Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2023: Neeraj Chopra, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ambika Nayak among more than 75 Indians featured on the list

Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia listees for 2023

More than 75 Indians feature on the eighth annual Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list which was announced early on Thursday. The list includes 300 young entrepreneurs, trailblazers, disruptors, innovators, and young leaders across the Asia-Pacific region, all under the age of 30. Among the Indian winners, 16 were featured on Forbes India's 30 Under 30 2023 list released in January this year. The list also features Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and, Elwinder Singh, cofounder of Connect and Heal who featured on Forbes India's list in 2019 and 2022, respectively.

The Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Class of 2023 features 30 notable honorees selected for each of the 10 categories, including The Arts (Art & Style, Food & Drink); Entertainment & Sports; Finance & Venture Capital; Media, Marketing & Advertising; Retail & Ecommerce; Enterprise Technology; Industry, Manufacturing & Energy; Healthcare & Science; Social Impact and Consumer Technology.

Harsh Agarwal, founder of Jaipur-based fashion label Harago; Misbah Ashraf, cofounder of Jar; musician Ambika Nayak aka Kayan: Arun George, Vimal Govind MK, Rashid Karimbanakkal, Nikhil NP of Genrobotics; Jayesh Gadewar, cofounder of Scrut Automation; Mehul Jindal, Shyam Murugan, Eeshan Sharma of BharatX; Anuvrat Jain, VP at Lightspeed Venture Partners; Manish Agarwal, Atulya Kaushik, Aashay Mishra of Prepinsta, Avinash Ramanathan, VP at Kalaari Capital; Siva Teja Kakileti of Niramai Health Analytix; Pulkit Baldev of Metalbook; Harsh Agrawal and Nikita Tiwari of agrotech startup NEERX; Romita Mazumdar, founder of beauty brand Foxtale; Kaushal Shetty, cofounder of Nostos Homes; Aashti Miller, founder of MillerInk, chef Niyati Rao who is the co-founder of Ekaa, are part of this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list. They have all featured on the Forbes India 30 Under 30 list too.

Actor Siddhant Chaturvedi, baker and food influencer Shivesh Bhatia, Mayank Kale and Amrit Singh, cofounders of Loop Health which is working to change how healthcare insurance is offered in India, Akshay Rampuria and Yashovardhan Poddar, cofounders, Openhouse, finfluencer Sharan B Hegde, Akarsh Shroff, founder of YuvaSpark, a social venture that works towards improving baseline literacy and numeracy are some of the notable Indian names on the list.

“Despite a challenging year marked by global economic uncertainty and a drop in VC funding, this year’s 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia entrepreneurs continued to innovate and thrive across industries,” says Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Editor. “Some deploy AI to streamline tasks. Others promote financial literacy inclusion and craftsmanship-based and adaptive fashion. Ranging from startup founders to artists, athletes and scientists, their collective creativity and determination inspire optimism.”

Honorees were vetted and selected by a panel of accomplished and acclaimed judges in each category. They include Roshni Nadar Malhotra, chairperson of HCL Technologies and trustee of Shiv Nadar Foundation; SD Shibulal, cofounder of Infosys and Axilor Ventures; Kishin RK, founder and CEO of RB Capital; Allan Zeman, founder and chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group; Meena Ganesh, cofounder and chairperson of Portea Medical, and many more.

More than 4,000 submissions were evaluated by the Forbes Asia team and a panel of independent, expert judges on a variety of factors, including (but not limited to) funding and/or revenue, social impact, scale, inventiveness and potential.

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Complete list of Indians featured on the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 2023

Name	Age	Title/Company
Harsh Agarwal	27	Founder, Harago
Radhika Agarwal	28	Investor, Blume Ventures
Shubham Agrawal	29	Founder, Vyapar
Vinay Anand	29	Cofounder, Aer Media
Sai Araveti	26	Investor, Susquehanna International Group
Misbah Ashraf	29	Cofounder, JAR
Sharan B Hegde	27	Founder, The 1% Club
Vidit Bahri	28	Cofounder, Sukoon Health
Shreya Bakliwal	29	Principal, Aureolis Ventures
Pulkit Baldev	28	Cofounder, Metalbook
Utkarsh Singh; Vikrant Singh	27; 25	Cofounders, BatX Energies
Dev Abhilash; Gayathri Reddy	27; 27	Cofounders, Bellplus Media
Mehul Jindal; Shyam Murugan; Eeshan Sharma	22; 21; 22	Cofounders, BharatX
Shivesh Bhatia	26	Content Creator, Bake with Shivesh
Rajat Jadhav; Rahul Krishnan; Harsh Singh; Mohit Yadav	26; 26; 26; 26	Cofounders, Bold Care
Rahul Nambiar; Prashant Trivedi; Singaram Venkatachalam; Nikhil Venkatesh	26; 27; 28; 26	Cofounders, Botsync
Siddhant Chaturvedi	29	Artist
Kaviya Cherian	28	Founder, Green Heirloom
Neeraj Chopra	25	Athlete
Palash Golecha; Abhishek Kankani; Kushagra Vaish	26; 25; 26	Cofounders, Dyte
Pritam Khan; Mainak Sarkar	27; 29	Cofounders, Explorex Technologies
Rahul Raj; Rakesh Yadav	29; 27	Cofounders, FloBiz
Jayesh Gadewar	23	Cofounder, Scrut Automation
Karishma Gangwal	29	Content Creator
Samanyou Garg	25	Founder, Writesonic
Arun George; Vimal Govind MK; Rashid Karimbanakkal; Nikhil NP	29; 28; 28; 29	Cofounders, Genrobotics
Paridhi Goel	27	Cofounder, Love Earth
Jibran Gulzar	25	Founder, Gatoes
Richa Shivangi Gupta	26	Cofounder, Labhya Foundation
Azra Ismail	25	Cofounder, MakerGhat
Anuvrat Jain	28	Vice president, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ashwini Jain	29	Cofounder, ForeignAdmits
Sambhav Jain	27	Cofounder, Nakad
Siddhanth Jayaram	29	Cofounder, Climes.io
Siva Teja Kakileti	28	Director, Niramai Health Analytix
Nitika Khaitan	28	Human Rights Lawyer
Mansoor Rahimat Khan	28	Cofounder, Beatoven.ai
Dhruv Khurana	27	Founder, Almost Gods
Dhruv Kohli	28	Cofounder, Geezy
Kartik Kumra	22	Founder, Karu Research
Sulay Lavsi	28	Founder, Bummer
Aniket Bajpai; Nikhil Gupta	26; 25	Cofounders, LimeChat
Mayank Kale; Amrit Singh	27; 27	Cofounders, Loop Health
Pranav Malhotra	26	Founder, TruNativ
Romita Mazumdar	28	Founder, Foxtale
Rhea Mehta	28	Founder, Rhea Mehta Design
Rishabh Jain; Kushal Prakash	26; 25	Cofounders, Mewt
Aashti Miller	29	Founder, MillerInk
Kunal Kothari; Tejas Rathod	29; 29	Cofounders, Mobavenue
Shubhodeep Mukherjee	27	Head of Engineering, Winuall
Kavya Nair	29	Director, Advay Capital
Ambika Nayak	28	Musician
Harsh Agrawal; Nikita Tiwari	27; 26	Cofounders, NEERX
Drishti Gupta; Bani Singh	25; 25	Cofounders, Now&Me
Rishabh Gupta; Akash Wadhwani	26; 27	Cofounders, OatMlk
Yashovardhan Poddar; Akshay Rampuria	29; 28	Cofounders, Openhouse
Aishwarya Choudhary; Ishaan Shrivastava	29; 29	Cofounders, Pine & Lime
Kavya Potluri	28	Founder, Kavya Potluri
Iesh Dixit; Shubham Goyal	29; 26	Cofounders, Powerplay
Manish Agarwal; Atulya Kaushik; Aashay Mishra	29; 27; 28	Cofounders, PrepInsta
Vishnupriya Rajgarhia	28	Artist
Avinash Ramanathan	29	Vice president, Kalaari Capital
Niyati Rao	28	Cofounder, Ekaa
Prateek Sachdeva	29	Drag performer
Md Masood Sarwer	29	Photographer
Arnav Sharma	29	Cofounder, Enterpret
Kaushal Shetty	27	Cofounder, Nostos Homes
Akarsh Shroff	22	Founder, YuvaSpark
Elwinder Singh	29	Cofounder, Connect and Heal
Parveen Singhal	29	Cofounder, STAGE
Mayur Bhangale; Vikas Garg; Divyaanshu Makkar	26; 29; 29	Cofounders, Sourcewiz
Ashwin Swaminathan	28	Founder, Mojocare
Yashoraj Tyagi	27	CTO, CASHe
Vikas Chandrawat; Karan Shaha	27; 29	Cofounders, Vahak
Sonia Vora	29	Director of Product, Acko
Abhinav Warrier	27	Cofounder, Rightbot Technologies