40 Under Forty: Meet the elite jury shaping India Inc’s future
A 10 -member panel full of stars will meet on Wednesday to evaluate and choose the latest list of 40 honor from a sample nomination pool. The high -power jury includes some of the most respected and high -profile leaders in the country led by the Wipro Executive Officer Chairman Rishad Premji.
President Goenka, President of RPG Enterprises to participate in the panel and bring deep understanding and experience in various sectors; Gunjan Soni, Country MD, YouTube India; KVS Manian, General Manager and General Manager, Federal Bank; Manish Sabharwal, Vice President, Teamlease; Nandini Pyramal, Executive Director, Pyramal Enterprises; Rajesh Jejurikar, General Manager and General Manager of Mahindra & Mahindra, the automobile and farm industry; Sanjeev Krishan, President, PWC India; Zahabiya Khorakiwala, General Manager, Wockhardt Hospitals; and founder and executive partner Azb & Partners Zia Mody.
There are business professionals and entrepreneurs from all segment range.
Diversity of representation
The segments include global Indians, as well as initiatives, consumer, financial services, PE/VC companies, industrial, social and professional services, technology, telecom, legal, art and culture and sports. The jury members will cut their jobs with an eclectic mix of 112 profiles on this year’s long list and go down a 900 plus starting pool. When the process started in April, he saw the meat 40 under forty 2025, the candidates themselves, those proposed by their companies and those who were put forward by the lower 40 candidates of 40. In addition, the candidacy came from leading executive search companies, including Accord, Ema Partners, Heidrick & Consultations and Consultations. This was followed by two scanning tours according to scale, effect, innovation and value, as well as comprehensive status detection to reach industrial inputs and the first short list of 300, and then in addition to individual merit, the diversity of representation between the sectors, gender, geographical and ineffective or impact focused categories. The jury will decide on Final 40 based on factors such as business success in existing and past roles and others as well as contribution to society.
Members avoid voting in a candidate if there is any conflict of interest. At the end of this exercise, the annual study will have a total of 440 people, including 400 alumni organs. The results will be announced this year with a glittering ceremony in Mumbai.
