Top 5 Indians

 

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC M.S.DHONI

29-year-old Dhoni, who has 2925 runs in 54 Tests and 6049 runs in 186 one-dayers, is the most successful Indian cricket captain, under whom the team also won the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in 2007. Dhoni, the highest-ranked Indian in the latest 'Time' Magazine 100, is only the second Indian sportsman after Sachin Tendulkar to make the prestigious list. 

2-TITAN OF INDUSTRY MUKESH AMBANI

The current chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, the largest private sector enterprise in India, his personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%. As of 2011, he is the second richest man in Asia and the ninth richest man in the world with a personal wealth of US$27 billion. According to Forbes Magazine forecasts, he is expected to regain the title of the richest man in the world in 2014. He has been ranked 61 among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine this year. 

3-BRAIN MAPPER
V.S.RAMACHANDRAN

Vilayanur Subramanian "Rama" Ramachandran is a neuroscientist best known for his work in the fields of behavioral neurology and psychophysics. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neurosciences Graduate Program at the University of California, San Diego. He has been ranked 79 among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine this year.


 

4-PHILANTHROPIST
AZIM PREMJI

An Indian business tycoon, philanthropist and the chairman of Wipro Limited, he is currently the third richest Indian with a personal wealth of US$16.8 billion in 2011, according to Forbes. His assets include 74% of Wipro. He has been ranked 88 among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine this year. 

5-CHANGE AGENT
ARUNA ROY

A political and social activist who founded and heads the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathana ("Workers and Peasants Strength Union"), she is best known as a prominent leader of the Right to Information movement, which led to the enactment of the Right to Information Act in 2005.She has also remained a member of the National Advisory Council. She has been ranked 89 among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine this year.