (including India), 46 from Europe, 14 from Middle East and North Africa, 17 fro m sub-Saharan Africa, 38 from North America, and 18 from Latin America. The 2010 list has more gender parity than ever, with 38 percent women leaders featuring in it. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum said, "The World Economic Forum is a true multi-stakeholder community of global decision-makers in which the Young Global Leaders represent the voice for the future and the hopes of the next generation. The diversity of the YGL community and its commitment to shaping a better future through action-oriented initiatives of public interest is even more important at a time when the world is in need of new energy to solve intractable challenges."

Drawn from a pool of almost 5,000 candidates, the Young Global Leaders 2010 were chosen by a selection committee, chaired by Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and comprised eminent international media leaders. The 2010 honourees will become part of the broader Forum of Young Global Leaders community that currently comprises 660 outstanding individuals.