Forbes India 30 Under 30 2018 List: Inspirational Stories Of Young Super Achievers Redefining Success

For the past five years, Forbes India has been coming out with the Forbes India 30 Under 30 2018 list which celebrates the young talent under 30- years of age, who have been changing the rules of the game and redefining what it takes to make it in the world of business, entrepreneurship and leadership in their own field.

After a rigorous and detailed screening process, that involved research and interviews, the Forbes arrived at these 30 names for whom “Money and fame is just a by-product”. Adding meaning to the lives of others and making a difference is what's close to their hearts.

According to Forbes, the research process was three-fold: One, interviews by the Forbes India team with sources across relevant categories as well as through studies of databases and media coverage. Two, on forbesindia.com, inviting applications from, or nominations of, entrepreneurs and professionals who fit the criteria. Three, spreading the word on social media.

A long list of over 300 names across 15 categories were selected. The next step was narrowing down to a ‘short long list’—the names most likely to make it to the top 30. Armed with expert views, the Forbes India editorial team debated, argued and vetoed its way down to the final 30. Some of the noted names and their stories are mentioned below. The list also has names from the field of sports and movies, which have

Rohan M Ganapathy , 25, and Yashas Karanam are developing rockets and electric propulsion systems for satellites at an age when youngsters are lost in their own 'space'. That's fearless and innovative, isn't it? Their firm, Bellatrix Aerospace, is the first startup that the Indian Space Research Organisation opened its doors to.

Then there's Ankit Agarwal and Karan Rastogi who are preserving and trying that the Ganga doesn't become a sewer. They are ensuring that they achieve this by their initiative by ‘flowercycling’ religious waste into lifestyle products, employing thousands of rural families. That’s profit, but with a purpose. An initiative like this is much needed to clean the river that has the burden of cleansing the sins of those who take a dip in it.

Chirag Chhajer decided that if non-vegetarian and alcohol spots can be a favorite of patrons than even vegetarian and no- alcohol eateries can be a darling of the masses and he has proved exactly that by his enterprise. Burma Burma’s Chirag Chhajer's, 29, vegetarian, no-alcohol Burmese restaurants are doing roaring business. Design innovator, Kshitij Marwah, 29, has developed the world’s first holographic AR headset that works with a smartphone.

For instance, Gautam Bhatia, 29, is part of a team that is working on multiple challenges to the Aadhaar Act. For someone like him, it’s about freedom, expression or simply the joy of doing something well. Actor Bhumi Pednekar and Vicky Kaushal have also made it to the list on the back of their unconventional choices and powerful performances. The 24-year-old Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah, known as depth over specialist is also on the list.

Indian hockey goalkeeper Savita Punia, 27, of Haryana was encouraged by her grandfather to take up the sport to toughen her up, is now a name to reckon with. Also on the list is the former World No 1 pistol shooter Heena Sidhu, 28, who is a qualified dental surgeon, but succeeded at the sport she took up as a hobby because of her grit and determination.

There are many such stories in the list.  "Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right", said Henry Ford. These achievers and others on the list definitely thought that their noble ideas are worth giving an attempt and did everything to make it possible. And now the results speak for themselves. To follow the entire list, visit the India Forbes30 under 30 list.

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