Meet the 30 young achievers of 2022

Forbes India 30 Under 30 recognises young achievers who are breaking the mould to script their own stories. And they epitomise that success can come from anywhere and anyone as long as they are empowe

Feb 09, 2022, 19:14 IST4 min

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Under 30 and a unicorn founder, Rajan Bajaj redefines Forbes India 30 Under 30. Slice, 29-year-old entrepreneur"s company, accounts for about 70 percent of the Rs 2,800 crore+ funding raised by the Class of 2022.

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The debut winners are the cofounders of Instadapp, Sowmay and Samyak Jain, brothers who dropped out of college to build a decentralised finance (DeFi) protocol. Instadapp lets users lend, borrow or earn interest in savings-like accounts.

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Manushi Ashok Jain (29), an architect and urban planner, has always been motivated by problem-solving and giving back to the community. She worked at the Sasaki project in Afghanistan to develop five war-torn cities.

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Khyati Trehan (29) loves whipping up visuals from nothing using 3D design, and uses it with type design to make meaning of things.

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26-year-old Shlok Srivastava, popularly known as Tech Burner, has 7.5 million subscribers on his eponymous YouTube channel, and his videos garner a viewership of 50 million every month.

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24-year-old Dr Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju is Karnataka"s first openly transgender doctor and an LGBTQIA+ advocate who throws light on gender, sexuality, queerphobia, bullying, mental health, and feminism.

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Akshay Varma (26), Aditya (26) and Anuj Ruia (27), the cofounders of Beco, have created a platform to offer chemical-free, sustainable plant-based alternatives to everyday consumables like detergents, floor cleaners, and more.

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Nishant Chandra and Siddharth Maheshwari, both 29, launched Newton School to enable those from Tier I and II cities get industry ready. Their personalised training programmes have helped 1,000 students get technology jobs at an average salary of Rs 7 lakh.

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and Rashid Khan have been at the centre of all the action in interactive AI in the past few years. In 2021, it unveiled a voice AI product and wants to expand to new markets this year.

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In 5 years, Nimisha Sajayan (25) has worked with several reputed filmmakers, and has delivered four back-to-back successes including The Great Indian Kitchen, Malik, Nayattu, and One.

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