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Sudha Murty is the Chairman of the Infosys Foundation in India. She has a graduate degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She began her profession as an development engineer with TELCO (now Tata Motors) and has likewise taught software engineering at Bangalore University. Sudha Murty is a productive writer in Kannada and English. She is a writer for English and Kannada dailies with 24 books and 156 titles – including books, non-fiction, travelogs, specialised books, and...
Depicted as the 'Paulo Coelho of the East' by Business World and a 'People's author like Jeffrey Archer' by The Telegraph, Amish's novel blend of crackling narrating, religious imagery and significant theories have made him an overnight distributing wonder. Discharged in March 2010, Amish's Shiva Trilogy (of which two books, The Immortals of Meluha and The Secret of the Nagas have been distributed) has more than 350,000 copies in print. Amish is an alum of IIM-Calcutta and labored for a long...
William Dalrymple is the bestselling author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, The Last Mughal, which won the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Hemingway and Kapucinski Prize-winning Return of a King. His most recent book, The Anarchy, was short listed for the Duke of Wellington medal, the Tata Book of the Year and the Historical Writers Association Award, was a Finalist for the Cundill Prize for History and won the 2020 Arthur Ross Medal from the US Council on Foreign Relations. Dalrymple...
P V Sindhu is a professional badminton player and currently world no. 11 in the BWF World Ranking. She rose to a career-high world ranking of no. 2 in April 2017. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal. She is one of two Indian badminton players to ever win an Olympic medal. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu came to international attention when she broke into the tope 20 of the BWF World Ranking in 2012...
Mahesh Bhupathi is a retired professional tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament. During his playing career, Bhupathi was one of the most dominant doubles players in the sport’s history. He won four men’s doubles and eight mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. Known for his enormous serve, Roger Federer calls Bhupathi one of the best players of all time. Bhupati started playing tennis at a young age, encouraged by his father, who also...
Yuvraj Singh is an international cricketer, three-time world cup winner, cancer crusader, author and philanthropist. Singh has been a member of the Indian cricket team in One Day Internationals (ODIs) since October 2000. He is an all-rounder who bats left handed in the middle order and bowls slow left arm orthodox. Singh is the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi actor Yograj Singh. Singh played his first Test match in October 2003 and was the vice-captain of the Indian...
Vishwanathan Anand is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. Anand was the 15th undisputed World Champion, reigning from 2007-13. He was also FIDE World Champion from 2000-02. As an Indian chess player, Anand blazed a trail with a number of firsts, including in 1984 becoming the youngest Indian to earn the title of IM, aged 14. At 16 he became the youngest ever Indian Champion. In 1987, he became the first Indian to win the World Junior Championship and...
Prakash Padukone is a former badminton player. He was ranked World No 1 in 1980, the same year he became the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships. He is one of the Co-founders of Olympic Gold Quest, a foundation dedicated to the promotion of Olympic sports in India. After his retirement from competitive sport in 1991, Padukone served as the Chairman of the Badminton Association of India for a short time. He also served as the coach...
Former Indian Cricketer, Sourav Ganguly, is regarded as one of India's most successful captains of modern times. Ganguly will be best remembered for his elegant cricketing style and vast contribution to cricket in India in a career spanning 15 years. He is currently the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal and President of the Editorial Board with Wisden India. During his playing career, Ganguly established himself as one of the world’s leading batsmen, particularly in the one-day format. Ganguly is...
Sabyasachi Mukherjee is hailed as a star in the world of fashion. Call him what you may, there is no denying Mukherjee's effect on what we wear. He has constantly held the conviction that the general population fall short since they don't put stock in themselves. He has a worldwide vision of Indianism and has worked towards it with resolute intent. He draws motivation from everything around him, be it individuals, books, films, nature, and frequently, from silence.
Farhan Akhtar is a screenplay writer, director and producer, actor, vocalist and most recently, a women's rights activist – the Hindi silver screen has at last discovered a contemporary voice. As his abilities developed, so did the course of his voyage —Farhan Akhtar brought to the screen the ease of somebody who had spent a lifetime in front of the camera. His parts in Rock On!!, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag are a masterclass in joining technique with...
Ayushmann Khurrana is an Indian singer and actor, who began his professional career as a TV extra. In 2012, Khurrana made an appearance in Shoojit Sircar's lighthearted comedy Vicky Donor, which addressed a sperm donation in India. Upon release, the film was a success. Ayushmann Khurrana was spotted on TV at 17 years old. It was a reality show on Channel V PopStars in 2002. He was one of the youngest contenders on the show. Subsequent to finishing his degree and...
Indian film actor, Abhay Deol, is frequently hailed as a “thinking actor” in the Hindi motion picture world and has appeared in well known movies such as Dev D, Oye Lucky! Fortunate Oye!, and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Abhay Deol is a self-confessed film fanatic. He feels films can be engaging and in addition socially conscious. Deol has been described by the Indian media as an actor who continuously understands how to play complex characters. He has appeared on the several...
On the off chance that there's a consistent theme to Shekhar Kapur's life, it's irony He considered chartered accountancy upon his parent’s recommendation – his mother was an on-screen actor and he is the nephew of Dev Anand. When he did at long last choose to confront the camera, he wasn't especially effective – until he decided to go behind it. His first directorial role in Masoom, remains one of his finest – a perfect combination of marriage, loyalty and misery that created...
Kalki Koechlin is of French descent but lived her childhood in southern India. She pursued theater in London before moving to Bombay to launch her profession as an on-screen actor. In 2009, she learned Hindi in the space of six months to secure her first on-screen part in Dev D by Anurag Kashyap. Kalki Koechlin then went on to feature in the satire dramatizations Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. These were top-netting Bollywood productions, and both earned her...
Imtiaz Ali is a well-known Indian director. He has said that his greatest impact on his work is observing the general public that he meets. "To be a decent storyteller one should be a sharp spectator of life." In 2005, he made his directorial debut with the movie Socha Na Tha. But it was his second film Jab We Met (2007) that brought him achievement and notoriety. His 2009 film Love Aaj Kalwas named a major hit in the cinematic world. He has...