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Young Indians who make a difference
March 27, 2008
ANURAG BEHAR
Anurag Behar, managing director of Wipro Infrastructure Engineering Limited, the largest player in India in hydraulic cylinders, is among the handful of individuals who reports directly to chairman Azim Premji.
He has handled critical functions, including innovation and quality.
As Corporate Vice President, he leads Brand, Corporate Communications and Wipro’s Community Initiatives.
Behar's father was in the Indian Administrative Service, but his (Behar junior) efforts to enter the service proved abortive.
Education:
An engineer from Regional Engineering College, Trichy
A management graduate from XLRI, Jamshedpur
On Wipro
"Infrastructure is big," says the marathoner, who has run in 113 places across 17 countries. "And (our) quality initiatives have reached a level of maturity."
While talking to XLRI students on Wipro's journey so far, Behar said, Wipro's first plan in 1971 was to manufacture scooters which did not materialize.
BARKHA DUTT
A reporter and anchor for New Delhi Television, Barkha Dutt became a celebrity in 1999 during the Kargil War.
Dubbed as Indian Christiane Amanpour (Amanpour is a celebrity journalist working for CNN), Barkha has covered not only wars, but also interviewed prime ministers, Nobel Prize winners and other newsmakers.
Born to S P Dutt (called 'Speedy' because of his initials) and Prabha Dutt, Barkha credits her journalism skills to her mother.
Education:
A bachelor's degree in English literature from St. Stephen's College, Delhi
A master's in mass communications from Jamia Milia Islamia's Mass Communications Research Center, Delhi
A master's in journalism from Columbia University, New York.
Awards
The Global Leader of Tomorrow Award from the World Economic Forum in 2001
The Commonwealth Broadcasters Award, 2002
The Broadcast Journalist of the Year award from the Indian Express, in 2005
She has received the prestigious Padma Shri Award (Journalism), in 2008
On her career
"I do not consider myself a celebrity. My work is important and if it is appreciated, I like it. But I do not let it spill on to my persona. Perhaps it all has to do with the sensible middle-class upbringing that my parents gave me."
On glamourising war on television
"I was charged with making the situation larger than life. But sometimes during war and calamity, the situation does become larger than life, although I did make best efforts to see the war through the eyes of young officers in the age group of 21 to 27. I tried to be impartial but at such times the feeling of nationality does come into play."
On her name
"This is so because my parents just loved the rains, and my sister who is younger to me, is named Bahar."
Image: Azim Premji (L), chairman of Wipro walks with corporate vice president Anurag Behar to a press conference to announce the company's second quarter results in Bangalore.
Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
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