Top 10 Most Powerful People in India

 

1. Anna Hazare, 74, Social Activist: His 17-day fast in 2011 for the Lokpal Bill caught Nation's attention.

 

2. Ratan Tata, 74, Industrialist: Tata Group's total revenue is likely to touch Rs 5,00,000 crore in 2011-12 from Rs 3,80,000 crore in 2010-11

 

 3. Mukesh and Nita Ambani, 54, Industrialist, 48, Educationist: The first couple of Mumbai - Mumbai Indians IPL Franchise, Educational Institutions and also busy hosting high profile parties.

 

4. Anand Mahindra, 55, Industrialist: The Rs 75,000-crore Mahindra Group took the reins of Satyam in 2012 and also signed defence deal with Israeli & American company at the March 2012 Defexpo.

 5. Kumar Mangalam Birla, 44, Industrialist: The Aditya Birla Group's revenue reached Rs 2,00,000 crore in 2011-12 from Rs 1,75,000 crore in 2010-11.

6. Samir & Vineet Jain, 57 and 45, Media Barons: They often set the Nation's news agenda. They launched the online campaign against Corruption Together which drew support of more than 2.5 million for the Lokpal Bill.

 7. Anil Ambani, 51, Industrialist: His joint venture worth US$ 825 million with Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg is the much talked about thing. He is the 3rd most powerful person in India in the 2009 India Today Power List, but slipped to the 7th spot this year. He lost $32.5 billion due to the recession.

8. Sunil Bharti Mittal, 54, Industrialist: Bharti Airtel has been the only major telecom player unscathed by the 2G scam even as the Supreme Court cancelled 122 2G licences.

9. Anil Agarwal, 58, Industrialist: Vedanta completed its acquisition of Cairn India, touted as the biggest M&A deal in the energy sector, for $8.67 billion (Rs 44,000 crore).

 10. Subrata Roy, 64, Businessman: He's the founder and chairman of the Sahara India Pariwar. He also owns IPL Franchise 'Pune Warriors', Aamby Valley City, Grosvenor House and 42.5% stake at Force India (India's only Formula1 team)