Question: Which of the following Indian software engineer has found a place in Time magazine’s 2016 list of “Next Generation Leaders”?
(a) Azim Premji
(b) Umesh Sachdev
(c) N.R Narayana Murthy
(d) Narendra Bansal
Ans:(b)
Related facts:
- On 3 June 2016 Time Magazine released the ‘Next Generation Leaders’ list for the year 2016.
- It comprises 10 individuals from various faculties that the magazine believes are doing distinguished things in their own areas.
- Thirty-year-old Umesh Sachdev, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Uniphore Software Systems Pvt Ltd, has been selected as one of the 10 ‘Next Generation Leaders’ in 2016 by Time Magazine.
- Uniphore Software Systems Pvt Ltd ,Chennai-based startup produces software that allows people to interact with their phones and access services such as online banking by communicating in their native languages
- Others in the list include Irish actor Saoirse Ronan, Liberian water activist Saran Kaba Jones, American Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, British teenage playwright Polly Stenham, American environmental justice activist Destiny Watford, German refugee activist Firas Alshater, South Korean model Irene Kim, rock climber Ashima Shiraishi from the US, and Brazilian geologist Francesco Sauro.
Reference:
http://time.com/collection/next-generation-leaders/
http://time.com/4352597/umesh-sachdev-next-generation-leaders/