Akshar Rajeshbhai Patel is an Indian international cricketer.He plays for the Indian national team as an all-rounder in all the three formats. He is a left-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Patel represents Gujarat in domestic cricket and captains Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. He was part of the Indian teams that won the 2024 and 2026 T20 World Cups and the 2025 Champions Trophy.

Anushka Sharma is an Indian film actress and producer who works in Hindi films. One of the leading actresses of the 2010s, she is the recipient of several accolades, including one Filmfare Award and three IIFA Awards. Sharma has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 in the 2010s and was featured by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30 list of 2018.

Johnny Ho is a prominent American software engineer, tech entrepreneur, and former competitive programmer who co-founded Perplexity AI. He serves as the company's Chief Strategy Officer, where he leads product direction and strategic growth. Before venturing into AI-powered search, Ho developed a highly technical background, working as a high-frequency trader at Tower Research Capital and as a software engineer at Quora. As a competitive programmer, he achieved global recognition, winning three gold medals at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) and ranking first in the world with a perfect score in 2012. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in mathematics and computer science.

Andy Konwinski is a prominent American computer scientist, tech entrepreneur, and investor widely recognized for co-founding several transformative pillars of the modern data and artificial intelligence ecosystems. He completed his Ph.D. in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley in 2012, where his research contributions included co-creating seminal open-source distributed frameworks such as Apache Mesos and Apache Spark. In 2013, Konwinski co-founded Databricks alongside a group of fellow Berkeley researchers to commercialize Apache Spark, helping steer its early product development, community engagement, and enterprise expansion before stepping back from day-to-day operations in 2019. Pivoting towards the rapid evolution of generative AI, Konwinski co-founded the AI-powered answer engine Perplexity AI in 2022 alongside Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, and Johnny Ho, where he has served as president. Bridging the gap between frontier research and commercial application, he expanded his ecosystem in 2024 by co-founding Laude Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm designed to back technical, research-focused founders. Committed to fostering beneficial AI technologies, Konwinski also established the Laude Institute, a nonprofit research initiative fueled by his own personal endowment to support high-impact computer science discoveries.

Satish Dhawan was an eminent Indian aerospace engineer, mathematician, and scientific leader who played a pivotal role in shaping India's space program and expanding its scientific infrastructure. Widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India, he made fundamental academic contributions to boundary layer theory, supersonic wind tunnels, and turbulence research. In 1951, Dhawan joined the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, eventually serving as its Director from 1962 to 1981, transforming it into a premier center for advanced scientific research. In 1972, he succeeded Vikram Sarabhai as the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, leading the agency through a transformative decade of development. Under his leadership, ISRO developed operational space technologies, including the Satellite Launch Vehicle, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the Indian National Satellite System, and the Indian Remote Sensing satellites. Renowned for his exceptional leadership style, integrity, and mentorship of legendary scientists like A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Dhawan placed strong emphasis on utilizing space technology for national development and social upliftment. Following his death in 2002, India's primary spaceport in Sriharikota was renamed the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in his honor.

Mrinalini Sarabhai was an acclaimed Indian classical dancer, choreographer, and instructor widely recognized for her pioneering contributions to Bharatanatyam and Kathakali. Born into the prominent Swaminadhan family, she received early education in Switzerland and studied under Rabindranath Tagore at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan before formalizing her classical dance training under esteemed gurus. In 1942, she married celebrated physicist Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space program. In 1948, Sarabhai established the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad, an institution that trained thousands of students in dance, drama, music, and puppetry. Throughout her long career, she choreographed over 300 dance dramas, utilizing traditional classical forms to address contemporary social themes such as environmental conservation, women's rights, and social justice. In addition to her performances across the globe, Sarabhai authored numerous books, children's stories, and plays, and served as chairperson of several cultural and developmental organizations. Her distinguished service to the arts earned her numerous honors, including the Padma Shri in 1965 and the Padma Bhushan in 1992.

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was a renowned Indian physicist whose landmark work in the field of light scattering revolutionized molecular physics and modern optics. Born in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, Raman was a precocious student who completed his degree in physics at Presidency College, Madras, publishing his first scientific paper at the age of eighteen. Though he initially worked for the Indian Finance Department as an accountant, he passionately pursued scientific research in acoustics and optics in his spare time at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in Calcutta. In 1917, he resigned from government service to become the Palit Professor of Physics at the University of Calcutta. On February 28, 1928, Raman, alongside his student K. S. Krishnan, discovered that when light passes through a transparent material, a small fraction of the scattered light changes wavelength—a phenomenon that came to be known as the Raman Effect. This breakthrough earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics, making him the first Asian and first non-white individual to receive a Nobel Prize in the sciences. Raman served as the first Indian Director of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore from 1933 to 1937 and established the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1934. In 1948, he founded the Raman Research Institute, where he actively pursued research on crystals, minerals, and visual perception until his death. In recognition of his immense contributions, he was awarded India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1954.

Homi Jehangir Bhabha was an eminent Indian nuclear theoretical physicist widely recognized as the father of the Indian nuclear program. Educated at the University of Cambridge, Bhabha made foundational contributions to theoretical physics, including the mathematical explanation of relativistic electron-positron scattering, a phenomenon now known as Bhabha scattering, as well as work on cosmic rays and the cascade process of electron showers. Following the outbreak of World War II, Bhabha returned to India and joined the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore as a reader under Nobel laureate C. V. Raman. Recognizing the critical importance of nuclear research for national development, Bhabha persuaded the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust to establish the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai in 1945, serving as its founding director. In 1948, he became the first Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, establishing the country's three-stage nuclear power program designed to utilize indigenous thorium reserves. Bhabha also founded the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay in 1954, which was later renamed the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in his honor. A Fellow of the Royal Society and recipient of the Padma Bhushan, Bhabha represented India on international scientific platforms, serving as President of the United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in 1955. He died in a plane crash near Mont Blanc in 1966.

Prathap Chandra Reddy is an Indian cardiologist, entrepreneur, and healthcare visionary best known as the founder and Chairman of Apollo Hospitals. Born in Aragonda, Andhra Pradesh, Reddy completed his medical education at Stanley Medical College in Chennai before pursuing advanced fellowship training in cardiology in the United Kingdom and the United States, including work at Massachusetts General Hospital. Upon returning to India, he recognized a critical lack of world-class medical infrastructure and founded the Apollo Hospitals Group in Chennai in 1983, establishing India's first corporate hospital network. Under his leadership, Apollo grew into one of Asia's largest healthcare conglomerates, pioneering medical technology, corporate healthcare delivery, preventive health check-ups, and rural telemedicine. A dedicated advocate for universal health coverage, Reddy championed rural insurance models and spearheaded initiatives such as the Save a Child's Heart Foundation and the Billion Hearts Beating campaign. His contribution to transforming India's private healthcare sector earned him the Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2010.