Narayanan Krishnan

Krishnan is a Brahmin – an upper caste Hindu – who was destined for a high-end culinary career. He was cooking in an Taj hotel restaurant, he’d graduated from a prestigious hospitality course and had been offered a lucrative job in a 5 star hotel in Europe. He left his job And so for the past 10 years feeding the dispossessed, dumped and neglected in his home city of Madurai has become his mission. For Krishnan Narayanan that’s not just a daily challenge. His clientele have come to expect three square meals each and every day. Sometimes his customers have dozed off in the gutter, others will need to be spoon fed.

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G.D.Naidu

The Late Sri. G.D.Naidu was not only a successful Industrialist but a very keen educationalist who was deeply involved in job oriented education and strongly believed that this was the urgent need of India to take it into the next era. Accordingly he was the Founder of the famous Govt. College of Technology, Coimbatore and also the Govt. Polytechnic, Coimbatore as early as 1945. He started yet another institute in 1946 in the name of ILWA/ G.D.Naidu Charities catering to short term courses,which are quite popular throughout India and other countries. All the courses emphasis on practical knowledge and training with better management of time and resources.

B G Raghupathy, BGR Energy Systems

India's Richest #74, Net Worth: $710 million, 56,Chennai

Former marketing executive, he struck out on his own in 1985 as a subcontractor for state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals, India's largest maker of power equipment. Partnered with Germany's GEA Energietechnik to manufacture equipment used in thermal and nuclear power plants. After GEA itself got acquired, he fought to retain control and bought out the German partner in 1993. Rechristened company as BGR Energy Systems and scaled up operations. In 2007, won contract for a gas processing plant in Iraq. Last year took company public, raising $94 million. Has forged link with China's Dong Fang, a power equipment maker, to jointly build for contracts.

Kavitark Ram Shriram

Forbes Billionaires #782 ,#292 in United States, Kavitark "Ram" Shriram, Net Worth $1.5 billion, Age 50. Born, schooled in Madras, India. Created shop bot Junglee; sold to Amazon in 1998. Worked for Netscape, Amazon before launching Sherpalo in 2000. Learned to adapt during the tech bust: "Living in a world where everything is changing constantly, you learn to change." Early investor, board member of Google. Sold off more than half his shares since public offering 2004; still owns 1.9 million shares worth $760 million. Other investments: Zazzle (custom-designed T shirts, mugs, stamps), PodShow (online radio), 247Customer.com (Indian call centers).