HT group editor among WEF young leaders

Raju Narisetti is among 250 people named by the World Economic Forum as the Young Global Leaders for 2007.

Raju Narisetti, the Chief Managing Editor of the soon-to-be-launched business newspaper from the Hindustan Times group, is among 250 people named by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) as the Young Global Leaders for 2007.

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More than 20 Indians, including actress Aishwarya Rai, hotelier Priya Paul, young politicians Jyotiraditya Scindia, Naveen Jindal and Omar Abdullah and Godrej group heiress Tanya Dubash figure in the list of people chosen for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and the potential to contribute to shaping the world’s future, WEF said in a statement.

Other Indians in the list, drawn from a pool of over 4,000 candidates, include Financial Technologies chairman Jignesh Shah, Infosys vice-president Subhash Dhar, Dabur group scion Amit Burman, Neeraj Bharadwaj of private equity firm Apax Partners, and Ajay Bijli of PVR Cinemas.