Narendra Modi:

After putting Gujarat on the world map, Modi built his pan-India appeal and
created an image of a decisive leader and an entrepreneur who can pull the
nation out of economic woes. The 15th Prime Minister of India is also the
second most-followed leader in the world with over six million followers on
Twitter. The social media-savvy politician became the first to interact with
citizens through live chat on the internet. Ranked as the 15th most powerful
person in the world by the Forbes magazine, the Development Man of India
has already created a compelling case for the global companies to come and
invest in India.

Kailash Satyarthi:
A devout campaigner against child labour, Kailash Sharma or Satyarthi
(bearer of truth) is only the second Indian winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
after Mother Teresa. The founder of the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the
Childhood Movement), Satyarthi started working as a child rights activist
when the country did not have many. He has directly contributed towards
protecting the rights of more than 83,000 children from 144 countries.
Satyarthi has been the subject of many a documentaries, talk shows, and
awareness films.

K. Radhakrishnan:
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman and Padma Bhushan Dr.
Radhakrishnan created and unleashed a historical moment when Mars
Orbiter became first Indian spacecraft to enter Martian orbit in a maiden
attempt. In December recently, he also guided ISRO to blast its heaviest ever
rocket GSLV Mark-III, paving the road to manned space missions.

Amit Shah:
The existing president of BJP and PM Modis confidante, Amit was ranked
among top 3 in the 2014 100 Global Thinkers decision-makers category
circulated by Foreign Policy magazine in the U.S. The magazine applauded
his otherworldly understanding in building hype around Modi and steering
BJP to a win in the national polls.

Arvind Kejriwal:
Former bureaucrat and current Aam Admi Party (AAP) supremo Kejriwal
hogged the political landscape of Delhi during his 49 days of turbulent chief
ministership that took a number of controversial decisions. A strong votary of
India Against Corruption, he recently ended all speculation by declaring he
will contest polls from New Delhi seat.

Kapil Sharma

Known for his spontaneous humour, Kapil Sharma made the biggest climb
this year as he ranked 33rd in theForbes India Celebrity List of 2014. From
being an under-paid theatre artist to a most loved host of the popular TV
show Comedy Nights with Kapil where almost every Bollywood celebrity
wants to promote their films, this man from Amritsar has seen a stellar
growth. He is now geared up to make his debut in Bollywood with Abbas
Mustans upcoming flick Kis Kisko Pyaar Karu.

Baba Ramdev

Besides being a yoga guru and a strong proponent of Ayurveda, Baba

Ramdev is also a business maven. Owner of a business empire worth
Rs.2,000 crore, Ramdevs net worth is greater than many corporate honchos.
A prominent face of the anti-corruption movement, Ramdev is one of the
nine people invited by Modi to join the Clean India campaign. He has
recently announced his plans to open 500 schools to revive Gurukul system
of education in India.
Sachin Tendulkar

The master cricketer is also the youngest recipient of the Bharat

Ratna award. Tendulkar also became the first person without an aviation
background to receive the honorary rank of group captain by the Indian Air
Force. The only player to score more than 30,000 runs in all forms of

international cricket, Tendulkar also holds the world record for playing the
highest number of Test and ODI matches. Forbes ranked him as the 51st
richest sportsman in the world for the year 2013 and also the worlds
highest-paid athletes for the same year with total earnings estimated to be
$22 million.
Honey Singh

The Indian rapper, better known by his stage name Yo Yo Honey Singh,
recently became the highest-paid musical artist in Bollywood after he
charged Rs. 70 lakh for a song in an upcoming film Mastaan. The year 2014
brought him a flurry of awards including the Global Indian Music Awards and
the Zee Cine Awards for International Icon. His all-pervading popularity was
felt when he composed the theme song for Om Prakash Chautalas Indian
National Lok Dal (INLD) ahead of the Haryana assembly elections.
Chetan Bhagat

The Indian author was adjudged the biggest selling English language
novelist in Indias history by The New York Times. It took just 3 months for
his book Revolution 2020 to sell one million copies. At the age of 36, Bhagat
entered the Time magazines list of Worlds 100 Most Influential People 2010.
His debut as a screen writer for the movie Kick was a huge success as the
Bollywood flick entered the Rs. 200-crore club within two weeks of its
release. Having made reading a cool habit among Indias youth, Chetan can
boast a following of 4 million on Twitter, way higher than luminaries like
Shashi Tharoor and Vijay Mallya.