These are the Indians on the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders list

Apr 20, 2022

By: Vaamanaa Sethi

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Jaideep Bansal — CEO at Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE)

GHE has impacted more than 1 lakh lives through solar electrification of villages, schools, and health centres across India. GHE has been endorsed and acknowledged by the UN, WEF and the World Travel & Tourism Council.

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Raghav Chadha — Member of Parliament — Rajya Sabha, Delhi govt

Raghav Chadha is an Indian politician and member of the Aam Aadmi Party, he is also the vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and MLA from the Rajendra Nagar assembly constituency in Delhi. A lesser known fact about Chadha is that he is also a practicing Chartered Accountant.

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Radhika Gupta — MD and CEO at Edelweiss Mutual Fund

Gupta started at Edelweiss as the business head of multi-strategy funds and was responsible for setting the strategic direction for the team’s investment, distribution and platform. She is India’s only female head of a major asset manager and has set up the country's first domestic hedge fund. She is known as "the girl with the broken neck".

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Manasi Joshi — Athlete, Sports Authority of India

The Indian para-badminton player started her professional sporting journey in 2015 and in 2020, she was ranked world no. 2 in women's singles in the SL3 category. Manasi was also listed as the Next Generation Leader 2020 by Time Magazine.

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Ritesh Malik — Founder at Innov8 Coworking

Dr Malik founded the co-working space Innov8, which was acquired by OYO in 2019. He is also an active angel investor and has invested in more than 60 startups in the last 6 years.

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Suhail Sameer — CEO, BharatPe

Sameer has extensive experience working with companies from the Consumer (FMCG, Retail), energy (utilities, cleantech), and financial services sectors, and with institutional investors.

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What is YGL?

The Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGL) is a community of innovators from diverse backgrounds and experiences.

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Founder of YGL

Klaus Schwab, who is the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, created the Forum of YGL in 2004 to help the world meet increasingly complex and interdependent problems.

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Members of YGL

It currently has more than 1,400 members and alumni of 120 nationalities including civic and business innovators, entrepreneurs, technology pioneers, educators, activists, artists, journalists, and more.

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