May 02 2008
Most Influential People List!
World’s 100 most influential people of 2008, listed by Time news magazine, includes three Indian names and those are of the UPA Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, PepsiCo’s Indian American chief executive Indra Nooyi and MD of TATA group Ratan Tata.
The other name which is included in this list from India is of the spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Dalai Lama and Sonia Gandhi are listed in the leaders category.
Ratan Tata and Indra Nooyi are categorized under the list of Builders and Titans.
Sonia Gandhi is present in the list after her turning down the opportunity to become prime minister four years ago.
For Indra Nooyi, sharp strategic mind, tremendous market insight and humanitarian contributions made her to reach in the list.
Dalai Lama is there in the list for remaining ‘calm in the face of cruelty’ against his people by the Chinese.
Ratan Tata is praised for the manufacturing of the people’s car of Rs. 1,00,000 only.
The world’s most influential person in 2008, according to 1.8 million Time.com voters, is Shigeru Miyamoto, who designed Nintendo video game.
