There are a few people who make a difference and then there are the ones who continue doing so on a daily basis. We often listen to a few people on their podcasts and get hooked. Well, here are some influential people who have made a huge impact on today’s society.
1. Gaur Gopal Das
“Feed your faith, your doubts shall starve to death”
With a peculiar way of spelling out spirituality to the youth of today, Gaur Gopal Das has motivated a large number of youngsters through his teachings from Vedas. He knows just the way of talking to them with his logical reasoning, humor and energy.
He urges people to forego their ego and forgive those who have wronged them. He believes that one should value relations more than their ego. He was awarded the 2016 ‘Rotary Internationals Super Achiever Award’ for outstanding contribution in spirituality.
2. Sandeep Maheshwari
“If you are searching for that person who will change your life, take a look in the Mirror”- Sandeep Maheshwari
A motivational speaker, entrepreneur, a photographer and the founder of Images Bazaar which is the biggest pool of Indian pictures of more than 7000 clients.
For his contributions and life lessons he has been featured on most of the leading magazines and newspapers and won awards like “Creative Entrepreneur of the year 2013”; “Young Creative Entrepreneur Award”; “Star Youth Achiever Award” and more. His book, ‘Fire of Motivation’ which is based on his life story and struggles, also gained great deal of popularity.
3. Dr. Vivek Bindra
Dr Vivek Bindra is a leadership consultant, motivational speaker and a Corporate & Business coach. He started his company “Global Act” in the year 2012 which aimed at counselling and training young minds. This motivational speaker has won various awards in recent years like “India’s greatest brands and leaders award 2015-16”; “Best corporate trainer” by Maruti Suzuki for two consecutive years and more.
This 40-year-old made a world record for training the largest gathering of HR professionals under a single roof which is also documented in the Golden book of world records and the Limca book of world records.
4. Ankur Warikoo
Ankur Warikoo born in 1980 is the co-founder of Nearbuy and a well-known social media personality who inspires the youth by talking about entrepreneurship and business strategies. He lives by the moto “DO EPIC SHIT”. He firmly believes that awareness is everything in life. He was awarded “India’s Most Promising Entrepreneur” in the year 2013. He was one of the 30 entrepreneurs to be honored by Silicon review.
5. Robin Sharma
The author of ‘The Monk who Sold his Ferrari’, Robin Sharma is an internationally acclaimed motivational orator of Indian origin. He is a lawyer by qualification, which he gave up after the success of his 2nd book. He only found peace as a writer and speaker. He is often invited by NASA, Harvard business school and such organizations to deliver speeches. Its encouraging to see how he never gave up on writing despite the failure of his 1st book. After The monk who sold his Ferrari, he has written a number of published books like ‘The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO’; ‘The Mastery Manual’; ‘Little Black Book for Stunning Success’ and ‘The 5AM Club’.
6. Shivani Verma
A well-known preacher in the spiritual world who came into limelight in the year 2007 after she was interviewed by Kanu Priya in the famous series “Awakening with Braham Kumaris” on Aastha channel. She travels in India as well as abroad and gets invited for various charitable events like promotion of Organ donation, Parenting programs and more. She was named as the goodwill ambassador of the world psychiatric association in the year 2017. She was awarded as the “Women of the decade achievers” in 2014 and “Nari Shakti Award’’ in 2019.
7. Jaya Kishori
‘The Meera of modern world’, she is a singer, motivational speaker and a religious leader. Being the youngest inner orator and believer of Lord Krishna, she unravels various scriptures like Bhagwat Geeta, Ramayana and more. This 27-year-old public speaker is followed by not only Indians but also by people globally. Her inspiring words have been changing lives since she was just 7 years old. Kishori ji has won a number of awards and has gained recognition for her soulful bhajans on YouTube.
8. Tarun Raj Arora
Tarun Raj Arora is a serial entrepreneur, marketing expert, business talk leader and motivational speaker. With over 500K followers on Instagram, he seeks to inspire the youth of today by offering a unique perspective on how to run businesses and establish startups. A marketing and PR strategist, Tarun regularly interacts and motivates the young minds of today to guide them for a better tomorrow professionally. In the year 2022, he was awarded as “The Pride of Nation” for his tremendous business and motivational speeches.
9. Praful Billore
The youngest entrepreneur who built a business empire taking inspiration from one of the largest food chain companies in the world McDonalds. After a lot of brainstorming the product that first came to his mind was “CHAI” because tea was the only survival for him during his CAT preparation days. After having failed to get admission in a reputed B-school, he started traveling to various cities across India and finally landed in Ahmedabad which became a turning point in his life. He is an inspiration for the young minds of today as his story resonates with the fact that one has to take risk to achieve success.
10. Priya Kumar
An internationally acclaimed motivational speaker who has 27 years of corporate training experience” and has won plethora of international awards for her 15 inspirational books. French media has described her as “The Paulo Coelho” from India. Better known as The Biography Specialist, Priya has written biographies of many renowned personalities like OP Munjal and Pullela Gopichand. An ace academician she was always a top ranker as a student. She has made her debut as a screenplay writer with her web series “ The Final Call” which is currently streaming on ZEE5.
