Ajaita Shah, 29, founded India-based Frontier Markets which brings clean energy to families at the base of the pyramid.
Kavita Shukla, 29, invented and patented FreshPaper—a low-cost, compostable paper infused with edible organic spices that keeps produce fresh two to four times longer—while still in high school.
Making a mark in the field of sports is 28-year-old Megha Parekh, who is Vice president at American football team Jacksonville Jaguars.
Amir Rao, 29, is a studio director at Supergiant Games and is co-creator of the action role-playing video game Bastion, which has sold over 2.2 million copies since 2011 and won multiple awards.
In the science category, Divya Nag, 22, is a leading name having cofounded, Stem Cell Theranostics and StartX Med.
Raghu Chivukula, 29, is Resident Physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Surbhi Sarna, 28, was inspired to found nVision Medical when at age 13, Sarna suffered from ovarian cysts that were so painful they made her faint.
Since doctors couldn't tell her if they were cancerous, a young Sarna vowed to create a technology to detect ovarian cancer quickly and early, Forbes said.
Sam Chaudhary, 27, cofounded ClassDojo, a software company that helps teachers track classroom behavior.
Sayamindu Dasgupta, 29, is a PhD student at MIT Media lab and is vital to the lifelong Kindergarten Research Group’s Scratch project, which enables kids to programme their own games, animated stories, and art and share them with millions of other children around the world.
Pranav Yadav, 28, is the CEO of Neuro-Insight, a neuromarketing firm that has developed a patented brain-mapping technology to investigate and improve the quality of TV commercials, programming and platforms.
Eesha Khare, 18, won the Young Scientist Award at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Forbes said her invention could pave the way to a cell phone that can be fully charged in just seconds.
Aditi Malhotra, 28, is the founder of Tache Artisan Chocolate boutique.
