Ten Indians Featured in the Forbes’ Magazine’s List of Under 30 Achievers

The Forbes' 30 under 30 list was prepared by selecting young turks from 12 diverse fields including energy, finance, media, law, entertainment, science, design and technology. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, human rights activist Ronan Farrow and pop stars Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber are also included in Forbes magazine's list of top-achieving people under age 30.

The list released in December 2011 included 10 people of Indian origin. 

The list included 360 young ultra impressive individuals  that the companies should either now or would be working for them in the future as they are the young people of today who matter.

Among the Indian-origin people on the list is 17 year old Param Jaggi, a student and inventor at Austin College. Jaggi created algae-filled device that fits over a car's tailpipe and turns carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Vivek Nair, Chief Executive of Damascus Fortune, who is developing a technology that transforms industrial carbon emissions into carbon nanotubes was also named in the list. Manvir Nijhar, Co-Head of European Equity Derivatives Sales at Citigroup was named as well. Kunal Shah, the youngest Managing Director at Goldman Sachs was also included in the list.

Making a mark in the field of science was Raj Krishnan, Chief Executive of Biological Dynamics who is developing blood tests that use electric fields to detect key signals that a patient has cancer from the blood. Sidhant Gupta, a graduate student at the University of Washington who has been listed as well, is developing new sensors and software for the home that conserve electricity, heat and gas.