India is a country of youths. No nation other than India has so many young people. Our nation, which is known to the world as the youngest nation, is now prepared to make a mark even on the business front. Our youth have brought a new radiance to the commercial sector and made a special place in various segments like finance, management, production, import-export, etc. Today, they have not only entered into businesses that were until now considered to be the preserves for the grownups and the experienced, but have even acquired a prominent place in these fields. The sector is currently reaping the fruits of their skilled leadership.
According to the experts, today’s youths have a mature mind-set and sophisticated skills. They are quite different from their counterparts who lived a few decades back. This is so because the productive ability of the former has integrated traditions with modernization. They believe that if there is courage, prudence and the zeal to do something new, nothing is impossible. Our industrious youths deserve appreciation because they have taught themselves the art of achieving even the impossible.
According to a study conducted on international employment, companies spread across various sectors of our economy have experienced a decline in the average age of their leadership. Today, young people between the ages of 30 and 40 years are heading various business enterprises. The experts who conducted the study have said that during the past five years, this average age has reduced by about nine years. This data is surprising and it clearly shows the pace with which our youths are acquiring the ability to lead. This trend is primarily visible in the IT, banking and finance related service sector.
The study further revealed that the year 2006 witnessed a sharp decline in the age of the C.E.O.’s in the banking and financial service sectors. But there was no such trend in 2001. Experts are considering it as a positive sign indicating the bright future of our country in the twenty-first century. Similarly, in the field of technology and software related service sectors, the average age of the C.E.O.’s has been further reduced this year. This is an impact of their zeal and the firm will-power to complete the tasks they take up.
The experts of the commercial sector believe that there is a deep co-relation between this decline in the average age and the growing demand of the working professionals. They are in great demand especially in the I.T., B.P.O. and the finance related services. Analysts think that even when the average age of the chief executives is decreasing, yet there is an increase in the maturity level across various sectors. These changes occurring in the Indian service sector, point towards bright prospects at the global level in the near future.
The world renowned Forbes magazine, which is published from New York, has revealed surprising data about our young entrepreneurs. The magazine comes out with an annual list of 500 most successful people below the age of 30 years, who are the trendsetters in various fields. This year, in this list, it has included 45 Indians or people of Indian origin. These people have emerged as the most successful youth professionals of America. They have been related to various sectors like manufacturing, FMCG, technology, education, media, construction, law and ethics, social sector, science and art.
The Forbes magazine mentions the name of the 27-year old, Lily Singh. She is an Indo-Canadian, who has employed her skills and diligence for the popular internet website, YouTube. She is a Hollywood and entertainment segment writer, comedian and the creator of Youtube. Another young Indian talent in this list is Karishma Shah. She works for the Google Apps of Alphabet Inc. She is only 25 years old and is the youngest employee of the company. Sampriti Bhattacharya is another young talent, who has glorified her name in the list of Forbes. She is 28 years old and is the C.E.O. of Hydroswarm Company. She surprised the world by designing the underwater drone.
The commitment, perseverance and hard work of our young talents have enabled them to make such incredible accomplishments. This is because of their talent, which could accomplish even the impossible. It is a special endowment, which if channelized towards constructive and positive pursuits, would ensure success and prestige. In this context, next comes the name of Divya Nittimi, the 29 year old young woman, who has also made it to the Forbes list. She is an investment analyst at the banking global investors. This responsibility which she got at such a young age is no less than a pleasant surprise. The 27 year old Nila Das is included from the field of finance. She is the Vice-president of the City Group. In this bank, she deals with the secondary market, which involves the transaction of millions of dollars every day.
The 22-year old Ritesh Agarwal has also been honored by Forbes. He is the founder and C.E.O. of the Oyo Rooms. The magazine mentions that Oyo has created a network of 2,200 small hotels in 100 cities of India, at a time when the country is experiencing a shortage of the budget-hotel chains. Next comes the name of the 28-year old Vishal Lugani, who is a senior associate at the Grey Craft Partners, a company in the Venture Capital segment. The 27-year old Amit Mukherjee is a senior associate at the New Enterprise Associates. Previously, he was the member of the internet and the digital media investment banking team of J.P. Morgan. Similarly, the 28-year old Anisha Singh is working in the Law and policy segment. She is the privacy and public policy advisor at Facebook.
Our young blood has the power of turning India into a commercial and economic super power. The youths of all sections of our society, are moving ahead rapidly on the basis of their talent and diligence. Their commercial wisdom is remarkable. This is an incredible and invincible resource of our country. This is the reason why the biggest of the big commercial enterprises of the world are giving priority to the Indian youths. The multi-dimensionality of their thought process is their biggest strength.
The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not needed, that the society will run itself quite nicely until they—at some distant point in the future – will take over the reins. Yet the fact is that the society is not running itself nicely… because the rest of us need all the energy, brains, imagination and talent that young people can bring to bear down on our difficulties. For society to attempt to solve its desperate problems without the full participation of even very young people is imbecile. Alvin Toffler.
That same night, I wrote my first short story. It took me thirty minutes. It was a dark little tale about a man who found a magic cup and learned that if he wept into the cup, his tears turned into pearls. But even though he had always been poor, he was a happy man and rarely shed a tear. So he found ways to make himself sad so that his tears could make him rich. As the pearls piled up, so did his greed grow. The story ended with the man sitting on a mountain of pearls, knife in hand, weeping helplessly into the cup with his beloved wife’s slain body in his arms.
Akhand Jyoti Magazine 2016 May-Jun