Nine Indians, including Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar
and economist Amartya Sen have been named in Time magazine's annual list of 100 most influential people.
The other Indians on the list are: Eye doctor
Perumalsamy Namperumalsam, humanitarian worker Sanjit Buker Roy, writer Chetan Bhagat, Indian-America doctor and Harvard professor Atul Gwande, paramedic from Toronto Rahul Singh and entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
The magazine recognised the Indian Prime Minister's contribution towards liberalising the economy and now "guiding India into the ranks of great powers."
"The long history of India boasts many great leaders. But the much shorter history of Indian democracy is already creating its own heroes, and Manmohan Singh, 77, is one of them," Indra Nooyi, CEO of Pepsi, wrote in the magazine.
Extravagantly outfitted singer Lady Gaga, former US president Bill Clinton and Brazil's leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are the world's most influential people in different categories, according to Time magazine's annual list.