Who are some great Indians that most people have not heard?
The easiest way to replicate success is to emulate the thinking of successful people. With that in mind,
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Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Scientists / Physicists / Mathematicians
Raj Reddy - Computer scientist Turing Award recipient
C.S. Sheshadri - Mathematician
M.S. Narsimhan - Mathematician
Jayant Narlikar - Astrophysicist
Prof U.R. Rao - Space Scientist
Prof. G.N. Ramachandran - Physicist
Prof. D.R. Kaprekar - Mathematician
Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis - Doctor
Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose -
Narinder Singh Kapany - Physicist
'GANITANANDA' D.R. Kaprekar - Mathematician
Ajit Narayanan - Inventor of Avaz.
Ashoke Sen - Physicist
Prof. H. C. Verma - Physicist
P.K. Sethi -Inventor of Jaipur Foot
Sports
Jankidas Mehra - Cyclist
R.Umadevi - World Ladies Billiards Champion
Makhan Singh - Athlete
Sita Sahu - Bronz medalist in 2011 Athens Olympics
Arunima Sinha - 1st amputee to climb Mt.Everest and National Volleyball player
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav - Wrestler
Shiva Keshavan - Olympian
Neville D'Souza - Olympian {Indian Football Team}
Chitresh Tatha - youngest Asian game participant
Bhudia Singh- Youngest marathon runner
Law / Politics
Justice Hans Raj Khanna - Judge
Justice Radha Binod Pal - Judge
Sagar Yadav - Indian Politician
Manik Sarkar - Chief Minister of Tripura
V.P Menon - Civil Servant
Soldiers / Freedom Fighters / Heroes
Neerja Bhanot - Flight Hijack victim / Hero. Known for bravery
Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav - none could kill him -
Rukhsana Kausar - Indian Female Rambo
Rameshwar Nath Kao, spymaster and the first head of R&AW
Ravinder Kaushik - Former RAW Agent
Captain Saurabh Kalia - Kargil War Soldier
Sudhanshu Biswas - Former Freedom fighter
Col Narendra Kumar or "Bull" Kumar - The Indian soldier/mountaineer
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan - Indian Army
Major Shaitan Singh - Indian Army
Field Marshall Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw -
Medicine
Dr. Ravindra Koelhe - Doctor
Dr. Devi Shetty - Philanthropist and a Cardiac Surgeon
Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay - Physician
Dr. Prakash Amte - Doctor and Social workerr
Dr. Shankare Gowda - Doctor and Social worker
Dr. Fazil M Azeem- Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon
Corporates / Entreprenuers / Engineers
Neeraj Arora - VP of whatsapp
Dr. Elattuvalapil Sreedharan - a.k.a Metro Man of India
Anshu Gupta - Founder of Goonj
Arvind Gupta - Indian toy inventor
Gurtej Sandhu - Highest number of patents in India
Sanjiv Chaturvedi - IFS Officer, NIT Allahabad graguate
Rajat Gupta
Arunachalam Muruganandham - social entrepreneur
Dhruv Lakra - Social Entrepreneur, Mirakle Couriers
Education
Babber Ali - Youngest Headmaster
Rajesh Kumar Sharma - Teacher {who teaches for free in the slums of Delhi}
Deepak C Jain - Former Dean INSEAD and Kellogg business school.
Prof . Anil Sadgopal - The Man whose efforts resulted RTE act 2009.
Rajesh Kumar Sharma - free education provider to slum-dwellers
Social Workers
Sindhutai Sapkal a.k.a Mother of Orphans
Ravi Kuchimanchi & Aravinda - The couple which inspired movie Swades {2004}
Aruna Roy - The one who gave up IAS and dedicated her whole life for public service.
Saalumarada Thimmakka - Indian Environmentalist
Bunker Roy
Mr.Kalayanasundaram - Librarian
Nirmal Kumar, Founder of G - Auto - Revolutionising the Auto-rikshaw industry
Sarla Thakral - First Indian woman to get pilot license
Sudarsan Pattnaik - Sand Artist, Padma Shri awardee {2014}
Narayanan Krishnan- Founder of Akshaya Trust
Prof Biyaala Janardhan Rao - One who really worked for the cause of Telangana
Sandeep Bachche : The extraordinary rickshaw driver from Mumbai
Late Baba Amate
Temsutula Imsong - A young woman helping to make India cleaner -
Others
Mr P.V. Saar - the 77 yea old pupper seller
Pingali Venkayya: The designer of the Indian National Flag.
Arunima Sinha - First female to climb Mt. Everest
Chewang Norphel a.k.a Ice Man
Jadav Payeng - Single handedly turned barren land to a forest
Ramesh Babu - From barber to millionaire
Sudarshan Pattnaik- The sand artist
Anando Mukherjee - Tenor {singer}
Dashrath Manjhi - Mountain Man
K.R. RamaSwamy aka Traffic Ramaswamy
Laxman Rao - Tea seller and award winning writer
Anonymous - 26/11 restaurant owner
Ashok Khemka- IAS Officer
J Krishnamurti- Scholar and spiritual leader
T.N. Suresh Kumar - The great Indian traveller
Munsukh Prajapati - Creator of clay refrigerator
Raj Mohan Nair- Electricity Man
Industrialists
Kalpana Saroj - Owner of Kamani Tubes, Padma Shri awardee {2013}
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