Names of 9 Indians including Bharatavanshi, Ajay Banga are included in Time’s Climate List

New York. Time magazine’s Time 100 Climate List names nine Indians and citizens of Indian origin among the world’s 100 most influential people for their contributions to the climate sector. Among them are World Bank president Ajay Banga and Ola Electric co-founder Bhavish Agarwal. The ‘Time 100 Climate’ list includes chief executive officers (CEOs), founders, philanthropists, musicians, policy makers and government officials from around the world. The list has been released ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference starting on November 30 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Time Magazine Apart from Banga and Agarwal in this list, the chairman of ‘The Rockefeller Foundation’ Rajiv J. Shah, Geeta Iyer, founder and chairman of Boston Common Asset Management, Jigar Shah, director of the US Department of Energy Loan Program Office, Manoj Sinha, CEO and co-founder of Husk Power Systems, Seema Wadhwa, executive director of Environmental Management. Kaiser Permanente and Mahindra Lifespaces. Managing Director (MD) and CEO Amit Kumar Sinha is also involved. Banga, 64, who became World Bank president in June, is launching a new mission for the institution to eradicate poverty while fighting climate change, Time said in a statement.

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Banga told the 2023 World Bank Group-IMF annual meeting in Morocco that ‘there is no point in eradicating poverty if you cannot breathe and drink clean water.’ At the same time, Bhavish Agarwal, founder and CEO of Ola Electric, has taken a different path to improve the environment. About 70 percent of the vehicles on India’s roads are mopeds and scooters, and Bhavish Agarwal is leading the way to make them electric. Ola is the largest manufacturer of electric two-wheeler scooters in India and a market leader in micromobility, from taxis to ride-sharing in general.

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This year Ola launched its cheapest electric scooter ever, priced at Rs 79,999. Rajiv J. Shah is the chairman of The Rockefeller Foundation. which now works to ensure that all initiatives and investment strategies are focused through a climate lens. Indian-origin Geeta Iyer is the founder and chairman of Boston Common Asset Management. which is a woman-led, employee-owned sustainable investment firm. It has approximately $5 billion in assets under management. The firm prioritizes investments to prevent climate change. Jigar Shah is the Director of the US Department of Energy Loan Program Office. which is responsible for hundreds of billions of dollars in public investment in clean infrastructure and energy projects.

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