Forbes '30 Under 30' Includes Numerous Indian Americans

By siliconindia | Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 06:10 Hrs

The 2019 edition of the Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ was unveiled on 3rd December, the list features 600 trailblazers in 20 industries and it is consist of several Indian Americans.

FREMONT, CA: The ninth annual “30 Under 30” list of Forbes was released on 3rd December. The list is featuring the latest class of 600 young entrepreneurs and game-changers who are redefining what it means to innovate and lead by example, including numerous Indian Americans.

Among the groups featured in the list included Science, Energy, and Social Entrepreneurs, of which more than a dozen Indian American and South Asian Americans were recognized.

People including Aashay Arora, 28, co-founder of EnKoat; Rohit Kalyanpur, 22, founder of Optivolt Labs; Sandeep Ahuja, 28, co-founder of the cove.tool; Anurag Panda, 29, team lead at GridEdge Solar; Apoorv Sinha, 29, founder of Carbon Upcycling Technologies; and Naman Trivedi, 25, co-founder of WattBuy are enlisted in the energy category.

Arora and Matthew Aguayo have created coatings impregnated with phase-change materials to insulate buildings. The paints, stucco, and plaster of EnKoat release heat at specific temperatures, which keep buildings warmer in winter and cooler in summer. The Forbes bio notes that EnKoat paint was recently put to use on a roof at Arizona State.

Assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dakshita Khurana, and Siddharth Krishnan, 28, postdoctoral researcher at MIT is honorees of science category.

Among the Social Entrepreneurs were Samir Goel, 25, co-founder of Esusu Financial; Alwar Pillai, Abid Virani, both 29, co-founders of Fable Tech Labs; Samir Lakhani, 27, founder of Eco-Soap Bank; and Abhi Ramesh, 27, founder of Misfits Market.

Esusu Financial enables users to save money, access capital, and build credit. In 2018, the fintech company debuted its peer-to-peer savings app on iOS and Android. Esusu has served over 30,000 people, saving them over $20 million in interest rates, the Forbes report said.

Forbes reported that Ramesh’s Misfits Market is a subscription service for “ugly” organic produce and is designed to break the cycle of food waste. Since its 2018 inception the institutions has helped rescue more than 10 million pounds of food.