8 Indians have been included in Time magazine's list of 100 influential people.

8 Indians have been included in Time magazine's list of 100 influential people.

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Category : Miscellaneous Published on: November 20 2023

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  • In November 2023, American magazine Time released the list of 100 influential people in the world.
  • 8 Indians have been included in this list.
  • The names of 8 Indians involved in this are as follows – Ajay Banga, Bhavesh Aggarwal, Rajeev J. Shah, Manoj Sinha, Geeta Iyer, Jigar Shah, Seema Wadhwa and Amit Kumar Sinha.
  • Ajay Banga is the President of the World Bank.
  • Rajeev J. Shah is the chairman of The Rockefeller Foundation.
  • Manoj Sinha is the CEO and co-founder of Husk Power Systems.
  • Geeta Iyer is the Founder and Chairman of Boston Common Asset Management.
  • Jigar Shah is the director of the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Program Office.
  • Seema Wadhwa is the executive director of environmental management for Kaiser Permanente.
  • Amit Kumar Sinha is the Managing Director and CEO of Mahindra Lifespaces.
  • The 'Time 100 Climate' list published in the magazine includes CEOs, founders, musicians, policy makers and government officials from around the world.
  • Time magazine is more than 100 years old.
  • Its first copy was published on 3 March 1923.
  • It was started by Briton Hayden and Henry Luce.
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