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8 Indians Among Top 50 Thinkers

By SiliconIndia | Sunday, 20 November 2011, 19:28 Hrs | 14 Comments

7. Sheena Iyengar

The S.T. Lee Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, and research director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business, Sheena Iyengar is the only Indian female included in the list. She is ranked at 48th number. Known for her work on choice, Iyengar has received the Best Dissertation Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology in 1998, for her thesis, "Choice and Its Discontents."

The Art of Choosing, the award winning book published in 2010 inspected several aspects of choice like how and why people make choice and how many factors manipulates their choice. She aims at making people better equipped handle the overpowering variety of choice in everyday life.
Choices for Iyengar were not that easy. Suffering from worsening sight, she was unable to read and was completely blind by her late teens. Regardless of obstacles, Iyengar pursued her ambitions to go to college, and pursued an academic career.

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1: I think in this category people like Mr.Anna are far ahead as they think out of box & can propose new ideas for the welfare of common man, who is really in need of help & does not require new theories or laws........

Posted by:Vishal - 24 Nov, 2011

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2: All are in foreign only . great. not even one in india (population 1.21 billion) . its really worrying and very guilty for me. please teach to the youngsters and children how to fight with society , how to bring forward our country in all the ways with moral values .

Posted by:raji - 24 Nov, 2011

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3: Employee First is a total lie, to take the attention of the world, The treatment to employee in the company is by policy and process. People have been fired immediately they joined, some programmers were harashed to do a cold call and marketing work after joining due to the bad IT outlook. After the company packets the money it does not care about any individual. This is the fact I have seen by my eyes and forced to play a part too. The outside world is praising this nonsense as Thinker. Great!

Posted by:Sridhar Ramachendrula - 22 Nov, 2011

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4: Good post.

Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India

Posted by:Dr.A.Jagadeesh - 21 Nov, 2011

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5: great thinkers are those who can make the profitability by eliminating the poverty of the world

Posted by:saleem c - 21 Nov, 2011

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6: It is one of the finest moments in my life to see eight Indians are in the list of 50 greatest thinkers. I congratulate them all for their hard work and competence.

Posted by:Dr.Krishnamurthy Prabhakar - 21 Nov, 2011

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7: I join fellow-countrymen to compliment all eight thought leaders. In order for the brilliant thoughts of these wise men travel all through the minds and hearts across the globe, is it possible for someone to compile a compendium based on such thoughts by exercising utmost simplicity, accessibility and applicability to benefit everyone.

Posted by:Dr KSB Nayar - 21 Nov, 2011

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8: I join fellow-countrymen to compliment all eight thought leaders. In order for the brilliant thoughts of these wise men travel all through the minds and hearts across the globe, is it possible for someone to compile a compendium based on such thoughts by exercising utmost simplicity, accessibility and applicability to benefit everyone across the globe.

Posted by:Dr KSB Nayar - 21 Nov, 2011

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9: it is sad that we recognise only high profile people who contribute only writing books and giving theories whihc none understands. they do little forupliftment of the poor in our society. there are many persons who dedicate their life working with the common people and tribals for their welfare. no award goes to such silent workers. only shouting babies get food. i feel pity on your organisation which only saw the glorious sides of life and blind the reality. we will improve only when we change this lopesided thinking.

Posted by:Subramania Iyer - 21 Nov, 2011

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10: One more thing, I am pleasantly impressed to see so many well attired suited- booted thinkers all under one album. I can't recall when I saw such a parade! They all seem to have come from the same "thinker" factory, they all think the same, speak the same and write the same tit-bits that had been over and over again ......

Posted by:A Chakraborty - 21 Nov, 2011

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11: I haven't seen the entire list, but from what is being reported here, one can see that the list only comprises of B school professors, educators or professional authors whose books have cracked well in the market. Going by this criteria, I must say India has at least Ten to Fifteen Thousand great thinkers. Let's see who writes their history, and if at all, when.

Posted by:A Chakraborty - 21 Nov, 2011

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12: Great persons are those who can create quality in social systems.

Posted by:Ved from Victoria Institutions - 20 Nov, 2011

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13: I do not understand how insolvent we are intelectually. Only business school teachers are great thinkers? That too who teach for money?

Posted by:satyanarayana murthy ravipati - 20 Nov, 2011

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14: Who are the remaining 32, Mention their names also

Posted by:Vijaya Shanbhag - 20 Nov, 2011

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