WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM RELEASED YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS 2014 LIST

World Economic Forum (WEF) released Young Global Leader’s 2014 list on 11 March 2014. The WEF recognised 214 Young Global Leaders (YGLs). Among them 109 are woman who  were recognised for leadership and service to society.

The Young Global Leaders 2014 came from 66 countries across 7 regions and equally represent the public and private sector and belong to professions including academia, arts and culture, civil society, government, media and not-for-profit organisations.

The YGL Class of 2014 includes 49 individuals from East Asia, 46 from Europe, 17 from Latin America, 18 from the Middle East and North Africa, 48 from North America, 17 from South Asia and 19 from sub-Saharan Africa.

There were 17 young global leaders in South Asia, out of which 14 were from India.  Following are the Indians among the YGLs list.

Name	Profession	Organisation
Pallavi S. Aiyar	Author and Journalist	The Hindu and Free  Lance
Farhan Akhtar	Film Director, Actor, Producer	Excel Entertainment Production House
Sachin Bansal	Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer	Flipkart.com
Avani Davda	Chief Executive Officer	Tata Starbucks Limited
Mohit Joshi	Vice-President and Head, Europe	Infosys Ltd
Roshni Nadar Malhotra	Executive Director and  CEO	HCL Corporation Ltd
Vishwarupe Narain	India’s Head	Texas Pacific Group
Nandini Piramal	Executive Director and Head of HR	Piramal Enterprises  Limited
Rishad Premji	Chief Strategy Officer, IT  Business	Wipro
Anoop Ratnaker Rao	Chief Operating Officer	Naandi Foundation
Chiki Sarkar	Chief Executive Officer	Penguin Random House
Parmesh Shahani	Head of Innovation Laboratory	Godrej Industries Ltd
Anurag Thakur	MP & National President BJYM	BJP's Youth Wing
Ratheesan Yoganathan	Co-Founder and Group Chairman	Lebara Group