2020 was a tough year for both individuals and businesses. Whether a company is having a billion-dollar operation or it is a startup, all of them faced unique challenges. In that challenging time, we also saw the growth and innovations by a few of the personalities and businesses.
Some young entrepreneurs and professionals of different areas showed a strong will power to convert pandemic into an opportunity. Class of 30 under 30 2021 is a name given by Forbes India to the list of extraordinary achievers in different fields. It includes 30 top personalities under the age of 30 who have inspired millions of youngsters to do something better.
Importance of Class of 30 under 30 2021
Some of these achievers helped the country in the covid emergency. Piyush Verma, CEO, and founder of Manush Lab helped tier 2 city youngsters to fulfill their entrepreneurship dreams through a platform of mentorship and guidance. Other than mentorship, Manush lab is also providing funding to the startups of these people.
On the other hand, Classplus edtech startup founders helped the children to get access to quality education through a mobile app.
The list also includes a young cricketer Shubhman Gill who shot to fame with his extraordinary batting skills in the concluded IPL. He is also the youngest in the list of 30 achievers with 21 years of age.
Forget about IPL, India won a test series against mighty Australia in Australia. Cricket lovers and Cricket pundits consider this victory a historical one. He scored 91 runs in the deciding test match of Brisbane. His batting efforts helped India to chase the target easily.
All 30 achievers have such tremendous stories to tell. Like every year, it was very difficult for the Forbes team to chose one of the highest achievers from every sector.
How Forbes India Selects these 30 Young Achievers?
The selection process of this list is quite rigorous. Forbes India follows three steps:
First – the Forbes India team interviews the relevant sources related to every category for knowing the latest happening of that sector. The team also do handy research on media coverage and database access to know the relevant applicants.
Second- Forbes India invites online application and nominations from the young achievers who fits the criteria.
Third- spreading the word over social media to finalize an initial list in more than 20 categories.
Then, the team starts reducing the list to reach the real top 30 achievers for 2020. Forbes team debates, argues for reaching the final decision. The process is lengthy and difficult to choose just one or two from a specific category.
The team considered only those candidates who were under the age of 30 on 31 December 2020. Suppose an organization had two co-founders but one of them is having an age of more than 30, then another cofounder will be eligible for the achievers’ list.
List of Achievers
So here is the list of Forbes India 30 under 30 2021 with their winning category, Name, Role/Designation, Age, and Best achievement:
1
Category-Advertising, Marketing & Media
Name- Shefali Vijaywargiya
Role/Designation-Brand manager, Amul Kool
Age: 28
Best Achievement- Handling Amul Brand
2
Category-Advertising, Marketing & Media
Name-Niharika Kapoor
Niharika Kapoor
Role/Designation- APAC Lead, YouTube community & social media support operations
Age: 28
Best Achievement- Youngest Woman Vertical Business Head at Youtube India
3
Category-Agritech
Name-Amandeep Panwar, Rishabh Choudhary
Role/Designation- Executive directors, CEO and CTO, BharatRohan Airborne Innovations
Age: 27, 27
Best Achievement- Identifying crop threats through UAV/drone imaging tech.
4
Category-Agritech
Name-Harshit Gupta
Role/Designation-Co-founder, Gramophone
Age: 29
Best Achievement: helped 6 lakh farmers to improve product quality and quantity.
5
Category-Art
Name-Biraaj Dodiya
Role/Designation-Artist
Age: 27
Best Achievement- This 27-year-old artist creates art on the themes of distance, temporality, absences, and more
6
Category -Climate Change & Clean Energy
Name-Nishita Baliarsingh, Nikita Baliarsingh
Role/Designation-Co-founders, CEO and COO, Nexus Power
Age: 23, 23
Best Achievement- building an EV future beyond lithium-ion batteries
7
Category- Consumer Tech
Name-Ishaan Preet Singh, Mikhil Raj
Role/Designation-Co-founders, FrontRow
Age: 28, 28
Best Achievement -Learn batting from Suresh Raina or spin bowling from Yuzvendra Chahal on this online learning platform
8
Category-Design
Name-Aaquib Wani
Role/Designation- Founder & creative director, Aaquib Wani Design
Age: 29
Best Achievement-This thrash metal lead guitarist-turned-artist focuses on incorporating technology as a core element of his experiential designs
9
Category-Digital Content Creators
Name-Ashish Chanchlani
Ashish Chanchlani
Role/Designation-YouTuber & social media content creator
Age: 27
Best Achievement-This oft-viral YouTuber aims to open his own production house someday with the aim to catapult Indian films to Korean cinema fame
10
Category-Digital Content Creators
Name-Abhiraj Rajadhyaksha, Niyati Mavinkurve
Role/Designation-Digital content creators
Age: 27, 29
Best Achievement -Amid grim events in India, this content creator duo started making videos to highlight the light at the end of the tunnel
11
Category-Ecommerce & Retail
Name-Sidharth Oberoi
Role/Designation-Founder & CEO, LetsShave
Age: 28
Best Achievement-Oberoi is disrupting the grooming market and taking on MNCs with his direct-to-consumer startup
12
Category-Ecommerce & Retail
Name-Satanik Roy
Role/Designation-Co-founder & chief product officer, hyperXchange
Age: 25
Best Achievement -uses AI to check and certify products
13
Category-Education
Name-Poulomi Pavini Shukla
Role/DesignationLawyer, author
Age: 28
Best Achievement -This 28-year-old Supreme Court lawyer is championing for orphans to have a fair shot at education
14
Category -Education
Name-Mukul Rustagi, Bhaswat Agarwal
Role/Designation-Co-founders, Classplus
Age: 29, 29
Best achievement- online learning app—Classplus Lite—a Covid-19 innovation, boasts of over 500,000 users
15
Category-Enterprise Technology
Name-Nitin Jayakrishnan
Role/Designation-Founder & CEO, PandoCorp
Age: 26
Best Achievement:Solving the logistics puzzle for big enterprises with technology
16
Category-Entertainment
Name-Keerthy Suresh
Role/Designation- Actor
Age: 28
Best Achievement-This National Award-winning actor has already won over fans of Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films
17
Category-Entertainment
Name-Tripti Dimri
Role/Designation-Actor
Age: 26
Best Achievement-After her memorable performance in Netflix’s Bulbbul (2020), this actor is gearing up for challenging roles across mediums
18
Category-Fashion
Name-Karan Torani
Role/Designation-Founder & creative director, Torani
Age: 27
Best Achievement-Breaking away from the over-saturated bridal wear market, this designer went for the untapped territory of creating understated luxury for middle-aged women
19
Category-Finance
Name-Akash Sinha
Role/Designation-Co-founder & CEO, Cashfree
Age: 29
Best Achievement-Sinha’s stint at Bankbazaar.com and Amazon helped him grasp the nuances of the payments space
20
Category-Finance
Name-Santanu Agarwal
Role/Designation-Deputy CEO, Paisalo Digital
Age: 24
Best Achievement-Creating seamless banking solutions for India’s bottom-of-the-pyramid
21
Category-Food & Hospitality
Name-Aurko Bhattacharjee
Role/Designation-Director, CXO Office, Oyo Hotels & Homes
Age: 29
Best Achievement -As a close aide of Ritesh Agarwal, this 29-year-old led Oyo’s Covid-19 response communication with stakeholders
22
Category-Healthcare
Name-Keerthi Reddy Kotta
Role/Designation-Co-founder & COO, StaTwig
Age: 24
Best Achievement- blockchain-enabled vaccine supply chain management platform
23
Category-Healthcare
Name-Mudit Dandwate, Gaurav Parchani
Mudit Dandwate, Gaurav Parchani
Role/Designation-Co-founders, CEO and CTO, Dozee
Age: 29, 29
Best Achievement-India’s first contactless health monitor to track chronic cardiac conditions, hypertension and respiratory disorders
24
Category-Industry & Manufacturing
Name-Saurabh Singhal, Vaishali Gupta, Mohit Jain
Role/Designation-Co-founders, mCaffeine
Age: 29, 27, 27
Best Achievement-The young co-founders are disrupting the personal care market with India’s first hair and skin brand with caffeine products
25
Category-Music
Name-Ritviz Srivastava
Role/Designation-Musician
Age: 24
Best Achievement-Ritviz, of Udd Gaye fame, is one of the most-streamed indie artists on Spotify
26
Category-Music
Name-Maalavika Manoj aka Mali
Role/Designation-Singer, songwriter, and composer
Age: 27
Best Achievement -With her unique style, she is one of the most recognized artists in India’s music scene
27
Category-NGOs & Social Entrepreneurship
Name-Piyush Verma
Role/DesignationFounder & CEO, Manush Labs
Age: 29
Best Achievement- Availing access to mentorship, network, markets and funding
28
Category-NGOs & Social Entrepreneurship
Name-Neelam Jain, Nishant Agarwal
Role/Designation-Co-founders, CEO and COO, PeriFerry
Age: 26, 28
Best Achievement -They’re making education and careers accessible to India’s transgender community
29
Category-Science
Name-Priyanka Das Rajkakati
Role/Designation-PhD student, ISAE-Supaéro, and artist
Age: 29
Best Achievement -This space scientist-cum-artist was selected to send her artwork to the moon as a part of an international Moon Gallery project
30
Category-Sports
Name-Shubman Gill
Role/Designation-Cricketer
Age: 21
Best Achievement- 91 runs in the deciding test match against Australia. The rising star of Indian cricket is making his name in the big leagues of international cricket
Team Next Big Brand congratulates all 30 achievers and wishes them very good luck in the future endeavors.
