siliconindia | | December 20174Upright. Self-motivated. Confident. Optimist & Positive. Accountable. Courageous. Full of Humour, Passion, Integrity, and Respect for self and others. And most important, Likable. These are some of the traits that sets a person on the wheels of leadership or frames them in broad light as people who inspire. But with the changing times and entry of new blood in the entrepreneurial world, it is time for the entrepreneurs to reinvent themselves upright and up now. Coming from diverse education & professional backgrounds, these entrepreneurs have become the epitome of change and are looked upon for inspiration and motivation by not just their employees but the society too.Just like a fresh breeze of wind, these entrepreneurs bring fresh, innovative ideas, and Silicon Valley like work culture that has already transformed the way people here perceive being an entrepreneur. On the other hand, we cannot demean the efforts that our local entrepreneurs have put to bring in a change in the perception in the grass root level. Today they are not just creators of job who have huge followers, but one who believes in creating more leaders throughout his/her journey. But many a times, their story remains untold, and unheard, which when brought to light have the power to transpire generations alike. Saluting such inspirational souls and bringing to you their untold story of hardships, successes, failures and motivation, siliconindia dedicates the current edition to `50 Most Inspiring CEOs - 2017'. We believe these stories when read will leave you awe-stuck and inspire you to wear the entrepreneur shoes and take up challenge to change the world you want to see it like. Do let us know what you think!Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialThe Soulful Stories That Behold the Power to Transpire siliconindia Vol 06 · Issue 5-2 · December 01, 2017 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Assistant Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Aiswarya Babu Ananth .V Anurag Bhol Karthik Muralidhar Shefali Mathur Sophia Rohtagi Sujith Vasudevan Trisha Pragya VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindiamagazine.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugheshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2017 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comSr. Visualiser MaitreyeeVisualisers S Sivasankar Mohana KrishnanGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu SethiCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalAbhishek Mohapatra Ameet Sahoo Garima Anand Samatha S.P
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