Rank 91 | M S Dhoni (33) | India ODI, T20 Captain 2014: Rank 35 WHY Though he retired from Test cricket mid-series in Australia, he is still the Indian cricket team’s talisman. He has led India to all three ICC trophies and, as captain of Chennai Super Kings, is a serial IPL winner. POWER PUNCH He launched India to a fantastic start in the World Cup, with the team beating Pakistan and South Africa. WHAT NEXT Keeping the World Cup at home. BY THE WAY: He has 35 motorbikes. Rank 92 | Rajkumar Hirani (52) | Filmmaker NEW ON THE LIST WHY With PK’s success, he continues to be India’s most successful and respected Bollywood filmmaker. POWER PUNCH As PK generated protests, he refused to budge and broke his silence saying all religions teach love WHAT NEXT He is planning a biopic on friend and collaborator Sanjay Dutt. BY THE WAY: His bouncing board for his scripts is his mother, and he makes changes on the basis of her reactions. Rank 93| Anandiben patel (73) | Gujarat Chief Minister NEW ON THE LIST WHY She was chosen to lead Gujarat after Narendra Modi moved to Delhi POWER PUNCH She has initiated 33 per cent reservation for women in the police force. For the first time, the Gujarat government put out a ‘gender budget’. WHAT NEXT Winning the local body elections to be held in October. BY THE WAY: After she urged her supporters not to gift her flowers, she was garlanded with peanuts at a rally. Rank 94 | Uma Bharti (52) | Minister for Water Resources NEW ON THE LIST WHY She has been chosen to execute one of the showpiece programmes of the Modi government, the Ganga cleaning and rejuvenation project. POWER PUNCH Convinced the PM to authorise her to head National Ganga River Basin Authority meetings in his absence WHAT NEXT She needs to get CMs on board to clean the Ganga and link rivers. BY THE WAY: Loved driving jeeps before she met with an accident. Rank 95 | M K Stalin, (61) | DMK Treasurer NEW ON THE LIST WHY He has sidelined brother M K Alagiri and may be party head or CM candidate in 2016. POWER PUNCH Stalin 2.0, his followers’ PR campaign, is gaining momentum. WHAT NEXT Ensuring Alagiri stays out of favour with father Karunanidhi. BY THE WAY: He acted in a TV serial. Rank 96 | Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (61) | Chief, Dera Sacha Sauda NEW ON THE LIST WHY Besides having five crore devotees, he has sold over 10 million CDs of his album Love Charger and has turned filmmaker-actor. His debut film, MSG, released amidst much hype. Politicians from Punjab and Haryana seek his blessings before polls. POWER PUNCH He got BJP to sign an affidavit supporting his social work before he lent them support in the Haryana polls. WHAT NEXT He is shooting the MSG sequel and has said he would adopt acid attack victims to help them. BY THE WAY: He learnt to operate a tractor at the age of seven. Rank 97 | Arundhati Bhattacharya (58) | Chairperson, State Bank of India NEW ON THE LIST WHY Her decisions and policy changes set the tone for the sector. She has taken a tough stand against loan defaulters and on recoveries. POWER PUNCH While all major public sector banks showed a rapid rise in bad loans and a big fall in profits in the December quarter, SBI checked the spike in bad loans and notched up a 30 % plus growth in profits. WHAT NEXT SBI plans to raise around Rs 15,000 crore from the market. BY THE WAY: She has allowed women staff to take 2 years off for childbirth or to care for elderly kin. Rank 98 | Pawan Munjal (60) | CEO and MD, Hero MotoCorp NEW ON THE LIST WHY Hero has proved it can stand on its own after parting ways with Honda in 2010. The firm sold 6.64 million two-wheelers in 2014 — the highest ever annual sales in its history. POWER PUNCH He has roped in an automotive technology expert from BMW, Markus Braunsperger, as the Chief Technology Officer of Hero MotoCorp. WHAT NEXT The company plans to record 10 per cent of annual sales of 12 million units from its international business by 2020. BY THE WAY: In 2014, he invited Tiger Woods to India and completed an 18-hole round with the golf icon. Rank 99 | Deepika Padukone (29) | Actor NEW ON THE LIST WHY Despite an average run at the box office, she has been the most talked about actor. In an industry where actors show only their sunny side, she spoke about her depression. Was part of the infamous AIB Roast. POWER PUNCH Took on the might of The Times of India when its website highlighted her cleavage in a photo. “I am a woman, I have breasts and a cleavage, you got a problem?” she tweeted. WHAT NEXT Shoojit Sircar’s Piku, Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani. BY THE WAY: She fusses over a tulsi plant at her flat. Rank 100 | Arnab Goswami, (41) | Editor-in-Chief, Times Now NEW ON THE LIST WHY Because when the nation wants to know, well, the nation wants to know. He gets away with shouting down party spokespersons, Pakistanis, “anti-nationals”, etc. POWER PUNCH He landed the Rahul Gandhi interview, the first ever on national media by the Congress vice-president. WHAT NEXT He now has to beat himself at the game he has been playing for past many years. BY THE WAY: The last leave he took was in early 2014, for 5 days. The maximum leave he takes at a stretch is a week.
